“Middle schooler befriends mysterious Shibata under sakura tree; reality transforms into Shibata's world in surreal coming-of-age tale.”
Shibatarian
シバタリアン
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Middle schooler befriends mysterious Shibata under sakura tree; reality transforms into Shibata's world in surreal coming-of-age tale.
In the spring of my third year of middle school, I found Shibata buried beneath a sakura tree. We watched movies and became fast friends, even planned to make a movie together for the school festival...but no one at school seemed to know him. I will discover Shibata and the whole world will turn into Shibata. This is a story of, by, and for Shibata. Now showing in a theater near you. (Source: MANGA Plus) Included one-shot: Volume 2: Noroi ni Kakerarete
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A Manga Publication
- Format 38 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 04m approx
- Published Apr 2023 – Sep 2024
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M68536 catalog