Shamo

Description

At the age of sixteen Ryo Narushima was a genius and looked to have no trouble 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.

Note: The series has been completely written & drawn by Tanaka Akio from chapter 61 in Vol 26. The first chapter after a long hiatus. The original author Hashimoto Izou wrote less and less starting from Vol 4. The series changed publishers, leading to a reset of the chapter numbers with Vol 20.

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Coq de Combat

Gamecock

Shamo นักสู้สังเวียนเลือด

Шамо

軍鶏

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Latest Release(s)

v.34 c.126-134 (end) by Illuminati-Manga 5 years ago

v.33 c.117-125 by Illuminati-Manga 5 years ago

v.32 c.108-116 by Illuminati-Manga 10 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

34 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

7 topics, 40 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.9 / 10.0 (532 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.81 / 10.0

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Last Updated

August 13th, 2023 9:52pm PDT - 2 years ago

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Genre

Action Drama Martial Arts Mature Psychological Seinen Tragedy
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Year

Original Publisher

Futabasha (vols 1-19)

Kodansha (vols 20-28-ongoing)

Serialized In (magazine)

Manga Action (Futabasha)

Evening (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #649

(-46)

Monthly Pos #1558

(-300)

3 Month Pos #3023

(-48)

6 Month Pos #3954

(+11)

Year Pos #4972

(+130)

List Stats

On 1699 reading lists

On 1016 wish lists

On 543 completed lists

On 176 unfinished lists

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Has this manga ended at Vol. 34?

10 years ago

Confused with current chapters I'm reading(~200)

12 years ago

Something i never understood

14 years ago

what's going on with shamo?

14 years ago

Shamo, whats happening now?

15 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

Great art!

by McCamyTaylor
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

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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Disappointing

by Doomroar
10 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Tanaka Akio next time please have the decency to just abandon the series, just drop it, this didn't deserve such a low quality development and sub-par bullshit of an ending, if what you are working is just a work of self hate for what you are making at the moment then just stop, this is an insult to everybody, giving Ryo a girlfriend out of nowhere, weakening him in such a stupid manner making him fight a fucking ballet dancer as his "nemesis" and then have his final opponents be a retarded giant with twin-tails and a stupid big sword is just demeaning, you are shaming this manga, and that end, that end is a joke.

This manga was a solid 10 before the tragedy happened and the author decided to make this some kind of vendetta against his own work. 10 for the main story, but 4 for the latrine that is the rest of this manga.

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Stop complaining

by Jun Tenkawa
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

Jesus, people need to stop complaining about how Ryo degenerates in the later chapters. Think realistically people.

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 15 years ago

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Shamo as an experience

by Doventanzer
10 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

This isn't a manga you read to feel good about. This isn't a manga where the heroes win. This is an escapist fantasy. Read this if you want to blow off some steam and read how one man can be the least responsible parent murdering rapist piece of shit imaginable. Without going into spoiler territory, this manga is rage-fuel up to the very end. It builds rage, creates tension and delivers before repeating. It keeps you interested in how it'll deliver. And then it doesn't, it just ends.
If you're searching for a protagonist you can root for, go away, if you want a world you'd like to live in, find some other manga, if you're in need of likeable characters, tough shit, and if you like your story threads tied up nicely, you're out of luck.

Final Rating: Read it, don't finish it.

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Thought it would at least have an epilogue - could've been great

by Guymaioh
9 years ago

Rating: N/A

Honestly started of great! the potential was so vast and about halfway it just collapsed and never went anywhere. i you read all the volumes, you'll feel like you should have never started this manga - you shouldnt be able to flog a dead horse... but they did... utterly and bitterly dispointed! At least KSKM had the decency of starting out as a shonen/gag manga! This became somewhat of a joke and didnt respect the readers!

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This is awesome

by Jalapeno-san
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

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 13 years ago

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Ryo IS EVIL but I like that about him

by SwallowedGod
13 years ago

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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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A fascinating mess of a story

by Fundefined
9 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

No one can defend the awful story continuity and awkward starts and stops to story arcs, but I still consider Shamo to be an amazing manga. It's a bit unclear how the author and artist ended up fracturing and suing each other but it obviously affected the quality of the story. That said, Shamo still works as a fascinating character piece on a character that would be a villain in any other story.

Ryo is evil but he's broken person who I feel has surprising depth. His inability to do good despite his occasionally good intentions combined with his inferiority complex that makes him impossible to help, makes a character that rides the line on whether he is sympathetic. Later parts of the story get incredibly surreal which may throw audiences off. Additionally, there is no end goal in later volumes, nothing that the main character is working towards. Some arcs are so anti-climatic that they end in what seems like a 2 minutes when they were built up for 50 chapters. It's very strange storytelling but I think it works because I learned something new about Ryo's character with every arc.

The artwork is fantastic and the artist really knows how to express body movement. Even as a trainwreck, its absolutely unique.

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It was good.... then it just started sucking.

by raptorfalcon
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

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 🙁

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Beyond its expiry date

by tinman
13 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

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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