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“Falsely arrested Muoru digs graves for undead "The Dark" and falls for mysterious girl Meria.”
Sugar Dark: Umerareta Yami to Shoujo
シュガーダーク 埋められた闇と少女
7.44
3,770 rank · 9,253 readers · 97 favorites
Seinen
Mythology
Drama
Fantasy
Romance
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Falsely arrested Muoru digs graves for undead "The Dark" and falls for mysterious girl Meria.
The story follows a boy named Muoru who has been falsely arrested and sent to a cemetery to perform forced labor. There, he calls himself the "grave keeper" and meets a beautiful girl named Meria. Muoru becomes fascinated with Meria as he spends his days digging a hole containing the undead monster named "The Dark." (Source: Baka-Tsuki)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8.5
mode 6
σ 1.48
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.48 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Nov 2015 → Mar 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “A short, but brilliant manga that combines horror, mystery and romance together in an awesome package. Perhaps the most refreshing thing about this story is that the protagonist is a relatively...”
- 10 “REVIEW ITALIANA! ITALIAN REVIEW! sto piangendo tantissimo e fortissimo per questa meravigliosa opera, mi ha dato una caterva di emozioni e momenti shock parlando di arte, disegno, azioni e...”
- 8 “tl;dr: A short and sweet romance in a dark setting that's a bit rushed towards the end and kind of narrow. This manga is pretty short. It's four volumes but it's the type that you sit down reading...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 19 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 32m approx
- Published Jun 2010 – Dec 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M15462 catalog