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 "A song with really dark lyrics, but a melody that's so happy that you want to dance to it." - Hayashida Q (The Author) Dorohedoro is a serialized Seinen manga written by Hayashida Q; first published by Monthly Ikki in 2000, before it was transferred to Hibana in 2015, then to Monthly Shounen Sunday in 2017. It in fact just finished last week. The story is about an amnesiac with a transfigured lizard's head, who goes about searching for his lost memories by chomping on people's heads in an steampunk magic hellscape in which much of the cast are anti-villains. Dorohedoro is fully translated (with the exception of the very last few chapters as of Sept 2018) with 23 volumes total. I intend to go through this series again now that it's finished. I hope you all join me.  KEY NOTES OF THREAD 1. I was absolutely amazed by this series when I picked it up 3 years ago, so I want to share it all with you. 2. I will not lie to you folks: It's been a few years since I've read this. My memory of the chapters is currently sketchy; something I'd like to rectify. 3. I am always open to ideas on how to proceed with this read-through, 4. This serialization has strong violence, heavy gore, body-horror, nudity, drug abuse, magic abuse and Satanism. This is a  manga. Viewer discretion is advised.5. Anything past Volume 5 (chapter 30) must be spoiler tagged. The let's read hasn't started yet after all. 6. If an anime is announced I will scream and writhe on the floor; it is my most anticipated anime adaptation save for a Dune series. 7. Eat some Gyoza you scrubs. 8. AN ANIME HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED TIME TO GO APESHIT 9. AND IT LOOKS GREAT 
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Sep 21, 2018 00:55
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Grouchio posted:6. If an anime is announced I will scream and writhe on the floor; it is my most anticipated anime adaptation save for a Dune series. if there is an anime adaptation of the original Dune then I will scream and writhe on the floor on your behalf if you want to do it too then we’ll do it together quote:7. Eat some Gyoza you scrubs. If I ever make home made gyoza from scratch then I hope to share it with all of you
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Sep 21, 2018 01:01
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I think you mean pot stickers HEH i considered rereading this to better follow the plot but i think i would be just as befuddled
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Sep 21, 2018 04:34
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Wizards and Lizardmen and Chefs do action at each other. Sometimes they have reasons. It's a good series. Could use more mushrooms though.
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Sep 21, 2018 13:54
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An anime of this would require such a ludicrous budget I don't think it could ever be made nowadays in a satisfactory manner.
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Sep 21, 2018 14:26
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I'm going to set up a Schedule for this Let's Read (Volume by Volume) sometime tonight or tomorrow.
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Sep 24, 2018 03:11
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Dorohedoro is the only manga I’ve had to read multiple times because I forget the plot each time, so many twists and turns
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Sep 24, 2018 16:46
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akira and dorohedoro are my favourite
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Sep 25, 2018 02:08
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGGMS9ko_ac
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Sep 25, 2018 02:09
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everyone has motivations, but kaiman has many faces
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Sep 25, 2018 02:11
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sorry to spam the thread, but you have to be a nasty person to like dorohedoro
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Sep 25, 2018 02:22
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When I first picked up this manga I was blown away but it seems like it should have ended at least ten volumes sooner gently caress time travel
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Sep 25, 2018 02:40
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS7X5nuvjHo
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Sep 25, 2018 05:07
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no spoilers dude
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Sep 25, 2018 05:28
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Never before have I read a manga where every single charcter was at the same time an extremely good child who would never hurt a hair on a fly's head but also a brutal killer with a two-digit bodycount.
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Sep 25, 2018 14:56
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So, since I haven't seen this fun thing mentioned: if you want to add to the whole Dorohedoro reading experience you can fire up the Doroheoro OST, which was apparently the product of Q-Hayashida herself hitting up a bunch of bandcamp artists to put together a pretty intense album. A lot of breakcore and atmospheric, industrial-hellsounds going on. I dig it. Personal favorites: Eating food and fighting Wizards by poo poo Wife! Enter the Hole by NAH! The Hole by Ghengis! I will forever find the notion of an author going out and getting their comic an OST hilarious and amazing.
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Sep 25, 2018 18:34
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I can't imagine a Dorohedoro anime actually working; seems like it'd be hard to get the art right. Dorohedoro is unquestionably my favorite fantasy/sci-fi manga/comic. I really like how the setting is genuinely completely unique, rather than something partially based off typical Tolkien-esque fantasy tropes.
