Hell's Paradise, 2

地獄楽 [Jigokuraku] #2

by Yūji Kaku

Tras un peligroso ataque por parte de los aberrantes seres de la isla, Gabimaru y Sagiri deciden hacer equipo con la kunoichi Yuzuriha y sus guardianes, Genji y Senta. No obstante, los monstruos no son la única amenaza que acecha: Rokurota, gigante poseedor de una fuerza inmensa, los ataca repentinamente y los somete con facilidad. En esta situación desesperada, Gabimaru idea un plan que consiste en utilizar el terreno a su favor, pero es sumamente arriesgado. ¿Podrán sobrevivir a esta sangrienta batalla?

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Historical Fiction, Comics, Adventure

208 pages, Paperback

First published June 4, 2018

About the author

Yūji Kaku ( 賀来ゆうじ, Kaku Yūji) is a Japanese mangaka.

Reviews

[Krysta ꕤ · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ☆

adding Gabimaru to my roster of white haired anime/manga characters that im collecting like Pokémon cards

[Han · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sagiri!!!! Women just do it better!

Again the visuals are just stunning (yes they are gory too, but wow)!

[Benjamin Uke · Rating 3 out of 5]

The charecters arrive on mysterious island, with fantastically creepy imagery. The beginning of the first volume had me worried the series was going to be a waste of time, fortunately characters are interesting, along with getting hurt and hitting limits. Using the same solution for every problem is just bad writing.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely hoping this series stays this solid. I'm enjoying the mystery of the island, as well as the creepy imagery that permeates it. The main characters are pretty good as well and the fact that they are getting hurt and hitting limits makes me pretty happy since they have to think and not just brute strength everything.

[Mahdiye HajiHosseini · Rating 4 out of 5]

ریویو نوشتن براش سخته.
داستان خیلی جذابه، آرت خیلی زیباست. اما یه عالمه شخصیت داره، آرت شلوغه، زیاد حرف میزنن، یه عالمه صحنه رندم اون وسط میاد و نه تنها شخصیتا که حتی راوی هم قابل‌اعتماد نیست و اینا همه باعث میشن کار سختی باشه خوندنش. اما در نهایت لذت بخشه.
به نظر میاد داستان اصلی اینجا شروع بشه، تا قبل از این فاز گنگ بودن جزیره بود و مثل اینکه بالاخره قراره با هرمیت‌ها یه کم جواب هم بگیریم.
پ.ن. چقدر خوشحالم انگوئینگ نیست.

[laura]

SAGIRI GIRLBOSS

[library ghost (farheen) · Rating 3 out of 5]

(3.5) what can i say i am sucker for strong women

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Yo soy mi propio dios"

Aza Chôbei se ha unido a mi lista de husbandos.

Me está gustando bastante el concepto algo novedoso de este manga y el rumbo que va tomando la trama. El autor ha conseguido que el "paraíso" me intrigue y me fascine. Los personajes variopintos, cada uno con sus metas, pasados e ideales, también se agradacen y no me quejo del dibujo.
Estoy deseando seguir esta serie y conocer más a los criminales y a sus verdugos.

[Dark River]

This shit is so good I can't 😍

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hell's Paradise continues to be weird, strange, very violent, and yet I can't stop reading.

While maybe not as good as volume 1 the high energy this manga gives off is undeniable. The vicious fights both our Ninja/Samurai warrior have to go through to survive is great. Not to mention the sad but solid ending to a foe who might not have been so bad despite his actions. We also see a little "fuck you this is my own destiny" here. Though I have a feeling if this was in a marvel comic people would be claiming this writer is SJW for putting in the fact a Woman stands up to a man for telling her she's nothing more than a woman and her destiny is to breed and not fight. But you know, the online is filled with losers anyway.

Still this is a fun volume with brutal fights and plenty of plot progression for other characters. Even a psycho pair of twins. I'm excited to see where we go next.

[Chase Guard · Rating 5 out of 5]

There was some strong women energy in this volume and I was completely for it. This story is is very interesting as the world around them continues to develop with each chapter. Every volume has several new characters that get introduced and help create this bigger picture of not just the story but the world around them as well. Gabimaru and Sagiri are an amazing duo and it was really cool to see Sagiri come out of her shell in the ways that she did - standing up for herself and following through with her Samurai code. Volume 2 was great and definitely raised some eye brows as they began transitioning into volume 3.

[Matty Dub · Rating 4 out of 5]

On par with v.1

The story and action sequences are fun. The art for the most part is great. Some character’s gender is impossible to make out until it’s spelled out.

Fun monster book, closer in tone to Image’s Manifest Destiny than it is to Blade of the Immortal.

[vanni · Rating 3 out of 5]

uhm yeah the way they write women ain't it

[Umairah (Sereadipity)]

I LOVE SAGIRI SO MUCH! It's so interesting how she is carving her own way outside of the expectations society places on women and following the 'middle path'. I loved it when she said, "Turn your emotions into intensity and power, all while maintaining rationality and not losing sight. What drives me is neither rage not calm... It's the space between!"

Sagiri really is a character that embodies the idea of 'the space between'. She is full of warmth yet cold as ice, she is emotional yet ruthless, she is afraid yet full of courage. I love the way she accepts her inner contradictions to become even stronger.

Both Sagiri and Gabimaru's wife (we don't know her name yet?) are different examples of women choosing their own paths outside of what was expected of them. I like the way they both show different types of strength.

