Review of Dorohedoro

In a world so foreign that no parallels may be drawn against reality, the viewer finds herself watching a trilogy beginning from its 2nd installment. As such, despite the interesting visual and aural elements, Dorohedoro comes off as confused, disorganized, and uncanny. Often while watching the series, the viewer will see something interesting and stop to consider the fantasy world at large. However, because Dorohedoro never discusses context outside of the superficial concerns of its main characters, the viewer gathers so many questions that her immersion into the fantasy world becomes impossible. All in all, it may be that Dorohedoro the animated series was not adaptedwell to a video format. However, based solely upon the animated series, it may just be that the source material is also confused, disorganized, and uncanny.

Humor, even, is lost upon Dorohedoro's fantasy world. Its common joke, albeit slapstick, is always gruesome and lacking creativity. If anything, its gore filled "humor" further alienates the viewer by solidifying within Dorohedoro's canon a type of humor which is simply incompatible with the neurotypical viewer.