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Baoh #1
Baoh, Vol. 1
From Hirohiko Araki, creator of JO JO'S BIZARRE ADVENTURE, comes an even stranger tale…BAOH™, the odyssey of two young mutants rejected and used by "normal" humans…Pursued by Judas Laboratory, a brutal organization that seeks to harness their extraordinary gifts for evil ends, the two mutants learn they can trust no one but each other. In such a hostile, violent world, can the two friends carve out a place for themselves?
186 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1985
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About the author
Hirohiko Araki
653 books2,049 followersHirohiko Araki ( 荒木飛呂彦) is a Japanese manga artist. He left school before graduation from Miyagi University of Education.
He enjoys the baseball manga Kyojin No Hoshii (Star of the Giants); the video games Mario Kart and Bomberman; and likes Prince and other African-American singers, as well as jazz, rock, and rap.
He is a recipient the Tezuka Award for manga.
He enjoys the baseball manga Kyojin No Hoshii (Star of the Giants); the video games Mario Kart and Bomberman; and likes Prince and other African-American singers, as well as jazz, rock, and rap.
He is a recipient the Tezuka Award for manga.
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March 24, 2016
His embrace is death... The slightest contact, decay... Fear his touch, for this is BAOH.
It's motherfuckin' BAOH, y'all!
Don't fuck with Baoh. He will melt you with his acid palm. He will turn his hair into needles that fly into you and swiftly corrode you. He will electrify your ass. He will slice you up with his skin sabers.
Baoh is a fighting machine. Not even highly trained soldiers, or cyborgs, or psi-warriors can defeat him.
But he's also a boy who's been inhumanely experimented on. He's just trying to escape from the evil Judas corporation with nine-year-old Violet, a fellow victim. Professor Hazyeye will stop at nothing to have them within his grasp once more!
This is not my typical genre. Apparently it's something called "body horror." It's gory and action-packed, and there's not even any romance! (Yes, Violet does have a crush on Ikuro, but she's nine and he's seventeen.) The characters have a habit of calling out their attacks like they're in Mortal Kombat or something.
The art is kind of a cool old style, all thick lines and weird eyebrows. It fits the story perfectly.
I recommend this to anyone who likes action, I guess? And weird sci-fi stuff? And over-the-top drama of the non-romantic variety? This is actually a really fun read, and it's only two volumes. The OVA is good too.
Also, can we just take a moment to appreciate this Baoh cosplay I stumbled across? Magnificent!
It's motherfuckin' BAOH, y'all!
Don't fuck with Baoh. He will melt you with his acid palm. He will turn his hair into needles that fly into you and swiftly corrode you. He will electrify your ass. He will slice you up with his skin sabers.
Baoh is a fighting machine. Not even highly trained soldiers, or cyborgs, or psi-warriors can defeat him.
But he's also a boy who's been inhumanely experimented on. He's just trying to escape from the evil Judas corporation with nine-year-old Violet, a fellow victim. Professor Hazyeye will stop at nothing to have them within his grasp once more!
This is not my typical genre. Apparently it's something called "body horror." It's gory and action-packed, and there's not even any romance! (Yes, Violet does have a crush on Ikuro, but she's nine and he's seventeen.) The characters have a habit of calling out their attacks like they're in Mortal Kombat or something.
The art is kind of a cool old style, all thick lines and weird eyebrows. It fits the story perfectly.
I recommend this to anyone who likes action, I guess? And weird sci-fi stuff? And over-the-top drama of the non-romantic variety? This is actually a really fun read, and it's only two volumes. The OVA is good too.
Also, can we just take a moment to appreciate this Baoh cosplay I stumbled across? Magnificent!
January 1, 2022
baoh reminds me so much of the first two parts of jojo. pretty cool.
August 9, 2023
Interesting pre-Jojo work by Araki that also serves as a kind of proto-Jojo experience. Obviously fueled by his love of monster movies and Stephen King, the titular Baoh is a parasitic worm that gives its host an array of superhuman abilities. Baoh is attached to a boy whose main character trait is being alive. There's also a girl that can predict the future but she's not given too much room in the spotlight so idk much about her either. The important thing is that Baoh fights the bad guys and shoots needles at them/lights them on fire.
Anyway, bit of a soapbox, but it's just weird that this was brought over to the states in 1995, and advertised itself as 'From the creator of Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure', even though Jojo wouldn't be brought over to the states until 2005 when they started publishing Stardust Crusaders (and the US wouldn't get the first 2 parts of Jojo until 2014 when everyone decided Jojo was funny). Apparently Viz had acquired the rights to Jojo and were planning to release it as 'The Strange Adventures of Jojo', but it never happened. Maybe it was too long, too weird, and had too many musical copyrights to clear? Who knows. The point is, for whatever reason, we got Baoh anyway. I hope Viz re-releases Baoh one day. It would be nice to read it un-flipped and in its entirety (volume 2 was released over here but it seems hard to come by as of 2023)
I like the art in this a lot. Araki's early style sensibilities feel very informed by late-era Tezuka.
Anyway, bit of a soapbox, but it's just weird that this was brought over to the states in 1995, and advertised itself as 'From the creator of Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure', even though Jojo wouldn't be brought over to the states until 2005 when they started publishing Stardust Crusaders (and the US wouldn't get the first 2 parts of Jojo until 2014 when everyone decided Jojo was funny). Apparently Viz had acquired the rights to Jojo and were planning to release it as 'The Strange Adventures of Jojo', but it never happened. Maybe it was too long, too weird, and had too many musical copyrights to clear? Who knows. The point is, for whatever reason, we got Baoh anyway. I hope Viz re-releases Baoh one day. It would be nice to read it un-flipped and in its entirety (volume 2 was released over here but it seems hard to come by as of 2023)
I like the art in this a lot. Araki's early style sensibilities feel very informed by late-era Tezuka.
February 11, 2013
What the hell is up with 80's Japanese body-horror?
This series is convincing evidence that 80's Japanese body-horror manga had a core of 'getting what could loosely be termed superpowers' liberally dipped in 'suckas gettin' staight shanked' sauce all up on it.
This series is convincing evidence that 80's Japanese body-horror manga had a core of 'getting what could loosely be termed superpowers' liberally dipped in 'suckas gettin' staight shanked' sauce all up on it.
July 28, 2018
If you like Araki's works, this is just more of it. Entertaining for sure but you can always guess the small plot twists, especially if you read JJBA, as some of the situations have been recycled in that series.
February 3, 2022
Old school ultra gory sci-fi romp from the creator of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. What's not to love? The 80s anime OVA is way fun too, wallowing in the excess that OVAs tended to do at that time.
July 27, 2022
buen libroo
February 17, 2025
Tô gostando bastante de tudo. Sei lá se o Ikuro vai conseguir se adaptar ao Baoh e vice versa...
January 13, 2025
Pretty stupid and kinda ridiculous and laughable manga (parts 1 and 2 of JoJo are way better (Still... is top 10 manga)...1/10
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