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Ajin: Demi-Human Complete 1
620 pages, Paperback
Published October 29, 2024
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Gamon Sakurai
91 books145 followersAlso known as 桜井画門.
Gamon Sakurai is a Japanese comic book artist from Tokyo. Born in 1986, Sakurai was selected for the Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award for New Comic Artists. Upon being selected for the award his short story was published and he was selected for editorial review by manga publishing giant Kodansha. Sakurai would make his publishing debut with indie publisher Issuisha in 2010, releasing a short story anthology. He would then work with Kodansha to work on his first feature length series AJIN: Demi-human in 2012.
Gamon Sakurai is a Japanese comic book artist from Tokyo. Born in 1986, Sakurai was selected for the Afternoon Magazine Four Seasons Award for New Comic Artists. Upon being selected for the award his short story was published and he was selected for editorial review by manga publishing giant Kodansha. Sakurai would make his publishing debut with indie publisher Issuisha in 2010, releasing a short story anthology. He would then work with Kodansha to work on his first feature length series AJIN: Demi-human in 2012.
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January 13, 2026
Ajin demi-human complete one is a manga series about a high school student who finds out he is a demi-human. Demi-humans are rare to the government because the only way to find out you are one, is if you die once. Demi-humans are immortal people and are not thought of as humans by the government. The government wants to constantly “research” them while the protagonist Naga doesn't want to be tortured. He meets up with other demi-humans who seem nice at first but are murderers. Naga gets turned in by them to the government and was tortured for ten days. Then the demihumans who turned him in came back to try and get him on their side but he refuses and escapes narrowly.
If you like a sort of bleak and slow rising action, along with the science fiction. This book is for you. The author seemed to focus on realism in a social sense. The main character's development is subtle and noticeable at a good pace. The theme the author seemed to use was blandness of the world around the main character, while being thrown into chaos.
I recommend this book to people who love realistic fiction in a social sense while at the same time being far from realistic. I couldn't put this book with the constant action and interesting story development. If you aren't into fiction I don't recommend this book.
If you like a sort of bleak and slow rising action, along with the science fiction. This book is for you. The author seemed to focus on realism in a social sense. The main character's development is subtle and noticeable at a good pace. The theme the author seemed to use was blandness of the world around the main character, while being thrown into chaos.
I recommend this book to people who love realistic fiction in a social sense while at the same time being far from realistic. I couldn't put this book with the constant action and interesting story development. If you aren't into fiction I don't recommend this book.
May 17, 2025
Do you like your manga bleak and nihilistic? Then this may be for you.
It’s been SO long since I’ve read “Ajin”. It’s easy to forget over time how rough it can be—but, it reminds you pretty fast.
This story is mean.
There’s such a casualness to the cruelty, violence, and straight up murder throughout that you feel as desensitized as the characters do by the end. It’s intense—and, so clearly intentional.
Though, what the author’s intentions are, kind of remains to be seen?
If I recall right, this is another one of those series where you wonder, “Is this profound? Or, has the author never experienced empathy or introspection before?” I may be wrong about that—so don’t quote me.
But, it’s a series I’d suggest reading with care and caution—especially if you’re in a bad head space. There’s not a lot of hope in these pages.
That said, this series does have one of the great manga villains in it—Mr. Sato.
He’s so unapologetically manipulative and brutal—just because he can be. He’s relentless. Like a living curse. Or, rather, he’s like the personification of entropy. It’s fantastic to read his scenes on every level.
Anyway.
I’m looking forward to this re-read. I’m not sure I ever fully finished this series—but, I’d like to~
It’s been SO long since I’ve read “Ajin”. It’s easy to forget over time how rough it can be—but, it reminds you pretty fast.
This story is mean.
There’s such a casualness to the cruelty, violence, and straight up murder throughout that you feel as desensitized as the characters do by the end. It’s intense—and, so clearly intentional.
Though, what the author’s intentions are, kind of remains to be seen?
If I recall right, this is another one of those series where you wonder, “Is this profound? Or, has the author never experienced empathy or introspection before?” I may be wrong about that—so don’t quote me.
But, it’s a series I’d suggest reading with care and caution—especially if you’re in a bad head space. There’s not a lot of hope in these pages.
That said, this series does have one of the great manga villains in it—Mr. Sato.
He’s so unapologetically manipulative and brutal—just because he can be. He’s relentless. Like a living curse. Or, rather, he’s like the personification of entropy. It’s fantastic to read his scenes on every level.
Anyway.
I’m looking forward to this re-read. I’m not sure I ever fully finished this series—but, I’d like to~
December 26, 2025
The manga tackles interesting parallels with the phenomenon to label minority groups as "other", and thus justify dumping unequal levels of hardships on them for the sake of the many. Its got good themes and ideas about subjugation and societal prejudice against exploitable minorities that doesnt feel too campy (look at xmen for example of the same idea done shittily). I also think it has good shonen action, a unique powerset that it uses creatively, and having the main character lean more towards sociopathy and at times kind of pathetic as a person is really interesting given a lot of shonen manga's need to make main characters as cookie cutter as possible. Where the manga struggles though, atleast in the early chapters, is how damn tropey it is at times. There is definitely a lack on nuance with characters like Tosaki, nagai, and tanaka.
April 18, 2025
I found this omnibus in a Barnes and Noble years after watching the anime and I've never snatched a book off the shelf faster in my life. I had never gotten to read the full manga when I was younger, but now being able to read the first 3 volumes was amazing and gave me a newfound love for the series. I found the writing and the art to be phenomenal and the main character is one that's fairly interesting compared to other protagonists. His story almost mimics Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul but with a much more serious attitude and drive. The villain is also hands down one of the most interesting protagonists I've seen. He's so menacing throughout the entire manga. Between him and the bonus chapter, this series has the most creative uses of immortality I've seen before.
February 1, 2026
holy fuck
February 8, 2026
This manga explores some very interesting concepts without falling into too many tropes. The art is excellent and the characters are quite unique. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
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