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“Actress Izumi hides after facial mark, births Sakura, who later learns her true purpose.”
Senrei
洗礼
7.11
7,968 rank · 2,842 readers · 29 favorites
Shoujo
Horror
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Synopsis
Actress Izumi hides after facial mark, births Sakura, who later learns her true purpose.
Izumi Wakakusa is a renowned actress obsessed with beauty. When a hideous mark shows up on her face, she suddenly disappears and gives birth to a little girl: Sakura. Sakura is always pampered and overprotected by her mother, until the day that she discovers why she was born.
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.6
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 5
σ 1.85
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.85 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 2.60
Running avg · Nov 2016 → Dec 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This one is really messed up! Kazuo Umezu usually writes some disturbing work but it's a lot more out there with heavy sci fi themes. This ones still sci fi but i feel like since it's a lot more...”
- 8 “Read this just now in one afternoon/evening. For a manga written back in 1974 = Yes, I would highly recommend fans of older mangas and "horror" mangas to read this. The story sort of reminds me of...”
- 10 “I thought this manga wasn't going to be scanlated until the end for real, but I'm glad it was. I read Baptism for the first time a long time ago, and I planned on dropping it because I couldn't...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 20%
Long · 40%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 4 vol ch × vol
- Published Jan 1974 – Jan 1976
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9775 catalog