Dorohedoro

Hole—a dark, decrepit, and disorderly district where the strong prey on the weak and death is an ordinary occurrence—is all but befitting of the name given to it. A realm separated from law and ethics, it is a testing ground to the magic users who dominate it. As a race occupying the highest rungs of their society, the magic users think of the denizens of Hole as no more than insects. Murdered, mutilated, and made experiments without a second thought, the powerless Hole dwellers litter the halls of Hole's hospital on a daily basis.

Possessing free access to and from the cesspool, and with little challenge to their authority, the magic users appear indomitable to most—aside for a few. Caiman, more reptile than man, is one such individual. He hunts them on a heedless quest for answers with only a trusted pair of bayonets and his immunity to magic. Cursed by his appearance and tormented by nightmares, magic users are his only clue to restoring his life to normal. With his biggest obstacle being his stomach, his female companion Nikaidou, who runs the restaurant Hungry Bug, is his greatest ally.

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Adaptation:	Dorohedoro
Side story:	Dorohedoro: Ma no Omake
Sequel:	Dorohedoro (Zoku-hen)

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Caiman

Main

Takagi, Wataru
Japanese

Noi

Main

Kobayashi, Yuu
Japanese

Nikaidou

Main

Kondou, Reina
Japanese

Shin

Main

Hosoya, Yoshimasa
Japanese

Ebisu

Main

Tomita, Miyu
Japanese

En

Main

Horiuchi, Kenyuu
Japanese

Fujita

Main

Takanashi, Kengo
Japanese

Johnson

Supporting

Kimura, Ryouhei
Japanese

Kasukabe

Supporting

Ichiki, Mitsuhiro
Japanese

Risu

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Soungdok
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Bezerra, Wendel

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Aoi, Hiroyuki

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Hasegawa, Yoshinori

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Noda, Fuko

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"Welcome to Chaos (Welcome トゥ混沌（カオス）)" by (K) NoW_NAME

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	1: "Who am I ?" by (K) NoW_NAME (eps 1-2, 7)
	2: "Night SURFING" by (K) NoW_NAME (eps 3-4)
	3: "D.D.D.D." by (K) NoW_NAME (eps 5-6)
	4: "Strange Meat Pie" by (K) NoW_NAME (eps 8-9)
	5: "SECONDs FLY" by (K) NoW_NAME (eps 10-11)
	6: "404" by (K) NoW_NAME (eps 12)

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Dec 20, 2023

MizuhoKamui

Recommended

I find anime truly fascinating. One of the reasons why I have been watching it for most of my life is due to the vastness and originality of the stories it presents. Where else can you find a show that starts with a man with a lizard head biting down another person's head, only for another head to emerge from the lizard man's throat and start talking? It may sound bizarre, but I love the show for its weirdness. The show is undeniably strange, and I feel like I have taken a trip through an artist's peculiar imagination.

However, it's difficult to know where to begin ... with this series because its world is mind-bendingly bizarre. Furthermore, the show's structure is somewhat unusual. Most episodes are split into smaller segments, similar to a Slice of Life series, but with a clear overarching plot and a drive towards answering a central mystery. Although we do follow the characters through their daily lives at times, this show is not a Slice of Life series.

The pacing of events in this series is odd at times. Although it further develops the world and adds to the central mystery of who Caiman is, several episodes reach a natural conclusion and then continue into another little story. This issue could be resolved by adding a few more breaks in the story. For instance, the scene where Caiman is in the hospital after regrowing his head is immediately followed by his popping into Nikaido's shop, which creates confusion about the passage of time. A break between these two scenes would have helped establish the timeline and avoid confusion.

Regarding the mystery element, the way this series lays out the mystery of who Caiman is and slowly builds towards answering it is impressive. However, there are many detours along the way, and it only returns to the central question when it's convenient. Although season 1 leaves us with a lot of important clues, I warn you that hoping for a resolution is futile unless you pray for season 2. Even though I can make an educated guess as to who Caiman really is, how that ties into everything else we know is another question altogether.

