極楽街 1 [Gokurakugai 1]

極楽街 [Gokurakugai] #1

by Yuto Sano, 佐乃夕斗

華やかな賑わいと深い闇が交錯する下町・極楽街――。この秩序なき街で“問題解決屋（トラブルシューター）”を営むタオとアルマ。2人の前に、失踪した獣人の友達を探す少年が現れる。跡を絶たない行方不明者と、動物たちの変死体――街を闇が覆う逢魔が時、“解決屋”の別の顔が顕になる!!　人を襲い食らう異形を滅する超スケール活劇（アクション）、開幕!!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Action, Comics, Horror, Supernatural, Graphic Novels

181 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 4, 2022

About the author

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

Reviews

[Coralie • spellboundchapters · Rating 4 out of 5]

very rude of tao to not have made me her bitch yet

[thi · Rating 4 out of 5]

ms tao give me one chance

[daph pink ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why is this a one-shot deal? Chef kiss the story's progression and character growth. Amazing, incredible.

[Ricarda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a little surprised at how much I liked this first volume. The main character is precious, the character design is SO good and the story is interesting as well. Can't wait for more!

[Igel :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

-The art is amazing
- I love the character designs
-The story is interesting (although not the most special one I've ever seen)
-Tao is so hot

[灰 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I want my lungs to suffer from inhaling in all of Ms. Tao’s cigarette smoke. I WILL BE YOUR ASH TRAY 🧎🏾‍♀️🧎🏾‍♀️🧎🏾‍♀️🧎🏾‍♀️

[hannah⁷ · Rating 5 out of 5]

hello this was so fun I can’t wait to keep reading this

[G_occasionally_reads (semi-hiatus cause vacay) · Rating 4 out of 5]

TAO IS MY RIDE OF DIE FOREVER 💗

May I interest you in:
🔪 another fantasy shonen manga (the story is nothing special or out of the ordinary, but it is quite enjoyable)
🔪 action + monsters
🔪 Tao, aka the hot, powerful and skilled lady MC 🥵
🔪 Tao and Alma's sibling-kind-of relation 🥹
🔪 great illustrations

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

No me dice nada nuevo. Muy básico.

[Rodrigo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bueno esta bien, ameno pero poco mas, de momento bastante simple, habrá que ver si va evolucionando la historia.
Buen dibujo y personajes principales con buena presencia.
Valoración: 6/10
Sinopsis: ¡Los solucionadores de problemas de Gokurakugai están abiertos al público! En una ciudad decadente sin ley ni orden, Tao y Alma aceptan trabajo de clientes de todos los credos y culturas, y siempre están listos para impartir justicia contra los monstruos hambrientos de humanos que acechan en las sombras. Aceptarán cualquier caso, ¡siempre que el precio sea razonable!

Nunca falta el crimen en la ciudad, y un joven que busca a su amigo hombre bestia es solo otra entrada en una larga lista de informes de personas desaparecidas. Sin embargo, Tao y Alma se dan cuenta de que son los únicos capaces de resolver este caso y destruir a los feroces monstruos que acechan en cada esquina.

[Nicilaui · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first volume kicks off with an interesting start so I‘m hooked. I like all characters designs so far, especially Tao’s and Alma’s. I think the dynamic between the two is unique and I'm looking forward to more. Otherwise you can draw a lot of parallels to Chainsaw Man or JJK, but I don't think that's a bad thing. I'm really excited to see how the topic of "demons" is dealt with in this Manga and which organisations and actors may come into play.

[Lauren Lanz · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m surprised how much I already love these characters after just one volume. The art is beautiful, and the dynamic between Ms. Tao and Alma as well as their individual personalities are really fun.

The plot is pretty reminiscent of Chainsaw Man, but Gokarakugai stands out nonetheless because of how quickly it establishes solid side characters and their backstories. I became attached to all of the people Ms. Tao and Alma helped within only a few pages, adoring Yuki and Luka’s sweet bond of friendship, and immediately sympathizing with Isato’s family tragedy. I’m already hooked to the main cast, and knowing that the author is able to make me care for side character so effortlessly, I’m really eager to continue this manga!

[Kasha Michiels · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's been a while since i got so excited after reading a first volume. I absolutely love the story! The characters are so intriguing and the art is very pretty!

