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“Detective with multiple personalities unravels complex sci-fi conspiracy in evolving violent thriller.”
MPD Psycho
多重人格探偵サイコ
7.61
2,450 rank · 32,499 readers · 641 favorites
Seinen
Detective
Psychological
Mystery
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Synopsis
Detective with multiple personalities unravels complex sci-fi conspiracy in evolving violent thriller.
The main character is a detective, Kazuhiko Amamiya, suffering from multiple personality disorder. Starting out as a violent detective series with a twist (the twist being the variant personalities that take over Detective Amamiya at various intervals), the series evolves into an exceptionally complex and involved sci-fi conspiracy story.
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
6.2
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 9
σ 2.79
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.79 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.80
Running avg · Sep 2009 → Dec 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I'll be real with you. I still don't know how to feel about this manga. It's engaging, the artstyle is really good and the characters are interesting, but the pacing is really weird for me. It's...”
- 9 “MPD-Psycho is one of the most sickest,darkest,mind-shocking,breath-taking,eye-popping-from-your-head thing I've read in a while.And I'm speaking softly now.. What do we have in MPD? We have a...”
- 9 “This is not for the squeamish, the easily frightened, or those looking for a light manga to read. It is dark and often brutal. The complexity of the plot had me wondering if I should be taking...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 40%
Long · 40%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 155 × 24 ch × vol
- Total read 20h 40m approx
- Published Dec 1996 – Mar 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0691 catalog