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“Government offers suicidal patients choice to die, but execution isn't simple; resource-strapped doctor facilitates decision.”
Jisatsutou
自殺島
7.47
3,507 rank · 32,064 readers · 398 favorites
Seinen
Psychological
Drama
Mystery
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Synopsis
Government offers suicidal patients choice to die, but execution isn't simple; resource-strapped doctor facilitates decision.
Treating non-successful suicidal patients requires a lot of money and resources. With low budget and a personal respect argumentation, a doctor will ask a non-successful suicidal patient if they still want to live on or not. If not, the government will respect their wish. However, the government doesn't just simply kill them...
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 17 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 17 readers settled on.
83%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.88
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.88 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.3 pts
Recommenders 8.3 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Mar 2012 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “No spoilers! 3 reasons you might want to check this manga out: 1. If you're interested in the survival - adventure genre. It's surprisingly realistic and the story is good. The characters (almost...”
- 7 “Set in a time when the government has given up on saving repeat suicide attempts, the titular island is made. The island’s purpose is to serve as a dumping site for those who have repeatedly tried...”
- 9 “Jisatsutou, written by Kouji Mori (Holyland), is a masterpiece. Once again Kouji Mori captivates the struggles of the being human, through a simple yet effective narrative. Mori's biggest strength...”
Verbosity
Short · 47%
Medium · 24%
Long · 29%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 168 × 17 ch × vol
- Total read 22h 24m approx
- Published Nov 2008 – Aug 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M7652 catalog