Summertime Render (Summer Time Rendering)

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 13

Chapters: 139

Status: Finished

Published: Oct 23, 2017 to Feb 1, 2021

Genres: Mystery, Supernatural, Suspense

Theme: Time Travel

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump+

Authors: Tanaka, Yasuki (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.23¹ (scored by 14,722 users)

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Ranked: #391²

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Popularity: #334

Members: 48,685

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MangaShounen Jump+Tanaka, Yasuki (Story & Art)

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Volumes: /13

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After his parents died, Shinpei Ajiro lived with the Kofune sisters, Mio and Ushio, but he has since moved to live on his own in Tokyo. But after Ushio drowns while trying to save the young Shiori Kobayakawa, he returns home to mourn her departure. However, bruises around Ushio's neck bring her cause of death into question.

Taking a step back, Shinpei becomes convinced there must be another explanation. Dangerous entities roam among the islanders, and a vision of deceased Ushio asks him to "save Mio" as her final request. He is certain that something is afoot—and Ushio's death is only a piece of the puzzle.

With the help of Mio and various others, Shinpei struggles to forge a future in which he, his friends, and family can stay alive. But the more he investigates, the more impossible such a future seems. This darkness infiltrates his home island. Just how much more suffering will he go through before finding the right path to save it all?

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Summertime Render was simulpub in English as Summer Time Rendering through MANGA Plus. The volumes were published by Udon Entertainment as omnibuses from June 1, 2022, to September 6, 2022. The series was also released in French as Time Shadows by Kana from June 21, 2019, to April 15, 2022; and in German as Bright Sun Dark Shadows by Kaze Manga from May 7, 2020, to May 5, 2022.

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Ajiro, Shinpei

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Kofune, Ushio

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Kofune, Mio

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Minakata, Hizuru

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Haine

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Hishigata, Shidehiko

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Nezu, Ginjirou

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Hishigata, Tokiko

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Minakata, Ryuunosuke

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Hishigata, Sou

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Jun 2, 2021

chinniechin

Recommended

First, I thought that this manga is all about romance, slice of life, drama and typically harem stories that I've read, probably because of it's artstyle or probably because it has the same feeling to it. I just thought that this manga will bore me to death--but I was wrong!

Story: 9

This is probably one of the best manga I've read in 2021, just because the plot ain't boring at all, the characters are not stupid and really explaining the loop thing and even their plan in fighting the shadows, which I like. I really like how the dimension thingy and how they really use ...

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Apr 18, 2022

Curiouswanderer

Mixed Feelings

So I decided to give the manga a go because I have seen the first episode of the anime (heard live action are in talks too) and was dying to know what happens with Shinpei figuring out how to solve everyone’s evil doppelgängers. Now I will say that the story was unnecessary long winded and pretty boring at times because it kept repeating the whole situation with Shinpei always been reversed in time without a single hint. It just made me care less about the characters but more on the mystery side of things on why these shadows are appearing on the island in the ...

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Mar 16, 2024

GreyWardenSkull

Not Recommended

Preliminary (13/139 eps)

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Stop. Lewding. Girls. Under. The. Age. Of. 15. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

Summertime Render is a manga that I decided to give a go when browsing in my local bookshop, the cover art was very seaside adjacent and the front cover of volume 1 reminded me of a mid 2000's style that I found in a lot of Shojo manga at the time. I'd held off on reading it for a while, 159 chapters seeming like a mountain to climb when I was just getting back into the Japanese stories I used to love - however I regret not dropping this one sooner.

The ... story itself is perhaps the biggest strength of the manga - The only reason I got past chapter 1 was because of the story. The murder mystery that spirals into an even bigger supernatural thriller had me captivated. I had so many questions that I wanted answered, so many theories and ever changing thoughts as we found out more and more about the mysterious shadows - what is their plan, why are they doing this, why is Ushio "alive"?! Shinpei and his struggle of loss and settling back into his home town while trying to navigate the unfolding case of murder really made me want to keep reading past the flaws just to sink my teeth into the plot itself. But an enby only has so much patience before the unnecessary amount of underage fan service makes you want to claw your eyes out and forget everything you witnessed.

