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“Skull Man, a mysterious black-clad killer with shape-shifting beast Garo, terrorizes Cold War Japan without clear motive.”
Kaiki Romanesque Gekiga: Skull Man
怪奇ロマネスク劇画 スカルマン THE SKULL MAN
6.27
20,285 rank · 1,871 readers · 7 favorites
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Synopsis
Skull Man, a mysterious black-clad killer with shape-shifting beast Garo, terrorizes Cold War Japan without clear motive.
When the looming Cold War shrouded Japan, mysterious murders were reported there. The suspect was a man with a skull-like helmet and a cape and clothing as black as the inside of a grave. Accompanied by a shape-shifting beast named Garo, the Skull Man terrified Japanese society—without giving the people a clear reason why. (Source: MU)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
5.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 4
σ 1.50
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.50 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 4.0
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No
Score over time
↓ 1.50
Running avg · Jun 2012 → Jul 2015
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “"For fifteen years, we've chased one man... or rather, one boy. All over Japan... no, from one end of the world to the other...!" Ishinomori Shotaro's Skull Man (or Skullman, or The Skull Man,...”
- 4 “In short: if you're planning to read this manga other than for pure historical/educational reasons - don't bother, it's a complete waste of time. Story is predictable to the T. And while it has...”
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Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Published Jan 1970 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3816 catalog