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“Comatose biker awakens to dystopian Japan, gains supernatural eye and creature companion, seeks speed in surreal road journey.”
Dance in the Dark
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7.59
2,647 rank · 2,838 readers · 95 favorites
Seinen
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Synopsis
Comatose biker awakens to dystopian Japan, gains supernatural eye and creature companion, seeks speed in surreal road journey.
Undertaker by day, biker by night, Kaido Wataru dreams of one day riding at an unsurpassed speed. But the moment he finally reaches 300 km/h, a terrible accident sends him into a 3-year coma. When Wataru awakes, he finds that the Japan he once knew is long gone. Now followed by an otherworldly creature and equipped with a mysterious transplanted eye, Wataru embarks on his very own road movie. (Source: MU)
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Derived from 6 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.29
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Mostly aligned
σ 1.29 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.00
Running avg · Nov 2018 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Kurayami Dance or Dance in the Darkness, is a short manga, with only 20 chapters. It reads like a novel,ie. it is unlike your everyday manga, where there is a highschool, heroes, villains,etc....”
- 8 “This doesn't reads like an ordinary manga. The framing feels comic book inspired. The art is less cluttered compared to some other mangas and can be more cinematic. The story can sometimes mock the...”
- 10 “Kurayami Dance is one of the most unique mangas I've ever read. It feels like someone's personality in both text and drawing are imbued into every page of this 2-volume story. It's one of my...”
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Short · 17%
Medium · 17%
Long · 67%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 16 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 08m approx
- Published Aug 2015 – Nov 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M35872 catalog