The art is alright most of the time, though I noticed that there were several instances of wonky anatomy. The ones I noted to be the worst were in Chapter 1 page 40 when Shinpei's hand literally doubles in size as well as Chapter 11 the final page where Ushio's anatomy from head to knee is just all over the place. wonky face, giant forehead, weirdly positioned arms. It's all just a mess.

Now, for the reason I dropped this series. Simply: The fan-service is perhaps the worst I've ever come across in terms of being intrusive and actually subtracting from the story. I am going to go through every single scene that made me uncomfortable to help you understand why I've marked this genuinely amazing plot idea as low as a 4.

1. In the very first few pages, right after the apparent dream sequence that Shenpei goes through, there is an immediate tonal whiplash with the scene portraying the "comedic" trope of man somehow ends up in a woman's breasts and he is consequently slapped for it. Is it cliche? Yea. Did it break my immersion a fair bit? Absolutely. It's a trope though, so I moved past it in hopes it was a rare occurrence, knowing a lot of anime and manga liked using this trope “back in the day.” I soon learned the truth.
2. Only 5 pages after this joke we get not just one panty shot, but a second zoomed in version of the shot featuring a girl who is the age of 15. 15. It is insane that I have to point out how uncomfortable this felt to read and genuinely makes me wonder how people got past the second chapter because I just. I understand the author wanted something distinct to happen so when the time loop hit we kinda guessed immediately, but this was just the grossest way you could do that. She could have still fell into the harbour and just had the outfit the girl was wearing be the same instead of a school uniform.
3. On page 43 we see the police officer watching literal pron in the middle of a cafe, and the mangaka actively draws a naked woman, the officer's thumb barely censoring the woman's nipples. This one really started to get me. 43 pages in and there was this much unnecessary fan service and for what? I mean hey at least this one was, hopefully, a grown adult! I hate that that's the standard - especially because it was all heavily objectifying to women, not a single man had been caught in a similar fashion.
4. The time loop happens in chapter 2, so of course that means we get to see the events unfolding again. I knew I'd have to see the panties scene again but the fact that this time the main protagonist, who is this girl's ADOPTIVE OLDER BROTHER, points out in text that she is wearing the same underwear just feels gross, disgusting, so many words and so little faith in this series. I kept reading out of wanting to give the manga a chance. This was another mistake of mine.
5. Chapter 3, 4 pages in and the mangaka draws a scene of the 15 year old girl in a shower with the mystical clouds keeping her """"decent"""". Seriously? Seriously,??? this is getting beyond a joke.
6. Chapter 6, now not only do we see the teenager showering, but our main protagonist walks in on the 15 year old bathing. I kept reading because I was delusional enough to genuinely hold out hope for this manga. I wish I hadn't.
7. Literally a man who is known as a pervert, still grating considering how much fanservice has plagued the manga, refers to the only mainstay adult woman of the cast as "the woman with big boobs" - it felt objectifying in a way I've not experienced for a long time, until this manga of course.
8. The next one wasn't until volume 2, but I literally had to close out the manga app entirely upon this. 7 pages, 7 pages and a 17 year old has a butt shot, in a swimsuit and is posed sitting over a guy. Yea, I dropped the manga here. I gave up the experience of what could have been a genuinely thought out and well executed plot because I was so sick and tired of fanservice scene after fanservice scene that took me out of the story so hard I think I got in real life whiplash.

If you want to read this manga, prepare for these underage girls to get lewed to hell and back - if you can sit through that I think this story has a lot of promise. But I know my priorities, and praising a generally problematic and all around distasteful trope such as this is not on my to do list, especially considering the frequency of the fanservice through what little story I read.

Edit: I originally gave this manga a 5 because I do genuinely believe the story has an interesting plot - however upon reflection I decided to drop the rating to a 4 because boy howdy does this manga really really not know how to portray women without lewding the sh!t out of them.

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