Shiki

Description

Sotoba is an old-fashioned Japanese village nestled deep in the mountains. It has a small population of about 1300, and the villagers strictly follow age-old traditions and customs. One sweltering summer, a mysterious and deadly disease begins to spread rapidly among the villagers, affecting young and old alike. In the midst of this spate of puzzling deaths, a family of beautiful and elegant individuals moves into the abandoned 'Kanemasa' mansion on the hill-side over-looking Sotoba.

Type

Manga

Related Series

Shiki (Novel) (Adapted From)

Associated Names

Corpse Demon

Shi-ki

Thi quỷ

Сики

Трупный демон

جثة الشيطان

ศพปีศาจ

尸鬼

屍鬼

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Latest Release(s)

v.7 c.Side Story by Z Quality Scans 11 years ago

v.11 c.41 + Omake (end) by TDX 14 years ago

v.11 c.39 by TDX 14 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

11 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 11, Chap 41 Some differences

User Reviews

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Forum

2 topics, 2 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.2 / 10.0 (414 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.07 / 10.0

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13%

Last Updated

June 16th, 2023 1:10pm PDT - 2 years ago

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Genre

Action Drama Horror Mature Mystery Psychological Shounen Supernatural Tragedy
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Jump SQ (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #721

(-14)

Monthly Pos #1897 (No change)

3 Month Pos #2425

(-940)

6 Month Pos #4649

(+217)

Year Pos #5759

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List Stats

On 1029 reading lists

On 1235 wish lists

On 786 completed lists

On 119 unfinished lists

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Shiki Has Ended

14 years ago

More Info on Shiki Anime

15 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

howlow

by paradoX
17 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I find the story intriguing. and especially the eyes. they are damnright awesome. and freaky at times. the story can be a bit hard to follow.. I also had some trouble distinguishing different characters in the beginning. some are drawn in a really similar way. can not not respect a manga in which main characters die. all the time.

I hope I will get to care for the characters in a chapter or two. and that I will have the time to start caring. 😀 good horror manga that will hopefully develop into something more

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Quit interesting

by sakirol
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

After reading twenty chapters, I can say I like it a lot. It turned off differently from what I originally thought though. The first impression I got from the manga was a horror-ish doomsday scenario. Everyone was going die one by one. The characters would fight against the inevitable death from these monsters. Not the best storyline I'd like to read (because it's been done so many times before). However, moving into the series, the tone changes a little bit. This change comes from the fact that they introduce the "monsters" attacking as real characters with a conscious. The past behind these shikis are also revealed. So as a result, instead of the horror that I didn't really like, it's turned into a full-blown plot with conflicting feelings because both sides are shown to be humane in some way. I like the way it turned out even if I didn't like how it started.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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So far..

by Dragonfiremule
17 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Well, I have read chapters 0-1, and so far it seems REALLY GOOD.
It has that perfect feeling a Horror Mystery Supernatural manga should have. If it was just plain horror, I would be disappointed, but with the mixture of the three, its perfect. =D I love it.

This series has a lot of potential, I can't wait to see more of it!

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It's interesting...

by VampireBanana
16 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Hmm, not too bad for a manga that doesn't resort to the cliche that "every person who's an outsider/who's moved in recently is the cause of the problems".

If you didn't realise it, some of the villagers are outsiders who just moved in a few months ago(if I'm not wrong) to over a year. So just 'cos the new and rich family is at fault, doesn't mean that all outsiders are to blame.

Also, I really enjoyed that the manga took its' time slowly establishing the facts and cases rather than jumping to immediate conclusions. I mean, how many times have we read manga/story where said person is established as a vampire but the "whys" and "hows" are never explained thorougly? Instead, we get a jumbled version of random "vampire" facts cobbled together. So yes, Shiki is a good change over the stereotypical vampire stories where everything both logical and illogical is shoved down your throat.

As for the supposed "vampire" thing, I can't wait to see what they'll be established upon and how things will work.

It's getting really interesting and I enjoyed the medical, scientific, religious and literature aspects of the story. Furthermore, everything has been carefully set up and it seems as if we're in for a fun ride. And yeah... I don't think this is really horror but more like a slightly morbid story with certain psychological undertones. And if it's going to develop into horror, who knows what might come up in the future?

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Very Common

by CuicCuic
17 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

The art are great and stylish but still the protagonist are too much stereotyped in this manga...the story is ALOT confusing sometimes, you need to re-reading some pages to understand the scramble scenario.

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Unexpectedly disappointing

by BimboSilly
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

I dont usually give negative reviews but I expected something better from the author of Ghost Hunt and 12 kingdoms. The art is a huge turn off, its confusing and u cant take the story seriously.. The first chapter was interesting but they had to kill the only interesting character, the main guy Yuki is so clichedly boring, cant they make a different guy from him? I liked Ono Fuyumi's 12 Kingdoms because the protagonist was a female and a hardworking at that, no nonsense type, naive maybe but shifting the focus to a selfish guy is very overused.

... Last updated 17 years ago

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@BimboSilly

by TJM
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

VVVVBimboSilly

Ah yes "The only interesting character" an alien eyed pink haired moe anime girl with a stupid exaggerated rich girl persona, yessss the most interesting character indeed!

hint: she wasn't in the slightest interesting, it's just you're the avarage manga/anime otaku.

As for the manga its pretty avarage so far.

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so slow......................

by orphen21
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

the first 2 chapters were alright introducing characters and such by the 2nd chapter you already have an idea what is happening and then the 3rd and 4th chapter it just gets really dragging to read

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bad art...

by zombiefetishlove
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

The art is really bad and drawn unproportionally, the artist doesnt know how to draw people at different angles because their eyes and arms get all messed up and the art is just kind of bad and weird.

i guess the story is okay if you can get past the art, but a lot of the panels seem contrived and drawn just to look cool like other action manga i know. i just can't get past the art.

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