Kurozakuro

Description

Sakurai Mikito is a wimp who is constantly bullied and never fights back, as he doesn't want to hurt others.This all changes when a mysterious sphere enters him - Zakuro. He soon begins to feel different feeling desires to eat... humans. Is he still human, or will he succumb to his desires and fully become a monster?

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

クロザクロ

Groups Scanlating

Ascension

Hanashi

Latest Release(s)

v.7 c.67 (end) by Ascension 8 years ago

v.7 c.66 by Ascension 8 years ago

v.7 c.65 by Ascension 8 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

7 Volumes (Complete)
8 Volumes (E-book)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

1 topics, 1 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.9 / 10.0 (213 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.7 / 10.0

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11%

Last Updated

September 12th, 2024 6:41am PDT - 8 months ago

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Genre

Action Horror Mystery Shounen Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Number 9 (2022)

Shogakukan (2004)

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Sunday (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (7 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #747

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Monthly Pos #1680

(-129)

3 Month Pos #2186

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6 Month Pos #4868

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Year Pos #7288

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List Stats

On 783 reading lists

On 377 wish lists

On 274 completed lists

On 58 unfinished lists

On 153 custom lists

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Discontinued?

15 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

Not cancelled

by Druid
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Yes it has a rushed ending which makes you wonder if the publisher put heat on the mangaka to wrap it up, but it wasn't cancelled. There is an ending that wraps up the story. So I've removed the 'cancelled' tag in the status field.

-Druid of Hanashi

... Last updated 16 years ago

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AHHH

by ares6
18 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Soo good.........yet it's not famous............

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Sad

by IMSabbel
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

The manga starts of really awesome (i would give the first 1-2 Volumes a 9, easily).
But after that, and the whole thing gets into the typical shounen rhythm, and is only above average.(6/10)

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Kuro

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

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This is the ****[color=blue][edit by mod,watch your language please][/color], really nice story although i do prefer Togari, the authors previous work. Lots of similarities 🙂

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(y)

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

Rating: N/A

Not great, but definitely good.

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Awesome, grabbed my attention since the 1st volume.

by HanaTenshiHimeko
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I read only 5 volumes and I have to say, it's interesting. It grabbed and clung to my attention since the first volume and I was thinking of buying it. However, looking how other people say the ending is rushed, it just add a blow to the idea of having the hardcopy of it. So I'm going to wait until I read the last volume to decided.

Sakurai Mikito is your basic average kid, who gets bully and never fights back. But don't think he's just your normal weakling. Underneath that bullied kid is someone who puts other feelings before him, hence why he doesn't fight back because he doesn't want to hurt someone. That caught my admiration for him when his childhood pointed that out.

So when a mysterious sphere, Zakuro, enters him and ask what he desired, Sakurai thought about getting stronger to protect his childhood friend. But Sakurai gets the urges to eat humans and view them as meat! Apparently Zakuro have a different idea of getting stronger and turned him into an orge. He finds himself thrust in the fights of orges and humans, and even battling himself to stay human. So the main question of this series: Is Sakurai going to stay that way, or will he find a way to turn himself back into human?

Storyplot, awesome. The fights? Awesome as well. Both weave together into an attention-grabbing manga series and makes the readers craving for more. More also, the twist in volume 5 doesn't seems to make it any better as I anguished for the next volume.

The art? The cover looks different from the inside. Looks like Acrylic painting, yet it have it's own texture and style that seems to sit well with me. The inking is done in an extreme contrast and the screentones are done in moderation in the midtone grey, so the beauty of the black and white contrast really grabs my attention. Watch for a few of them through out the series. There's a favorite one of my own, but I'm not going to ruin that for you and let you find your favorite.

Character development is on the top with everything else. Sakurai intends to stay human (as we all predict), and it's interesting what his mind setting is and his view in doing so. You'll grow to love the characters and with the twist, you feel a bit despair because you don't know who's on which side of your liking.

So my rating is high for the time being. I'll have to see how is the ending and I hope the ending doesn't make me change it.

... Last updated 14 years ago

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Meh

by metamike
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

I can clearly see why this was canceled, along with why it had little success. Simply the manga had an amazing start, but then it turned too much into a generic shounen. You have no idea who any of the supporting characters are except for...um...one of them? No development either. It just simply went downhill as soon as Mikito left his town.

Too bad such potential was wasted. I recommend reading the beginning though. Very fun.

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awesome

by bluepanda104
17 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

you can say its a typical shounen, but that's probably because it is. sure it would have been an amazing horror manga, but it still rocks.

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kuro

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

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so far i only read it up until chapter 31, and i'd have to say it's pretty good

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It took 19 Years!!! For someone to Scanlate the Last Volume...

by Xiximaro
8 years ago

Rating: N/A

This manga is interesting, even though it's not perfect it sure as hell is sufficiently good for someone who picks this to scanalate to actually do it till the end... and not drop it at the last volume!!!
Sadly I'm seeing this very often, groups pick manga up, just so when they are actually finishing to translate all of it, they simply drop their works. Might as well never picked them up in the first place, shameful bunch.
If it weren't for Ascension(who picked this up after 19 years) this manga wouldn't have a end. There should be groups to pick from where others dropped their works(cough Ore Monogatari cough).
All in all, this manga starts out strong, the middle is shaky and the conclusion is the worst out of the three, maybe cause it feels rushed or axed. But well if you have nothing else to read, give this a try it's not bad. It's about, one trying to keep his humanity while his actually becoming more of a monster, than it shifts to humanity role in the food chain. It has interesting topics.

... Last updated 8 years ago

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