Summer Time Render

Description

From Udon:
Hearing the news of the passing of his childhood friend Ushio, Shinpei returned to his hometown on the remote island of Hitogashima to attend her funeral. Little does he know that it is the beginning of a summer full of mystery and horror! No one is prepared for the time-twisting adventures ahead that defy life and death.

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Type

Manga

Associated Names

Bright Sun - Dark Shadows (German)

Summer Time Render - Vòng Lặp Mùa Hè

Summer Time Rendering

Summertime Render

Summertime Rendering

Time Shadows (French)

ปริศนาบ้านเก่า เงามรณะ (SIC)

サマータイムレンダ

夏日時光

夏日重现

서머타임 렌더

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Ampas Scans

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Latest Release(s)

c.139 by MANGA Plus 5 years ago

c.138 by MANGA Plus 5 years ago

c.137 by MANGA Plus 5 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

13 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 13, Chap 139

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User Rating

Average: 8.2 / 10.0 (226 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.98 / 10.0

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Last Updated

October 16th, 2025 9:58am PDT - 3 weeks ago

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Genre

Drama Ecchi Mature Mystery Romance Shounen Supernatural
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Spriggan

Doku Doku Mori Mori

Recommendations

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Author(s)

TANAKA Yasuki

Artist(s)

TANAKA Yasuki

Year

2017

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shounen Jump + (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

MANGA Plus (Simulpub: Chaps 1-139; Digital)

Udon Entertainment (13 Vols - Complete; Digital)

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3 Month Pos #2180

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6 Month Pos #2946

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Year Pos #2595

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Terrifying & Beautiful

by definitelasts
1 year ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

The art in this is enough for me to give it a high rating. In one of the volumes, TANAKA Yasuki shares his process of how he draws each panel. It's a lengthy and intricate process, but absolutely pays off.
This manga does a good job of making you care about the characters. The high stakes are actually felt.
I wish some parts could have been fleshed out more. The romance felt a bit clumsy. That's the only critique I have.

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Nail-biting page turner

by WinterCedar
2 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

One of the most compelling mangas I've read in a while. Despite the pace bogging down at the end and a few ass-pulls, it's well worth your time. Really looking forward to what the author does next!

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Debut?

by mimi201
3 years ago

Rating: 9.9 / 10.0

Really strong debut murder mystery time loop story!

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An amazing time loop manga.

by Clo_wn47
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

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a mess of time travel and shadow which blends well as a thriller

by wansmor
3 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

STR is story where MC upon coming back to his hometown finds it invaded by shadows (literally) who can copy humans and replace their existence. He then found he was able to turn back time and while doing so trying to desperately gather allies and fight the impending shadowy apocalypse.

while the theme is not entirely new, the approach STR use in this time traveling is interesting, in that their opponent share the capabilities to counter MC's time traveling. Also while MC can pick his traveling back time, he can never really control how long and his going back line is continuously pushed forward, so he doesn't in fact has unlimited tries. I had rushed finished it (it's available on free on Mangaplus - all chapters as when this review was written) - though I started to watched it on Disney+ initially - honestly I might enjoy it more if I read/ watch it on periodical basis.

Overall it's a nice thriller, it successfully blends the fighting of shadows while MC made up his deficiencies against shadow's superiority with time traveling.

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Great manga to read if you're a fan of the mystery supernatural genre

by zanderax
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Summer Time Render has its own unique premise in the manipulation of time, which is one of the most fascinating theme that would surely leave the readers wanting more after every chapter. It's a perfect manga to binge read, though I can imagine the pain of waiting for more chapters during its still releasing days.

Character development in this manga is especially great. Almost all characters have their own story to tell, whether big or small. And it's not detrimental to the story at all because the development is organic and well connected.

The story, well, for lending the vast power of time manipulation in telling, may arguably have some plot points. I even sometimes wonder, "Huh, how did this happen?" and "How is it possible here?". However, the manga still has an ending that could satisfy most readers.

The only issue I have for this manga is that, the number of pages varies greatly between chapters. The short chapters would definitely frustrate avid readers as they left the story at a cliff hanger many times.

Final thought: Whether or not your preference is time manipulation theme, everyone should read this manga once. Or, at the time of this comment, the anime has reached around half of its runtime, and so far, it's adapting quite fatefully. So you can opt for that to explore this story. Maybe I will edit this comment to give my thoughts on the anime too after seeing its finale.

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A great manga

by Dmdunn
3 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

The fan service in the first few chapters and the volume 1 cover gives the wrong impression for this manga

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A great time loop manga

by whitespade
4 years ago

Rating: 9.6 / 10.0

If you like time loops, you will love this! I always love a good time loop, time travel, transmigration, reincarnation kind of manga where they try to right the wrongs of their life. In this particular manga, the loops are used as a weapon against forces of darkness. The way it is used is not confusing, and author able to convey the parameters of the loops easily to the readers.

The bad guy is a bit bonkers and the love story is a bit juvenile but the action is great!

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A hidden gem

by EjjiNami
5 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

The previous comment is accurate. The romance is pretty clumsy and the pace is just a tiny bit too fast for me but that’s literally all I can complain about.
I don’t think I can even write a proper description without spoiling the story because of how many plot twists there are...

The manga is good. It’s just simply good.
Expect good action, foreshadowing, lots of crazy plot twists, intelligent protagonists, intelligent villains, many questions and not many answers.
Stuff escalates FAST.

If you’re even slightly interested in it, READ IT. Trust me, you won’t be disappointed.

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A hidden gem.

by DR MUHAMMAD
5 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Its really good. And completely free on Mangaplus.
Im guessing the volume 1 cover with Ushio in a swimsuit misleads readers into not reading this manga. Even i avoided it for years because of the cover. Haha

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