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“Superhuman gourmet hunter and timid partner seek rare beasts to craft the ultimate dinner course.”
Toriko
トリコ
7.65
2,241 rank · 49,994 readers · 1,689 favorites
Shounen
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Gourmet
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Synopsis
Superhuman gourmet hunter and timid partner seek rare beasts to craft the ultimate dinner course.
In a world where the taste and texture of food are an extremely important part of life, a man with superhuman skills is regularly hired by restaurants and the rich as a hunter of precious foods. With the "help" of his timid accomplice, inspired by Toriko's greatness to accompany him, he travels to capture the evasive and ferocious animals he needs to create the ultimate dinner course.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 24 sampled reviews
7.9
/10
What 24 readers settled on.
90%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.75
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.75 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.6 pts
Recommenders 8.6 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.08
Running avg · Nov 2008 → May 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I'm going to keep this sort and sweet. I read alot of manga and i know when ive come across something original. I found just about everything good in this manga. Ive got nothing bad to say about...”
- 10 “From what I can recall, the story was pretty basic and got a little bit rushed near the end, but I really don't read manga for story and development. If I wanted to read for story and enjoyment, I...”
- 10 “This manga is a classic example of Jump axeing their good manga line of battle shonen , its a shame too the anime got canceled so there was no point in keeping the manga alive , Toriko is about...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 46%
Long · 21%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 396 × 43 ch × vol
- Total read 52h 48m approx
- Published May 2008 – Nov 2016
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M5592 catalog