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Q. Hayashida


Born
Tokyo, Japan
Genre
Manga, Comics, Horror


Q Hayashida (林田球, Hayashida Kyu) is a manga author from Tokyo.
Hayashida studied oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts. She has discussed her childhood and artistic inspirations in interviews but maintains a high level of privacy about her personal life, to the point that her true name and face are unknown.
Hayashida's first major manga was Maken X Another (1999-2001), a comic book adaptation of a video game.
Her most famous work is the 23-volumes long Dorohedoro (2000-2018). It was originally serialised in the alternative manga magazine 'Monthly Ikki', but it was later moved to 'Hibana' when Ikki ceased publication, and finally transferred to 'Monthly Shōnen Sunday'. Dorohedoro has been partially adapted into an anime on Netflix in 2 ...more

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Average rating: 4.45 · 53,561 ratings · 3,343 reviews · 81 distinct works • Similar authors
Dorohedoro, Vol. 1
4.34 avg rating — 7,435 ratings — published 2002
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Dorohedoro, Vol. 2
4.41 avg rating — 3,459 ratings — published 2002
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Dorohedoro, Vol. 3
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4.49 avg rating — 2,889 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions
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大ダーク 1 [Dai Dark 1]
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4.26 avg rating — 2,751 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions
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Dorohedoro, Tome 4
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Dorohedoro, Tome 5
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4.52 avg rating — 2,137 ratings — published 2004 — 18 editions
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Dorohedoro, Vol. 6
4.50 avg rating — 2,030 ratings — published 2005 — 14 editions
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Dorohedoro, Vol. 7
4.51 avg rating — 1,945 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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Dorohedoro T08
4.49 avg rating — 1,775 ratings — published 2006 — 16 editions
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ドロヘドロ 9 (Dorohedoro, #9)
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4.54 avg rating — 1,696 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions
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Series by Q. Hayashida

Dorohedoro, Vol. 1 Dorohedoro, Vol. 2 Dorohedoro, Vol. 3 Dorohedoro, Tome 4 Dorohedoro, Tome 5 Dorohedoro, Vol. 6 Dorohedoro, Vol. 7
(23 books)
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大ダーク 1 [Dai Dark 1] 大ダーク 2 [Dai Dark 2] 大ダーク 3 [Dai Dark 3] 大ダーク 4 [Dai Dark 4] 大ダーク 5 [Dai Dark 5] 大ダーク 6 [Dai Dark 6] 大ダーク 7 [Dai Dark 7]
(9 books)
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4.29 avg rating — 7,840 ratings

Dorohedoro, vol. 1 Dorohedoro, vol. 2 Dorohedoro, vol. 3 Dorohedoro, vol. 4 Dorohedoro, vol. 5 Dorohedoro, vol. 6 Dorohedoro, vol. 7
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4.49 avg rating — 2,302 ratings

Maken X 01 Maken X 2 Maken X 03.
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“Did you just throw a fork? Most people would have gone for the knife...”
― Q Hayashida
tags: fork, humor
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“He who always smiles, no matter what, is most vicious”
― Q Hayashida
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“Cuando tienes pesadillas todas las noches, ya ni te asustas”
― Q Hayashida, Dorohedoro T01
tags: pesadilla, sueño, susto, vida
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