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“Urban legend Boogiepop, the "Angel of Death," is real and releases people from suffering.”
Boogiepop Series
ブギーポップシリーズ
8.3
344 rank · 13,239 readers · 372 favorites
Psychological
Horror
Mystery
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Synopsis
Urban legend Boogiepop, the "Angel of Death," is real and releases people from suffering.
There is an urban legend that children tell one another about a shinigami that can release people from the pain they may be suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name—Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Derived from 5 sampled reviews
9.0
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 8
σ 0.89
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.89 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Apr 2014 → Mar 2023
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “the first volume in the boogiepop series is probably one of that best books ive read in awhile. all the characters are well fleshed out, you could realistically put them into tropes but it would be...”
- 8 “I think this sort of fantasy story works because Boogiepop itself links back in some way to reality. The idea of Boogiepop is pretty similar to the human body’s autoimmune system and how it fights...”
- 10 “"...The actual events probably form a very simple story. From a distance, they appear to be quite confusing; to have no clear threads connecting them whatsoever, but the reality is that this is...”
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Short · 40%
Medium · 0%
Long · 60%
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A Light novel Publication
- Published Feb 1998 – ongoing
- Source Light novel media type
- Ref. BS-M1198 catalog