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“In 2048 Tokyo, AI robots secretly live among humans, and only their prototype, ORIGIN, can stop them.”
Origin
ORIGIN
7.6
2,552 rank · 36,592 readers · 458 favorites
Seinen
Action
Award Winning
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
In 2048 Tokyo, AI robots secretly live among humans, and only their prototype, ORIGIN, can stop them.
Tokyo, 2048. Japan is now connected to the entire northern hemisphere by the Eurasian Railroad, and all manner of crime and vice pour into the megalopolis at its eastern terminus. Little do the people know that inhuman beings live among us, however—robots with high-level AI, who will kill to survive. Only one "man" can stop them—their prototype: ORIGIN. (Source: Kodansha USA)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 11 sampled reviews
7.2
/10
What 11 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.47
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.47 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.18
Running avg · Dec 2017 → Sep 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Can't recommend this one enough. This manga is chock full of thrills, kills, awesome shit, and so much more. It's very funny, very beautiful, and overall such a fun read. Much like Boichi's other...”
- 7 “Origin ---ART--- The art in unreal (10/10) As any Boichi manga. ---Characters--- The first flaw i found was the characters. There are only 2 characters that had any character development as the...”
- 7 “Origin is not a very good manga. The characters are not very well developed (or maybe that's due to there only being 38 chapters) except for maybe Origin. The story itself isn't amazing either,...”
Verbosity
Short · 36%
Medium · 18%
Long · 45%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 87 × 10 ch × vol
- Total read 11h 36m approx
- Published Sep 2016 – Feb 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M40790 catalog