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Kilico  
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Description
Detective Akira Yusa sees his brother Shinichi killed before his very eyes. He spots a young girl, Kilico Sakaki, at the scene of the crime and instinctively knows that she did it. After a bloody fight, Akira arrests her. Trained as a professional assassin by her stepfather, Toshio Sakaki, in everyday life, Kilico acts like an ordinary college student. Her arrest is treated as a mistake when she manages to hide all evidence of Shinichi's murder. Akira's subsequent investigation of Kilico runs into difficulty when he finds that it's too big for a police detective to handle. Her encounter with Akira makes Kilico remember her terrible past and have doubts about being an assassin. Kilico goes to Taiwan to train as a jewel connoisseur, the Sakaki family's legitimate business, behind which they hide all their illegitimate business. Fired for taking his investigation too far, Akira follows Kilico to Taiwan. The two meet again and become very close, as they get involved in the internal conflicts within the Tenrenban gang, Taiwan's biggest Mafia group.

Type
Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
キリコ

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Latest Release(s)
v.4 c.41 [End] by Omanga & Kotonoha (2531d ago)
v.4 c.40 by Omanga & Kotonoha (2531d ago)
v.4 c.38 by Omanga & Kotonoha (2532d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
4 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
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User Rating
Average: 7.1 / 10.0 (125 votes)
Bayesian Average: 7.11 / 10.0
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Last Updated
October 2nd 2012, 10:05am PST


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Year
1998

Original Publisher

Serialized In (magazine)
Morning (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
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Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #1379 increased(+44)
Monthly Pos #2191 increased(+1089)
3 Month Pos #5049 decreased(-28)
6 Month Pos #6059 increased(+164)

List Stats
On 73 reading lists
On 162 wish lists
On 326 completed lists
On 11 unfinished lists
On 57 custom lists

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ok   
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
by cebshark
July 31st, 2010, 6:20pm
Artwork was different alright but i liked it. hmm plot was pretty straightforward in the beginning but.... it evolves into what i thought was pretty freaking lame. Ending was one of the worst ive ever read, much better manga out there
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Lame manga   
Rating: 4.0 / 10.0
by Kamugin
July 10th, 2010, 2:52pm
This manga keeps your expectations high but it never fulfills them. It's filled with situations that defies your good sense, it abuses of your patience and recompenses you with one of the most absurd and frustrating endings I ever saw. The only thing good about it is being only four volumes long.

... Last updated on July 11th, 2010, 6:20am
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Quite good   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by Aikanaro
June 26th, 2010, 12:39am
I liked it. It was pretty much Max-Payne-in-Asia. There was nothing unpredictable about it, but it was fun.

I have no idea what the hell happened in the last chapter though. If it had ended two chapters before, it would have been much better.
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Hrmm.   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by Dragonfiremule
April 21st, 2008, 4:53pm
Very good if you're looking for great action, violence, and gore, but something with very little else.

Talk about a love/hate relationship, eh?

Weird ending, and one I hate. The characters are also very weird an not at all realistic.
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RAAARGW!   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by RilleL
April 9th, 2008, 1:28pm
Few manga have captured the pure and raw feeling of violence in the art, and Kilico is among the top.
The intro-scene where Akira captures some thugs is really memorable and you'll immediately get the feeling of the manga.
You'll definitely cry "Oh snap!" sometimes when reading this.
The plot got a little confusing in the end, and the ending was kind of... well, disappointing. It wasn't the clean closure you probably wanted and some questions remain unanswered (or maybe I just didn't get it...), but at least it ended before it dragged too long.

... Last updated on April 9th, 2008, 3:22pm
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marvellous   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by jamie1990
January 10th, 2008, 12:46pm
Quite honestly one of the best I've ever read. The author has a remarkable sense of dynamism, and style, his pages are some of the most inventively and cinematically constructed you can find and his writing is formidable as well. I truly feel privileged to have had the chance to read this manga.

... Last updated on April 28th, 2011, 3:24pm
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pretty good read   
Rating: N/A
by fiva55
November 13th, 2007, 10:48am
you shouldnt think too much while reading this manga (just like watching a good action movie). But if you like the genre, this is worth your time. Didnt really like the ending though, but who am i to disagree with the writers vision?^^ And somehow it seems fitting for this manga
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Someone tried to do a noir manga but failed   
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by VampireBanana
June 22nd, 2007, 9:12pm
Remember all those cool 80s to 90s Hong Kong noir chick flicks?

Well, someone tried to pull off a manga of such a calibre, only that he failed. The fight scenes were predictable and disappointing, and there was none of that tension between the characters or the pathos of fatality such women were condemned to face. In such noir movies, we all know the women are fated to follow a certain path of action and yet, the story was intriguing and had surprising twists which enhanced the story and fleshed out the characters.

In Kilico, the psychological intrigue is gone, the characters are flat and worst of all: this is a manga where the characters drive the plot. The woman is a noir character, therefore, the story will follow a certain path because she is a noir character. And not, the woman chooses a certain decision because she has been raised by a certain philosophy, therefore, the different characters clash and interact, leading to a surprising yet intriguing set of events.

... Last updated on June 22nd, 2007, 9:13pm
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Loved it   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by ranmaru
January 13th, 2007, 1:47pm
Great dramatic Action series, I loved it, it's so captivating, I recommend it to everyone (above 16), but if your familiar with other mangas with violence and yakuza you wouldn't have any problem in fact I think you'll love it!

... Last updated on June 2nd, 2008, 2:48pm
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Decent   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by barbapapa
December 27th, 2006, 5:39am
Strange and dynamic artwork, rather plain story and characters you'd find in any yakuza film. I read through all of it, but maybe it's just too "flat" for my likes. Not enough depth, nor psychological development. At 4 volumes it's not much of a commitment, so you can check it out either way. But like other people have stated, the ending doesn't do it any favors, au contraire. (and I like open endings)
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