Settings directly from post-apocalyptic series. World filled with anomalies of every sort. Characters who are the combination of futuristic cyberpunk and magical fantasy adventure. Artwork by the assistant of BLAME, relying on nothing but new ideas that are weirder than the last one. Story centering around the daily lives of our wide and colorful cast, yet the whole thing is essentially an action comedy. No one could have ever asked for Dorohedoro because it's simply too original and specific to be an answer to a need.
There are several reasons to like this series,
-Significant amount of the original ideas offer new perspective on things. For example,
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: ドロヘドロ More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 23
Chapters: 190
Status: Finished
Published: Nov 30, 2000 to Sep 12, 2018
Theme:
Gore
Demographic:
Seinen
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Hayashida, Q (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #652 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #49
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Jun 2, 2011
This is perhaps the most original, trippiest, creepiest, and imaginative thing I've ever read.
The world is very well thought-out. It is primarily divided into the Hole, a place populated by humans, and the Magic Users' world, populated by human-looking beings with extraordinar[ily weird] abilities. These abilities range from your standard healers, to devastating mushroom attacks, and everything in between. The humans and the magic users don't like each other. The plot is a lot harder to describe. I mean, saying "well it's about an amnesiac guy with a lizard head named Kaiman who wants his real face back so he's biting people faces so that the ... 
Aug 6, 2019
(This review is free from other spoilers than a bit of the very first chapter)
Dorohedoro is a manga unlike anything else. It's something you get only once in a genre, or in this case, once in a medium. It's the same as say Death Grips is to rap/hip hop music or Philip K. Dick was to sci fi. It's something breaking all the stupid rules, crossing all boundaries. It's a rare and unique experience. A thrilling and grim world, born from the imagination of Q Hayashida. So what makes Dorohedoro so special? By looking at the art, it may seem like it's going ... 
Nov 9, 2018
The first Manga i ever read was Dorohedoro and i'm grateful that it was. The excitement of waiting for a book to be released and checking them out at my library 4 books at a time, the anxiety of having to return them and not be able to go back and admire the art and worrying that i was reading them too fast. I never want to forget the amazing experience that Dorohedoro was. It introduced me to a new idea of what manga is and what it can be, that the most complicated of stories can still be simple and heart warming even in
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Oct 15, 2018
The world of Dorohedoro is one of the rarest and most original that I have seen in a manga: it is violent, dark and visceral, without falling into the common topics of this kind of stories.
Personally I think that would be its main characteristic: Dorohedoro can use elements such as magic, satanism with demons or steam-punk aesthetics, but in such a way that when using them as material to build their history and lore, they end up Feeling fresh and differents. In short, the author Q Hayashida has a gift for making the grotesque and bloody something fascinating, enjoyable and interesting. For that reason, Dorohedoro is ... 
Sep 6, 2013
Dorohedoro, as a series all about the plot twists, is kind of hard to describe easily. It takes place in a gritty magic-punk dual world: The high-class world of the magic users, and the slum-like Hole, the world of the non-magic users. The story centers around Kaiman, a man with a lizard head and no memories. He hunts down magic users, eats their head, and then the person inside his mouth evaluates them, looking for someone. And that description does absolutely no justice to the series.
Q Hyashida loves 'er plot twists. Yes, this series is filled with twist after crazy ... 
Jun 13, 2019
SPOILER FREE REVIEW
There are two types of absurd but well-told storytelling. You get anime such as Gurren Lagann or Redline where the interest is piqued because of its spectacle and over-the-top visuals and characters. Or you get anything made by Masaaki Yuasa where the presentation is wacky and strange but underneath the surface, there lies a lot of character analysis, social critique, and philosophy that a majority of his audience can find relatable. Dorohedoro had the potential to be a well-thought out mystery containing dark humor and sick action. But unfortunately it built-up something so huge that the climax was below underwhelming. ... 
Jul 19, 2012
In this series, magic users are beings born with a certain organ in their bodies that allow them to use magic in the form of puffing out smoke, be it from their fingers or mouth. On the other hand, you have the regular humans who live in a place called the Hole, which is shown to be a ghetto-ish area. The story thus follows two main perspectives, the first being that of Kaiman and Nikaido having their little adventures in the Hole. The second focuses on Shin and Noi, two magic users who are tasked with tracking down Kaiman. This is later expanded to include
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Jul 3, 2015
If you like a large cast of characters that have enjoyable and fun interactions, an intriguing mystery that is both haunting and complex, and have the stomach to handle gore then this is the manga for you.
There are no good guys. The best way to describe it is that the morality scale is incredibly gray. Almost everyone does something bad, usually with violence. Despite that the characters are still lovable and have humorous interactions with each other even in serious moments. There's also some subtle romance, mostly from Noi and Shin. Sometimes hinted at with the main pair, Nikaido and Kaimon, because their relationship is ... 
