Manga Monday: Confession

Author: Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Artist: Kaiji Kawaguchi
Publisher: Panini
Released: September 18, 2024
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Summary:

Asai and Ishikura are good friends, which is how they ended up in this situation together. It was meant to be a big group of them hiking up into the mountains, but it ended up just being two of them due to a series of events.

Then the storm hit, leading Ishikura to get dangerously wounded. It’s only natural that he believed these were his final moments…leading to a deathbed confession. Both fortunately and unfortunately for him, the tides turned, and now it looks like he will survive.

Review:

Ohhhh. Confession is perfect for all the readers who love a good psychological thriller or a story with good murder/mystery vibes. It also has strong survival elements, as our main character desperately fights for a way to survive this situation.

This was a fun twist on the whole “stranged in the mountains due to a storm” trope. Instead of having the horrible event start and end on this mountain, it turns out that at least half had previously occurred…and it’s the confession that kicks everything off (again).

I liked that twist. It made for a dark setting, even if I thought the whole thing was quickly blown out of proportion. (Would they both really jump to those conclusions that quickly? Not having been in that situation, I’m far from a subject expert).

Be sure to check out Confession if you’re looking for a tense survival story.

Highlights:

• Paranoia & Danger
• Dark Secrets
• Survival

Trigger Warnings:

• Fatal Situations
• Death & Murder

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