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Dorohedoro  
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Description
The story revolves around Kaiman, who does not remember who he was before he was transfigured by a Magic user. This transformation left him with a reptile's head, and a desire to find out the truth about who he really is. Accompanied by Nikaido, his female companion, he tracks down Magic Users in "The Hole" and unceremoniously chomps down on their head, hoping to find out who it was that put him in this state. One by one, they witness this "second man" inside the head of Kaiman, and after pulling them back out of his mouth he asks them all a question...

"What did the guy inside my head say?"

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
ドロヘドロ
异兽魔都
도로헤도로

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Fallen Syndicate
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Omanga

Latest Release(s)
v.18 c.115 by Fallen Syndicate (29d ago)
v.18 c.114 by Fallen Syndicate (61d ago)
v.18 c.113 by Fallen Syndicate (66d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
17 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

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Forum
3 topics, 13 posts
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User Rating
Average: 9 / 10.0 (418 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.84 / 10.0
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Last Updated
June 15th 2013, 1:32am PST

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Genre
Action  Comedy  Drama  Horror  Mature  Mystery  Psychological  Seinen  Supernatural 
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Author(s)
HAYASHIDA Q.

Artist(s)
HAYASHIDA Q.

Year
2001

Original Publisher
Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)
Ikki (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Viz (9 Volumes - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #369 increased(+59)
Monthly Pos #361 decreased(-147)
3 Month Pos #122 decreased(-2)
6 Month Pos #132 decreased(-7)

List Stats
On 1928 reading lists
On 1115 wish lists
On 81 unfinished lists
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Forum Posts
So 16 is not the final volume? 527 days, 3 hours, 54 minutes ago
A question about this manga 915 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes ago
What's up with Dorohedoro? 985 days, 3 hours, 2 minutes ago

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 A fairly good, dark *comic*... doesn't feel very much like manga, though. And not as original as it tries so hard to seem. Kinda juvenile, too.   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by Aadieu
June 15th, 2013, 2:39am
Entertaining. Gore aplenty with limbs flying, jaded characters, dark humor, restoration of severed limbs and occasional resurrection, a hint of romance, a couple sources of regular humongous bare boobage fanservice, wanton slaughter of intruders from another world... sound like Gantz or something? I thought it did... BUT THAT COULDN'T BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

Mostly because it doesn't much feel like manga. Seems to borrow a lot from some sort of western influence, maybe comic books (wouldn't know, don't read em). The whole everyone's masked like 3rd rate superheros or WWF/mexican staged "wrestling" stars - supposedly due to the world's social norms - idea wears thin real quick, and seems like a gimmick or a cheap trick to avoid drawing facial expressions and emotions. It wears so thin that even the author senses it and starts losing masks more and more around the halfway point.

When I say it doesn't feel like manga, it especially does not feel like *seinen* manga. Emotional bonds at times flare intensely, but few and far between. Despite plenty of nudity, romance is hinted at, but only developed to a middle-school blushing virgin kind of level.

Lots of effort is made to show an utterly surreal and brutal society (well, 2 different utterly surreal and brutal societies), but it somehow tries too hard to seem original... Lots of where'd I see that before style dejavu. It's like a quilt or a collage of borrowed elements. Alice in wonderland stuff, other people's familiar-looking and fairly popular illustration styles, other dystopia-genre stuff, tongue-in-cheek grotesque "stylized nightmarish" imagery, etc.

Violence is extra-graphic, but somehow gag-grade... Mostly laughed off, used to depict factional relations or balance of power, or just forgotten entirely 10 seconds later. By everyone except a single recurring character: a deeply shocked & traumatized loli-ish girl in her early teens used to provide contrast. Which doesn't really work quite as well as you'd expect, because her getting brutalized and maimed in a gazillion ways is one of the series' main running gags. .

Oh well... at least it's entirely 100% non-sexual.

...BUT that, combined with a surprised (and surprising) translator's note is what finally puts things into perspective: IT WAS, AT ITS START, WRITTEN AND DRAWN BY A 23 or 24YO GIRL.

Suddenly, everything clicks into place. It's a naive, sheltered, slightly antisocial, veeeery young and utterly virginal geeky girl's view of "dark and gritty". Despite her sadistic gag treatment of the character of Ebisu, mangaka shows time and again that she has zero understanding of the mechanics of cruelty. SHE TRIES, SHE REALLY DOES. But she's a sheltered, well-educated, middle or upper-class quiet nerdy girl from one of the cleanest, most prosperous societies in the world, and obviously not of the adventurous trouble-seeking variety ... IT SHOWS

Mangaka has clearly never experienced darkness or adversity, never met anyone with any experience with any sort of darkness, lacks the knowledge of psychology needed to "model" it believably, and was apparently unaware of or unwilling to read authors with strong authentic insight into the topic (too disturbing?). She also has precious little, if any, romantic experience. Probably very unsocial, too, or tends somewhat to the asperger's end of the autistic spectrum - despite an obsessive attention to background clothing etc. details, faces are very plain and unexpressive, drawn emotions are rare, and her inability to draw much expression is such that she works it into the core of the plot by covering for it with a multitude of devices - the lizard mug of the cursed protagonist / the masks for magic users / tattoos and crap for hole residents / immobile faces for demons... There are just too many things she has nooo clue about.

For those who HAVEN'T read this:
****it's a super-bloody SHOUNEN. A seinen wannabe cranking violence to 11, trying ever so hard to be dark and gritty, but only giving us a naive girl's best guess as to what dark and gritty might taste like, but lacking in adult-like relationship dynamics, adult emotions, and realistic character psychology. it tries to compensate for this naivete through lots of wanton murder slaughter and dismemberment, but that wears off fast... also, the gore fails anatomy forever, which dulls the impact a lot*** (ex: around the middle chapters, a few arms get cut off about every other chapter and limbs fly all over the place, but mangaka has NOOO idea that the forearm contains TWO large bones not one... and NOOO clue just how small, in proportion to muscle and flesh, a "large" bone really is)

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE READ IT:
this manga was DRAWN BY EBISU. literally. once you figure that out, everything falls into place.


