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Arachnid   
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Description
From Kirei Cake:

Alice is a senior high-school student who lives with an uncle that spends his time tormenting her everyday. One day, Alice witnesses the death of her uncle by the hands of an assassin called "Kumo" (Japanese for Arachnid). She then falls unconscious, and upon waking up, she finds out that she's in Kumo's house... Now, this Alice who no longer has any family and is being raised by the assassin herself.

Type
Manga

Related Series
Six Girls (?) in a Hot Spring (Side Story)
Caterpillar (Side Story)
Blattodea (Sequel)

Associated Names
Arachnid มือสังหารสายพันธุ์แมงมุม
Arakunido
Арахнид
アラクニド
蜘蛛
아라크니드

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Latest Release(s)
v.14 c.Epilogue (end) by Kirei Cake over 6 years ago
v.14 c.72 by Kirei Cake over 6 years ago
v.14 c.71 by Kirei Cake over 6 years ago
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Status
in Country of Origin
14 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

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Average: 7.1 / 10.0 (435 votes)
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Year
2009

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Serialized In (magazine)
Gangan Joker (Square Enix)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

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Monthly Pos #1590 increased(+109)
3 Month Pos #2628 increased(+206)
6 Month Pos #3634 increased(+330)
Year Pos #4753 decreased(-1435)

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Potential  
by almosthere13
July 29th, 2011, 7:10am
Rating: N/A
Interesting concept. I read on to the raws and this doesn't have any romance for those who may be looking out for it.

However, with only 4 chapters translated so far, it's a bit hard to judge how it's going to go.

Spoiler (mouse over to view)
For those who wish romance between the assassin and Alice, I do believe he dies. Not sure exactly why, but Alice shoots him :(
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Ohmygosh! So much potential!  
by ChocoKun
July 26th, 2011, 7:54pm
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
Definitely recommend this! Only 3 chapters out right now so can't really say much. But from what I read she's definitely a genius!

Spoiler (mouse over to view)
Learning how to use such a powerful weapon in only 15 days! And not to mention romance....... kukukuku kekekeke muahahahaha! I hope its between her and the assassin san cause he is hot ~
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Interesting concept. Awful story.  
by Sapphiresky
January 26th, 2014, 12:19pm
Rating: N/A
Can't believe this was written by the same person who wrote Jackals, which IMO is a great manga.

Started out like it could have been an interesting story, though the plot devices were so-so. I was kind of disappointed when I realized the 'CEC', they were going on about was just a fake version of what sounded like Aspurger's. But I could get over that.

When the lolis started to flood in and tried to rapekill the poor girl was when I said NO.

My condolences (and a few lols) to the first commenters who were looking for 'romance with assassin-san'. No. You get disturbing romance between lolis who are seriously not right in the head.

Welcome to my dropped list, Arachnid. It's filled with lots of other dark ambiance seinen manga whose plots weren't enough to keep my interest. Try not to get beat up.
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really really like!  
by cobalt_rain
July 26th, 2011, 10:42pm
Rating: 9.0  / 10.0
please oh please let there be a romance between the chick and the assasin! i really love the dark violent story right now. i sincerly hope that this manga doesn't go mainstream battle manga because i like the seinen undertones. main character is cute and cool but i would prefer her not to be a psycho killer though, i want her to keep her humanity and compassion if its possible. the main guy, kumo, is the no nonsense, no friends, intellectual, coldblooded type. can she win his icy heart over? i sure hope so......... even though that deffinitly wont be the main point of this manga at all. if anything it will be the psuchological journey of an assasin plus some graphic violent sceens. love it! art gets a seven though......
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Hardly "Complete"  
by q00u
August 28th, 2022, 5:52am
Rating: 4.0  / 10.0
It just stops basically on a cliffhanger. Don't even bother. There's no satisfying conclusion to be found here.

Like others have said, the initial Leon: The Professional-style beginning was a bit interesting, but it abandons that pretty quickly. I'm left with only disappointment.
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Art đẹp, cốt truyện 3/10  
by Akira Ryuji
May 25th, 2022, 12:45am
Rating: 3.0  / 10.0
Art đẹp, cốt truyện 3/10
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If you want something weird, this could be it.  
by Dright
March 15th, 2013, 2:36pm
Rating: N/A
Since I'm bored of the typical character types present in most manga, I was glad to find this manga.

It's not great from the point of view that it follows the typical shounen battle manga cliches as some have pointed out, however despite the predictable plot it has so far shown a lot of fun characters.

Now the real reason I wrote this comment: The student council head looks like Alyosha from http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54487
Paticularly the hair (notice how the bangs cross in the middle). She's not a character you meet right away though so don't skip ahead! =D
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Cute  
by Toto
August 16th, 2011, 3:21am
Rating: N/A
Sugar plum fairies and puppy dog tails. That's what this cute, little, assassin story's made of.

Sure, little teenage girl is almost raped by her guardian uncle after her mother's suicide, gets taken in by said guardian's assassin, trained in the dark arts of... concentration, and subsequently mercy kills the paternal miyagi figure (all happens in the first volume... so, not really spoilers).
I just can't help read this as some sugary sweet shoujo expecting frilly flowers and star bursts to pop-up on the next panel... despite what occurred on the previous panel from a wailing lead character to attempted human meat mincing with the arachno-knife.


The series isn't bad... it's just a juxtaposed piece of sugary murder.
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Enjoyable  
by kiriee
October 11th, 2015, 3:14am
Rating: 7.0  / 10.0
I agree with other reviewer it seem this is more of shounen, but regardless of what it is, this is really enjoyable to read, the last twist also caught me by surprise it was obvious now that I think about it but for reason I miss it.

Also this manga manage to make me do some google search, I always read that cockroach can survive without head but it is first time I do search about it, although that MC mental disorder turn out to be a fiction -_-.

Arachnid have many flaw but a flood of information, gore, action, and some fan service able to make me forget all of the flaw and genuinely enjoy it. By the way this author "sometimes" can draw really sexy body, not in the content that it was thinly covered but when character wore full cloth... but it rarely match it head, so it kind of funny to look bigrazz.

... Last updated on October 11th, 2015, 3:15am
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Can't take it seriously  
by ForteAtrox
June 4th, 2012, 2:25am
Rating: N/A
I read this and the beginning seemed really interesting then just at chapter 5 I started losing interest. I just can't take this whole 'assassin' thing seriously. And the whole arachnid thing is just kinda lame to me. I don't like the main girl because she seems so soulless, no personality really. ._. Bleh, had hopes but it was crushed~
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