
Is The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes Worth Reading? Review & Where to Read
This is a tight, bittersweet what-would-you-trade story that earns its ending instead of just aiming for one.
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We use the whole 1–10 scale and judge each title against the best version of what it is trying to be — a comedy on how funny it is, a thriller on its tension — not against some other genre. As a rough guide: 9+ is all-time great, 8 excellent, 7 a solid recommendation with caveats, 5–6 mixed or average. A 7 is a genuine yes, not a knock. The “Community score” in each review is the crowd rating from AniList, MAL, and MangaUpdates, shown next to ours for comparison.

This is a tight, bittersweet what-would-you-trade story that earns its ending instead of just aiming for one.

The early arcs undersell it hard, but once the tournament arc kicks in this turns into one of the smartest tactical shonen out there.

Every cyberpunk story made since owes this something, even when it seems more interested in its own footnotes than its plot.

Well-built psychic-battle series with a genuinely satisfying time-travel mystery underneath the fights.

Barely any plot happens, and it doesn't need to — the central idea and Kenji Tsuruta's art carry the whole thing on quiet conversation alone.

Gorgeous, brutal, and decades ahead of its influence on cyberpunk anime — the early pacing is uneven, but the ideas still land.

The silly cowboy-comedy opening undersells what this turns into — by the second half it's one of the better sci-fi tragedies manga has to offer.

Takahashi basically invented the modern harem comedy here, and the jokes still mostly land — just don't expect the story to go anywhere.

You will not understand what's happening for long stretches, and that's the point — few manga make an endless, hostile structure feel this genuinely vast.

Worth it for a genuinely striking apocalypse setting and real emotional stakes. It's heavy, Mature-rated content, so go in knowing that's part of the experience.

Worth it for the definitive take on the original war, patience required for the setup-heavy opening volumes.

The creatures are terrifying, but it's the people who keep you turning pages — a survival epic that more than earns its 35 volumes.