PS despite its many shortfalls, it's fairly entertaining and interesting. VEEERY addictive, too. author has a good chance of becoming hella good once she matures.

... Last updated on June 15th, 2013, 2:53am
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 SHOCKING!!!   
Rating: 9.0 / 10.0
by 6655321
April 15th, 2013, 7:25am
I would summarize this manga by just one word : Shocking!
Dorohedoro is a must-read for anyone looking for something different and fed up with mundane, stereotypical stories. It's a mix of dark humor, gore, action and mystery. Every single thing about the story is consistently weird, and whats actually weirder is the fact that you get hooked up to such a GROSS and WEIRD tale.

... Last updated on April 19th, 2013, 9:04am
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 THE BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST EVER!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by lolnameless
December 28th, 2012, 6:05pm
It is THE BEST MANGA EVER!
that said. I don't know how to put it..
Is it the best visual art? the best comedy? the best fantasy? the best blood and gore? the best slice of life? the best character design?
No...it is not enough, it is even more than that, every page is the fruit of the author's serious hard work.
I didn't know manga can be that good. It is crazy.
It is also one good example showing that a long release cycle makes very good stuff, this is the way to do it, good manga should be like this one, it is THE BEST MANGA EVER!
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 L o v e   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by k_rocks2
November 18th, 2012, 2:19pm
Is there any other manga series better than Dorohedoro? In my humble opinion: No, and I have read hundred of series over the course of a decade.

It’s funny, it’s violent, and it’s gripping, all starting from such a relatively simple premise. The basic premise is for the main character, Kaiman, to find out who he is. Our boisterous, lizard-headed, and gyoza-loving protagonist has amnesia and wants to get his human head back. Pretty simple, isn’t it? Thankfully, it isn’t.

This is the first time I have not dislike a single character of a series. The main reason is because Hayashida-sensei meticulously develops and gives the characters a lot of screentime, allowing us to empathize and to understand their actions. There is no perfect person in the Doro world, because this world sucks and they just do whatever they have to do in order to survive. That is something I could understand.

The characters’ relationships are intricate and are believable, also due to good development on Hayashida-sensei’s part. It is incredible how she can switch to different perspective so easily and fluidly, which plays with the mystery surrounding a certain character and also to create exciting cliff-hangers.

Where should I even start with the art? It is amazingly detailed in its gritty, black-filled, and “messy” images and lines. Upon re-reading, I can always find something I have missed the first or second time reading. Some people, like myself, can be put off by the art as first, but if you can get past the first few chapters, you will be mesmerize by the plot, the characters, and the intracies within the Doro world.
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 Unexpectedly great!   
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by Sapphiresky
November 9th, 2012, 7:57pm
So I started reading and it was confusing and not that great at first, but I kept reading and it only got better and better. The characters a little hard to warm up to in the beginning (the masks don't really help) but they all prove themselves to be awesome. [ebisu and shin are probably my favs, and I can't say there are any characters I don't like] I'm only on volume 6 so I got a long way to go but I hope it stays as good as it is.
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 AMAZING   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by sending
October 24th, 2012, 8:00pm
This is one of the best manga I've ever read. Seriously. It's AWESOME. You may be turned off by the gore, fantastical plot, and stark drawing style, but don't be. Give it a chance, and Dorohedoro will blow your socks off.

Kaiman and Nikaido's friendship is heartwarming, Noi and Shin's relationship is adorable, and En is just a badass. Also, Fujita is the best character ever. He's hands down my favorite. <3

DEFINITELY at least give it a try through the first five chapters!

... Last updated on November 3rd, 2012, 2:53pm
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 Give it a try   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by toasted
October 6th, 2012, 3:08pm
I gave this manga a try long ago, and gave up quickly. But then I went back after coming across some recommendations, and am so glad I did. This is one of my all time favorite mangas. After getting past this first few chapters, I couldn't put it down and was hugely addicted.

Pros: This is the cleverist of clever manga out there. It has an original story and great character development. I love the strange artwork with the masks, and the odd world grew on me. You end up liking the good guys as much as the bad guys, and good luck figuring out who which side the characters are on. It draws you in completely, which makes it a solid 10.

Cons: I wish the releases werent so slow in coming out. Meanwhile I guess I will have to re-read it, and will probably pick up on things I didn't the first time. It's not hard to enjoy the story, but some things arent obvious so Wikipedia helped me to fill in some concepts I didn't get at first.
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 Epic !!!!   
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by tooawesome
July 30th, 2012, 3:40am
It's just too awesome, I even register just to comment on this one.
It feels like the first time I read manga, the art and story are so exciting. It is special because there 's nothing right and wrong, no evil or hero, but I can guarantee that you 'll not feel boring even a little bit.
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 Fresh!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Sircus
November 9th, 2011, 10:18am
A must read for sure. Expand your manga horizon. Really like the mix between mystery, action, magic. Very well developed characters. Up to volume 15 its pure bliss to be swept away in this amazing work.

... Last updated on November 9th, 2011, 10:21am
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 Epic   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by NightMareX1
October 30th, 2011, 9:32pm
If you read this till the end you'll realise that is not just awesome, it has a story for real and strong character development. The best manga i've ever read, I mean, this is the only one who made me read 70 pages in 10 minutes.
By the way, who said "Nothing is new, everything is a copy" didn't read this manga.
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