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“Jealous Hiro accidentally kills his brother, then is forced into a deadly masked judgment game with eight others.”
Judge
JUDGE
7.01
9,528 rank · 42,664 readers · 547 favorites
Shounen
Psychological
Drama
Horror
Mystery
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Synopsis
Jealous Hiro accidentally kills his brother, then is forced into a deadly masked judgment game with eight others.
Hiroyuki "Hiro" Sakurai is jealous that his brother Atsuya is dating his childhood crush, Hikari. However, his envious ways lead to the unintentional killing of his brother. Two years later, Hiro finds himself handcuffed in a pitch-black room, wearing a rabbit mask, and unsure of his captor's identity. Suddenly, eight other people in animal masks enter the room, and "Judge" commences: a twisted game where nine participants must judge each other's sins and decide who will be spared from death—and only four can leave. Aside from his own survival, Hiro needs to figure out who he can trust, why he was chosen to participate, and how his actions impact those around him.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 11 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.48
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.48 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
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Running avg · Mar 2012 → Apr 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “When I first started reading this manga I found that it was a lot like an anime I had recently watched (Dangan Ronpa) which put me of initially, however, I soon got gripped into this series! The...”
- 9 “I picked up this manga because i was bored and wanted some short series to read and i didn't regret it. At first it seems like any other "killing game" type of series but as series goes on you will...”
- 10 “Story: following up as almost a sequel of Doubt (from the same author) if you liked doubt this one won't disappoint you and will get you equally interested, the ending was dragged a bit but still...”
Verbosity
Short · 55%
Medium · 18%
Long · 27%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 32 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 16m approx
- Published Jan 2010 – Aug 2012
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11465 catalog