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Pupa

Alternative Titles

Japanese: pupa


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 5
Chapters: 34
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 12, 2011 to Jan 11, 2014
Genres: Horror Horror, Suspense Suspense
Themes: Gore Gore, Psychological Psychological
Serialization: Comic Earth☆Star
Authors: Mogi, Sayaka (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 5.821 (scored by 79277,927 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #205292
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #887
Members: 22,951
Favorites: 226

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Volumes: /5
Chapters: /34

Synopsis

After enduring years of traumatic abuse from their cruel father, siblings Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa are ultimately left alone. They continue their lives with Utsutsu doing everything he can to take care of his little sister.

However, their short-lived period of peace comes to an end when Yume suddenly transforms into a horrific abomination and goes on a rampage, killing people and consuming their flesh. It turns out that Yume has contracted a peculiar and obscure virus named "Pupa." Although he is shocked at the sight of his sister's monstrous appearance, it seems that Utsutsu also carries this strange disease. He, however, is only partially affected, with the virus giving him regenerative powers beyond that of a normal human being.

Even so, Utsutsu remains unyielding in his resolve to protect his sister, even if he has to sacrifice his own body for her sustenance. Nevertheless, all of their problems have only just begun, as they uncover the mysteries behind the horrors that afflict them.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Characters

Hotoki
Supporting
Hasegawa, Sachiko
Supporting
Onijima, Shirou
Supporting
Arita, Yuuhei
Supporting

Reviews

Apr 20, 2024
i think the manga itself is much better than the anime or shit show
look i recommend you to read but this manga contain gore and horror elements and some abusive stuff so be careful
and i've feel like this manga have lack of story not much, you’ll ultimately find yourself oddly sympathizing with the main characters and just wishing for a happy ending
look straight to the point
it's your choice to read this or not
but i will recommend you
The story itself suffers from a couple pacing issues, but does its best to try and show how Utsutsu and Yume deal with terrible situation after ...
Oct 12, 2022
Mixed Feelings
[Spoiler free review]

Pupa, widely known as a shit show on the anime side. But when we look at the manga side of things, it becomes immediately obvious that it isn't your average bad manga, but rather something in a different tier of itself.

Pupa is a horror/psychological manga that delves into the messed up life of 2 siblings. It is filled with gore, and the story itself is excruciatingly bleak and full of nauseating concepts.

I'll be honest, I really didn't like Pupa, it was a very exhausting read; the only reason I managed to force myself to read through it is because of it's small size ...
May 21, 2025
1/3 of the manga is just the MCs repeating "Sis/Yume" "Bro/Utsutsu" back and forth (usually while eating each other).
Another 1/3 is just dumb/childish filler SoL stuff serving no purpose.
And the final 1/3 is boring violence and improvised 'plot' of random bs/exposition.
This manga is way too long, it is a huge waste of time/effort to read.

Genre: Psychological? there's nothing psychological about this. Suspense? there's no real attempt at meaningful suspense/mystery more than any other story, it has nothing beyond the 1-note plot. Horror? if mediocrely drawn violence of gore/body horror is horrifying to you then maybe preparing a fish in your kitchen is horror too?
This is ...

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Recent Forum Discussion

Pupa: manga vs. anime
Dr_Buttersworth - Nov 1, 2017
8 repliesby mertsi »»
Sep 25, 2023 11:32 AM
this isn't 34 chapters long
MahoShojoEnjoyer - Dec 9, 2022
1 repliesby TheColdMayor »»
Jan 3, 2023 9:16 PM
Poll: Pupa Chapter 13 Discussion
Stark700 - Dec 20, 2013
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May 15, 2022 1:20 PM
Poll: Pupa Chapter 12 Discussion
Stark700 - Dec 19, 2013
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May 15, 2022 1:10 PM
Poll: Pupa Chapter 11 Discussion
Stark700 - Dec 18, 2013
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