Feb 28, 2014
Dorohedoro is an amazing fantasy manga by Hayashida Q, notable for being a studio assistant to Nihei before making the Maken X manga adaptation. The story starts off in a dimension called the Hole, which more or less is a very run down and dangerous world that looks like what San Francisco would if the nukes dropped. Kaiman and Nikaido, the two central protagonists, are attacking two people identified as magic users, those who can spray black smoke from their hands to cause an effect of some sort, although the particular usage of the magic smoke is unique to each user. After subduing one, Kaiman
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Aug 9, 2013
My first reaction to Dorohedoro is "What the f*ck, a woman wrote this?". It has to be one of the most strangest, creative, unique and awesome mangas I have read in my short life. It combines the gloominess of a normal seinen manga and has the traditional qualities of blood and gore, violence and sexual explicity.
To be honest I hated the artwork to start with. It was so strange and creepy to look at. But as you read on, you get absorbed into Hayashida's fictional world and in due time, you will feel the need to read more. The story line is well made and it ... 
Feb 28, 2021
The ending was a miss. Perhaps I wanted the manga to take its self more seriously, however the ending felt too jokey, and left too many things unsolved that it gave off the vibe Q-Hayashida had wanted to drop this series and move on to other work besides this one- which was truly a punch in the face. Having built up such an interesting world, cast, and mechanics within the manga to essentially blue ball the reader with a half assed ending that had good ideas and concepts that weren't fleshed out to the full extent hurt pretty bad.
All in all I think I just ... 
Mar 5, 2020
Dorohedoro is a masterpiece.
The story is convoluted, unpredictable and one-of-a-kind. The characters are written in such a way that the reader feels affinity towards almost all of them. You become drawn in to each character and their individual story and the part they play in the greater plot. The writing is executed perfectly and the dramatic story is interspersed with humor, sometimes quirky and nonsensical, but always well timed. The art is, in my opinion, fantastic. Sometimes it looks more like a rough sketch from a schizophrenic's art book but that is part of this manga's charm. There are also some lovingly colored portions that look like ... 
Jan 10, 2018
My very first experience with DRHDR was through twitter, when a good friend was talking about the characters. I was curious, and decided to check it out, and I'm glad I did, because I found probably one of my most beloved - if not the most beloved - mangas of all time!
The premise sounds simple enough - an amnesiac lizard-faced man tries to recover his memories by biting sorcerers so they can answer him what the man inside him said, then kill them afterwards, all with the help of his companion, Nikaido. It's not that simple later on, though, but the mystery surrouding Kaiman's identity ... 
Dec 31, 2022
Dorohedoro is a great manga including many interesting characters with different motivations and captivating back storys.
The Character designs are some of the best ive ever seen in any piece of media and the idea of really not making anyone the bad guy is really something that made the story stick out from the rest. Characters who tried to kill each other a chapter ago could sit together in a room in the next and drink tea together. All these attributes accumulate to a masterfully crafted story which gets conveyed through a very gritty and gory art style that highlights the strengths of the manga. 
May 7, 2020
I think it was around 2005 or 2006 that I first heard the term "anime". One Piece started airing on Portuguese television, and it claimed to be "the best anime since Dragon Ball", in school all the older kids in my class started talking about this new edgy anime on TV called "Hellsing". And when I got into high school, with everyone obsessing over the Big 3, I finally started to get into the medium, but due to lack of a decent internet connection I ended up opting for a static, black and white version of the stories that everyone was watching. Manga. For people
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Apr 2, 2023
I usually break down each part of the manga (story, art, enjoyment, etc.) but you know what, I thought this manga is so damn good I'm just going to say read it. I first learned about this through the Netflix anime adaptation, and I watched it and enjoyed it A LOT. Listen, if you've watched the anime, and enjoyed it, READ. THIS. MANGA. You'll be BEGGINING for another season if you know how this ends. Trust me, you will not be disappointed. The twists and turns and character development are amazing and the author isn't afraid to take risks and it pays off so well.
Nov 26, 2019
[MINOR SPOILERS]
I give this manga a rating of 6.5. I read it in about a week, give or take a couple of days. I'll make this short and sweet: While it does have a really intriguing premise and fun, fleshed-out characters with a little depth, don't expect anything other than a mediocre ending. This is a very safe, by-the-books manga. There will come a point in the story where you will say to yourself "Oh, so that's probably how it's going to end" and you will more than likely be correct. Very predictable. That's not to say that everything isn't tied up nicely. It's neatly ... 
Oct 31, 2020
I read dorohedoro and fell in love with every little intricacy, quirks and detail of it world it quickly became one of my favorites I loved the fact despite how bizarre the show can be at time's it all makes sense and I was never confused once and if I didn't know something I had absolute confidence I will find out later in the manga the art was so gritty and detailed and worked well with the story the mystery was built up perfectly and ended with a satisfying conclusion something not many manga's can pull off as most manga with a
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Sep 14, 2020
A gritty, dark comedy with action to boot and incredibly eccentric but lovable cast of characters. The "villains" and your mains share a lot of the spotlight, meaning you get a large cast of very well-developed characters to get attached to. Plus the art is extremely detailed and interesting from panel to panel. The worldbuilding is also done spectacularly and is easy to immerse yourself into.
Dorohedoro is an ultra-violent, action packed manga but can still take the time to have a heart and provide some truly tear-jerker and even heartwarming moments. I'd give this a few chapters to see if it's for you, but as for ... |
