Line, by Yua Kotegawa

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Popular schoolgirl Chiko finds a lost cell phone in a subway station, and answers it when it begins to ring. A mysterious voice tells her that someone is going to die in ten minutes in front of the train station, but if she can get there in time, she can save the person. Run!

Soon Chiko is tearing all over Tokyo, accompanied by her jaded classmate Bando, desperate to save even one person before their time runs out. But, like the somewhat similar and also very good X-Day, by Setona Mizushiro, what seems like the set-up for straight-up horror is actually a story about loneliness, connection, and community.

Despite some rather implausible moments, and I mean even given the premise, this manga tells a compelling and affecting story. The understatedly romantic nature of the connection between the two girls is enhanced with sensual pin-ups of the two of them between each chapter.

Complete in one volume. By the creator of Anne Freaks, which I haven’t read.

View on Amazon: Line

X-Day (Volumes 1 & 2)

Anne Freaks Volume 1 (v. 1)