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“Middle schooler Seigi gains a powerful tattoo weapon after saving a homeless man, becoming a target for super-powered enemies.”
Taboo Tattoo
タブー・タトゥー
6.61
16,297 rank · 11,337 readers · 36 favorites
Seinen
Urban Fantasy
Action
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Middle schooler Seigi gains a powerful tattoo weapon after saving a homeless man, becoming a target for super-powered enemies.
By all accounts, middle schooler Seigi is pretty unremarkable except for his martial arts prowess and a desire to protect the weak. But when his good intentions are put to the test by saving an old homeless man from some street thugs, the mysterious man shows his gratitude by...burning a tattoo onto Seigi's palm?! It turns out, the tattoo is a powerful secret weapon that everyone—including a formidable girl with a tattoo of her own—is after. With his life on the line and his martial arts skills alone no match against super-powered foes, will Seigi be able to unlock the latent potential of his tattoo and live to fight another day?! (Source: Yen Press)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 6 sampled reviews
5.2
/10
What 6 readers settled on.
25%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 4
σ 1.67
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.67 · some divergence
The polarity gap
4.3 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.7
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Score over time
↓ 2.83
Running avg · Jan 2011 → Mar 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Im re-doing this review because of how much i regret what i said the last time and im going to make this short and as least painful as possible. The plot is about your average high school kid in...”
- 4 “In the beginning, the story seems pretty cool. Essentially a kid get mysterious powers from a stranger as a thank you. A pretty cool hero origin. But once the story picks up, and you meet more...”
- 3 “Taboo Tattoois a manga that basically built itself by recycling elements from previous similar adaptations plus the extra fan-service to appease the thirsty readers. Story: Akatsuka Seigi is your...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 80 × 13 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 40m approx
- Published Nov 2009 – Jun 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11228 catalog