Dorohedoro, Vol. 16
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- Author：Q. Hayashida
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Summary
In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole，" a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts。 In a dark alley， Nikaido found Caiman， a man with a reptile head and a bad case of amnesia。 To undo the spell， they're hunting and killing the Sorcerers in the Hole， hoping that eventually they'll kill the right one。 But when En， the head Sorcerer， gets word of a lizard-man slaughtering his people， he sends a crew of "cleaners" into the Hole， igniting a war between two worlds。
Reviews
Caro the Helmet Lady
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When they tell you you can become anything and you choose becoming a devil。 Or you don't choose but still do。 When they tell you you can become anything and you choose becoming a devil。 Or you don't choose but still do。 。。。more
Tiffany Lynn Kramer
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I feel like a third of this volume could have been cut out but the rest is a bloody good time。
Consuelo
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Un tomo en el que descubrimos muchas cosas， siempre con ese toque de humor/terror de la autora y un final que no ves venir。
Jen/The Tolkien Gal/ジェニファー
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Working backwards with adding these on here， but holy shit that was pretty violent and sad， even for my standards。 I'm not complaining and I'm glad Q knows when to push and when to hold back。Full review to come Working backwards with adding these on here， but holy shit that was pretty violent and sad， even for my standards。 I'm not complaining and I'm glad Q knows when to push and when to hold back。Full review to come 。。。more
Jeremy Kazimer
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I'm just here for the ride。 And， oh， is it a bumpy one。 Overall， a 5/5。 I'm just here for the ride。 And， oh， is it a bumpy one。 Overall， a 5/5。 。。。more
Nickonero
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Que se te desparramen los sesos es jodido。Este tomo de Dorohedoro es importante。 Se desvelan más misterios de los que te brindan y eso me pone triste， porque sólo puede significar que el final se acerca， que se acerca el número 21。Echo de menos a Caimán， más que a Shin。 Es extraño。
Rita （Clazzi）
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 FUJITAAAAAAA 😭😭😭😭
Alinaelaine
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this one's quite gory， still can't predict what will happen next。 Excited for number 17 this one's quite gory， still can't predict what will happen next。 Excited for number 17 。。。more
nie
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les tomes sont de plus en plus longs。 Je vis pour les bonus curses sérieux
Chris Jarvis
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For a series that shows quite a bit if female nudity， this is really chaste。 I find it sort of odd， but I guess that is the genre （and there are rules）。
Catalina
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Amo cómo Nikaido se está transformando en un demonio， siempre he disfrutado el descenso de una protagonista a la locura en plena búsqueda de la verdad。 Aunque suene bien maldita por eso。
Jon Ureña
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This is a loose review of volumes 12 to 16。I usually wouldn’t bother to write any more reviews of a series if I had failed to write reviews along the way， but I haven’t laxed on this pointless self-imposed task because this series was disappointing me （as in the case of “Gantz” and some others）， but because the world is chaotic beyond belief at this point of time， which is screwing with my mental state。 For the last week I was working from home instead of going to the office like I had been sinc This is a loose review of volumes 12 to 16。I usually wouldn’t bother to write any more reviews of a series if I had failed to write reviews along the way， but I haven’t laxed on this pointless self-imposed task because this series was disappointing me （as in the case of “Gantz” and some others）， but because the world is chaotic beyond belief at this point of time， which is screwing with my mental state。 For the last week I was working from home instead of going to the office like I had been since this crisis started; I work in a hospital， so I just have to keep working even through national holidays。 Cooped up at home I fell into the known routine of playing guitar or listening to music， playing boardgames and videogames， watching YouTube videos or movies， and masturbating。 As the days went on I fell into another known routine which isn’t particularly compatible with sustaining an adult lifestyle and keeping a job: I slept too much and at random hours， hoping that the dreams， which are better than my life， would kidnap me for a while from my hopeless existence。 This week， however， I’ve been thrown back into a routine at the office。 For five days I’m doing afternoons working alone with a guy I can’t stand， while trying to steal some minutes to write these garbage words or read further into the series。It hadn’t hit fully yet， but this series went through its massive midway inflection point common in most great stories。 Huge spoilers from now on。 However， if you are reading these words without having read the series， you either don’t care about spoilers or you are a dum dum。 You big doodoo head。 In any case， before the inflection point unfolded， our main protagonist alligator head dude was trying to save his beloved from the main bad guy， an awesome character with the ability to destroy almost anybody he wished with mushroom related magic。 