Gokurakugai T05

極楽街 [Gokurakugai] #5

by Yuto Sano

En grande difficulté face à Utsuro, le maga de l’hémorragie, Alma a soudain une idée pour arrêter les couteaux empreints de son amour vicié. Puis, le bureau des résolutions se voit confier une nouvelle enquête autour de morts inexpliquées. Afin de confirmer le lien avec les récentes affaires de décès suspects, Tao et Alma se rendent sur les lieux du crimes. Mais devant la résidence, ils tombent nez à nez avec une certaine personne…

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Horror, Comics, Shonen, Action, Supernatural

192 pages, Paperback

First published May 2, 2025

About the author

Yuto Sano 佐乃夕斗 (Sano Yūto) is a Japanese Mangaka.

Reviews

[Ricarda]

I manifested that Utsuro cover with sheer power of will.

[ally_owos]

I really didn’t expect this series to be so dark, or so authentic in its portrayals of mental health. Ngl I love yanderes as much as the next person but seeing an actual deconstruction of one that focuses on the mental issues involved (similar to needy streamer overdose) is insanely refreshing to me. Anyways I’m hooked especially with the plot developments involving Nei. I cannot wait to see how this story evolves by next volume!

[m.・゜゜・・゜゜・．]

shes crazy and beautiful whats wrong with that?!

[Mary]

I love the art in this series. It's so pretty and every single character looks amazing, even the random side characters. I like how we are unlocking more characters with each volume. It makes the plot interesting while not straying from the main overarching storyline. The end got pretty dark. I like this new character so far, I'm excited to see more about him and find out his history.

[Nott]

Nope. Can't. Too much.

[Agnese Rosengren]

VOGLIO IL VOLUME 6 SUBITO, ORA, NOW, IN THIS MOMENT.
Questo volume è stato spettacolare e ne è davvero valsa l'attesa.
La trama si infittisce e i personaggi diventano sempre più interessanti.
Voglio assolutamente sapere cosa è accaduto dieci anni prima alla famiglia di Nei AAA

[Sophia Paul]

welcome back itachi and sasuke??? NEI I LOVE YOU SM and thank god the hot buzz cut dude has a good heart and deep lore. this manga is so fucking good. amazing art and more importantly an amazing story. i’m so invested in all of them I NEED MORE NOW

[Savannah White]

I absolutely love the art style for this series. Now that I’m caught up it’s going to be torture to wait for each chapter

[A_Paige]

Another tragic backstory read and more tragic events…but it’s so interesting. Does that make me a terrible person? Maybe. I am, however, EXTREMELY interested as to what’s going on with Nei and this Shizuka. I get that he did some shady stuff as a human, but why is he trying to kill Nei?? Especially after what happened at the end of this volume?

[Marta Rivero]

Necesito el tomo 6 ya de ya. Yo NECESITO que me cuenten más de ese chico.

[Pia Pepperwood ✿ ૮₍˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ₎ა ₊˚⊹ ᰔ]

sooo i love kisagaya (shocking right?), sue me i guess

- oh and utsu and i share a birthday, not to compare myself to her or anything

[Rani]

Top top top !! Also wenn das mal nicht das nächste große Ding wird 👀

Und jetzt halbes Jahr warten auf den nächsten Band 😭

[˙⋆✮ Anny ✮⋆˙]

This series really goes from being funny to being the most brutal shit within 2 pages. With some heartbreak and traumatic pasts thrown in.
Some scenes in this volume were a bit too much for me, but overall I'm invested in the story and the characters and the art is amazing!

[Maddie]

somehow this series only gets better and better

[julie]

3 ☆
format ⊹ ࣪ ˖📱
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everyone is so pretty

[Florence Mullot]

Un cinquième tome qui s'est fait un peu attendre, et j'avoue que je ne savais plus du tout où on s'était arrêté ni ce qu'il s'était passé. Comme on poursuit un combat déjà en cours, il est plus ou moins facile de se rappeler l'intrigue, fort heureusement et les blancs se remplissent rapidement également avec la suite. Plutôt rassurée, car franchement, je n'avais pas vraiment envie de relire le quatre pour rafraichir ma mémoire.

Une conclusion du combat contre Utsu plutôt efficace, avec sa dose de tension et un Alma qui nous prouve qu'il peut aussi se débrouiller seul et réfléchir. On sent l'évolution du personnage autant psychologiquement que via son niveau de combat. Après tout, nous sommes dans un shonen, c'est normal. La suite nous laisse un peu dans l'expectative par contre car on connait la "famille" et le but du méchant, donc rien de nouveau sous le soleil pour le lecteur. Les révélations d'Utsu n'en sont pas vraiment pour nous. Reste à savoir comment ces informations vont être utilisées par nos héros par la suite.

Une page se tourne donc un nouveau méchant pointe le bout de son nez. Je pense que l'on va plus ou moins rester dans le même schéma maintenant à savoir qu'un membre des gentils va devoir affronter son passé et se retrouve (comme de par hasard) lié à un membre de la Famille. Sur le principe, ça ne me dérange pas car le parallèle entre les deux groupes, s'il est bien géré, peut amener pas mal de choses intéressantes. Par contre, il ne faudrait pas que cela devienne trop redondant et ennuyant. C'est un équilibre qu'il va falloir traiter avec finesse.

