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“Cursed boy must save 1,000 lives to regain humanity while protecting last dragon egg from gangsters.”
Kajika
カジカ
6.61
16,237 rank · 4,223 readers · 11 favorites
Shounen
Martial Arts
Super Power
Adventure
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Synopsis
Cursed boy must save 1,000 lives to regain humanity while protecting last dragon egg from gangsters.
Kajika's a trouble making little boy, part of the mysteriously empowered people of the ''Kawa'' clan. When one day he intentionally and cruelly kills a fox, the fox's spirit comes back and places a curse on the boy, turning him into a half-fox and severely limiting his abilities. The only way to break the curse is to save one thousand lives. And so Kajika sets out on a journey, accompanied by the fox's spirit. However, when he obtains the egg of the last remaining dragon on Earth, all hell breaks loose as he is forced to take on the forces of a merciless gangster who seeks the power that resides in a dragon's blood... While at the same time attempting to break the curse and finding out the rumours of what happened to his family of the Kawa clan. (Source: MU)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 6
σ 0.82
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Jun 2014 → Jan 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Kajika is an interesting one-shot that benefits from Toriyama’s strong initial storytelling and a welcome, familiar influence from Dragonball. However, the experience is hampered by its brevity, as...”
- 8 “Kajika is a touching, captivating story that features well-developed characters and echoes the classic charm of Toriyama’s Dragon Ball roots. There are no notable flaws to report, as the manga...”
- 6 “The artwork is beautifully drawn and clear, and the story manages to be engaging with interesting twists that keep the pacing brisk. While the plot and characters are somewhat generic and lack deep...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 0%
Long · 33%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Kajika begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 12 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 36m approx
- Published Jul 1998 – Sep 1998
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0831 catalog