Dorohedoro
| Dorohedoro | |
Cover of the first volume of Dorohedoro.
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| ドロヘドロ | |
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| Genre | Adventure, Action, Science fantasy, Horror |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Q Hayashida |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Monthly Ikki (1999-2014), (2015-) |
| Original run | 1999 – present |
| Volumes | 21 |
Dorohedoro (ドロヘドロ?) is a manga series by Q Hayashida currently serialized in Shogakukan's . It tells the story of the amnesiac reptilian-headed Caiman working together with his friend Nikaido to recover his memories and survive in a strange and violent world.
The series was formerly serialized in Ikki, but moved to Hibana after Ikki ceased publication. It was formerly serialized in English on Viz Media's SigIKKI site.
The plot of the manga centers around Caiman, who does not remember who he was before he was transfigured by a "Sorcerer". This transformation left him with a reptile's head, and a desire to find out the truth about who he really is. Accompanied by Nikaido, his female companion, he tracks down Sorcerers in the Hole and unceremoniously chomps down on their head, hoping to find out who it was that put him in this state. One by one, they witness this "second man" inside the head of Caiman, and after pulling them back out of his mouth he asks them all the same question...
"What did the guy inside my head say?"
There are two separate worlds in Dorohedoro, the Hole, where people who cannot use magic live, and the world of Sorcerers. Sorcerers are individuals who offer gifts to the devil in hope of receiving a unique mask in return. Sorcerers frequently wear these masks, only removing them for instances of food consumption, possible identification purposes, or simply leisure. Sorcerers can produce "smoke" which is the source of their powers. There are several different types of smoke such as transformation, healing and resurrection. It is known that there are Sorcerers who can alter time but that gift is very rare and often thought to be a myth. Usually one Sorcerer can only use one type of smoke (for example a user with healing ability cannot do transformations, or a user with lizard transformation abilities cannot do mushroom transformations). However, smoke can be sold and bought. In bottled or spray form it can be used by other individuals, Sorcerers or not. Magic can be amplified by consuming black powder but this act is looked down upon in the society and regarded as shameful. Frequent use of this black powder turns a Sorcerer's smoke potent for indefinite amount of time. Remains of black powder can be found in the user's smoke.
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