処刑少女の生きる道―そして、彼女は甦る― 1

処刑少女の生きる道 (Manga) #1

by Ryo Mitsuya (Illustrator), 三ツ谷亮 (Illustrator), Mato Sato

――これは、彼女が彼女を殺すための物語。この世界には、異世界の日本から《迷い人》がやってくる。過去に迷い人の暴走が原因で、世界的な大災害が起きたため、迷い人を見つけ次第、殺す役目を背負った《処刑人》メノウ。躊躇なく冷徹に任務を遂行していく中、次の標的である日本人の少女アカリと出会う。いつものように殺したはずなのに、平然と復活してしまう不死身の少女。確実に殺しきるための方法を探すため、メノウは彼女ともに旅立つことになるのだが――。GA文庫大賞の≪大賞≫を受賞した人気作、待望のコミカライズ第1巻!原作者・佐藤真登により書き下ろしSSも収録!!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Yuri, LGBT

Paperback

First published February 9, 2021

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Reviews

[Sheepy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this first volume, quite the different start to an isekai series that I'm used to, can't wait to see how it continues

[Kristen B R · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Library manga)
Interesting concept... unsure if I'll keep reading.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

In Menou’s world, people are often summoned from other worlds and bring great power with them. Somewhere in the distant past, this led to a cataclysmic event that wiped out and entire continent. Now, Menou and the Church she serves hunts these otherworlders down and disposes of them. When Menou meets an otherworlder she can’t kill, she is directed to bring her target back to the city-center of the Church. Nothing can be simple, however as they catch a train beset by bandits wielding guns from the Wilds. A warrior princess is also along for the ride and confronts Menou’s assistant, Momo.

I liked this story's spin on the isekai genre, whee folks from other worlds come in and are the main stars of the story. This one deals with cleaning up the messes left behind by powerful beings. There is a satisfying amount of buildup before the slashing begins, and readers might get lulled into security or have misgivings about the book despite Menou’s occupation being right in the title. If the last few chapters are more of an indication of the story's pace, this series will be exciting and steady as we get into other cities and the intrigue of this society.

There are some interesting choices in character design. Menou and Momo have pretty dresses that don't seem like they would be super helpful in a fight, but another female character increases in cup size as the chapters progress. The warrior princess’ dress defies the laws of physics with how it stays on her body.

Sara's Rating: 8/10
Suitability Level: Grades 9-12

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[Sesana · Rating 2 out of 5]

First things first: this review is for the manga, not the light novel. For some reason, it looks like Goodreads is currently considering both books to be the same thing, and they really aren't. I assume this will be fixed at some point, and there's no telling where my review will end up then.

I didn't like this book, but it is built around a very interesting premise, one that opens a lot of storytelling potential. It's an isekai, but it seems to be largely from the point of view of the alternate world all those random Japanese teens get sent to. And their presence in this world is hugely disruptive. For some some, they're an exploitable avenue to power, functionally living nuclear weapons. And for others, they're abominations that need to be destroyed. I really, really like this concept, and it's best used in the first chapter.

But it's all downhill from there. Two of the characters, Momo and Akari, are annoying. Momo is flat out obnoxious, with an incredibly grating and affected vocal tic. Akari is just your standard pure and dumb heroine. Main character Menou doesn't have much of a personality. Sure, that seems to be a deliberate choice, but it leaves me with no characters to like or get invested in. The fanservice gets increasingly annoying as the book goes on, past my tolerance levels. The writing is pretty clumsy, too. I wish this concept had a better book to go with it.

[Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

An isekai from a different point of view: instead of following the our-world person who got sucked into the fantasy world, it follows a priestess-executioner dedicated to eradicating otherworlders so they (and the powers they manifest) can't destabilize her world.
Sounds like a cool premise, but in execution it looks like just another standard story of childlike-design magical girls (including the obligatory one with massive balloon-boobs and one with annoyingly overly-cutesy little-girl mannerisms okaaaaay) fighting cardboard bad-guys and queer-baiting readers (the old triangle of apparently-oblivious-protagonist surrounded by one obvious overly-attached unstable jealous girl and one innocent-persona girl who just 'ooo I don't know why but I just always want to be near you for some reason' *lip-bite, eyelash-flutter, busty shot* *weary sighs of a thousand jaded manga-readers facepalming*).
It could have been something new & cool, but it had to go with the creepy male-gaze-y f|f queerbaiting and mindless action...
I won't look for volume 2.

[Ayxan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not a fan of Isekais, mainly because of all the fan-service, Harems and Ecchi stuff. I don't know why people always associate Ecchi with fantasy, but it's annoying.

When finding out that this series is Yuri/GL, I was willing to give it a chance though. What would I not do for my Yuri heart...

Well, I don't like it that much. The fan-service and ecchi stuff sure is grossing me out. Also, Akiri looks like a Yandere, and I hate the expressions of Yanderes. I don't think she's a Yandere by personality, but she is drawn like one...

But the story is actually nice. I like how it's a world, where, instead of welcoming otherworldlers or being fascinated by them (*cough* like joining their harem *barf*), they just straight up kill them. This idea could've come from me, ngl.
I totally agree with that, since humans shouldn't pollute another world. It's bad enough that they're existing in the first place.

So, yeah, I will continue reading.

[katymei ✌️ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really like the premise and the take on isekai but the pedo fanservice is always so annoying and gross, i hope the characters get more depth as the series continues instead of "blank slate", "dumb but big-boobed", and "obsessed psycho"

there's some hope for it, i think. like i think it's sweet that momo was apparently being super extra to make menou feel better in the beginning, and i really wanna believe that there's something deeper with akari... but i guess we'll see

[Emma Patterson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Think is definitely a unique twist on the isekai genre. But there is a panel where they decided to sexualized a high schooler out of nowhere that just…. Wasn’t great. But I’m invested in this story so I’ll continue to read

[Zian B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting take on the Isekai genre, with those being summoned into the new world being discarded and killed, but I simply couldn’t get invested in the story.

[Laura (crofteereader) · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art style is a little too “cute” - I definitely prefer the anime and (later) novels