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“A nameless man escapes monotony on a harrowing journey to the world's end.”
Kono Yo no Owari e no Tabi
この世の終りへの旅
7.24
6,013 rank · 6,789 readers · 148 favorites
Psychological
Fantasy
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Synopsis
A nameless man escapes monotony on a harrowing journey to the world's end.
A nameless man sets out on a journey to go away from his repetitive and boring life after realizing how mundane it truly is. He finds unbelievable things, terrible things in his journey. A journey that is started must be completed: the journey to the end of the world.
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
4.8
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 2
σ 1.92
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.92 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↑ 0.75
Running avg · Apr 2021 → Apr 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I really liked this work that wanted to imply several social issues through surrealism and absurdism : the fact that the issues are treated only on the surface is a mark of absurdism. Their nature...”
- 2 “this is gonna be a half assed review. story (2/10) : man, i see many comments about this 'deep' story and meaning, but for me its like the author went on drugs. maybe i'm just dumb. i can't even...”
- 4 “This is probably not a fair review but I'm aiming for a neccesary one. Kono yo no owari e no tabi's story can be summed as a repeating dream (hence the surrealism) of an apathetic man. Nothing...”
Verbosity
Short · 75%
Medium · 25%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Apr 2002 – Aug 2003
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6293 catalog