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“Death-row killer Yashiro Tenshuu becomes government experiment subject in exchange for avoiding execution.”
Alive
ALIVE
6.55
17,303 rank · 15,594 readers · 88 favorites
Seinen
Psychological
Horror
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Death-row killer Yashiro Tenshuu becomes government experiment subject in exchange for avoiding execution.
Yashiro Tenshuu killed 5 people, including his girlfriend, and is now on death row. However, a secret government organization is willing to take him off death row if he allows himself to become a test subject to an experiment that requires a killer's intent.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 9 sampled reviews
6.9
/10
What 9 readers settled on.
86%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 2.23
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.23 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
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Score over time
↑ 0.89
Running avg · Jan 2009 → Sep 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This was a great one shot manga but I think it would have been a lot better with a few more chapters. I like the concept and the art but the characters didn't really shine and the pacing felt off....”
- 10 “In my opinion this manga is amazing. I've often wondered how good a one shot can be, and Alive! is my answer. The story starts off innocently enough, but then we are dragged into an allegorical...”
- 10 “Alive! is one of my favorite mangas, and I usually reread it every couple of months (it's only 10 chapters long). Despite the shortness of the manga, there is enough of a plot to give you a good...”
Verbosity
Short · 56%
Medium · 44%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 10 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 20m approx
- Published Feb 1999 – Jun 1999
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0896 catalog