Bloody Monday

Description

Official English: INKR, Azuki

Takagi Fujimaru may seem like a regular high school student, but behind the cheery facade lies a genius hacker by the name of Falcon. When his father is framed for a murder, Falcon uses his brilliant hacking skills to try and protect his sister and clear his father's name. However, he finds that his father, an agent in an elite government agency, was involved with something far more complex than a simple murder. A terrorist group is plotting against the city of Tokyo and it is up to Falcon, with the help of his friends, to unravel the twisted plans set in place to kill millions of people.

Type

Manga

Associated Names

Bloody Monday - Saison 1

Bloody Monday Ver.0

Bloody Monday รหัสมรณะ

Bloody Monday: Season 1

Кровавый понедельник

الأثنين الدموي

ブラッディ・マンデイ

血色星期一

블러디 먼데이

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Latest Release(s)

v.11 c.96 (end) by J.A.C. Group 16 years ago

v.11 c.95 by J.A.C. Group 16 years ago

v.11 c.94 by J.A.C. Group 16 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

11 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

Bloody Monday by ChapterZero

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3 topics, 7 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.8 / 10.0 (837 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.75 / 10.0

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Last Updated

September 7th, 2023 12:05pm PDT - 2 years ago

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Genre

Action Drama Psychological School Life Sci-fi Shounen
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Category Recommendations

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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Magazine (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Azuki (digital)

INKR Comics

Kodansha Comics (11 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #760

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Monthly Pos #1875 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3288

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6 Month Pos #4478

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Year Pos #5349

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List Stats

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On 1163 wish lists

On 2318 completed lists

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Bloody Monday + 50 ch. gets boring?

14 years ago

Otoya [spoilers]

16 years ago

Chapter 37 discussion

16 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Finally done

by fbunawan
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

Okay. Overall, I like this manga with all the secret identities, hidden complicated plots and okay action. Art is definitely awesome. I can't count how many times I swoon over Otoya.

But. The way the author reveal the secret of the protagonist is way too inelegant. I swear, that's one of the major disappointment I had and an early one as well.
The start was really exciting and made my blood boil over excitement. But as many people have said, the protagonist became those "damn, I'm helpless but I want to save everyone" kind of character. The sister of the protagonist was also too exasperating. I know they need this character who needs saving all the time, but seriously, how many times can you get captured and used by the enemy, for the love of God. Argh.

Curiosity on the identity of the enemy's leader and their final objective were the only things which kept me going to the end of this series. Somehow, I don't feel too good with the end either, feels like every chapter is rushed and was just there to keep the story heading towards the end.

As for the romance aspect, I actually like how unique it was.

The childhood friend actually likes the protagonist's father rather than the protagonist himself? Epic.

I have to say the past of the cult should be dealt more deeply. Like the reason they want to do this revolution and everything. Is it me, or is the author made it too shallow by just portraying the group as terrorists who just want to destroy? Okay, he made some point with the government not being as clean or helpful, but that's just like one time. They're just there to be the enemy that needs to be defeated. So meh. Perhaps he's going to reveal it in the later seasons, I don't know. I hope he will. I really like how he opened the past of one of the antagonists. So maybe it's just saved for later on. Guess I will continue with the series then shrug

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so...

by qu1eet
14 years ago

Rating: 6.7 / 10.0

I would recommend this manga only to pass time and if you are too lazy to use the advanced search option and find something better to read.
The idea is very cool,

a virus developed from combining Ebola and smallpox in the cold war days and now a crazy maniac occult group of terrorist want to spread it over Japan and to save the world comes a hacker kid(dumb ass idea) but with the help of a special agency that works for the safety of the people, a somewhat secret agency...

The idea is super awesome, but the way it was executed in this manga is well ,very unsatisfying, basically the full potential of the idea wasn't used or executed.
The situation in Japan in the manga is very absurd, the bad guys are portrayed as if they are super soldiers that could blow the world up if they wanted, which i think is too much, and yet they are beaten by a dumb/genius kid that can use the computer. Also the special agency that is under direct orders from the ministry of justice is just simply pathetic and so majestically stupid, the whole agency is just a big jest.The bad guys os easily beat them, the supposedly alpha good guys and yet those awesome bad guys are struck down by a kid...sigh

I also hate the fact how every second and third chapter somebody dies and no one really gives a dime.. and more importantly the deaths contribution to the plot is almost non existent.
It's as if you get the feeling that the author simply wanted to kill off some people and show everyone that no one cares.

It's simply a pile of good ideas/plot executed in a very bad way, with good art and much effort , and yet it still stays a manga that can just help pass the time and nothing more.(Please don't compare Death Note to this work because the gap between them is too immense)

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Good read

by Aetheus
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

If you're in this for the characters, turn away now. Bloody Monday has absolutely flat characters. Its truly a case of the characters existing to serve the plot and not the other way around. However, the plot itself justifies the lack of indepth characterization - it isn't necessary. There are no filler or breather chapters. There is no "beach episode" or "field trip day". From start to finish, Bloody Monday plays out like a Dan Brown novel - plot twists, betrayals and surprises at every turn. Every time "Falcon" and his friends thwart one of the enemy's plans, they immediately get caught up in another one. The entire manga is a thriller roller coaster that never lets up. I haven't seen the live action adaption myself, but I highly suspect that its gonna draw more than a few comparisons to 24.