In the process of defending his beloved， alligator head dude gets killed。 Shortly after， the boss of the “cross-eyed gang”， made up of lousy， almost unpowered people， ambushed the mushroom guy in his own mansion and slaughtered him。 The restaurant woman/time magician， the protagonist’s best friend， had stated before the protagonist got killed that it was the last time she ever spoke to him （in a sort of authorial intrusion）。 I didn’t believe it， because this is a world in which anyone can get his mutilated limbs back and even get revived if they know the right people， so I figured those main characters were out just for a bit。 Apparently not: both seem to be gone forever， except for fragments of them related to how this bizarre story world operates。We have been putting together the main dramatic mystery piece by piece， and although the series isn’t finished with it， this is the gist of it so far: a kid called Ai， who was born and lived in the Hole， the city where seemingly most humans， if not all of them， live， lost his parents maybe for magic related reasons and ended up working at a hospital where the main doctor dude， one of the prominent characters later on， was studying the corpses of magic users to figure out how they work。 He had the theory that if he extracts the little demon inside the brain of all magic users （that they apparently are born with and that they call a tumor） and he transplants it into the brain of a human， he would develop magic powers。 Nobody was crazy enough to offer himself as a voluntary sacrifice to test this hypothesis， but Ai ends up critically injured， and he asks the good doctor to test it on his brain。 The doctor transplants the little demon of the corpse of a magic user he had around。 Ai survives the operation， although he doesn’t seem to have gained powers。 Some days later， Ai says that the operation was a success， but before he could prove it， the doctor finds Ai’s corpse in some alley。 He abandoned the corpse for some convenient reason。However， Ai did survive， and he did develop magic powers。 Turns out that stuffing a little demon inside someone else’s brain fucks with nature in a chaotic way: those little demons are what generate magicians， so Ai ended up with a whole another person inside of him that intended to be spawned inside his own body。 He went through hellish personality changes during which his entire head was pushed out of his body so another one would take its place， and then the original head would end up pushing the head that happened to be functional at that moment。 Ai ceased to be himself during those times， and lacked except a general awareness of what the hell was going on。 Meanwhile， his alternate persona， whether because he was born as a freak of nature or because the original owner of that little demon was fucked up， decided that he might as well go around murdering magic users， decapitating them and stuffing their little demons inside his own brain。 He ended up with a skull filled with a tar-like substance in which loads of little demons floated around; turns out that such a brain-like commanding center isn’t particularly conducive to a stable mental state。During the periods when Ai was himself， he lived in the world of the magicians as Aikawa， a regular grown dude who attended a school for magicians and who cared about little else than to eat whatever he could get his hands on and also to fight from time to time。 He found a good friend in Risu， a brooding fellow who was born with curse-like magic powers。 It’s complicated， but in general it means that if someone were to attack him， that person would receive the same damage， and also if Risu was ever killed， that person would be cursed with a malignant entity， with generally bad consequences。 Risu wasn’t fond of his magic abilities， but he did trust Aikawa enough to tell him， and only him， of the kind of power he was burdened with。 However， the megalomaniac， more-demonic-than-the-actual-demons-flying-around person that lived inside Aikawa also processed that information。 At that point he had grown so powerful that he had unwittingly formed a gang of lousy magicians that wanted revenge on that world ruled by powerful magic users。 They imitated with tattoos the cross-like birthmarks of sorts over the boss’ eyes。 That megalomaniac persona took possession of Aikawa’s body and murdered Risu to steal his powers。 However， due to the peculiarity of Risu’s power， that didn’t go down as usual: the curse left Risu’s corpse and pursued his murderer， the boss of the “cross-eyed” gang， who decided to face it in the Hole， the world of non-magic users。 There the boss failed to defend himself properly， and ended up decapitated。 As the unleashed curse was entering the corpse for reasons （I don’t recall exactly why）， the twitching hand of the recently deceased boss crushed the bottled magical essence of Ebisu， a magician with reptile-related powers。 That ended up growing an alligator’s head in the corpse and trapping the curse inside。 Thus alligator head dude protagonist was born。 He lacked any memory of his past， as the head was grown by magic。 He was found by restaurant woman/time magician Nikaido， the other protagonist of this tale， and they spent a few years of bliss eating gyoza， murdering people and denying how much they wanted to undress each other and abuse their usually hidden parts （I’m guessing Nikaido was waiting until she wouldn’t have to french kiss an alligator’s head）。 This is pretty much when the series starts。In the inflection point of this series， alligator head fella dies and the trapped curse leaves his body to reunite with Risu， who had been revived before and was literally hanging around， having been immobilized by his previous gang pals。 