Mizutamari ni Ukabu Shima
Island in a Puddle
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Mizutamari ni Ukabu Shima

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Island Where Puddles Float
Japanese: 水溜まりに浮かぶ島
English: Island in a Puddle
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 5
Chapters: 25
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 26, 2019 to Sep 28, 2021
Genre: Drama Drama
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Evening
Authors: Sanbe, Kei (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.041 (scored by 430430 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #81812
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #9984
Members: 1,868
Favorites: 10

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MangaEveningSanbe, Kei (Story & Art)
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Synopsis

Due to their mother's frequent absence, 11-year-old elementary school student Minato Myoujin and his younger sister, Nagisa, are often left alone in their apartment. The only company that keeps the young siblings optimistic is their neighbor, Futaba Tachibana, and the local shrine's puppy, Zarame. Even with their mother's sporadic presence in their lives, Minato knows that she always eventually comes back home.

After an unusually long two-week absence, Minato's mother returns just in time for Nagisa's birthday. To celebrate the occasion, the three go to the amusement park. However, the siblings' mother leaves them in the Ferris wheel, walking off into the rainy night just before thunder strikes two of the ride's cars. When he regains consciousness, Minato realizes that he has switched bodies with someone—a man wanted by the police for murder! Now on the run, Minato must find a way to return to his body in order to protect his sister.

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Background

Mizutamari ni Ukabu Shima was published in English as Island in a Puddle by Kodansha USA from March 15, 2022, to February 14, 2023.

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Reviews

Feb 14, 2023
This is alright. I'm not too sure if Sanbe-sensei managed to complete this manga the way he wanted to, but it did feel a bit rushed towards the end. This isn't sensei's best work, but it's still fairly compelling throughout. This manga is probably worth a reread further down the line, but it's hard to see this work as anyone's favorite Sanbe Kei manga.

The artwork is his usual style - somewhat middling but has an uncanny look to it that suits the mystery and crime genre very well. The writing is good overall. Generally speaking, past a certain point in Sanbe-sensei's career most of ...
Nov 4, 2024
This is the story of two very different people swapping bodies. The first is an elementary school boy named Minato, who has to take care of himself and his younger sister on his own due to how their mother is away from home for long periods of time. The second, Kuromatsu, is a professional hitman, who was recently screwed over by his employer and is now on the run from the police, his former employer, and the yakuza. The plot involves Minato doing his best simply to survive and ensure Kuromatsu doesn’t harm his sister, while Kuromatsu does his best to take over Minato’s life ...
Jul 19, 2021
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (9/25 eps)
Most readers who know Kei Sanbe know him for Boku dake ga Inai Machi and how great it was. So after liking that the next logical step was to start reading his latest ongoing manga.

The beginning of Mizutamari ni Ukabu Shima feels a bit samey compared to Boku dake ga Inai Machi with having themes of broken families and crime solving, but after a few chapters it differs enough for it to be a whole different story. Some elements still feel the same though atleast at the time of writing.

The art is what you would expect from Sanbe. You either love it or hate it. ...

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