"I want to live my life on my own terms... That is all I ask. And I believe that is something all people desire, no matter their gender or even their status. The desire to decide one's way of life is a basic emotion shared by all of humanity, is it not?"

Even more interesting, is the way Sagiri is similar to the island itself. The island is also a 'space between'. Not quite heaven but not quite hell, a blend of Buddhist and Taoist influences and containing monsters that are "too surreal to be seen as natural entities, and too artificial to be seen as divine apparitions".

I find this manga so interesting and I can't wait to see what will happen next!

[Jessica ❀ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Omg Sagiri, yessssss, embrace both sides! Ugh I love her. The island is getting more and more mysterious with that last chapter and I am definitely intrigued.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

definitely going continue this series, I am starting to like it more and more!

[Hal · Rating 2 out of 5]

arc provided by the publisher and netgalley in exchange for an honest review

I wasn’t sure if I was going to continue with this series after volume 1 but I got my hands on this one so I thought I would give it a try.

My overall feelings are pretty much the same as book one. The plot is sort of interesting but relatively slow, the monsters are creepy and some of the characters are likeable while others were just irritating.

There’s also a really weird scene with one of the characters being naked and I’m pretty sure they’re a minor so I didn’t like seeing that.

I most likely won’t be continuing on with this series.

2/5 ⭐️


tw: death, gore, nudity, violence

[hiba · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

sagiri navigating her self-doubts and finding her own path and conviction, we love to see it!! also i hope this is the start of a real partnership between her and gabimaru.

(could've done without the pointless nude shots of 17-year-old sagiri and 12-year-old nurugai though).

[skye (cardan’s ver.) ꩜ .ᐟ [hiatus] · Rating 3 out of 5]

sagiri’s my babe 🫡

[Ondřej Halíř · Rating 5 out of 5]

Že by nejlepší nová manga série ? Ani je tomu tak, HELLS PARADISE, je skvela zanrovka o tom jak obzalovani zabijaci musi pod dohledem Samurajů oro jednoho buržousta najít na nově objeveném ostrově (ktery udajne má být ráj) najít elixír nesmrtelnosti. Samozřejmě ostrov není nijak přátelský, ba naopak.

Postavy tu jsou sympatické a skvěle je i příběh doprovází kresba, která je krásně šmrnclá stylem Junji Ita. Pokud chcete dát sanci aspon jedne novejsi manga serii, tak vyberte tuhle.

Btw: Druhej dil je jeste lepsi jak jednicka.

[Yuri · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I appreciate how the author approached gender roles through a length of life choices(made by your or to you), it’s very bothersome the fact that every single one of the female characters are hypersexualize or putted in a sexual setting. It doesn’t make it uncomfortable because this story is also very horny but, for me, the “gender message” kinda gets weakened. It’s almost as these characters want to be more but the author doesn’t allow them to. Maybe I’m making an overstatement here(due to this being the vol.2 out of 13)but who knows, everything can change.

[rye · Rating 5 out of 5]

“No distinction between man and woman, strength and weakness. You accept both opposing forces within you. Taking the middle way… such is your conviction, yes?”

aaaaah. Okay this is only volume 2 but I’m really digging the art and the story so far. I love the mystery of the island and the different monsters that have been shown so far. To compare it to something else, it has similar vibes to annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer but it’s a group of criminals and samurai instead of scientists going into an unknown region.

[Ibu-Chan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me gusta como el peso de la historia está repartido entre Gabimaru y Sagiri. Ambos son los protagonistas, hacen avanzar la historia y además tienen personalidades muy distintas, fuerzas muy diferentes. Creo que la unión de esos personajes va ayudar al otro a evolucionar y la historia será mucho mejor.

Creo que para ser el segundo tomo la historia está bastante completa y ya tenemos muchas incógnitas sobre la mesa.

[Claudio Rodrigo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you so much to Netgalley for providing this e-arc!

I previously read the first volume through the same publisher so kudos to them for providing these wonderful books. I once again like it very much. The theological side of it intrigues me. Although the pace is somewhat moving in a strange way. AS strange as the island the're in i must say.

[rai · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,75/5

"One should be free to choose one's own life whether man or woman."

more chapters, more actions! love to see some girlboss energy in this chapter, but god they keep introducing new characters i just can't keep up with their names and their background stories so i had to reread some chapters. The mystery of the island is growing deeper and seems so interesting, i was so curious about the village there.

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me está gustando como se van desarrollando los personajes, las situaciones y amenazas a las que se van enfrentando... Cada vez se van descubriendo más detalles interesantes, tanto de los personajes como de la isla tan extraña en la que deben buscar ese elixir.

[Minnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weitere Charaktere sind vorgestellt worden und die Insel ist wunderbar skurril und mysteriös. Der Zeichner schreckt nicht vor Gore und Tod zurück und ich liebe den Zeichenstil. Ich kann es kaum erwarten die Reihe weiterzulesen.

[Aleja Uribe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bueno, ya vamos viendo mejor cuál es el problema al que se enfrentan nuestros personajes, hay personajes que tienen potencial, vamos a ver cómo se desarrolla esto. Aunque si bien está interesante, aún no me meto de lleno en la historia!

[Christine · Rating 2 out of 5]

A ton of repetitive action but didn’t feel like we got much character development or that anything was meaningful. Won’t be continuing this.
And of course the continued unneeded female nudity and portraying majority of female characters as trying to use sex to control and destroy men, without giving them any personality to make it more than a cliche trope.

[Fabio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sempre su altissimi livelli, come il primo volume.