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“A collection of 18 surreal, dreamlike short stories exploring memory, innovation, and the absurdities of everyday life.”
An Invitation from a Crab
蟹に誘われて
7.53
3,086 rank · 4,137 readers · 113 favorites
Josei
Slice of Life
Supernatural
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Synopsis
A collection of 18 surreal, dreamlike short stories exploring memory, innovation, and the absurdities of everyday life.
1. Kani ni Sasowarete 2. Wakaranakatta Omoide 3. Sakana no Hanashi 4. Innovation 5. Jigoku 6. Pineapple wo Gozonji Nai 7. Ike ga Arawareta Hanashi 8. Hohonoho 9. Ousanshouuo Jiken 10. Decoy 11. Kimi 12. Takuan Dream 13. 2014-nen 1-gatsu 31-nichi no Yume 14. Kai 15. Fuon na Hi 16. Nabe 17. The Perfect Sunday 18. Keisanki no Kokoro
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.30
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.30 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.75
Running avg · Feb 2016 → Feb 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “A quick little 4 page manga about the main character of the mangaka's other works. Considering how short it is, I can't even talk about what it's about without giving anyway anything, but it did...”
- 7 “Most thoughts have an easily discernible meaning and purpose to them, but sometimes you'll have a strange thought with an unknowable origin that will probably be forgotten just as easily as it was...”
- 7 “"An Invitation from a Crab" (KaniSaso) is a thought experiment on whether you can find meaning, or simply distraction, in the most average of places. The manga follows an episodic approach,...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 18 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 24m approx
- Published Feb 2012 – Feb 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M32249 catalog