Shigurui Manga Review — The Verdict in 30 Seconds Shigurui is one of the most striking samurai manga ever put to paper. It is also one of the most punishing things you will ever read. Those two facts are inseparable. Here’s what you need to know right now: 15 volumes, 84 chapters, completed in 2010. … Read more
Every Tsutomu Nihei Manga, Ranked (Plus a Deep Dive on Blame!) Every Tsutomu Nihei manga ranked, from the silent megastructure horror of Blame! to his newest ongoing series. Nihei is the architect-turned-manga artist behind some of the most visually striking science fiction manga ever put to paper. His catalog is small — nine titles across … Read more
Junji Ito’s No Longer Human Manga — A 616-Page Adaptation of Osamu Dazai’s Novel If you’ve been searching for the Junji Ito No Longer Human manga, here’s the short version: this is Junji Ito’s manga adaptation of No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku), the famous 1948 novel by Osamu Dazai. It was serialized in Big Comic … Read more
The Quick Answer: Hell’s Paradise Manga Ending at a Glance Yes — Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku is completely finished. If you searched for the hell’s paradise manga ending, the short version is: the manga ran for 127 chapters across 13 volumes, wrapping up on January 25, 2021 in Japan. Every volume is available in English from … Read more
What Is Brutal and What Happens in Chapter 1? Brutal: Confessions of a Homicide Investigator is a crime manga aimed at adult readers, written by Kei Koga with art by Ryō Izawa. It began publishing chapter by chapter on Comic Tatan — a digital manga platform run by publisher Coamix — since 2019. The English … Read more
I Am a Hero Manga Volumes: All 22 Japanese and 11 English Omnibus Editions Dark Horse released all 11 omnibus volumes between April 2016 and October 2019. Each one has a retail price of $19.99 and collects two of the original Japanese volumes. That means Omnibus Volume 1 contains Japanese volumes 1–2, Omnibus Volume 2 … Read more
Highschool of the Dead Has 7 Volumes and 30 Chapters — But It’s Unfinished If you’re here looking for a quick answer: Highschool of the Dead has 7 volumes containing 30 chapters total. These are tankōbon — the standard collected book format used for manga series in Japan, where chapters previously published in a magazine … Read more
How Many Volumes Is Inuyashiki? (The Quick Answer) Inuyashiki is 10 volumes total, collecting all 85 chapters. The series is completely finished — no cliffhangers, no ongoing wait. Kodansha Comics published every volume in English between August 2015 and December 2017, so all Inuyashiki manga volumes are available right now. The manga is written and … Read more
The Junji Ito Manga Collection at a Glance The Junji Ito manga collection from Viz Media consists of 11 core English-language hardcovers — three completed long-form series (Uzumaki, Tomie, Gyo) and eight short-story collections or standalone graphic novels (Shiver, Smashed, Fragments of Horror, Venus in the Blind Spot, Deserter, Liminal Zone, Sensor, and Remina). Whether … Read more
What Makes a Manga “Brutal”? Before we get into the list, it helps to know what “brutal” actually means here. It’s not just blood and guts (though there’s plenty of that). A manga earns the “brutal” label when it does one or more of these things: Unflinching physical violence — not just action scenes, but … Read more