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“Office worker Mai joins a strategy team to battle a deadly body-stealing game called "Nightmare."”
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オンライン The Comic
7.09
8,307 rank · 7,586 readers · 62 favorites
Psychological
Video Game
Horror
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Synopsis
Office worker Mai joins a strategy team to battle a deadly body-stealing game called "Nightmare."
Mai Yashiro (22) was an average office worker until the day a video game console arrived in her mailbox. The game she is forced to play, "Nightmare," is a dangerous game in which one risks both the lives of the ones they love and their own body!! If you refuse to play, those dear to you die. If you lose battles in the game, parts of your body (your arms or legs, your voice, etc.) cease functioning. The horror of this game spreads throughout society in a flash, and, to fight it, Mai's company creates a "Nightmare" Strategy Team. After being assigned to this team, Mai and her dependable comrades boldly rise up against this hellish game. Adapted from the super-popular novel which has received over 40,000,000 hits online!! (Source: MangaBox)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 4
σ 2.28
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.28 · split reception
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 3.75
Running avg · May 2015 → Nov 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I'm here to review one of the most underrated mangas in the whole world. It's one of my absolute favourites so I thought I'd review it. Anyway, this manga is about a deadly game. "Didn't I read it...”
- 4 “An interesting premise and mystery, let down by a super dry reading experience. The art ranges from passable to alright, the characters range from mid to cookie-cutter. There is a prevailing...”
- 6 “Do you know how a good story starts getting bad? There are multiple ways, but here's a simple one: you run out of creative ideas, and just write filler chapters to drag the story on for... no...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Aug 2013 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M30154 catalog