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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love this story so much. It is WILD.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Summertime Rendering Volume 1 is the first two volumes of the SUMMER TIME RENDER series by Yasuki Tanaka. Despite the cover and the early chapter stereotypical panty shots and "I woke up in her boobs!" tropes (which as someone who's read manga/watched anime a time long enough to get a drivers' license, register to vote, and drink I am SO TIRED of especially somewhere like here where there's no need??) it does fortunately develop into a creepy time loop horror mystery story.
There's a story about people being replaced by their shadows.... but what if it's true? And what if it's happening in this small, semi-isolated island?
Volume 1 ends on a good cliffhanger to lead into volume 2 and I'm interested to read the rest of the story!
The art is good and the characters are really expressive, especially as it gets deeper into the horror of it all, and I appreciated the author notes/memos in the back about while this island isn't real, it's sort of based off of a few things (and where they are -- but shout out to Wakayama Prefecture! Underappreciated) and how and why... love that.
Unfortunately the title expired less than two days after my ARC request was approved so I had to grab this volume from the library as I definitely had not downloaded it quick enough! That's on me. But I appreciate publishers throwing older titles up onto NetGalley sometimes to give us the opportunity to read something we may not have been so aware of, or have not gotten around to reading yet. (So thank you to NetGalley and Udon for the eARC!)
Onto volume 2!
There's a story about people being replaced by their shadows.... but what if it's true? And what if it's happening in this small, semi-isolated island?
Volume 1 ends on a good cliffhanger to lead into volume 2 and I'm interested to read the rest of the story!
The art is good and the characters are really expressive, especially as it gets deeper into the horror of it all, and I appreciated the author notes/memos in the back about while this island isn't real, it's sort of based off of a few things (and where they are -- but shout out to Wakayama Prefecture! Underappreciated) and how and why... love that.
Unfortunately the title expired less than two days after my ARC request was approved so I had to grab this volume from the library as I definitely had not downloaded it quick enough! That's on me. But I appreciate publishers throwing older titles up onto NetGalley sometimes to give us the opportunity to read something we may not have been so aware of, or have not gotten around to reading yet. (So thank you to NetGalley and Udon for the eARC!)
Onto volume 2!
First chapter was not what I was expecting, and how this first volume ended was ALSO not what I was expecting. A thriller for sure with the mystery to the island that paced very well, can't wait to grab volume two.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Picked this manga assuming it would be a light-hearted love story. Was caught off guard by the plot and the mystery of how it would end! A page-turner indeed.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced