Mirai Nikki

Description

Yukiteru "Yuki" Amano is a loner who never really interacts with people and prefers writing a diary on his cell phone with his imaginary friends Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space, and Muru Muru, Deus's servant.
However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is real when he makes Yuki participate in a battle royal with eleven other people. Within this "Diary Game," the contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, with each diary having unique features that give them both advantages and disadvantages.
The rules of the game are simple: the contestants have 90 days to find and kill all the other contestants, and the last one standing will become the new God of Time and Space.

Type

Manga

Related Series

Mirai Nikki: Mosaic (Side Story)

Mirai Nikki: Paradox (Alternate Version)

Mirai Nikki: Mosaic Keshi (Alternate Version)

Mirai Nikki Redial (Sequel)

Associated Names

Diário do Futuro

Future Diary

Gelecek Günlüğü

Pamiętnik przyszłości (Polish)

Дневник будущего

भविष्य को डायरी

บันทึกมรณะ : เกมล่าท้าอนาคต

未来日記

미래일기

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.59 (end) by Hox 14 years ago

c.58 by Hox 14 years ago

c.57 by Hox 15 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

12 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 12, Chap 59

User Reviews

Mirai Nikki by dantd95

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User Rating

Average: 8 / 10.0 (2033 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.98 / 10.0

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Last Updated

November 16th, 2023 5:45am PST - 1 year ago

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Genre

Action Drama Mature Mystery Psychological Romance School Life Shounen Supernatural
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Original Publisher

Kadokawa Shoten

Serialized In (magazine)

Shounen Ace (Kadokawa Shoten)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (10 Volumes - Dropped; Digital)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #735

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Monthly Pos #1410

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3 Month Pos #2203

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6 Month Pos #2591

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Year Pos #2696

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Mirai Nikki Chapter Discussions

5 years ago

Future Diary/Mirai Nikki Gets New Redial Manga/Anime Episode

12 years ago

Why did it end like that?

13 years ago

Mirai Nikki-> anime or manga?

13 years ago

How closely does the anime follow the manga?

13 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

Really?

by nail80
13 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

Just finished this a while ago.
I don't really understand what's so good about this.
On one hand i finally understand the meaning of yandere with Yuno, and the 7th have a nice endearing story, so does the 8th. Oh and the 9th is pretty cool.
And on the other hand all of the rest is pretty shallow and pointless.
First you have the protagonist drawn in shorts. Really? He couldn't have pants? In colour it looks even worse.
Then you have one amazing theme in the story: the future diaries. And it seemed that the mangaka was pretty clueless to how grand of a manga could have really been written. No implications about the future and how the diaries can mess with time and reality, at least to the point where it doesn't go into a deeper meaning. When you have such things created and use them just to draw action with no reflection it just shows that the plot is rather shallow. As shallow as the main character who is just a coward and cries all the time no matter what. Let's not forget that his actions before the plot starts make no sense whatsoever. At least Yuno as some sort of excuse, but Yuki ends up so full of contradictions that i sighed all the time. The notion of parallel universes could also have been expanded and discussed. You know nothing about most of the schemes going on with other diary users, the main force of the manga.
Then you also have the manga expanded to unnecessary lenghts just to bring a rather weak ending.
The explanations are just so few, the reflections about life so near absent and the characters so useless that makes me wonder just how this manga has such high ratings.
Bokurano does a much better job and has more interesting characters, it's just much more deep.
Overall this is just mediocre.

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Just finished it. Definitely too fast.

by auriga
14 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

I found it enjoyable and the premise is interesting, but... ISN'T IT TOO FAST?

I like fast-paced stories a lot, but this is just too much. Characters get introduced into the story at blinding speed and they get killed off almost just as fast. It's just too fast for me to appreciate the characters. To make things worse, character development isn't impressive, either. Pretty much the entire manga is focused on Yuno's character, and Yuki's character is only fleshed out in the latter half. The other characters pretty much get fleshed out just before they die.

The plot also seems jumpy, and the speed at which the story is told isn't helping the cohesion one bit. And as someone mentioned earlier, deus ex machinas are aplenty, especially at the closing chapters. It would have been okay if the deus exes were limited to the future diaries, but... yeah.

In the end, I think that Mirai Nikki is a tad too overrated. You might be able to overlook the flaws if you enjoy your standard shounen fare, but if you're looking for something a bit more mature (no, gore, nudity and sex does not make a manga mature) this isn't it.

But hey, props to Esuno Sakae for making me read this to the end.

... Last updated 14 years ago

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SO GOOD

by kittenz73
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Man this manga was EXCELLENT! It has it all! The plot was so new, so unpredictable, so riveting. I loved reading it - it was so much fun to read. Not cliche in the slightest , so refreshing. A truly great manga about time manipulation. I know people gave this manga lower scores because Yukki was seen as a "wimp" but I feel that everyone has this messed up notion that the protagonist should be some unrealistic amazing person who gets stronger with every battle and has guts and wisdom oozing out every orifice of his body. Yukki was BELIEVABLE. That's what I loved about him and all the other characters of this manga. Even in such a made up world, they're motivations and their stories were unique and enjoying to watch. If Yukki was the protagonist everyone wanted, this manga might have turned into a boring cliche shounen piece of crap. Thanks to the mangaka for producing this manga in such a great way, it was a really good read. x)

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Turned into a pretty fun read

by MangaGhost
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I was surprised it turned out much better than I expected. Its fairly light and is a really fast read which I liked.

Like other reviewers have mentioned Yuno is a pretty awesome character. Yandere characters are often presented either as a bit goofy and unhinged or completely psychotic. Yuno is occasionally funny but is mainly scary psychotic and strangely sympathetic. You end up rooting for Yuno, which is a pretty awesome achievement by the author. As you can see by other reviewers comments, everyone loves Yuno.

I think Yuki gets unfairly bashed by some reviewers. He's not a wuss 100% of the time, more like 75% of the time lol. 1st in his defense he's a pretty lonely kid, who's never had friends and comes from a broken home. His folks are never around, so he's never had a role model for bravery. He only knows how to protect himself by not being involved and living in his fantasy world. This is how his character was written, if you are looking for a character that constantly betters himself then read Kenichi (HSDK), if you want continuous powerups against bigger and badder bosses then read Dragonball or Bleach. Yuki is a flawed and immature character (he's a kid not even in High School) that sometimes acts bravely and other times acts cowardly. He sometimes makes mistakes and bad decisions and sometimes good ones. 2nd he's not always a wimp. He takes down some major characters himself, rescues Yuno, and even shoots some people. 3rd and most importantly what some don't realize is that if Yuki was a badass he wouldn't need Yuno! If he was stronger he might not want her around and Yuno wouldn't have a chance to shine. I mean part of what's hilarious here is that

the guy has to keep around and rely on his psychotic stalker! It wouldn't happen if Yuki was too strong willed of a character and it would change the relationship and role of Yuno.

My complaints about this manga is that there are some weaknesses in character motivations and backgrounds. Really the strongest fleshed out characters are Yuki and Yuno. Some of the other characters are thin and not well developed. Some situations are glossed over or rushed thru and there are a few plot holes.

As I was reading this I thought the Manga might be a 7 or 7.5, but it got better especially towards the end with some twists raising my final score. The very final end was a bit of typical shonen ending which I didn't think they needed and maybe took a bit away from everything. All that said I think the final 10-15 chapters were pretty strong and raised my score to an 8. I recommend it.

... Last updated 14 years ago

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The real thriller

by 2wcp
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Imo, this is a much compelling thriller than death note. The psychological factors are there, but with less dialogue and more action.

After reading some comments here, it's kinda true that the main reason that this series is so exciting is just because of one, mysterious and deep character. However, I'd say that the character is so damn good and that's sufficient to make this manga a worth read.

Highly recommended by me, a Death Note fan

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good or evil ?

by greatbone
17 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I've just kept reading through newest releases so hope for discover the main female character, Yuno, is good or bad. Maybe the truth is that she really has mental problem, her crazy thought about love, or else she has some bigger plan from the start. Hope she will change. but that is what make Future Diary is interesting, leading character doesn't show nice feeling for reader from begin/

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It was a hell of a ride.

by KendricO
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

This will be amongst my top ten mangas of all time. To be honest, I thought it was going to be "Horror manga where everyone dies every other chapter" and it kinda was. But let me go into detail a bit before you judge this manga.

We have Yuuki, our standard protagonist. Throughout the manga his personality is quite consistent, it changes realistically (for the most part) after a traumatic event and he also has his flaws, making me angry when he made bad decisions and rooting for him during life threatening situations. This is what a story is SUPPOSED to do. It makes you empathisize with the characters and this manga pulled it off perfectly.

Then there's Yuno. I can't really make any judgements about her because I haven't really read a whole lot of yandere manga, but I'm pretty sure she fits that description well.She's psychotic and extremely cute when she doesn't "break". Quite honestly, she's my favorite character in the entire story. There's a couple twists and turns with her character, which truely surprised me.

The story itself was excellent, although I quite frequently got lost. It seems the author doesn't know how to do transitions well, because I kept thinking I missed reading critical information. It explains things really well, it's just that I got disoriented. In hindsight it's not that big a problem.

The ending tricked me! It was surprising and I loved it.

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Excelent Overall

by satsujinken
13 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

It is an incredibly well done "Romeo & Juliet" style romance with a little bit of psychological drama and a couple twists here and there. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the amazingly idiotic thinking of the main character through the middle to near end of the series... Kill everyone to become god and bring his parents back to life? Meh sounds like a freaking spoiled snot-nose brat. About the ending it was simply awesome, we all knew it was going for a happy ending and honestly it really should be and I think the author nailed it. Through out the story you see tragedy all around and just like irl we all keep believing and hoping for the best during hardships so the ending how it was did get to me pretty much. Only reason I didn't rate 10 was because of what I mentioned, the stupidity (in a bad way, not the "cute" way) of the main character at some points. Seriously recommended.

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Poor kid TT_TT

by Ginny
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

All he wanted to do was see the stars with his family TT_TT When that became impossible he wanted to see them with Yuno. But no he has to go through trials in life to become "god" or whatever. Poor kid just wanted to see the stars(smh)TT_TT Dam stars should try go seeing him(LOL).

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good start, bad ending...

by mitch0o
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

Well, I kind of liked the idea of the future diary, wich were original, and the cast of twelves diaries holder who have to fight to survive, but I hated the end... I think the author just forced it. But the lovable characters, the funny situation and the fact that the hero is a no good boy were fun.

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