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“Hybrid soldier Togusa battles rogue soul-powered androids while uncovering their dark origins in a chaotic future.”
-Hitogatana-
－ヒトガタナ－
7.14
7,461 rank · 5,821 readers · 37 favorites
Shounen
Action
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Hybrid soldier Togusa battles rogue soul-powered androids while uncovering their dark origins in a chaotic future.
In a world where it is possible to transfer human souls into objects, manned combat androids named "Katana" are used to commit heinous crimes and cause uncontrolled chaos. In response, the government creates the Anti-Katana Combat Division (AKCD) to maintain law and order. One member of the organization is Togusa, a human-Katana hybrid from the 8th Squad of the AKCD. Fighting against human and Katana enemies alike, Togusa must come to terms with his existence as a hybrid while unraveling the true nature and history of these androids.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.71
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.71 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.00
Running avg · Jun 2011 → May 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Stories in shonen action titles often tend to be mere vehicles for fighting. Hitogatana is no exception. What makes it special is that it's so good at 'getting out of the way' of the fighting....”
- 8 “At first, if I was selling someone on Htiogatana, I'd probably be saying something along the lines of, "Well, it doesn't try super hard to be good" or "Oh, it's not as cliche as it seems", which is...”
- 9 “-Hitogatana- is a truly unique piece of work that surprisingly gets a lower amount of attention and exposure than it deserves. The first thing that comes to mind about -Hitogatana- is 'clinical'....”
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Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 68 × 11 ch × vol
- Total read 9h 04m approx
- Published Oct 2009 – Jan 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11472 catalog