The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru
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The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru

どろろと百鬼丸伝

7.38
Ranked #4,398 · 4,406 readers · 56 favorites
Seinen Historical Mythology Samurai Action Supernatural
13 volumes · 82 chapters · 2018 - 2025
13 vols · 82 ches · 2018 - 2025

Synopsis

Abandoned samurai son Hyakkimaru hunts demons with thief Dororo to reclaim body parts sold by father.

Daigo Kagemitsu, who works for a Samurai general in Japan's Warring States period, promises to offer body parts of his unborn baby to 48 demons in exchange for complete domination of the country. When the baby boy is born, Daigo has him thrown into a river, expecting the boy to die. A kind sage, however, finds him and adopts him. The sage fits out his poor son with prosthetics. Time goes by and the baby grows into a boy who calls himself Hyakkimaru. Every time Hyakkimaru eliminates a demon, he retrieves one of his body parts. Hyakkimaru rescues a boy thief named Dororo from a band of men whom the young boy tried to rob. Together they travel the countryside in search of the demons who possess Hyakkimaru's parts. Throughout their travels, they face a host of monsters and ghosts. (Source: Vertical Inc.)

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