Manga 70179 Ubume No Natsu

Ubume no Natsu

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Summer of the Ubume
Japanese: 姑獲鳥の夏


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 10
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 30, 2013 to Dec 10, 2014
Genres: Mystery Mystery, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Comic Kwai
Authors: Shimizu, Aki (Art), Kyougoku, Natsuhiko (Story)

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Score: 7.671 (scored by 587587 users)
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Ranked: #18692
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Popularity: #7080
Members: 2,700
Favorites: 27

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Synopsis

Tokyo, 1952. The bizarre case of a missing doctor and his supernaturally pregnant wife captures the imagination of novelist Sekiguchi Tatsumi, so he enlists the help of an old friend, Chuuzenji Akihiko, a bookstore owner and part-time exorcist who begrudgingly agrees to help investigate the disappearance. They'll face a family's darkest secrets... Secrets that Sekiguchi himself can't escape.

(Source: MU)

Background

Ubume no Natsu is an adaptation of the first novel of the same title from Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Hyakki Yakou series.

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Aug 28, 2021
This is a gripping thriller. The story has psychological, sci-fi, medical, and youkai(Japanese sprits) elements.
I read it in one go. There is a LOT of texts, and if you want to understand the story you’ll have to read carefully. Or else it won’t be fun.


Story 9/10
There is a woman who is pregnant since 20months, a doctor who disappeared from a locked room and missing babies from a hospital.

These mysteries are interconnected, and we unravel them with our 2 protagonists— Chuuzenji(librarian and wisdom aficionado) and Sekiguchi(writer).
Over the chapters the story became unreliable and I was fearing that the ...
Aug 31, 2021
The art was great, it often added to the beauty or "ugliness" of subjects/ characters. The backgrounds and buildings are very detailed, so you can get a strong sense of "place".
This work covers topics in science, japanese mythology, phycology, and more. Reading this series was very entertaining (once you get past the first chapter), and the developments (with plot, characters, etc) are explained or implied. Personally I don't fully agree with what was expressed or the logic behind some things, but I feel like understanding the thoughts behind these things was interesting in themselves.
A good read if you're bored, like theorizing about mysteries, ...
Sep 3, 2023
Spoiler
Ubume no Natsu is a dark and suspenseful manga that tells the story of a novelist who investigates the disappearance of a doctor and his pregnant wife. The story is set in Tokyo in 1952, and it is full of atmosphere and dread.

The manga is beautifully drawn, with detailed and atmospheric artwork. The characters are well-developed and believable, and the story is full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the very end.

One of the things that makes Ubume no Natsu so special is its exploration of the theme of motherhood. The story is told from the perspective of the doctor's wife, ...

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