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“Dark, violent tale of a dysfunctional Japanese family spiraling into tragedy, abuse, and despair.”
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6.89
11,492 rank · 10,070 readers · 139 favorites
Seinen
Psychological
Comedy
Slice of Life
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Dark, violent tale of a dysfunctional Japanese family spiraling into tragedy, abuse, and despair.
A depressing story about how a Japanese family's life goes wrong: an immoral protagonist, her sister who was gang raped before, her alcoholic mother who later devoted her life to a cult, and her father who lost favor with his company... full of sexual content and highly violent. (Source: Prisms)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
6.8
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
71%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 8
σ 2.33
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.33 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.9 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 3.5
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Score over time
↓ 3.25
Running avg · Dec 2009 → Jun 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Arigatou is unapologetically gounded, brave, and progressive. First of all, I think the sex scenes turned some people off into giving lower ratings than it deserves. This resembles Welcome to the...”
- 9 “Introduction: Hidden gem. Is the words I would use to describe Arigatou, and the fact that this manga is rated only a 7.04 completely contradicts it's level of quality. To note the beginning...”
- 10 “Arigatou (4 Volumes/47 Chapters) Essentially, Arigatou is a depiction of the deconstruction and harmonious breakdown of one particular Japanese family and how one man intends to revive his role as...”
Verbosity
Short · 13%
Medium · 63%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 47 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 16m approx
- Published Oct 1994 – Jun 1995
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M1567 catalog