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“Two escaped slaves—a Japanese man and an African American—wash ashore in Edo-era Japan, facing survival and societal challenges.”
Color of Rage
からぁ怒
6.27
20,293 rank · 1,896 readers · 3 favorites
Seinen
Historical
Action
Adventure
Drama
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Synopsis
Two escaped slaves—a Japanese man and an African American—wash ashore in Edo-era Japan, facing survival and societal challenges.
Two slave free themselves from a slave ship, one a Japanese man, the other an African American. After escaping they find themselves on shore in Edo-era Japan, a society with a strong caste system, isolated from the world. How will the Japanese people perceive this giant black man, how will they survive? But first things first, how will they get these shackles off their feet? (Source: Dark Horse) Included one-shot: Naki no Ishimatsu (Crybaby Ishimatsu)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 4
σ 2.45
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.45 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↑ 0.00
Running avg · Sep 2016 → Nov 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Colored or Color of rage is another great historical manga written by Kazuo Koike, the man behind "Lone wolf and cub". The story, set in Edo period Japan show the adventures of two escaped slaves...”
- 10 “Color of Rage is a piece of work that comes around very rarely, a piece of fiction that, simply put, is close to perfection. If you've read any of the author, Kazuo Koike's work, you'd know he...”
- 4 “I didn't care for this story. It wasn't anything terrible. But for me...it just didn't really have too much going on. I get that George and King escaped slavery, and now try to right the wrongs of...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 0%
Long · 67%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 9 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 12m approx
- Published Jan 1984 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6265 catalog