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Tomodachi Game

“Financially struggling Yuuichi and friends are kidnapped to play brutal "friendship games" exposing secrets and betrayal.”

Tomodachi Game

8.36
284 rank · 94,641 readers · 5,045 favorites
Shounen High Stakes Game Psychological Strategy Game Suspense
130 chapters · 26 volumes · 2013 - 2024 · Manga
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Synopsis

Financially struggling Yuuichi and friends are kidnapped to play brutal "friendship games" exposing secrets and betrayal.

Yuuichi Katagiri has battled financial hardships his whole life but has learned to stay content and positive thanks to his close circle of friends. To keep a promise he made to them, Yuuichi saves up enough money to join them on the school trip. But when the gathered money mysteriously goes missing, suspicion falls on two of Yuuichi's friends: Shiho Sawaragi and Makoto Shibe, who were in charge of collecting the payments. Although innocent, Shiho and Makoto take responsibility for the failure to protect the money when no one else comes forward. A few days later, Yuuichi and his friends receive mysterious letters which trick each of them into meeting up. Upon arrival, they are ambushed and knocked unconscious. They wake up in a mysterious room in the presence of "Manabu-kun," a character from a controversial children's show that stopped airing due to its malicious content. He informs the group that one of them indirectly gathered them together in order to settle a large debt. They are to play a "friendship game": a series of games that will test the strength of their bond and trust in each other. As the group's faith wavers due to the growing number of secrets and betrayals, Yuuichi must figure out who of his "friends" he can actually trust and ultimately discover the identity of the traitor.

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What people say

Community consensus

Derived from 20 sampled reviews

7.6 /10

What 20 readers settled on.

79% recommend
Score distribution
median 9 mode 10 σ 2.91
1510
Agreement

Polarized

σ 2.91 · split reception

split
The polarity gap

6.9 pts

Recommenders 9.1 · others 2.3

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Score over time

↓ 1.40

Running avg · May 2017 → Feb 2025

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Publication slate

A Manga Publication

  • Format 130 × 26 ch × vol
  • Total read 17h 20m approx
  • Published Dec 2013 – Aug 2024
  • Source Manga media type
  • Ref. BS-M25187 catalog

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