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“Sadai, seeking suicide in mountains, meets a mysterious gentle girl who changes his fate.”
Aekanaru
アエカナル
7.89
1,130 rank · 5,313 readers · 69 favorites
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Sadai, seeking suicide in mountains, meets a mysterious gentle girl who changes his fate.
The manga's story centers on Sadai, a person who heads into the mountains with the intent of taking his own life, but instead encounters a mysterious gentle girl. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
9.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 8
σ 1.00
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.00
Running avg · Apr 2022 → Dec 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This manga is a charming, wholesome experience that excels by avoiding fan-service and focusing on a grounded, slow-life narrative. While the story is admittedly bland and the heroine’s child-like...”
- 10 “This manga offers a uniquely wholesome slice-of-life experience that masterfully balances deep thematic explorations of duty and happiness with stunning, immersive art of rural and urban Japan....”
Verbosity
Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Aekanaru begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 44 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 52m approx
- Published Jun 2020 – Jul 2022
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M60777 catalog