“Lonely night guard receives death threat, mysterious watcher appears after wishing for friends.”
Wanitokagegisu
わにとかげぎす
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Synopsis
Lonely night guard receives death threat, mysterious watcher appears after wishing for friends.
Tomioka Yuuji is a 32-year-old night-shift guard for a mall. He works completely alone, so he often slacks off, exercising and hanging out on the roof. In some ways, the job is perfect for him, as he's always been terrible with people. However, he can't help feeling incredibly lonely and wishing he had friends. One night, he makes a wish for friendship on a falling star. Shortly after, he finds a strange note left at the door of the mall. It says, "within a year, you'll go mad and die." After this, his solitary life begins to change—some ways for the better, and some for the worse. At work, he notices an ominous silhouette in a nearby apartment building, watching him neglect his job. Who is the mysterious figure? Who sent him the creepy note, and why? (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
What 8 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.22 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.38
Running avg · Jun 2019 → Mar 2026
- 7 “A really weird one. I liked most of it, but the ending felt rushed. I was waiting for that big moment where Tomioka finally takes control and grows as a character, but it sort just ends. It would...”
- 10 “Old. Alone. Somewhere between unhappy and apathetic. You wake up one day and realize years have passed by and you are not where you want to be. Were you asleep the whole time? Was there a place you...”
- 10 “There is literally nothing i would change about this manga. If you asked me to change something, anything, about this work i would flat-out refuse to do it. That's not to say it's flawless, it's...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 44 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 52m approx
- Published Mar 2006 – May 2007
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M12443 catalog