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Sep 25, 2018 20:54
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Yeah easily the best thing about Dorohedoro is the setting. It's completely wild and the author just throws you right in.
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Sep 26, 2018 01:24
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I'm totally in. I also thought in doing a read-along, too. In my case, I read like, the first 14 volumes, and then stopped, I was waiting for the series to finish. And it's finally finished! But as at this point I don't remember well what I read, after all these years, I will re-read from zero.
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Turin Turambar posted:I'm totally in. I also thought in doing a read-along, too. it doesn't make sense even if you re-read it, it's always full bore crazy and even most of the characters don't know what's going on lol
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Sep 27, 2018 00:49
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hail chidaruma
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Sep 27, 2018 00:51
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If i recall correctly, the last time i read it i could basically follow what was happening and most of the loose ends got wrapped up, its just that the way they got wrapped up was bizarre and insane. I suspect that up to a certain point hayashida q was just making everything up as she went along, and while she eventually figured out a way to tie everything together, there was no way to do so that wasnt incredibly convoluted.
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Sep 27, 2018 02:04
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halleys comet posted:If i recall correctly, the last time i read it i could basically follow what was happening and most of the loose ends got wrapped up, its just that the way they got wrapped up was bizarre and insane. I suspect that up to a certain point hayashida q was just making everything up as she went along, and while she eventually figured out a way to tie everything together, there was no way to do so that wasnt incredibly convoluted. 
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Sep 27, 2018 02:25
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Sep 27, 2018 02:38
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Its one of the greatest mangas ever made regardless.
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Sep 27, 2018 04:25
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you know you've got something special when you make characters who are ridiculously brutal, violent murderers but everyone's just absolutely enamored by how cute they are together I am of course referring to noi and shin bonus points for noi being built like a brick shithouse and actually being the muscle of the pair
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Sep 27, 2018 10:01
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Apparently the final chapters are taking some time to be translated (like, they won’t be done for months) so read slowly if you’re planning on finishing it all in one go
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Sep 27, 2018 16:34
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Chidaruma is one of the best characters is all of manga
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Sep 27, 2018 17:51
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Okay so I'm going to put some structure into this and present a proposal: For all newcomers and veterans of this series, we're going to do Two Volumes a Week. (And yes the Bonus Curses too!) LET'S READ DOROHEDORO Week 1: Curse 1 - 11 Week 2: Curse 12 - 23 Week 3: Curse 24 - 36 Week 4: Curse 37 - 49 Week 5: Curse 50 - 60 Week 6: Curse 61 - 73 Week 7: Curse 74 - 85 Week 8: Curse 86 - 93 Week 9: Curse 94 - 102 Week 10: Curse 102 - 109 Week 11: Curse 110 - 117 Week 12: Curse 118 - 127 Week 13: Curse 128 - 137 Week 14: Curse 138 - 147 Week 15: Curse 148 - 156 Week 16: Curse 157 -166 Week 17: Final Curse 167 As for when we start, gimme a minute. Which day of week works best? Sundays? Listen to this while reading this post Grouchio fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Sep 28, 2018 |
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Sep 27, 2018 18:23
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Asking people to read only one volume a week is asking a lot.
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Sep 27, 2018 18:54
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I should finish up my current book (Malazan book 8) on the weekend, so I could start next week, yeah.
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Sep 27, 2018 19:51
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IShallRiseAgain posted:Asking people to read only one volume a week is asking a lot. Yeah, and two a week would put us on schedule to wrap up around when the final chapters are translated in December
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Sep 28, 2018 05:39
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I changed it to two volumes a week. (Except for the last few volumes; they have ten chapters each)
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Sep 28, 2018 05:48
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Ebisu is the best character
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Sep 28, 2018 20:22
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Polikarpov posted:Ebisu is the best character it's her fault everything happened lol, she's almost as rad as chidaruma and should probably be a devil at this point SmokaDustbowl fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Sep 29, 2018 |
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Sep 29, 2018 01:04
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SmokaDustbowl posted:no spoilers dude *splosh sploosh*
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Pierson posted:Never before have I read a manga where every single charcter was at the same time an extremely good child who would never hurt a hair on a fly's head but also a brutal killer with a two-digit bodycount.
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Shocking!
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