Despite having nitpicked the series in the previous paragraphs, I must assert that I loved watching this show. The characters are all quirky and likable in their own ways. It's worth mentioning that we get to witness the perspectives of both humans and sorcerers and that most of them have their reasons for their actions, even if they are not the nicest individuals. The world is brilliantly constructed and fascinating, even if it may leave you scratching your head at times. If you don't shy away from the sight of blood and 3D character models and are open to exploring the weird side of things, then I highly recommend giving this show a watch.

All in all, Dorohedoro is a macabre wonderland, a bizarre yet delightful walk that frequently involves bloodshed. With a charming cast of endearing characters on both sides of the conflict and a world that is endlessly captivating, it's an absolute joy to dive into. While there are some pacing issues throughout the series, and the central mystery is far from resolved, these minor quibbles pale in comparison to the rest of the show's outstanding qualities. Here's to hoping for a second season!

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Jan 18, 2024

XOArama

Mixed Feelings

So while I do think this is good as a manga reader I can't help but be disappointed. Dorohedoro I would put in the same book as Berserk when it comes to art style, while not as realistic the style is just oozing out. To see a manga like that get slapped with the CGI treatment greatly disappoints me. Now moving on from that though I think they did a good job, the pacing does feel like things are moving too fast but that can be expected from an anime. The voice actors do great and they're doing a good job at adapting the story ...

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Sep 26, 2021

ThatAnimeSnobRE

Not Recommended

Dorohedoro is on paper a show I would love because it’s dark, violent, everyone is an anti-hero, and there are no schools. And, truly, if it was only those things I would love the hell out of it. Unfortunately, there is a lot of random nonsense coming along with those elements which end up making me not care.

Let’s start with the most obvious detractor. It’s in CGI, which mean 90% of everyone is not going to watch it because of the uncanny valley effect. It is far from awful, since very few things can be as bad as Ex-Arm, but let’s not pretend it’s going ... to be easy for most people to sit through this show. I wasn’t bothered much by it, but I would definitely prefer if it was hand drawn. Something which can be said about everything that is CGI. That aside, yeah, the sceneries are very detailed and add to the dark atmosphere. If you are part of that special 10% of humanity that can look past that pivot then you will love the looks of the show.

Now let’s move to the second detractor, which is the plot. Or better say the lack of one, since everything is loosely connected and most of the times there is no continuity. It’s random ideas held together by duct tape and it can get confusing very fact. Here are some zombies, here are some dinosaurs, here are some enchanted stores. How do all these themes connect? They don’t, they just call it magic and that’s the end of it. There is a lot of spell casting, done all the time, and it can pretty much do anything you can imagine, resulting to nothing having consistency. When there is a spell for resurrecting the dead, traveling in time, or transforming people to animals then anything is possible and nothing can be taken seriously, so I stopped caring early on. I mean it is very creative, but you hardly feel there are limitations and thus no matter what bad thing happens to a character you know there is a way to undo it very easily and you get desensitized.

Then it’s the bottom of the barrel character objectives. The only thing the good guys want is to find out who turned the protagonist’s head into a lizard, and the only thing the bad guys want is to punish the protagonist for attacking their organization. They constantly do a lot of reality altering spells and murder hundreds of people for these petty reasons, so good luck caring no matter what they are doing. On top of that, almost everything they are trying to achieve has no result. Most arcs end with everyone going back to square one only to try again next time where even more people will die and more random magic nonsense will happen. It feels completely pointless.

And I can even explain why it feels pointless. Because the writer makes sure that every time they are about to learn something new something happens at the last second and they don’t learn anything. If it’s a witness, he will die right when he’s about to reveal something. If it’s an assassin he will escape with his face conveniently not showing. And even when the main characters witness the truth they will be always getting amnesia so they will never remember the revelation. It happens so many times it becomes obnoxious. And I know the writer does it deliberately so the story can maintain its mystery and the audience can keep watching, but what exactly is that important that needs to stay hidden? It’s just about who turned the protagonist’s head into a lizard, so who could possibly be biting his fingernails while expecting to find out the answer to something so petty?

To sum it up, you might enjoy the dark setting or the violent anti-heroes or the creativity in magic, but if you care about anything other than that Dorohedoro is not for you. It’s random nonsense with barely any plot continuity, constant delays of really unimportant mysteries, and worst of them all it’s not hand drawn, so you most likely won’t watch past the first episode. And that’s why it’s a hard pass.

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