“Hyperactive teen befriends transfer student hunting mononoke, loses head, unleashes inner Oni.”
Zone-00
ZONE-00
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Synopsis
Hyperactive teen befriends transfer student hunting mononoke, loses head, unleashes inner Oni.
Kujou Saburou is an ordinary high-schooler, hyperactive and strangely interested in mysterious (alien) things. He quickly becomes friends with a new transfer student, Shima Ango, who happens to find him in a game of hide-and-seek. But what he doesn't know is Shima's true goal: the extermination of mononoke terrorizing the Toyko area. Caught in the middle of their fight, Kujou loses his head, unsealing an Oni inside of him... (Source: Bliss)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
What 2 readers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Nov 2011 → Dec 2011
- 7 “The characters are truly amazing and kept me wanting to learn more about them, while the story is incredibly engaging with cliffhangers that left me desperate to see what happens next. Although the...”
- 3 “I appreciate the underlying art style, which initially caught my interest. However, the experience is marred by unoriginal, try-hard storytelling, cluttered paneling that obscures the narrative,...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Jan 2000 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6063 catalog