Dorohedoro (story)

 Dorohedoro Summary

Dorohedoro (Japanese: ドロヘドロ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Q Hayashida. 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 Shogakukan's seinen magazine Monthly Ikki since 2000, but after its cessation in 2014 the series was moved to Hibana in 2015. However, after the cessation of Hibana in Aug 2017, the series was transferred to Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine in Nov 2017 and finished in Septr 2018.

 

 

The series was licensed for an English-language release by Viz Media in 2009, which began distributing the manga digitally when it launched SigIKKI, the now-former online English version of Ikki magazine.

A 12-episode anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA was broadcast from January to March 2020 in Japan on Tokyo MX. It was followed by a worldwide Netflix release in late May 2020.

 

SUMMARY:

Dorohedoro story takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting, split in two separate dimensions; the Hole, a dismal cityscape where humans reside; and the Sorcerers' world, home of sorcerers. Sorcerers are capable of traveling to and from the Hole by summoning magical doors.

 

 

Despite appearing similar, humans and sorcerers are two distinct species, the former evolving naturally, while the latter was created by a primordial devil named Chidaruma. Sorcerers have specialized organs called 'smoke pipes' in their body allowing them to produce "smoke", which is the source of their unique magical powers. Some sorcerers have incredibly weak powers (dubbed low level sorcerers) while others may be capable of far greater feats such as resurrecting the dead or controlling time; these powers are incredibly rare and highly prized. The amount of smoke a sorcerer is capable of producing (thus how effective their magic may be) also factors into a sorcerer's abilities, and many sorcerers work to improve their smoke output through surgery, or more commonly, the illicit use of black powder, a smoke-enhancing drug distributed by a gang of low-level sorcerers called the Cross-Eyes. Smoke can also be bought and sold. The hierarchy of the sorcerers' world is structured around these differences in ability: powerful sorcerers, such as “The En Family”, enjoy a life of luxury; while weak sorcerers, who produce such low amounts of smoke they may be unable to use magic at all, live in destitution. Powerful sorcerers may undergo a metamorphosis to become a 'devil' — an immortal being with incredible power and knowledge, following a rigorous training regime. Devils are deeply respected by sorcerer-kind and also manage the affairs of a third realm, Hell, where they work with Chidaruma to torture the souls of dead sorcerers.

 

 

Sorcerers regularly visit the Hole in order to practice their magic on humans, leading to huge numbers of victims and disfigured survivors. Hospitals have been set up to deal with the ever-growing numbers of magic victims, but humans can do little to repel sorcerers. To make matters worse, the residual magic smoke in the air mixes with the Hole's toxic rain, causing the dead to periodically rise from the grave and attack the living. The residents of the Hole call this annual event “Living Dead Day” and work with local priests to kill zombies for prizes.

Anime:

An anime television series adaptation of Dorohedoro was announced in the December 2018 issue of Shogakukan's Monthly Shōnen Sunday magazine released on November 12, 2018.The series is produced by MAPPA and directed by Yuichiro Hayashi, with Hiroshi Seko in charge of series composition, Tomohiro Kishi designing the characters, and now-NAME composing the music.

 It premiered from January 12 to03. 29. 2020 on Tokyo mx The opening theme "Welcome to Chaos" and the series' ending themes "Who am I , "Night SURFING", "D.D.", "Strange Meat Pie", "SECONDs FLY" , are performed by NoW-NAME.It ran for 12 episodes, and six OVA episodes were bundled with the series' second Blu-ray release.Dorohedoro was released on 05. 28. 2020 on Netflix outside of Japan.