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“Emotional pun-loving Kanako quits ad agency, aces assassin exam, starts thrilling new killer career.”
Happy Kanako's Killer Life
幸せカナコの殺し屋生活
7.27
5,775 rank · 7,857 readers · 46 favorites
Comedy
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Synopsis
Emotional pun-loving Kanako quits ad agency, aces assassin exam, starts thrilling new killer career.
Due to the constant mistreatment she received while working for an advertising agency, Kanako Nishino—an emotional girl with a penchant for animal-based puns—decided to quit her job and search for a better one. To her surprise, Kanako finds out that the new company she has applied for is actually an assassins' organization, and she passes the entrance exam with flying colors! Kanako begins her new and exciting life as a professional assassin.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.7
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 4
σ 2.49
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.49 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 10.0 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 3.33
Running avg · Mar 2022 → Jun 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “This is my favorite manga I've read so far. Kanako is relentlessly optimistic, while simultaneously getting stressed out at times. That intense dynamic makes following her story fun because you...”
- 6 “Honestly speaking, I think that this manga is kind of okay. I can confidently say that I enjoyed it for a while, as the comedy of having such a friendly, awkward person being in such a deadly...”
- 4 “Happy Kanako's Killer Life is a 4 koma comedic manga about Kanako's whimsical life. But it's really not funny. I guess the appeal is that gap between Kanako's pushover-type personality and her...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Apr 2019 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M49351 catalog