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Such a waste

by KahlanAmnell
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

Volume 4 killed me.
One of the worsts vol. I've ever read.
The main character jump from a genius to a pussy in a second and it becomes more than ridiculous...

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Amazing

by masaki_otaku
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Well, personally, i think this manga is terrific! I can't hold myself to read this until the end. I'm a bit disappointed about the end of story, or about identity of K. But still, i think this is a very good manga. ^o^.

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The most inept secret agency in the world

by Fundefined
15 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

The author simply can't create situations where intelligent characters can function. Scenarios that are suppose to be suspenseful are undermined by sheer incompetence. Stories don't have to be realistic, but you can't constantly shatter a reader's suspense of disbelief by claiming that these are the smartest people in Japan while having them repeatedly make stupid mistakes. I certainly would not have finished this manga if it's weren't for the speed and quality of J.A.C.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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Worth read.

by jackblack901
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I did not tend to give a comment here but since there are so many negative comment, and I feel like that manga deserves better than taht.

Having the same type as DN, It's true that this manga is far from reaching the level of Death note but the plot is still good enough to make it unpredictable. Personally, I prefer this manga because it has less psychological and more reality.

The art, of course, is really good.

It started with a very nice character settings but it's become the biggest fail in this manga. The character development is really poor, the non-stop action took too much space in the manga make it become very dense read. And in the end there is no character make you interested in. Hope they can fix that problem in season 2.

Even though It's under the level of an epic manga like DN but still stand on top, this kind of manga is not something like a romance shoujo that you can find a plenty of similar ones (DN, Liar and what else?), so it's a worth read.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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retarded characters

by mango123
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

Everytime I decide to finish this manga, I go through about 5 chapters before facepalming and wanting to smash something because of how retarded this manga is. There are just so many flaws with how things happen that it makes you literally go wtf? These guys have had atleast 4 chances to kill or injure (im up to chapter 39) the masterminds/villains of the manga. In all seriousness, its fucking retarded that they try to capture these terrorists without harming them. what the fuck? Why not just shoot them in the arms or legs to disable their movements instead of pointing the gun and allowing them to finish their sentence of "I BET YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING" and even then they dont shoot but act surprised and allow them to escape, the fuck? what type of terrible fucking "trained" people are this fucking bad at their job? the mangaka is obviously way too fucking naive and its blatantly clear in this manga.

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good manga but not flawless

by huyheo
16 years ago

Rating: N/A

This manga has many flaw. First I agree Main lead is super genious hacker. But he is just a hacker not a specialist.

I agree he can hack into traffic signal domain but that is not mean he can change traffic signal as he want. I don't think he can change traffic signal at the crossroad he wants. Every crossroad has their code therefore he can't know which crossroad signal he wants to change. Yes, there is always a list for all code in domain but I doubt he can search it and understand it with a short time

another knowledge error is:

In final volume, He hacked into GPS system, but he doesn 't have knowledge about GPS system. Pentagon did not control GPS satellite, but GPS stations placed all over the world. Maybe there is a list of GPS stations in Pentagon, but again he don't have enough time to understand the formular of GPS system. Every satellite has their formula movement and they transmit it to GPS machine. GPS machine use that formula to calculate coordinate. GPS station control GPS satellite by that formula. Therefore he had to hack into GPS station to change that formula, not Pentagon. 1 more thing the satellite float on Moscow is not the one float on Tokyo. Therefore he had to hack into 2 GPS station, 1 Moscow for obtaining the formula of Moscow satellite and 1 Tokyo for changing its formula with Moscow's formula. What a lot of works, I doubt he can do all of works in short time

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Seriously...

by Demosthenes
16 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

People should really stop using Death Note and Bloody Monday in the same sentence; it's just plain blasphemy, this manga will never reach the epicness of Death Note.

The manga actually had a decent start to it; it had me hooked with the first chapter, but then it gets steadily worse from there on. The plot gets increasingly repetitive as the series goes on, and each instance of "hacking-to-save-the-day" gets more and more ridiculous and stupid, to the point where it's just not believable anymore.

The character's don't really get any development at all; it just ends up being a big "good guys vs. bad guys" theme that drives everyone's actions. And I agree with all the people who say Fujimaru going from genius to retard in 0 seconds flat is pretty awful. And actually, in chapter 53, when he says "The internet can teach you anything!" had me so disgusted with it's cliche-ness and childishness that it made me facepalm so hard and almost drop the manga because of it.

I guess if you're just starting out with shounen manga this would actually be a good start, but for veteran manga readers, stay as far away as possible from this one.

5/10 for having a decent start.

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