“Shinpei returns home after Ushio's suspicious drowning, uncovering dark island secrets and supernatural threats to save his loved ones.”
Summertime Rendering
サマータイムレンダ
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Synopsis
Shinpei returns home after Ushio's suspicious drowning, uncovering dark island secrets and supernatural threats to save his loved ones.
After his parents died, Shinpei Ajiro lived with the Kofune sisters, Mio and Ushio, but he has since moved to live on his own in Tokyo. But after Ushio drowns while trying to save the young Shiori Kobayakawa, he returns home to mourn her departure. However, bruises around Ushio's neck bring her cause of death into question. Taking a step back, Shinpei becomes convinced there must be another explanation. Dangerous entities roam among the islanders, and a vision of deceased Ushio asks him to "save Mio" as her final request. He is certain that something is afoot—and Ushio's death is only a piece of the puzzle. With the help of Mio and various others, Shinpei struggles to forge a future in which he, his friends, and family can stay alive. But the more he investigates, the more impossible such a future seems. This darkness infiltrates his home island. Just how much more suffering will he go through before finding the right path to save it all?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 21 sampled reviews
What 21 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.55 · some divergence
3.6 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 5.0
↓ 1.29
Running avg · Oct 2018 → Mar 2026
- 8 “Well, this was good at all When i started reading, i thought that was going to be something repetitive because of the rewind "mechanic", but is what it makes GOOD. I am not a big fan of Horror...”
- 10 “Damn that was Good. one of the best Manga I have ever read 🔥 What a journey, saw one more episode of anime this weekend but got so hooked that I Couldn't wait for the anime to continue so stayed up...”
- 9 “Let's get this out of the way... Summertime Rendering is well drawn, well written, and has an amazingly tense and brisk atmosphere. In today's standards, the series is rather short. The suspense...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 139 × 13 ch × vol
- Total read 18h 32m approx
- Published Oct 2017 – Feb 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M46168 catalog