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“High schooler Ryouma becomes a girl in deadly game to save sister and win billion yen.”
Though You May Burn to Ash
たとえ灰になっても
7.14
7,506 rank · 6,216 readers · 81 favorites
Seinen
High Stakes Game
Strategy Game
Suspense
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Synopsis
High schooler Ryouma becomes a girl in deadly game to save sister and win billion yen.
For his beloved younger sister's treatment, Shinomiya Ryouma is working frantically to raise a billion yen while going to high school. One day, a mysterious woman asks him, "Can you put your life on the line for what you desire?" and after receiving a ticket from her, an accident befalls him! When he wakes up, he finds he's turned into a girl and what's more, he's participating in a "game" where a win means he can reverse his fate but a loss means he'll die instantly! (Source: MangaHelpers)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
9.3
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 10
σ 0.75
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.75 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.67
Running avg · Nov 2018 → Apr 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I read this manga to its latest chapter in one sitting and the only thing I can say is that it was a thrill ride. It started pretty slow, but boy oh boy does it heat up very quickly and it manages...”
- 10 “Weirdly enough I feel in-love reading this manga. To me this manga is one you either really love it or you really hate it. What I like about this manga is the absence of barriers and adding actual...”
- 9 “So very tragic about the author's passing. The story leaves off just when you want more, but there are worse points it could have ended on. I'm a huge fan of torture movies and stories about death...”
Verbosity
Short · 83%
Medium · 17%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 56 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 28m approx
- Published Dec 2015 – Feb 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M37446 catalog