The Monkey's Foot

Description

After bringing her deceased boyfriend back from the dead with the help of a magic monkey’s foot, a young woman learns a surprising secret about him and her own sister…

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Saru no ashi

猿の足

Groups Scanlating

Kotonoha

Latest Release(s)

c.Oneshot by Kotonoha 19 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

Oneshot (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 6.5 / 10.0 (58 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.42 / 10.0

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Last Updated

May 6th, 2018 5:57am PDT - 7 years ago

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Genre

Josei Supernatural
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Category Recommendations

Watashi no Kare wa Dekiai Zombie - Ittemo Ittemo Owarimasen!

Shikabane Shoujo to Kakanai Gaka

Priest

Toware no Mi

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Recommendations

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Author(s)

OUSAKA Mieko

Artist(s)

OUSAKA Mieko

Year

2005

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Young You (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #766

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Monthly Pos #1751

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3 Month Pos #2314

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6 Month Pos #4788

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Year Pos #5845

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List Stats

On 16 reading lists

On 41 wish lists

On 183 completed lists

On 9 unfinished lists

On 66 custom lists

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Awesome

by sending
13 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

This is one of my favorite one-shots. It's short, sweet, and pretty effectively deals with a serious topic in a humorous but still poignant way. I would absolutely recommend it to anyone with a decent sense of humor (and a willingness to roll with the premise). Give it a fair shot!

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What's up with all the negative comments?

by calstine
14 years ago

Rating: 7.3 / 10.0

Actually, this wasn't too bad for a one-shot. Yes, I know it borrowed the basic concept from a popular piece of literature; but that in and of itself doesn't make The Moneky's Foot a shallow rip-off. In fact, objects with the ability to raise the dead are a standard trope in many supernatural / horror stories.

The story is interesting for two reasons; one, it acknowledges the fact that you should let the dead lie in peace. And two, it deals with how even if the loved one does come back, you might realize that you'd actually lost them even before they died. I loved how the girl accepted her late boyfriend's

crush on her elder sister in a matter-of-fact fashion, without the usual "Shriek! You dirty btard and filthy whe! How dare you fall in love with each other behind my back?! I'm gonna kill you!" reaction.

Ignore the comments below mine. It's short and fairly profound considering the limited page count, so give it a go when you have the spare time.

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The Monkey's Foot

by akari_mizunashi
16 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This title intrigued me. "The Monkey's Paw" is a really great story, and I figured a manga based on it would be psychological and interesting. Not so with "The Monkey's Foot", unfortunately. It seems like the author read the story in a high school literature class, remembered "Hey, that had something about zombies in it, right?", and decided to use that as her plug. It isn't bad as a stand-alone - the art style is unique and the story is cute - but being as shallow as it is I think the author would have done better to think of some other way to raise a zombie.

By the way, it's spoilerage for "The Monkey's Paw". Just saying.

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Overall Impressions

by holy`bell
18 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Interesting...

..to spend a day with a deceased zombie boyfriend and have the general public frighten by the looks of the couple. I believe she should have let him rest in peace and I don't think it was wise of her to wake him up from the dead. Then again, one would wish to be with the person she loves one more time before sending him back to heaven.

It's an okay story, I guess.

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