Biographical Note:
Known for her bold style and seamless creation of alternate universes, QHayashida made her manga debut with Maken X Another, which ran in Magazine Z and was subsequently adapted into a video game. She followed this series with a sequel, Maken X Another Jack. Dorohedoro is her latest series.
Marc Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.; Original Japanese edition published by Shogakukan Inc. in 2002.; Reads from right to left.; Parental advisory, explicit content--Cover.; While En seeks out a new partner with unique magic powers, his crew has a run-in with an underground organization that controls the distribution of black powder, a magic-enhancing drug used by weaker Sorcerers. Meanwhile, Caiman and Nikaido spend New Year's in the haunted mansion of a mysterious doctor who specializes in the anatomy of Sorcerers. The doctor reveals to them the only known portal to the Sorcerers' dimension----P. [4] of cover.; 8; Rated M for mature--P. [4] of cover. Parental advisory, Dorohedoro is rated M for Mature and is recommended for ages 18 and up. Contains graphic violence, disturbing imagery, full frontal nudity, alchol and drug use, smoking and strong language--Colophon.
Publisher Marketing:
A twisted tale of sadistic Sorcerers and the monsters they create.
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.
While En seeks out a new partner with unique magic powers, his crew has a run-in with an underground organization that controls the distribution of "black powder," a magic-enhancing drug used by weaker Sorcerers. Meanwhile, Caiman and Nikaido spend New Year's in the haunted mansion of a mysterious doctor who specializes in the anatomy of Sorcerers. The doctor reveals to them the only known portal to the Sorcerers' dimension...