Dorohedoro, Vol. 2 by Q. Hayashida

Dorohedoro, Vol. 2 Reviews

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  Caro the Helmet Lady

  One star is off because I really don't like zombies but everything else was delicious like a mushroom soup.
  But if you watched "Hannibal" and are a sensitive person you probably skip mushrooms in your menu. I'm off topic I know.
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  Stacie

  This was pure chaos. The art is gritty and primal and I love it.
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  Jen - The Tolkien Gal

  Review to come
  
  
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  Rod Brown

  It feels like the creator is writing this book by the seat of his pants, throwing in zombies and an underground fighting tournament just because. And that gives the series an off-kilter tone that continues to appeal to me. The gore and nudity help too (though the abuse being heaped on the female side character Ebisu is really crossing the line).
  
  The first dozen pages are in color, and boy, the art looks so much better with some of the sloppiness covered.
  
  I found out this series runs for 23 volumes, and now my main worry is that it will follow the track of Attack on Titan and get so involved in its mythology and introducing new characters that it will lose the loosey-goosey quality that have made the first two volumes so fun.
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  Mir

  Our caiman-headed hero(?) and his busty gyoza-cooking pal enter an annual zombie-slaying contest. For prizes -- they have their eyes on a meat grinder.
  
  It's midnight. Every year on this night, the residual smoke in the atmosphere causes magical distortions.
  
  That's totally mailing it in even as fantasy/horror logic goes, but okay...
  
  The distortions animate the corpses left by the sorcerers.
  
  Why don't they just burn the bodies?
  
  The citizens of the Hole call it the Night of the Living Dead.
  
  Okay, now you're just taking the piss, aren't you?
  
  
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  Mon

  Más preguntas y las respuestas cada vez están más lejos, pero la estética es agradable y los personajes me caen muy bien:)
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  Keh

  NO, I DON'T WANT TO ANTICIPATE A DEATHLY FIGHT. But I gotta since it turned out that Nikaido is a freaking sorcerer! Of course, Caiman is a friggin sorcerer hunter, such a Romeo and Juliet moment. The revelation was so awesome by the way, my mouth literally dropped when she bit her finger and the magic fog came out lol, I'm freaking nervous about this!! SHE'S A SORCERER! WHY?! Caiman's seriously gotta lose his mind when it finally dawned on him; he's still being denial about it because the gyoza topped over everything, lol. By the way, Fujita and Ebisu's tandem is so charismatic, I can't!!
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  Shannon

  2.25
  
  I'm still not sure about this one.
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  Nelson

  This series is too much fun. Surprisingly we got some answers to a few mysteries brought up in volume 1, which was a lot faster than I expected. But there are still a million questions in the air. This manga is really sparking my sense of curiosity like no other. I want to keep reading more and more just to find out what's going on. The thing is, this could easily be a straightforward slice of life series and it would still be a goddamn masterpiece. The way that Q Hayashida depicts such a comfy vibe in such a violent world is effortlessly seamless; the action and mystery is just the cherry on top.
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  Sanaa

  [4 Stars] I am gripped, but I must keep going. I just want to know more about this world tbh. The aesthetic and world building is A+.
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  Aleksandra

  Dorohedoro caters to my taste specifically:
  -dark gorey horror manga
  -buff beautiful women kicking ass
  -complex villains (more like antagonists) who has their own arc and agenda
  -m/f friendship
  -have i mentioned buff ladies who are badasses??
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  Radwa

  Pure chaos and gore and I like it. I find myself not so queasy with gore in books and manga, I don't know if it'll be the same if I was watching the anime.
  
  In this volume we have the first encounter, some zombies, more great world building and a great reveal. I'm so intrigues by this world and the characters.
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  Tar Buendía

  Me pesa el trato que hace de la sexualidad femenina. Estoy acostumbrada a que pase pero igualmente, me pesa. Me siguen encantando el tono extremo, la estética, lo inquietante y lo surrealista. También me sigo preguntando si va a conseguir mantener mi atención tantos números.
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  DeannaReadsandSleeps

  I freakin love this. The world and magic is so gross and fascinating and I have soooo many questions.
  
  But also…
  
  What if Noi…stepped on me. Aha 🤪
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  Ludwig Aczel

  7/10
  The story keeps its balance between episodic nature and overall arc. Characters on both fronts are interesting, they are growing on me. The 'magical' context allows Hayashida to solve quickly a lot of things, but I guess it is fair game in the context of this series. (By the way, like kids say nowadays: damn Nikaido is THICC!)
  What keeps really striking me is the art, though. Gorgeous! Body proportions remain strange, and I cannot tell how much of it is on purpose. But the inking job in this manga is outstanding. Hayashida is very aggressive in her expressionistic line work. Overall, she seems to be fond of the maru nibs, because most of the lines are very thin. There is also boldness in the way she uses screen-tones, with no fear of covering great line works with very dark greys. In rare occasions she highlights a panel by giving it a pure black and white treatment, with no cross hatching and no screen-tone, ending up looking close to the art of Taiyo Matsumoto. Yeah, republish Dorehodoro without screen tones and she will get a couple of Eisner Awards... [Edit: I have later discovered that Dorohedoro was originally published in Ikku<\i>, a rare case of 'alternative comics' magazine on the Japanese mainstream market, which also published the works of Tayo Matsumoto...so everything adds up...]
  
  I find sad that in less than twenty years the average art level of mainstream shonen manga has fallen from the highs of works like this or One Piece to the lower stuff that you find in the best selling charts today, the likes of Attack on Titan, Chainsaw Man and all the rest. Sic transit gloria mundi, I guess.
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  Alex

  This was pretty great! With introductions our of the way, we have our two main groups meet for the first time and fight, all amongst the backdrop of a cool concept like a all night zombie slaughter. The identity of our protag continues to allude both the cast and the reader, and I'm thoroughly enjoying the ride.
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  Stacey

  A great get away from life.
  
  I absolutely love Hayashida's art, it's amazing. Loved the second volume, the funny bits with Ebisu and of course, love Caiman's love for Nikaido's gyoza and the lengths he'll leap into the fray to achieve eating it.
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  Baal Of

  So far this series is fun, light, goopy entertainment. Not mind-blowing, but engaging enough to keep me going through the volumes I've bought.
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  ReadingFrog

  3.5 stars.
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  Kjartan

  I sometimes catch myself making heart-eyes at these books while I'm reading them. It's a problem.
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  Blaine Riesberg

  Our lizard man hero finds himself in the liminal space of a night walk as he looks at his head in a jar. There are zombie killing festivities and boxing. This manga's pretty wild, you guys.
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  ComicNerdSam

  This series has a very great blend of action comics and surreal imagery. Wish Hayashida would use more of those interesting page layouts I love, but I’m completely invested. Very fucking fun.
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  Rafa Araujo

  Me esta encantando!
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  dy6de;;y

  3.5
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  Christina Gardner

  This is the comic reincarnation of punk music.
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  Ignacio Vera

  Muy entretenido, aunque sigo disfrutando más el anime
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  Lynn

  Another great volume and the hu t continues on two fronts...
  
  Love, love, love Dorohedoro :)
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  Nix

  Shin does things to me
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  Sharla

  I love how badass the women are drawn in this book! They are strong, they take up space, and totally sexy!
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  Jeanne

  L'histoire commence réellement au tome 2, c'est trop bien. <3