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Shamo  
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Description
At the age of sixteen Ryo Narushima was a genius and looked to have no trouble of getting into Tokyo University and joining the elite of society. However, that summer something cracked inside Ryo's head. With a small knife he brutally murdered both of his parents only leaving his sister alive and cowering in a corner. It is at this grotesque incident that our story begins.

Extra Note: At volume 20, the series changed publishers, which created a restart of the chapter numbers.

Starting from chapter 61 in volume 26, the first chapter from when the series returned from a long hiatus, the series has been completely written & drawn by Tanaka Akio. While Hashimoto Izou did write the series in the beginning, he had been doing less and less work starting from volume 4. Tanaka & Hashimoto reached a settlement and Shamo continued.

Type
Manga

Related Series
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Associated Names
軍鶏
Coq de Combat
Gamecock

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Latest Release(s)
v.28 c.72-80 by Illuminati-Manga (144d ago)
v.27 c.63-71 by Illuminati-Manga (144d ago)
v.27 c.63-71 by Wild Fang Project (288d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
29 Volumes (Ongoing)

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

User Reviews
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Forum
5 topics, 37 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.2 / 10.0 (349 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.1 / 10.0
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Last Updated
February 14th 2013, 11:49am PST

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Genre
Action  Drama  Martial Arts  Mature  Psychological  Seinen  Tragedy 
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Author(s)
HASHIMOTO Izou
TANAKA Akio

Artist(s)
TANAKA Akio

Year
1998

Original Publisher
Futabasha (vols 1-19)
Kodansha (vols 20-28-ongoing)

Serialized In (magazine)
Evening (Kodansha)
Manga Action (Futabasha)

Licensed (in English)
No

English Publisher
N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #648 increased(+142)
Monthly Pos #1031 decreased(-46)
3 Month Pos #1015 increased(+100)
6 Month Pos #1079 decreased(-84)

List Stats
On 1504 reading lists
On 617 wish lists
On 103 unfinished lists
On 166 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Something i never understood 628 days, 3 hours, 12 minutes ago
what's going on with shamo? 639 days, 3 hours, 33 minutes ago
Shamo, whats happening now? 1122 days, 20 hours, 51 minutes ago
Shamo Movie..... 1285 days, 18 hours, 47 minutes ago
Shamo IS BACK!! 1391 days, 15 hours, 20 minutes ago

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 Ryo IS EVIL but I like that about him   
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by SwallowedGod
September 29th, 2012, 12:04am
RYO IS EVIL ARROGANT COCKY ANGRY STUBBORN everything that is not your typical lead Ryo is perhaps the greatest character written out he has so much depth and goes through so much that it would be impossible for someone to actually be a good person when all was said and done Ryo is on a different level from the akiras gokus narutos ichigos luffys kuronos he isnt in the same category because he is so well written out his character is more real he has no qualms or regrets about what he has done and never plans on it Ryo is a beast what has happened to him and what he does is what makes Ryo RYO
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 This is awesome   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by lamansonbleue
September 1st, 2012, 5:43am
I don't know any byronic heroes like Ryu. I like his character so much I can't describe in words. He changed from a good to evil and soon back to good. I hope he will be saved by his friends (or sister). And I hope there will be no romance (moemi... seriosly? -.-)

And also there's a reason monkey china thing was forgotten just google it.

... Last updated on September 1st, 2012, 5:46am
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 Sigh...   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by kazesages
July 25th, 2012, 11:00am
This woulda been good if the main wasnt such a douche.I never seen a protagonist that's so unlikeable in my life. Maybe the problem is that the author never really care to explain any of his motive.
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Why did he kill his parent? Why did he stop looking for his sister? Why did he pick fight after getting out of prison? Why do he go around raping women?
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 Beyond its expiry date   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by tinman
April 1st, 2012, 7:28pm
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I am still on it but to me it feels like its a manga that has run too long when Ryo and his sister reunited that would have been the perfect ending but the manga has stretched beyond that and the plot has become thinner and thinner and easy to predict example - the moment Yan was introduced I almost knew that she was going to die it was a cheap play at tragedy by the author .
I am going to put it on hold for now and if I feel like it I will pick it up again .
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 Wtf?   
Rating: 3.0 / 10.0
by panos
January 18th, 2011, 3:07pm
I haven't seen the main character for more than 20 chapters.From a seinen manga with a brutal main protagonist,this turned supernatural, and then the main character is missing and the plot gets also far worse.I don't recall any manga that the main protagonist,where the whole story focuses around him puff disappears.
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Example
Kurohime has 2 main characters
Hunter x hunter the main villain is missing for 200+ chapters

This manga was only good because Ryo Narushima had a cool attitude and now that he is gone the manga is gone down the drain as well.