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars

This was a fun series starter. Alma is very likeable, and Tao is very hot. This particular volume was basically just a basic set up introducing the world and characters, and I'm interested enough to pick up another volume.

[Frédéric · Rating 3 out of 5]

This title has just been published in France after a major advertising campaign and I have to admit I bought it on the basis of its above-average design.

After that, if I'm honest, it's really only the artwork that's above average. After this first episode the series seems very generic. The characters are immediately endearing, as stereotypes can be: Alma is cool, fun and a bit silly but powerful, while Tao is the pure ice queen, jaded but super badass. The threat posed by the magas seem quite innocuous at the moment, and the future revelation of hints of secrets slipped in here and there probably won't make me fall off my chair.

In short, it's certainly not the manga of the year, but the characters are cool, the action is well-paced and the drawings are beautiful. It's not so bad after all.

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

3.5 stars

short and cute ^^ RTC mb

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was fun. I’m not rushing to grab the next volume but I could definitely see using the library to grab more volumes next time I want a supernatural adventure sort of anime. I enjoyed this quite a bit.

[cey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hear me out Tao and Yomi..
The Art Style >>

[Sophia Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOVE THE ART STYLE OMG. love the characters alma MY LOVE MY DARLING and tao…. i need them both PLEASE! really enjoying the plot and the actions … overall can’t wait to see more of this series

[Ezgi T · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m very biased about 極楽街 because ‘Alma’ looks like a character I really like, and honestly that’s the main reason I picked this one up. Whoever invented “the red-haired, blue-eyed, crazy but also heart of gold guy”, thank you for your service to the world.

I generally don’t read shounen manga (in the rare occasion that I do read manga) but here we are . . . The art is really pretty and the story kept me interested throughout the volume. I’m definitely looking forward to reading the next volume once it releases.

[Ștefi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sister Tao give me one chance I can make you happy

[achilles · Rating 4 out of 5]

it was honestly fun and has characters i wanna learn more about 🥹 let's see how things go

[Erika Sarutobi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little rough around the edges, but the art style is crazy good.

[Catharina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tao is fanservice for a specific demographics and it's me, I'm the demographics. She can kick me in the face and I'll say thank you.
Jokes aside, I was kicking my feet the whole time. This was so much fun. The art is utterly gorgeous and the hotness of the characters is illegal. Ate this all up like Alma the matcha bisquits.

[bea 🪴]

okay shonen is so back even with the first volume the art is so fucking cool and the premise????? yeah this is definitely excellent we love a half human half demon main character with his pretty mentor and found family (potentially i just be yapping)

[Marureviere · Rating 4 out of 5]

EDIT: It's officially getting serialized!!!!!!! 🥳🥳🥳 First chapter out next month! (07/07/22)



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I want Tao to crack my spine like a glowstick, break my bones, and step on my throat in the most degrading way possible I am nothing but an object for her.

[Cade · Rating 4 out of 5]

it’s basically just chainsaw man x gintama but that’s not exactly a bad thing

[Agnese Rosengren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un primo volume spettacolare. I disegni sono pazzeschi e la trama davvero intrigante, i combattimenti sono gestiti benissimo e ci sono stati dei momenti in cui ho rischiato di perdere i polmoni per le troppe risate.
Non do punteggio pieno solo perché è stato sì un inizio pazzesco, ma sento che non siamo ancora entrati nel vivo della storia.
Questi primi tre capitoli sono stati soprattutto introduttivi e hanno svolto al meglio il loro dovere, quindi ora voglio capire se rimarrò sulla scia delle quattro stelle o darò punteggio pieno coi prossimi volumi.

P.S.: Alma è il mio spirito guida, non c'è altra spiegazione.

[mikaela (spinebreaker) · Rating 3 out of 5]

If I had even half an idea what was going on in this world maybe it would be 4, but I do not lol. Also, I don't really like that the art style goes sketch mode during fight scenes. I do love the characters, though, and I can see myself reading more of this after that cliffhanger

[Percy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I rlly fw the character designs, and the plot gives me the vibe of both BSD and Sherlock Holmes stories (mostly with how it is paced and how the chapters are constructed), I initially struggled to engage with the it but once it got going I was having a blast p(^-^)q