Shun Uruma is a high school student being targeted by 4 bullies and their psychopathic leader that wants to perform cruel psychological experiments to drive other kids to suicide by finding creative ways of mentally and emotionally torturing them. One day the kids take their nasty games too far and get people close to Shun killed right in front of him. After the law fails to bring these five killers to justice, Shun trains himself under the guidance of his grandfather who served in the military and knows all the techniques of how to murder and dismember without being caught.
Juujika no Rokunin is one of those gory extreme horror manga that are so over-the-top edgy, brutal and sometimes flat out stupid, that it’s actually kind of great in its own right. It’s like Dexter on cocaine with the brutality of Saw and Hostel. It’s full of baffling moments that often throw logic and reason straight out the window, but it does manage to be genuinely thrilling, shocking and entertaining with how extreme and whacky it gets.
Urumua is also a surprisingly compelling protagonist. He does some really horrible things and spirals down an immoral dark path, but he never fully loses his compassion for others, his loyalty to his family, as well as the urge to be kind and protective to innocent people. You can’t help but root for him, even though he’s seriously screwed up in the head beyond redemption. The villains are also such monumental assholes that it can be nice to see them get their just deserts.
My only true complaint about this series is that it relies too heavily on sexual violence towards women as a repetitive means of shallow shock value. I could forgive it if it was only a one time instance, but almost every single female character in this story exists just to be assaulted, kidnapped or held hostage to give the main character motivation to kill evil men. It can get tasteless and detrimental real quick, especially since the author has proven that they’re capable of coming up with significantly more creative scenarios that could be so much better in the grand scheme of things.
In some ways, Juujika no Rokunin falls into the ‘so bad it’s kinda brilliant’ category of horror thrillers. That being said, it has some really solid moments once in a while that had me on the edge of my seat in suspense. I have my criticisms, but I found myself enjoying it more often than I found myself disliking it. The sheer malice between the main protagonist and the main antagonist is ruthless and makes things constantly exciting.
The story written by Shiryu Nakataje, presents an interesting story of revenge, that engages the reader to keep track on the story. Its psychological and physical tortures are so well explained and executed that it gaved me goosebumps when I was reading. So far so good, until everything turned down at the final parts of the story. I hope it turns good to uruma. This one of my favorites mangas at the moment.
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şu yaşa gelene kadar bir sürü hasta şey okuyup, izlemişimdir ama 6. ciltteki şu taş kağıt makas oyununu ve şerefsiz Kyou Shigoku'yu sanırım asla unutmayacağım. aynı zamanda 5. cildin sonundan, 6. cilde olayın sıradan bir intikam hikayesinden çok daha "deneysel" bir konu olduğunu anlamaya başlıyoruz ki bu da hoş bir sürpriz oldu.
Nunca defrauda me ha sorprendido demasiado , el problema es que ahora toca esperar por qué está en emisión, pensé que terminaria ya el manga pero al final salió todo mal y parece que aún queda para rato... Al final la venganza es un plato que se sirve frío, no importa cuántos años tengan que pasar, pues es mejor mientras más demorado sea
Te veel gore. Spijt eigenlijk van zoveel gelezen te hebben. Een goede revenge story maar het was meer een tutorial hoe je mensen martelt (reden dat ik verder heb gelezen).