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“Justice-driven transfer student Sora accidentally becomes the first female player in a boys' VR game exploiting girls as weapons.”
Shitsurakuen
失楽園
7.01
9,513 rank · 11,988 readers · 188 favorites
Shounen
Harem
School
Action
Comedy
Drama
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Justice-driven transfer student Sora accidentally becomes the first female player in a boys' VR game exploiting girls as weapons.
Himoto Sora is a transfer student with a sense of justice and dreams of becoming a knight. Upon arriving at Utopia Gakuen, she learns of a virtual reality-like game played by the male students in which they use girls as weapons in battles for status and treat them as commodities. Seeing one of these girls being abused she steps in and though some sort of error unwittingly becomes the first female participant of the game. Included one-shot: Volume 2: Shitsurakuen (pilot)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
6.2
/10
What 11 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 1
σ 3.04
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.04 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 2.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 0.82
Running avg · Apr 2010 → Feb 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Alright i have three words for anyone who likes this manga "Revolutionary Girl Utena" the story line and many other plot devices remind me so much of this older anime. I always loved Utena and Sora...”
- 8 “The story of this manga is based on "Paradise Story" which is often included in the story and well-made to cover the whole events in the story. This manga is having a slow start and will leave you...”
- 10 “This story was promising from the start and almost till the end but just an abrupt ending. I won't say they were wrong it had abrupt ending but just hit the intended the spot in me. So, about the...”
Verbosity
Short · 64%
Medium · 18%
Long · 18%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 25 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 20m approx
- Published May 2009 – Mar 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9783 catalog