“Specialists collect shattered souls to maintain fate, sometimes killing hosts to prevent soul-shattering.”
Livingstone
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Synopsis
Specialists collect shattered souls to maintain fate, sometimes killing hosts to prevent soul-shattering.
Each person is born with a soul, its plan determining ninety percent of one's life. People who stray from their soul's fate, whether it be through an unfortunate accident or an unplanned murder, leave behind a shattered "psycholith"—a rock that is a manifestation of their soul. When these are left behind, they stain the environment, ultimately creating "negative points"—places that interfere with a soul's plan, causing a vicious cycle of misfortune. The righteous Sakurai and apathetic Amano are a pair of specialists tasked with ensuring that souls follow their natural paths. To that end, as part of Psycholith Collection & Cleaning, they collect and dispose of shattered psycholiths and clean up stains. But there is another side to their job, one with moral ambiguity. They must also prevent psycholiths from shattering—even if that entails killing the soul's host.
What people say
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.25
Running avg · Aug 2009 → Dec 2025
- 7 “I really wanted to like this, especially as the concept and ideas presented are really interesting, and the pieces of worldbuilding we get as the series goes on really does a lot to bring you into...”
- 9 “A must read, not only for the great story it tells but also for the short amount of chapters it has. So even if you dislike it, it's not a waste of time (Imagine reading a 400 chapter manga that...”
- 9 “Livingstone is a collaboration manga between Maekawa Tomohiro, the author and Kataoka Jinsei, the artist. You might have known Kataoka's work from before: Eureka Seven. First lemme explain what is...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 23 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 04m approx
- Published Jul 2009 – Feb 2015
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9994 catalog