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“Salaryman must raise stranded alien child to save humanity from invasion in five years.”
Don't Destroy Humanity
人類を滅亡させてはいけません
7.93
1,008 rank · 5,454 readers · 67 favorites
Seinen
Childcare
Sci-Fi
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
Salaryman must raise stranded alien child to save humanity from invasion in five years.
On his way home from work, 26-year-old salaryman Osamu Kawakita encounters an alien named Lilin. She and her species plan on invading the earth, but she ends up getting stranded on this planet. Can Osamu raise her to become a kind-hearted kid before her species eradicates humanity in five years? (Source: MangaDex)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
8.4
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 0.80
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.80 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.40
Running avg · Oct 2021 → May 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Though it got cancelled, and thus there are still questions left unanswered, this series and its creators had nevertheless done their best to deliver on their promises. It's a simple enough plot:...”
- 7 “If you want a wholesome story about lonely a lonely 26 year old salaryman with an alien daughter, then this is the right place for you. The story is so far has some emotional moments that hit...”
- 8 “All throughout, this series has been so good and wholesome, This series reminds me of Usagi Drop at least the 1st half of usagi drop. The story begins when our main character (Kawakita Osamu), who...”
Verbosity
Short · 60%
Medium · 40%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 31 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 08m approx
- Published Sep 2020 – Feb 2022
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55784 catalog