“Substitute teacher joins 5-million-yen vigilante assassination team, adopts psychic girl, questions morality of killing evildoers.”
Kimi no Knife
君のナイフ
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Synopsis
Substitute teacher joins 5-million-yen vigilante assassination team, adopts psychic girl, questions morality of killing evildoers.
Shiki Yukitaka is desperate for money, but he makes way too little as a long term substitute teacher. While drinking one evening, a pretty woman asks if he would be willing to assassinate people for 5 million yen a kill. Although Shiki is hesitant, he grudgingly admits that he might do it, provided all the targets are serious evildoers. He soon finds that her offer is deadly serious, when she introduces him to the rest of the team and points them towards their first target. The driver, Yan, is doing this for the money as well. Shiki's partner, Kuzumi, is a cop. He doesn't appear to be interested in the money, but he seems to be driven by a deep anger. On Shiki's first mission, things don't go quite as planned. They didn't count on their target's 18-year-old daughter Itsuki being locked up in the house. She's been confined for 10 years, due to her spooky ability to read things from people's minds when she touches them. She claims to want to be their ally, and Shiki is reluctantly made responsible for her care. With the police investigating their crime, is keeping her alive too dangerous? How long will the team be able to get away with continuing their highly paid vigilante murders? (Source: MangaHelpers)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 1.02 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↑ 1.60
Running avg · May 2011 → Feb 2024
- 9 “The plot is consistently well-written and secure, complemented by clean, polished art and excellent character development. While the narrative is compelling, its intensity caused significant...”
- 8 “The plot is compelling and realistic, anchored by the excellent psychological evolution of the protagonist, Shiki, and supported by interesting side characters. While the art is functional and easy...”
- 7 “The manga excels as a gripping thriller, featuring a compelling cat-and-mouse game centered on coverups and strong, complex character arcs for the lead and his pursuers. However, the experience is...”
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Kimi no Knife begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 71 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 28m approx
- Published Jul 2009 – Apr 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M12063 catalog