“Ruthless cybercrime chief Yoshino Erika hunts viral vigilante Shinbunshi, whose masked justice crusade spirals via social media.”
Prophecy
予告犯
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Synopsis
Ruthless cybercrime chief Yoshino Erika hunts viral vigilante Shinbunshi, whose masked justice crusade spirals via social media.
Tokyo Police Department's Cybercrime Division is headed by the young, brilliantly ruthless Yoshino Erika. Her track record has been solid, but when a new threat appears online, it starts making all the headlines. A man who goes by Shinbunshi, because of the newspaper mask he wears, begins acting as a vigilante of justice. His message is simple: he can see what is wrong with society right now and although he doesn't have the power to change it, he can help the frustrated citizens release their pent up anger from the crimes that go unpunished like people treating others like trash, corrupt government pushing their weight around and other issues the typical person has no control over. Although it starts relatively harmless, it quickly snowballs out of control thanks to the power of social media and the Shinbunshi becomes an overnight internet sensation with the severity of the crimes exponentially increasing. (Source: MangaHelpers)
What people say
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Derived from 5 sampled reviews
What 5 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.17 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.20
Running avg · Mar 2014 → May 2025
- 8 “Yokokuhan in short gives off the death note feels but on a more realistic scale. This story is about a boy who wants to help people punish society for all the bad its done to the people. Much like...”
- 7 “Note: I hate quantifying a manga scoring in multiple categories - story/characters/pacing etc - because to me that's just min-max type of scrutiny that dilutes the holism of the entire work. So,...”
- 7 “This is a very solid work, especially for being such a short read. The only strong critique I have are how the general political and societal themes are presented and discussed. Often certain...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 22 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 56m approx
- Published Jul 2011 – Aug 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M18833 catalog