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“Student skips school, returns to find school sealed in supernatural crisis; global school horrors target absentees.”
As the Gods Will: The Second Series
神さまの言うとおり弐
7.83
1,372 rank · 23,525 readers · 771 favorites
Shounen
Gore
High Stakes Game
Psychological
Survival
Action
Supernatural
Suspense
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Synopsis
Student skips school, returns to find school sealed in supernatural crisis; global school horrors target absentees.
High school student Yasuto Akashi's day begins like any other, but a fight with his best friend causes him to skip school. When he later returns to make amends, he finds the school mysteriously sealed off from the outside world. Strange and terrifying events begin to unfold within the building, hinting at something far more sinister than a simple school closure. As bizarre occurrences are reported at schools worldwide, Akashi finds himself drawn into a mysterious and deadly situation that connects those who missed school on that particular day. Now, he must navigate a dangerous new reality where the rules of the world no longer apply, and survival may depend on uncovering the truth behind these inexplicable events.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 17 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 17 readers settled on.
88%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.19
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.19 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.1 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 2.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.29
Running avg · Feb 2015 → Aug 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Non-spoiler review Story: Similar to Gantz in terms of if being revolved around the death game. Minimal plot armour as most events are left to logical reasoning. Ending may be good or bad depending...”
- 8 “A fun and fast-paced survival series where at any moment your favorite character could be executed within the span of a panel. Because of this there are constant flows of exhilaration when the cast...”
- 8 “"I don't want to die!" -->If you are unfamiliar with the prequel and were wondering if you need to read it beforehand, worry not, I will answer all your questions. As the Gods Will is a manga about...”
Verbosity
Short · 6%
Medium · 47%
Long · 47%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 186 × 21 ch × vol
- Total read 24h 48m approx
- Published Jan 2013 – Dec 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M21149 catalog