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“Teen boys seek virginity loss on women-only island, uncovering sinister legends.”
An Island Named Desire
キボウノシマ
4.99
22,362 rank · 2,154 readers · 3 favorites
Seinen
Horror
Supernatural
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Teen boys seek virginity loss on women-only island, uncovering sinister legends.
A group of teenage boys travels to an island where it is rumored that only women live. They are all eager to lose their virginity but will the legends surrounding the island be true or something more sinister is happening there? (Source: MU) Included one-shot: Volume 1: Kibou no Shima (pilot)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
3.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
Score distribution
median 3.5
mode 2
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Sep 2018 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 5 “This manga had potential.. real potential.. It had a cool mystery premise going on since the opening chapter which was kept up until about the halfway mark in the series after which it became a...”
- 2 “Huh? The confusion right now is unreal. The only reason I finished this was because it was so short. I like horror types of things, but there also should be some back story to explain things along...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published Jul 2015 – Jan 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M45298 catalog