Shuuen no Shiori

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Bookmark of Demise

Japanese: 終焉ノ栞

Information

Type: Novel

Volumes: 4

Chapters: 23

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 25, 2013 to Jul 25, 2014

Genres: Mystery, Horror, School, Supernatural

Authors: Suzumu (Story), Saine (Art), Komine (Art)

Serialization: None

Statistics

Score: 7.85¹ (scored by 201 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score. Please note that 'Not yet published' titles are excluded.

Ranked: #1481²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #8510

Members: 964

Favorites: 65

7.85

Ranked #1481Popularity #8510Members 964

NovelSuzumu (Story), Saine (Art), Komine (Art)

Add to List

Volumes: /4

Chapters: /23

* Your list is public by default.

Edit
Synopsis

Due to a single traitor, the game has begun. Those that wish to escape must abide by the terms and reach the end. Now, let this fun Demise Game begin―

One-Man Hide and Seek, Doppelgangers, Mearry-san's Messages, Monkey's Hand... A group of four boys and girls become involved with a certain game though the "Bookmark of Demise," a taboo that is said to have been brought back from ten years prior. Carry out the "demand" written in the mysterious letter, and perform the urban legends. Otherwise, you will die.

(Source: MU)

Edit
Background

No background information has been added to this title. Help improve our database by adding background information here.

Edit
Related Manga

Alternative version:

Shuuen no Shiori

More characters
Characters

A-ya

Main

C-ta

Main

D-ne

Main

B-ko

Main

D-suke

Supporting

A-no

Supporting

B-ka

Supporting

E-ki

Supporting

C-na

Supporting

E-nori

Supporting

More reviewsReviews

Feb 17, 2016

3 of 23 chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

JPMoreno (All reviews)

1 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS AND SPOILERS-FREE ZONES. BE WARNED.

First of all, I should say that I've only read the first three volumes of the light novel and some chapters of the manga. This review will only cover the first two volumes at all.

SPOILER-FREE ZONE:

"Due to a single traitor, the game has begun. Those that wish to escape must abide by the terms and reach the end. Now, let this fun Demise Game begin―"

Since the sinopsis, Shuuen no Shiori (or the western name, Bookmark of Demise) begins with the rules of a so called survival horror "game". Just like any other story of this sub-genre, the rules are made to create some type of consistency between reality and fiction, trying to make characters don't kill each other without consequences.
The Book of Demise contains the description of all urban legends ever known and the legend written on the page where the Bookmark of Demise is set will turn real.
Our four protagonists, Boy A, Girl B, Boy C and Girl D (also known as A-ya, B-ko, C-ta and D-ne) are enthusiasts with occult themed things and got really interested with the idea of taking the Book on their hands. On the process of summoning the Book, they get stuck in a game of demise, where one of the participants is a traitor and an assassin. The game will only finish if the traitor die, else, everyone of them will die.

The series, just like KagePro, started as a vocaloid series, having lots of songs with important plot keys that, sometimes, are missed in the novel. The novels are REALLY better than the manga (the manga actually cut almost everything that made the novels great).

I should say that the story is nothing new, but is done so greatly (especially at the second volume) that it really catchs you.

SPOILER ZONE

I really can't say what I liked on the series without giving some spoilers of the surprising and anti-climatic final events of the second volume. I should say that I really love well done anti-climatic endings and the final chapters of the second volume totally nailed it, at least, in my opnion.

Without further explanation, what I really like in this series is that it REALLY remembers you that all the things that happened to our protagonists looks like fiction. It is like the rules for their game was written by some B-grade novelist (and this is reality). When they finally understood who is the "fox", I could hear my mind blowing. Before everything is brought to screen, I was really mad at the bad writing with lots of plot holes and mediocre situations, but when A-ya's gives his final veredict (that he, the character, was also bored with all the unrealistic setting) everything begin to fall into place.

The plot holes, the mediocre written situations... Every writing tool is actually... A foreshadow. It all make sense in the end. And that's all you need to know.

Helpful

permalink | report

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

	Did Jin work on this? JewellTH - Oct 31, 2015	2 replies	by JewellTH »» Nov 12, 2015 7:24 PM
	Is this as bad as KagePro? TheHollowShrine - Mar 16, 2015	2 replies	by JewellTH »» Oct 31, 2015 9:44 PM

Shuuen no Shiori

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Edit
Synopsis

Edit
Background

Edit
Related Manga

More characters
Characters

More reviewsReviews

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Shuuen no Shiori

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

EditSynopsis

EditBackground

EditRelated Manga

More charactersCharacters

More reviewsReviews

More recommendations Recommendations

More newsRecent News

More discussionsRecent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Edit
Synopsis

Edit
Background

Edit
Related Manga

More characters
Characters

More recommendations
Recommendations

More news
Recent News

More discussions
Recent Forum Discussion