Morte

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Japanese: モーテ

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Type: Light Novel

Volumes: 3

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Finished

Published: Aug 25, 2014 to Nov 25, 2015

Genre: Drama

Serialization: None

Authors: Kazuki, Yone (Art), Hanada, Keika (Story)

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Score: 7.61¹ (scored by 195 users)

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Ranked: #2341²

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Light NovelKazuki, Yone (Art), Hanada, Keika (Story)

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Synopsis

A rare disease that affects one in every tens of thousands of people, inevitably leading them to commit suicide in their teens, the genetic trap, "Morte"; an orphanage full of secrets and concerns, Doceo; and a boy sent to this institution, Sasha.

Sasha lived her days in solitude, carrying hatred for adults, until one day, in front of her, a beautiful young woman named Manon appears. As he gets closer to her, he begins to suspect whether Manon's adviser, Doudou, a horrifying godfather, is the cause of his injuries. And in order to save her, Sasha makes a big decision. However, a surprising truth was hidden behind it all. In this scenario of the orphanage, where they find themselves, the unwanted "Morte," the instigator of the inevitable suicide, is lurking. A story about pure bonds, in despair. Is there a miracle for this world?

(Source: NewPOP, translated)

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Background

Morte was published in Brazilian Portuguese by NewPOP Editora from April 30, 2019, to August 27, 2019.

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Characters

Manon

Main

Claverie, Doudou

Main

Amiya

Main

Saroyan, Alan

Main

Caggiano, Dante

Main

Zila

Supporting

Aldrich, Shelly

Supporting

Gianca

Supporting

Reviews

Dec 17, 2021

lelalgos

Recommended

Honestly, I have no idea why even after years there is still no review around here of a work that has a lot to say. So here I am for the first one, and perhaps the only one, unfortunately.

About the work, Morte goes from the beginning to the end of his narrative, always commenting, directly and metaphorically, on the future. About a world completely filled with misfortunes, where children who, knowing they contain a disease called Morte, which is completely unknown about its cause or a possible cure, which will inevitably cause them to commit suicide before reaching adulthood, they try to seek ... your own future in a dirty world, always denying the inevitable truth as much as possible.

Without spoilers, in the first volume we follow Sasha, a boy who was sold by his family to an orphanage called Doceo, a Morte center, which is what people with the disease are called. Morte, for me, has as its main asset since its first volume, a narrative extremely rich in details. From the beginning, it's as if you feel like you're in the character's own skin, where, indirectly, you start to understand every single detail of the personality of the one who narrates it, which is the case of Sasha. You, in a few pages, quickly understand what he is like, how he feels about his situation, and mainly, his point of view on Doceo. The way in which everything is told hasn't stopped fascinating me at all times in the work, progressing a little bit slowly, for always paying attention to clarifying some details.

Even secondary character development is not left out of this. Like the protagonist, the secondary ones also contain a very deep development, where everyone evolves together with the main character, always showing how the author manages to create and develop such human people. Each one gets incredible depth, being much more than you'd expect from a 3-volume novel.

The first volume, for example, never fails to show a dirty environment, where everyone there inevitably rendered for being in an outlaw and completely dismal place. The narration does not fail to express the suffering of the protagonists, to show that they are clearly cornered, while it does not stop creating more and more an incredible scenario about a mystery, not about the orphanage or wanting to create large plots to explode their mind, but only generate an absurd curiosity about how things progressed in a place where everything seems impossible.

In fact,Morte is a work a little different from the standard we see in the industry, being a work of mystery, romance, drama and suspense with extremely human people and well done at all times, from beginning to end. I would be lying if, for some reason, I dared to say that Morte is extremely innovative, or if I said that the novel is a diamond in the world of Japanese literary works. Morte in many moments is melodic, romanticizing things like a collective suicide attempt, or even a murder. In many parts, the characters' feelings are “expressed” in a way that could easily be associated with a Mexican soap opera, even managing to be boring in its dramatic way.

Naturally, I would have more to cite about positives as well as negatives about the novel, but my intention is just to introduce the novel to those 2 people who will read this review. Morte is not perfect. Is not it. But I could say that it is certainly worth your time for a short work, but different from many out there, as this novel is a common and classic example of a secondary work by an author who, as his fame was highlighted by another story (Fata Morgana), unfortunately ended up falling into limbo, even though it was such an interesting story. I recommend.

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Jul 22, 2024

Silva97

Recommended

(no spoilers) At the start of the story, we follow Sasha's point of view. It seems like a normal drama story at first, but when the point of view shifts to another character, that's when the story reveals its true purpose.

I really think this story is very well written. At the beginning, it’s not so interesting, but it develops very well from the middle to the end. The way the author presents the characters, giving an initial impression of them and then revealing new information that changes that impression, is really cool.

Another strong point is how the story naturally unfolds towards the end. It wasn’t ...

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Jul 30, 2025

Nehiro-Azuro

Recommended

After reading The House in Fata Morgana, I looked up for another work by Hanada-sensei, and consequently I found out about this series of light novel called Morte.
I’m wondering if outside Japan the volumes were only published in Brazil, because I haven’t seen data about Morte being translated to any other languages than Portuguese, also none fan-translations whatsoever. I hope that changes if my doubt is authentic.

That said, Morte has 3 volumes published and more than one main character, and the author used this to enrich the narrative, especially on the first volume to deliver us how the characters feel about themselves and how ... they perceive what’s happening around them. It was amazing to see the events happening from more than one perspective. In my opinion, the story’s elements were delicately put to grasp the reader’s attention and emotions.

Speaking of emotions,the story is seasoned with emotional moments, even the supporting characters have depth in their personality and they will play a big role in the development of the plot, every character connection is meaningful. I can’t forget to say about the main themes the story will present us: numbness,doubt, despair, suffering, Love and “Morte”, the last represents in the story as a rare condition that leads people to commit suicide. The word Morte means “Death” in some languages, so even the title suggests that feelings will be touched.

Another thing that I’ve appreciated the depth is how the settings are described, It was a good sensation to me imagining the places and landscapes as they were being narrated, there were a lot of cultural/local references of the space where the things take place. I think it’s a subjective point of what I’m going to write, but I enjoy when real names are used in a fiction work, like names of brands, famous people and monumental places. Usually, these things help me immerse even more in the ambiance.

So far my text only contains my opinion with positive points, so here’s now the things that I thought it could be better from my point of view in this very paragraph:
The first one is about the back cover, both volumes two and three delivered for me a text that said too much, giving me an idea of what could happen when I was reaching some important events. Maybe this won’t happen when other publishers release the volumes.
And the second one is about changes that took place at some point. The author even said about his intentions with that changes on the afterwords of one of the volumes. I saw the potential in that modification and I enjoyed them in general, but more than that, I enjoyed the way these things were before that.

I will wrap up my review saying that I really enjoyed reading Morte from the first word until the last written letter. Having the opportunity, I definitely will give it a re-read in the future.
I would recommend this light novel to pretty much anyone who likes to read, except people who feel really bad when there are sensitive topics on the content, especially related to suffering.