Tsumi to Batsu - A Falsified Romance

Description

Miroku Tachi was a promising student until he dropped out of college. Now, after months spent as a NEET, he has hatched a plan to help his sister, himself, and the whole world... by murdering someone.

Based on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, but in a modern-day Japanese setting.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

Crime and Punishment (OCHIAI Naoyuki)

Crime and Punishment - A Falsified Romance

Syndrome 1866

Tsumi to Batsu (OCHIAI Naoyuki)

罪 / 罚

罪と罰 (落合尚之)

罪と罰 A Falsified Romance

罪与罚

Groups Scanlating

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Latest Release(s)

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Status in Country of Origin

10 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

3 topics, 6 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.6 / 10.0 (173 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.4 / 10.0

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Last Updated

December 31st, 2024 7:07pm PST - 10 months ago

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Genre

Mature Psychological Romance Seinen Tragedy
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Futabasha

Serialized In (magazine)

Manga Action (Futabasha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

emaqi

JManga (Defunct / 6 Volumes - Canceled)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #731

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Monthly Pos #2017 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3651 (No change)

6 Month Pos #5289

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Year Pos #7176

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List Stats

On 645 reading lists

On 693 wish lists

On 256 completed lists

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Forum Posts Click to view the forum

If you were in the MC's shoes... *SPOILERS*

10 years ago

Jmanga licensing

14 years ago

Did you plan to kill someone?

15 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

A real romance

by Rashidz
8 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This manga is a fine piece work, and i could not say better than Communist_Rob on his review.

I only want to add something : I can only imagine that the ones that reviewed this manga and said that it bears almost no resemblance to Crime and Punishment must not have read the original work.

The motivations are astonishingly similar, the complex relationship between the MC and his sister is presented with the same subplot concerning marriage and guilty towards oneself for causing it, the detective has similar personality with Porfiry and the journey goes to the same locations; even some core ideas of the original are represented with another character on the manga.

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impressive

by Communist_Rob
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I can understand why this manga has received so many low scores: from a reading entertainment perspective, Tsumi to Batsu is a dark, convoluted, inconceivable and abstract work of art that only caters to a niche range of readers.

However, from a literary perspective, this manga is a goldmine. Though not up to the level of Oyasumi Punpun, Tsumi to Batsu is nonetheless a masterpiece that follows true to the original theme of Dostoyvsky's novel, Crime and Punishment.

Using the same foundation of the novel but in a wholly different setting, Ochiai Naoyuki does an excellent job recreating the chain of events that transpire as well as providing the readers an omniscient glimpse into the psyche of the main individuals.

With that said, if you're looking for a quick and easy read, look elsewhere; this is something deeper and more profound that's meant to be shocking and thought provoking, portraying a realistic view of the depravity of society. Definitely not something for the faint of heart.

However, works of this caliber are definitely exemplary material for comparison essays or term papers.

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very good

by jasperv
10 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I've yet to finish reading this, but unlike how most commenters said, this manga is real rage material, it's about the person's deepest psych, his uncensored judgement of others, his own world view, a very good one, maybe can't compare to novels, but manga-wise, you'll find few like this, so why the hate? rage!!

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Wow

by bnad
11 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

Holy. The MC is one of most awful human being in fiction. I can't even comprehend his decision and action. But somehow, I kinda felt the MC is an author avatar. His hidden id. And that scares me.

Damn.

Reading this left a very bad taste in my mouth.

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Bad start, gotten better later but not that much

by kronpas
11 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

The manga started out bad, extremely bad. It was like torture to get through the first ~20 chapters just to see something done. The main character was such a pathetic loser that even 30 chapters in the mangaka couldn't manage to make him likable. His drive, his situation and events surround him were all illogical, incomprehensible.

I wanted to like this. I really wanted, but it needed much more to deserve the "psychological" tag.

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Crime and Punishment, I think not

by residentgrigo
13 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

Not a bad manga per se but it started of kinda bland. The characterisations of the teen prostitutes for example are absurd but after that story was over it got better and kind of interesting.
This manga though has NOTHING to do with the Novel "Crime and Punishment" so false advertisement there. Still it is kinda alright and the art is good. So try it it if you are interested.

Update: I take everything back. Volume 5 and onwards are horrible and illogical. No way can publicly known gangrape be pushed under the carpet that easily and the porn buisness doesn´t work this way. I give up on this manga after looking at the rest of the raws. Not worth it at all. From a 7 down to a 3.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Disappointing

by panos
14 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

It gets worse and worse with extravagant situations that the author pulls out from ehem let's say pocket so as to push forward the story.I would remove (if able) the "based on a classic tag" from the description since the similarities are miniscule.The only good thing i can tell is that it has exceptional art.

... Last updated 14 years ago

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Loving it so far

by TheShawn
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I like the plot so far, and it shows signs of good development. The art is rather interesting, and definitely fits with the subject matter. A hesitant 10 that could change as the story goes on.

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