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“Supernatural convenience store on life's edge, drawing souls for final purchases amid monsters and eerie mysteries.”
Box of Light
光の箱
6.78
13,454 rank · 1,311 readers · 11 favorites
Josei
Slice of Life
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Supernatural convenience store on life's edge, drawing souls for final purchases amid monsters and eerie mysteries.
A quiet convenience store hovers on the boundary between life and death. Its faint glow in the darkness draws people toward it, pushing them closer to the final purchase they'll ever make...and is that a monster in the magazine aisle?! Prepare for spooky creatures, cryptic employees, and an air of delightful dread in this supernatural mystery. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.25
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.25 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.33
Running avg · Jun 2023 → Aug 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I saw this on the bookstore shelves and thought it seemed interesting, I googled reviews and ratings and read mostly bad things. I decided to buy it anyways, and I am so glad I did! Box of Light...”
- 7 “Definitely worth a shot to read. I know the rating are low but I think that's because they have yet to show what they can do here. I have read 2 volumes so far and the first one is more of a intro...”
- 8 “I love this manga, I'm confident it will be an anime in 2025. Seconds from deaths' door, Kokura is given one final opportunity to live if he agrees to work part time at a convenience store. A...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Nov 2018 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M58400 catalog