Alma et Tao se retrouve donc à travailler avec Nei. On en apprend pour le coup beaucoup sur la jeune femme, et personnellement je suis curieuse de voir où cela va nous mener. En espérant que le passé de Nei soit exploité un peu plus en profondeur et que l'on en tire quelque chose. Pour l'instant, je suis plutôt satisfaite surtout vu sa relation avec un nouveau personnage. On touche une relation en nuances à de multiples niveaux et c'est très prometteur. Je reste par contre sur mes réserves car je ne sais pas comment tout ça va finir. J'avoue que même si j'apprécie beaucoup Gokurakugai, je n'arrive pas totalement à faire "confiance" à Yuto Sano. Tout peut très vite partir en cacahuètes et je n'arrive toujours pas à me dire que Gokurakugai sort du lot. Il y a énormément d'éléments intéressants mais nous restons dans les balbutiements de l'histoire. Je reste impatiente de voir la suite par contre, car ce que l'on découvre dans le tome cinq est très prometteur.

[Only One]

This was a real fun one

[vi]

wow that was sad

[el]

4.5
what the hell is going ONNNNN

[deborah.reads]

La storia sta diventando sempre migliore!

[Laura Tozier]

Gokurakugai está teniendo cada vez más forma. Ya no es el típico shonen con protagonista feliz y comilón. Esto tiene drama, tiene trasfondo e ideas muy buenas. Está mejorando con el paso de los tomos y cada vez engancha y me gusta más. Estoy deseando seguir leyéndolo (y más después de ver cómo ha terminado). La pena es que el mangaka va a su ritmo y saca un manga cada 8 meses. Pero no es de extrañar con el dibujo que tiene.

PD. Los villanos son increíbles. 10 de diseño. 10 de originalidad con la explicación de sus poderes. Sin duda, lo que más me gusta junto a la señora Tao. (Y el 'tragaperras' que me hace mucha gracia). Aunque he de decir que Alma está mejorando mucho con el paso de los capítulos.

En resumen; me está encantando.

[Raaven💖]

Peak series. The intro to more Family members is interesting. Also interesting how everyone in the main cast has something to do with the Magas somehow.

[Kelli]

seeking righteous vengeance against your enemies but also being very willing to sacrifice everything to protect your sworn enemy’s child is very pisces-coded, shizuka~

[Maz Castillo]

Me gustan muchísimo los personajes y como cada vez toman más profundidad

[라우라]

Simplemente Utsuro✨️✨️

[oliwka]

i wish more people read this manga 🚬

also everyone so fine here it's lowkey overwhelming

[Jasmine]

Utsu was not as challenging as I thought she was going to be! Super glad Nei’s back and I’m curious to see what’s the dealio forrealio between her and this maga with the buzzcut.

The art is as gorgeous as everrrr. No wonder it takes ages for new work to come out!

[Luhnyae]

I just marathoned the SHIT out of this manga
(What do I do I now 🥲)

[kthedestroyer]

Behold! The SPOILERS!

Well, this was fine. I don’t think the volume was anything special but there were some nice moments in it. Honestly, I just feel like the story is a little scattered at the moment so it’s hard to give it a high rating.

Especially the beginning part with Utsu was just meh. Sure, I loved it when Tao came to the rescue and how she was proud of Alma for dealing with Utsu the way he did but this psycho bitch’s storyline in general didn’t really hook me. Though I guess I did like the speech that Alma gave her about how she doesn’t see people for who they are but just idealized versions of them.

But then the story with the haunted mansion and Nei’s family actually got me hooked. I really like that the villain dude - Shizuka or whatever his name was - isn’t completely terrible. He keeps letting Nei live and you just start wondering why. Not to mention the backstory which is just great. I love how we got to see little Nei and how things at her house weren’t perfect. Also the scene with her sewing a heart onto Shizuka’s jacket is really wholesome. Oh and then she gets kidnapped and he prevents the others from using her for child pornography or something so you know, he isn’t the worst possible being on the planet.

But anyway, I think we’ve had stronger volumes than this. I’m excited to see the direction the story will take with Nei and Shizuka but I also hope that I don’t have to see Utsu ever again. I’m giving this 3 stars but I hope the manga picks up a little in the future.

[Lanvi]

Checking in for the series as a whole so far!

Honestly, the plot of Gokurakugai itself is pretty simple and generic. The characters are written kind of shallowly, but to be fair, this is a relatively new series and we're only at the 25-chapter mark with this volume. I do think the dynamics between the characters are interesting; even though Alma is another typical half-whatever shonen protagonist, we have Ms. Tao (beautiful Mother character), and the other folks in Saragi. Despite its flaws, it's still an all-around fun read, and it also helps that the art is absolutely captivating. Sano puts a lot of minute detail into illustrating the characters, and he gets so creative with the panels (especially in this volume). Overall, I think the series has a pretty good foundation for what it's got going so far, and I'm excited to read more.