However， only the alligator head dude persona died。 Aikawa’s corpse， freed from the magic induced situation， returned to its cycle of popping a head belonging to either one of the many， many little demons stuffed into its skull， or back to the original Aikawa。 Ai lived for a while as himself， with no memory of the years his body was used by alligator head dude （and apparently there are no calendars in that world to check that indeed he had lost years of his life）。 He was pestered by Nikaido and her friend， who knew that something was fishy about this whole situation and wanted to make Aikawa remember a life he hadn’t lived。 Along the way， his boss persona grew more and more powerful and evil。Regarding the boss’ actions and the increasingly more nervous gang of people following him， he forcefully enlists them for a genocide against magic users who aren’t himself， in order to become unstoppable。 By far the worst death so far involves a greenhorn of the “cross-eyed” gang; she was a cheerful and helpful person who， despite finding out that she’s a moderately powerful magician， was accepted into the main group of “cross-eyed” gang people because she was so nice and useful （and I’m guessing that being attractive also helped）。 She dreamed of becoming the boss’ woman， or I guess the bride of some other reasonably comparable powerful guy。 When the boss sniffs out that this girl is a magician with an interesting power， he destroys her body by instantly stuffing her with huge mushrooms， in one of the grossest things I’ve seen in a while， and then decapitates her。 I don’t recall if he actually ended up transplanting her demon tumor into his brain， because a lot of shit was going down at that time， but in any case this girl seems to be dead for good。 One of the most brutally cruel and undeserving fictional deaths I’ve experienced during my ongoing rampage through the best mangas。Maybe it grossed me out so much because it hits something primal in my nature; my first nightmare as a child， which I still remember vividly， involved me looking from my dream eyes how fleshy bulges grew throughout my body。 I can close my eyes and picture looking down at a round bulge that covered my entire palm， and about the same diameter of my hand。 Maybe it was foreshadowing the acne I would end up dealing with throughout my teenage years， which worsened my likely clinically psychotic state as an undiagnosed autistic person around horrible teenagers。 Fun times。 And by fun I mean， “please let me die， or to never have been born” times。Until the inflection point of this series， the mushroom guy and his huge “family” had been the clear antagonists from the protagonists’ point of view， although they were tremendously well drawn and mostly sympathetic characters that are the protagonists of their own tale。 However， when the inflection point erased their leader from existence， the family collapsed as well。 The guy’s overwhelming power had had a stabilizing effect in the community， to the extent that people who generally didn’t like the guy understood that they needed him。 Now their world is spiralling into chaos as the power vacuum gets filled。 Most of the family get murdered when the locals invade their walled town。 Then the “cross-eyed” gang make it their base of operations。 The very few remaining members from the mushroom guy’s family， including our beloved cleaners/mass murderers Shin and Noi， regroup in an underground hideout。 However， for complicated reasons that hideout gets flooded and they have to flee to the Hole， the world of non-magic users， and make the local hospital their new hideout。 Luckily for them， Shin is friends with the local doctors， or at least one of them， while the other is terrified of being turned into a monstrosity if he annoys any of the magicians。Killing not only your main protagonist but also the main antagonist is a move beyond boldness on the part of our dear genius Q Hayashida （not saying much at this point， but this woman's creativity is god-tier）。 I thought the narrative would collapse now that maybe nobody would pose a similarly significant threat to the people we care about， but she filled the hole with the “cross-eyed” gang’s boss， who is just partially sympathetic; given that the world of this story is extraordinarily bizarre， we can only be sympathetic to a few of the multitudes that live in that body， while the main megalomaniac guy remains odious。 It’s inevitable at this point， I suppose， but a bit of a shame in a story in which even the very active demons， the highest tier entities in this world， are often sympathetic if only because of how chaotic and entertaining they are。As two outstanding examples of the demon community we have Chidaruma， apparently the most powerful demon， who seems to laze around all day only to arouse himself to action according to his whims， which often involve playing relatively nasty pranks on people， or just scooping bird shit and throwing it at randos。 He seems rather chill otherwise。 We are given a poignant moment when he receives in the mail the yearly gift offered by mushroom guy， who had been dead for a while at that point。 The demon considered this fella a friend of sorts， if a demon can be friends with a lesser being， and for a moment he doubles over in grief when he realizes that the guy is fully gone。 The other notorious demon is the Hole’s doctor’s former wife， a magician who had studied/trained to become a demon and ended up sort of turning into one。 It seems that some demons are something like meat vehicles， like the titans from “Attack on Titan”， but otherwise she’s a regular very hot lady hiding inside a demonic form。Pictured: that demon I was writing about （I just noticed that it has a typo。 