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“In a post-apocalyptic future, Rentarou and Enju, a cursed child with superhuman powers, fight parasitic Gastrea virus as civil security agents.”
Black Bullet
ブラック・ブレット
7.16
7,199 rank · 16,761 readers · 142 favorites
Seinen
Action
Mystery
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
In a post-apocalyptic future, Rentarou and Enju, a cursed child with superhuman powers, fight parasitic Gastrea virus as civil security agents.
The near future. A terrible battle against a parasitic virus called "Gastrea" has been fought...and lost. Humanity is cornered and lives in despair. Rentarou and Enju face constant danger in their work as a team of specialists working for the Tendo Civil Security Agency, one of several groups dedicated to fighting Gastrea. Enju is one of the "cursed children," who survived the virus and gained superhuman powers as a result. A crazed top-hat-wearing terrorist is on the loose, but Rentarou's got his hands full just dealing with his fellow civsec agents! (Source: Yen Press)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.94
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.94 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
2.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 6.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.67
Running avg · Nov 2013 → Jun 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “As of now there is 11 chapters in English (15 including anime adaptation announcement in raw). This manga is worth a read, I can't wait for the anime adaptation of this and see if this gets the...”
- 8 “This is going to be a quick short review because this is from my phone at work which is about to die. ~SPOILERS~ The last three chapters of the series and by three chapters I mean chapter 19 to 25...”
- 6 “This story left me... kinda empty. I watched the anime a few years before I decided to read the manga, since the anime never came back. At first, I thought it was because the anime didn't perform...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 20 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 40m approx
- Published Aug 2012 – Jun 2014
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M20872 catalog