Here comes the pain
It is not often that one finds a manga being compared favourably to Berserk. And when one does, I urge aforementioned one to immediately go after the manga. Dorohedoro is something resembling one of my nightmares. Our protagonist, Kaiman. Is a full fledged knife wielding badass, and the kicker? He has a lizard head.
The manga jumps straight into the action, starting out with a knife battle between Kaiman and a bunch of mages. And then it gets weirder. Kaiman puts the mage's head inside his own head where another head pops up and talks to the mage. At which point Kaiman extracts the mage and asks him a simple question.
"What did the guy inside me say?"
Yeah, far out doesnt even begin to cut it. And this is before the primary cast and crew of this sprawling adventure have been properly introduced yet. And boy by the time they are all introduced weird as a word feels limited. They will need a whole new language to describe the weirdness inherent in the manga. The world is split up. One world called the Hole is a place where normal men and women live unable to do magic. Then there is the magic world. Ruled over by the mightiest of all mages, En.
Say cheese!
And En does not seem like a nice guy. matter of fact there are not too many nice guys in this manga. Nor are they wholly villainous. Every character in this manga is his/her own unique shade of gray. Kinda like the real world, which is funny cause that is about the only similarity that exists between the real world and this manga. Everything else is wholly bizzare. Every panel, every scene enacted in this manga feels wrong to the eye in its own vague way. And not because of specifics, instead its the little things. Be it the horrifying masks of the mages, or be it the unique system of magic present. or be it the fact that the world of mages is ruled by Devils. And is in fact a conduit straight to hell.
yep read that right, straight to hell. A hell presided over by an entire hierarchy of devils. And the best part? The mages who grow strong over time get the choice to transform into a devil. There is some convulated pact between the mages and the devils. And mighty En, ruler of all mages is at the centre of it all.
A rock and roll adventure through a bleak almost post apocalyptic world awaits you dear reader.
I cannot put that in simpler words. To find out more, you will simply have to read it all. Soldier on.
Its manga crack.
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