もうすぐ死ぬひと 1

Mousugu Shinu Hito

by Hiroki Haruse

Kominato Riku is a high-school student who aims to be a game designer. The girl next door is his childhood friend, Haju, who is in love with him, but he has fallen head over heels for the school idol Riko. And lastly, there is the transfer student, Nodoka. With that all said you’d think this is the start of some love-comedy harem, but a rumor spreads that Nodoka's received a message that says, “you will die soon”. Riku and the gang’s fate will change in a major way. Who will live, and who will love?

Genres: Manga

194 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Mehsi · Rating 2 out of 5]

What the flying flapping birds did I just read. Holy wow, this derailed. Hard. I mean it became less about the video and more about how Haju totally went yandere because of what happened. Oh boy. And those videos are also freaking messed up, who would think of that? Plus, that you can apparently not escape it... So yeah, on the one hand I want to continue..on the other hand no freaking thank you. Not after those last pages. That last chapter.
And really, how oblivious is the MC. *rolls eyes*

[HM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly great up until the big reveal in the finale. I tried understanding it a few times before throwing my hands up and just deciding to stick with the enjoyable bits. Turning a harem story into a horror novel was clever, even though I lost all sympathy for the main character when he raped what's her face just because the other one told him to, which I'm sure makes sense in Manga Land.

That ending was creepy enough that I didn't feel like I'd wasted too much of my time. And there were more than a few flashes of self awareness beneath the typical misogyny in manga, so that's cool.

[Alic · Rating 1 out of 5]

Positively deranged.