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#MangaMonday 80 “Sadako at the End of the World” by Koma Natsumi (Art & Story,) Koji Suzuki (Supervision,) and Kadokawa (Character Provision)

Sadako emerges from a television… to the delight of two young girls.

At first this seems similar to “Sadako-san and Sadako-chan” (MM79); Sadako finds herself in unusual circumstances with a pair of cute young girls who aren’t afraid of her. However, this isn’t really a comedic take (although there’s humor in it.) The girls are some of the last people left on earth after an unspecified apocalypse. From Sadako’s perspective, the prospect of an end to the curse is at hand.

This single volume #manga is available from Yen Press (which explains the Kadokawa ‘Character Provision’ credit.) It, like “Sadako-san and Sadako-chan,” was first published in 2019, coincidentally the same year as the Japanese film “Sadako.” A bonus chapter relates Natsumi’s visit to the film's set.

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MDMRN Jan 15, 2024

Have you read any The Ring (Ringu) alternate universe stories?

No? Well why not!

For Manga Monday, I wanted to profile two that I enjoyed about Sadako (the girl in the video).

The first is Sadako-san and Sadako-chan. What's it about? Sadako comes out of a device and meets a small girl also named Sadako. The younger Sadako (Sadako-chan) tries to help Sadako-san upload videos of herself onto their in-universe version of YouTube to curse more people. And adorableness ensues as the two bond and become buddies. It's bittersweet, but also cute and mostly wholesome as Sadako keeps forgetting to curse folks online.

Sadako at the End of the World is a more somber story. It tells a post-apocalyptic tale where to siblings find an old CRT TV and end up bringing Sadako into the world. However, there is not much left of the world and these two kids befriend Sadako. Sadako and the kids then go visiting folks who lost everything in this world and, inadvertently, help them with their grief as their lives end. It's sad, but also cathartic.

If you are interested in seeing Sadako in different scenarios, check them both out!

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