... Last updated on February 5th, 2011, 5:32am
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 Stop complaining   
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by Jun Tenkawa
February 24th, 2010, 1:01am
Jesus, people need to stop complaining about how Ryo degenerates in the later chapters. Think realistically people.

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The reason Ryo always got stronger and stronger was because he always had to fight opponents that were stronger than him. Whenever he fought people stronger than him he always had a goal (which was to win) and he trained like crazy to achieve for those goals.

Whereas starting from the new chapters, Ryo starts to get weaker and weaker. Why? Because he's always fighting weak losers, he's not getting any training and instead it's becoming a daily chore for him. Not to mention with all the man prostituioning he's doing. He's starting to lose his "wild" nature because he's doing the same boring stuff over and over and you can tell by his expressions that he's damn bored as hell. In the beginning he craved for blood and fights and pain was like his pleasure, but he loses that later because he doesn't feel alive anymore. Not to mention all the guilt that builds on him because he starts to meet everyone that he hurt from his past.


And also you can't expect Ryo to forever remain evil. Yes, he's an asshole, but that doesn't mean he's completely evil. In most cases, he treats everyone like trash, but every now and then you can tell that he still has a human heart remaining in him (like helping his sister). I don't know how the story is going to end up, but it will at least be interesting to see how Ryo changes by the end of the story.

... Last updated on February 24th, 2010, 1:04am
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 Great art!   
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by McCamyTaylor
November 9th, 2009, 7:34pm
The story is pretty good, but the art and especially the character design make this one work. It does not really matter to me when the story goes off track, because the manga is so stylish. Like watching a Takashi Miike film.

There are so few mangas that pay attention to art. (Some shoujo looks as it it is drawn by a kindergarten kid with crayons.) But graphic fiction is graphic fiction because of the interplay of the written word and the images that accompany them. In the US we get the opposite problem---all art no story. It is nice to get a balance.
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 It was good.... then it just started sucking.   
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by raptorfalcon
October 18th, 2009, 1:14pm
This manga had me going to bed satisfied everyday. It was gory, violent and extremely good. There were many scenes that pissed me off, but it was interesting to see a strong main character fighter, who's just damn evil.. Then the story went supernatural and just completely sucked from then on...

What a shame for shamo to end up sucking sad
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 Ehh, really...   
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by Namenlos
July 22nd, 2009, 8:52pm
This manga is an excellent story; our mangaka writes such a powerful story, that, despite our (not hero) protagonist, his amorality, and his lack of any self control (or even better, preservation), one can hardly let it be, once started. The fighting is first rate, and is well worth it. The scenes of rape and violence are, indeed, quite difficult to get over, and I would prefer not to have had to read those, but, despite my aversion for them, these make the story what it is. As disturbing as that may be.

I quite agree with Isara that it is very draining. But I must be quite the masochist, because some of my favorite stories are the draining ones... (I might add that I do love a "pump" manga, but which leaves the bigger impression, I might ask? Pain, or pleasure... [Pleasure only leaves a bigger impression when it's through an addictant. Sorry. =| ])
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 makes you want to train harder and stop at the same time   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by Isara
May 11th, 2009, 3:05pm
Ryo is such an awful person, it hurts to accompany him on his path to whatever he will be in the end (most likely dead).
The few light moments of moralty and emotionality could not carry me over the vast scenes of him raping women and being arbitrarily violent towards strangers.
Still, this take on martial-art is very captivating and I wouldn't believe it if there was a nice person in Ryos place.
This is the major plus of Shamo, it's dark and unfriedly yet not entirely hopeless view on human nature. Not to forget the superb fighting scenes, especially when he fights against people superior in skill. Another clever idea, not to create a main charakter with flawless technique and outstanding talent. Everything looks like hard work possibly not worth the effort (where did it take him anyway).
The art fits and there is beauty from time to time.
Better not read it at the end of the day though, since most of this drains every last positive feeling out of the reader.
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