Tsumi to Batsu: A Falsified Romance
Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance
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Japanese: 罪と罰 A Falsified Romance
English: Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 10
Chapters: 93
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 9, 2007 to Mar 1, 2011
Genre: Drama Drama
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Manga Action
Authors: Ochiai, Naoyuki (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.421 (scored by 21312,131 users)
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Ranked: #41082
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Popularity: #3535
Members: 7,252
Favorites: 68

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The protagonist, a poor, moody student named Tachi Miroku, was recently recognized as the Best New Writer in a major literary competition, but the stress of living up to his family's goals of him becoming a powerful man has broken him on the cusp of greatness. Despite his tremendous potential, success does not come easy. Alone and without direction, every day is a vicious battle with his past and his moral fiber. He hasn't been to work in four months and his dreams are a total mess filled with abuse, taunting, and the strong smell of blood. And that is just the tip of the iceberg...

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Inspired by the Russian classic Crime and Punishment, retold through the eyes of a struggling Japanese writer, Naoyuki Ochiai's adaptation of Dostoevsky's drama focuses on the issues of identity and the duality of life in a modern megapolis.

The series was published digitally in English as Crime and Punishment: A Falsified Romance by JManga until the service was discontinued, and it has been published digitally by Orange Inc. through emaqi.

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Tachi, Miroku
Tachi, Miroku
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Ameya, Echika
Ameya, Echika
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Sudou, Kai
Sudou, Kai
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Tachi, Yoshino
Tachi, Yoshino
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Baba, Hikaru
Baba, Hikaru
Supporting
Shimazu, Risa
Shimazu, Risa
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3 Mixed Feelings
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Aug 2, 2014
AironicallyHuman
Recommended
Preliminary (62/93 eps)
:: Intro & Narrative ::
"I am human, therefore nothing human is alien to me." - Terentius

Some manga fly under the radar. Especially those by authors with no other popular works that are based on novels from well over a century ago. And seinen titles generally just receive a lot less attention than series aimed at younger demographics. HOWEVER, A Falsified Romance deserves better. The art is outstanding, the story is thrilling and the dialogue thought-provoking. A psychological profile of a killer disconnected with life, complete with an accurate representation of the human mind, this is a manga that offers everything.

First of all, an ...
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Feb 24, 2018
Anonlen
Mixed Feelings
The story is absolutely the same as Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "Crime and Punishment".
From the dream of the dead horse to the ''perfect'' dream about the world of the protagonist. The diffenrence is probably the context and the time of the story. Dostoevsky's novel was published twelve monthly installments during 1866.

Crime and Punishment is about the troubles of Raskolnikov, a young man living in St. Petersburg. He used to be a student, but he became so poor he had to stop studying. He plans to kill a selfish old pawnbroker for her money, and he acts on his plan. Raskolnikov argues that with her money ...
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Sep 28, 2024
masgibs
Mixed Feelings
This is basically Crime & Punishment in a modern japanese setting. Almost everything was copied straight out of the novel, such as the plot, the characters as well. There were some parts that got changed but i wish the author had done more to expand beyond the novel. Like what will the protagonist do after he is sentenced. Just like the novel, we do not know what will happen. But the story about Sudo was interesting at least. Probably the only thing that kept me reading till the end.

Honestly it's way better if you just read the novel because it captures the essence much more ...
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