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“Special-powered "Altered" humans are imprisoned on the mysterious island prison "Area D" in a survival-action story.”
Area D: Inou Ryouiki
AREA D 異能領域
7.1
8,093 rank · 20,073 readers · 192 favorites
Shounen
Super Power
Action
Drama
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Special-powered "Altered" humans are imprisoned on the mysterious island prison "Area D" in a survival-action story.
The "prison survival action" story is set after the sudden emergence of special powers in certain pockets of humanity. To deal with these so-called "Altered," a mysterious remote island prison named "Area D" was built. (Source: MU)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.3
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 3
σ 2.17
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.17 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 3.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 2.75
Running avg · Mar 2013 → Apr 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Area D was a frustrating experience. The manga starts well, it introduces the concept of powers clearly and at the same time gives a nice dimension to each character that will be relevant to the...”
- 9 “If you're looking for a non bias review, this isn't one. For myself, this is exactly the manga I have been searching for. Scouring never ending lists of anime in looking for a mature, esper/super...”
- 6 “This is only going to be brief since I am only writing this because I saw only one review (they had only read 37 chapters as of me writing this) and something needs to be said to people planning on...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 137 × 14 ch × vol
- Total read 18h 16m approx
- Published Mar 2012 – Jan 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M18559 catalog