C’mon， this particular translator！）A clear case study of the hot/crazy matrix， after she turned into a demon she seems mostly interested in composing terrible music， murdering other demons she dislikes， making lesser beings bow to her， and keeping her human doctor sort of husband around I suppose for more or less forceful and disturbing sex。 Pictured: also her， so， you know， worse things could happenSpeaking of demons， our beloved Nikaido， gyoza woman， is also turning for some reason into a demon of sorts。 She grew two horns and a tail and showed other symptoms of ongoing demonic transformation: optimism， sudden bursts of violence， boundless creativity， weirdly specific superpowered talents。 In her case， predictably， she becomes the best cook of gyoza in the entire world。 The next time I order Japanese food I will get me some of that stuff， but these days oriental restaurants aren’t doing so well where I’m from。 In any case， Nikaido makes for the sexiest demon， a fact that her former demon friend and Risu could attest as they stared at her bare bubble butt while she frantically cooked hundreds of gyozas。Pictured: what I suppose could have happened， but won’t （or will？）I could write more about these bunch of volumes， I guess， but I don’t wanna。 。。。more
Aleksandra
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This was a more chill volume， of course wild things happened its drhdr， but the stakes weren't that high， for now。 I love the Nikaido scenes and Fujita had a moment to shine。 It's funny to see all of them in the hole。I am still a bit confused about the boss/ai/kaiman thing but we are getting there/ This was a more chill volume， of course wild things happened its drhdr， but the stakes weren't that high， for now。 I love the Nikaido scenes and Fujita had a moment to shine。 It's funny to see all of them in the hole。I am still a bit confused about the boss/ai/kaiman thing but we are getting there/ 。。。more
Baal Of
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This book remains a lot of fun， despite， or maybe because of some odd departures。 I'm not sure what Q Hayashida is trying to do with Nikaido， for example。 The violence and gore is stepped up a notch in this volume， which I like， especially considering that's where the author's best artwork happens。 She is wildly imaginative and just keeps coming up with more weird shit to throw on the pages， and of course there is the continued theme of food intertwined with the rest of the story。 This book remains a lot of fun， despite， or maybe because of some odd departures。 I'm not sure what Q Hayashida is trying to do with Nikaido， for example。 The violence and gore is stepped up a notch in this volume， which I like， especially considering that's where the author's best artwork happens。 She is wildly imaginative and just keeps coming up with more weird shit to throw on the pages， and of course there is the continued theme of food intertwined with the rest of the story。 。。。more
Tasha
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I got about halfway through this volume before I decided that this was a good place to stop while I wait for more volumes to be published。 So I will be reading this again in about a year or two
seb smith
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This is my first Dorohedoro read as it's released （in America）。 I feel like the art has gotten much more fanservice-y， and I wonder how much of that is Q。 Hayashida being put under pressure by editors。。。 That or maybe she just likes boobs。 ¯\_（ツ）_/¯Anyway I still love the story。 Now we've seen definitively what happened to Caiman， but there's still plenty left to explain/explore。 Why did Risu want to kill Aikawa （or the Boss）？ Who the hell IS Ai/Aikawa/The Boss anyway？ What's Haru's deal？ Why is This is my first Dorohedoro read as it's released （in America）。 I feel like the art has gotten much more fanservice-y， and I wonder how much of that is Q。 Hayashida being put under pressure by editors。。。 That or maybe she just likes boobs。 ¯\_（ツ）_/¯Anyway I still love the story。 Now we've seen definitively what happened to Caiman， but there's still plenty left to explain/explore。 Why did Risu want to kill Aikawa （or the Boss）？ Who the hell IS Ai/Aikawa/The Boss anyway？ What's Haru's deal？ Why is Chidaruma the coolest？ We may never know。 I'm definitely gonna keep reading though， as long as she puts them out。 。。。more
Микола
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доки я прочитав 16 том， в мережі з’явилося продовження по 20 включно。 хе-хе。
Saturnq
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Official caught up on Dorohedoro。 Now for the long， long wait as new chapters are released from Japan piece meal。 You would think that a series this long （began in 1999） would have run out of tricks。 Not Dorohedoro！ 10/10 would recommend to anyone craving something different。Seriously thoI don't know what to do with my life now。。。What did I do with myself before？Chaos。。。But that is ~Dorohedoro~！ Official caught up on Dorohedoro。 Now for the long， long wait as new chapters are released from Japan piece meal。 You would think that a series this long （began in 1999） would have run out of tricks。 Not Dorohedoro！ 10/10 would recommend to anyone craving something different。Seriously thoI don't know what to do with my life now。。。What did I do with myself before？Chaos。。。But that is ~Dorohedoro~！ 。。。more
Reference
google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Dorohedoro, Vol. 16
hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Dorohedoro, Vol. 16&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Dorohedoro, Vol. 16&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0