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“Guides escort souls from purgatory through personal gates into the afterlife.”
Tsurebito
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7.22
6,177 rank · 2,058 readers · 11 favorites
Seinen
Drama
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Guides escort souls from purgatory through personal gates into the afterlife.
Tsurebito is about the people who escort you from purgatory into the world of the dead. After you die you must go through your personal gate into the world of the dead, and companions are the ones who lead you there. (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
8.6
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.02
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 1.02 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.60
Running avg · Aug 2016 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Tsurebito is a beautiful, emotionally gripping story featuring exciting storytelling and truly mind-blowing, detailed background art. While the world could have been expanded further and some...”
- 10 “「Companion」 (Tsurebito) is a marvelous, thought-provoking journey through life and death that features wonderful storytelling and a perfectly cohesive narrative. There are no notable flaws to...”
- 9 “Tsurebito is a powerful, unique experience featuring remarkably detailed art that rivals the iconic quality of Claymore and deeply evolving characters. While the official synopsis is misleadingly...”
Verbosity
Short · 60%
Medium · 0%
Long · 40%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Tsurebito begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 23 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 04m approx
- Published Dec 2006 – Oct 2008
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0688 catalog