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“1940s Hiroshima bride Suzu faces wartime trials while clinging to hope amid her collapsing world.”
In This Corner of the World
この世界の片隅に
8.12
633 rank · 10,235 readers · 129 favorites
Seinen
Historical
Award Winning
Drama
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Synopsis
1940s Hiroshima bride Suzu faces wartime trials while clinging to hope amid her collapsing world.
1940s Hiroshima. Suzu, a young bride, leaves her home to join her new husband, a member of the Japanese navy, at a military base in the port city of Kure. Confronted with the challenges of a new life, Suzu must also come to grips with a world at war and her beautiful home collapsing around her. Unwilling to give up hope, Suzu holds on to happiness to persevere through the trials of war. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Jul 2017 → Nov 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I read the manga about 5 years ago and found it delightful in the beginning and deeply moving later. I was glad to see the many details of the traditional life of ordinary Japanese people in the...”
- 9 “Story – 9 Draw – 8 Characters – 9 Enjoyment - 9 Overall - 9 Kono sekai no katasumi ni is one of that tough stories that touch you deep. With this manga Kouno Fumiyo show us the life of a young...”
- 9 “It goes without saying that the Second World War had an immense impact on Japanese culture and society. Depictions of the conflict in anime and manga have typically shown the nation’s part in the...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 25%
Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 48 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 24m approx
- Published Jan 2007 – Jan 2009
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7515 catalog