History Manga / Dorohedoro

''Dorohedoro'' is a {{Seinen}} series created by Hayashida Q and originally published in ''Monthly Ikki'', a magazine specializing in underground or alternative manga, moving to ''Hibana'' in 2015 after ''Ikki'' ceased publication. Described by the creator as being like "[[LyricalDissonance a song with really dark lyrics, but a melody that's so happy that you want to dance to it]]," it manages a delicate balance of [[{{Gorn}} gratuitous amounts of gore]], [[FanService a fondness for displaying the random boobie or two]], [[BlackComedy and a stark-black sense of humour]].

** Shin reassures Noi that he will stay in the sorcerer's world for the rest of his life and the same would go for the two's partnership.
** Fujita is finally able to let go of his friend's death and is looking forward to becoming official partners with Ebisu. The same could be said to Ebisu as she is seen buying him a(very silly-looking)new pair of shoes in replacement for the funeral shoes he's been wearing for the entire series.
** En is brainwashed by Shou into forgetting Nikaido, likely as a favor to Kaiman for saving them all, meaning Nikaido will live on without getting forced into a partnership she hates (It turns out later that the spell wears off since En keeps getting triggered into remembering Nikado, but then Asu informs him that Nikaido can't use magic anymore and En promptly drops her for good to the relief of the family).
** On top of this, Shin realizes that Kaiman and the Cross-Eyes Boss are two different people, and lets him off the hook for all the trouble his alternate selves have caused since he now owes Kaiman his life.
** The two remaining Cross Eyes officers are given mercy by Kaiman, who worldlessly gives them a gift of Noi's healing smoke in a gesture that simultaneously fulfills his obligation to them as the Boss and ends his involvement with them, to the betterment of both parties (though he still regularly runs into them later as coworkers for Nikado's Hungry bug).
** Chidaruma is forced to live a life as a human as punishment for losing his game [[note]]And [[UncertainDoom maybe]] dies, which arguably is the ideal outcome for everyone else[[/note]]
** Risu and Asu decide to take the exam to become Devils together.
** Professor Katsukabe returns to Hole and reunites with Jonhson, but keeps in touch with his ex-wife Haru
** The residents of Hole manage to set up a religion to Hole-kun and make a monument out of his corpse- while this sounds gruesome, his bones still have the debilitating effects of the rain, and will thus cause any magic user to pass out in pain. This means that the people of Hole finally have a defense against rogue magic users and the era of "Magic Practice" has finally ended after millions of years.
** Lastly, Nikaido reopened the Hungry Bug with Kaiman working for her, just as she wanted to.]]

* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:Nikaido, upon being made to join En's family. Once again when she starts turning into a devil as well.]]

** Kikurage is called Judas's Ear.

* ChekhovsGun: In a bonus chapter, Shin is plagued with a feeling like he's constantly being watched and goes to view his devil friend's concert with the intention of asking for his help afterwards. It turns out that he was cursed by a magic user and a devil's song breaks curses. Later, [[spoiler: Risu's Curse is about to attack Kai when Haru unknowingly breaks into song and scares him off, inadvertently saving Kai.]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Just about everyone who's still alive by the end receives a happy ending. En's Family all get revived and make it through the mess with Noi, Shin, Fujita and Ebisu being able to move on with their lives. Shin reassures Noi that he will stay in the sorcerer's world forever. Fujita is finally able to let go of his friend's death and is looking forward to becoming official partners with Ebisu. En is brainwashed by Shou into forgetting Nikaido, likely as a favor to Kaiman for saving them all, meaning Nikaido will live on without getting forced into a partnership she hates (It turns out later that the spell wears off since En keeps getting triggered into remembering Nikado, but then Asu informs him that Nikaido can't use magic anymore and En promptly drops her for good). On top of this, Shin realizes that Kaiman and the Cross-Eyes Boss are two different people, and lets him off the hook for all the trouble his alternate selves have caused since he now owes Kaiman his life. The two remaining Cross Eyes officers are given mercy by Kaiman, who worldlessly gives them a gift of Noi's healing smoke in a gesture that simultaneously fulfills his obligation to them as the Boss and ends his involvement with them, to the betterment of both parties (though he still runs into them later as coworkers for Nikado's Hungry bug). Chidaruma is forced to live a life as a human as punishment for losing his game [[note]]And [[UncertainDoom maybe]] dies, which arguably is the ideal outcome for everyone else[[/note]], and Risu and Asu decide to take the exam to become Devils together. The residents of Hole manage to set up a religion to Hole-kun and make a monument out of his corpse- while this sounds gruesome, his bones still have the debilitating effects of the rain, and will thus cause any magic user to pass out in pain. This means that the people of Hole finally have a defense against rogue magic users and the era of "Magic Practice" has finally ended after millions of years. Lastly, Nikaido reopened the Hungry Bug with Kaiman working with her, just as she wanted to.]]

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: It's pretty obvious that Kaiman and Nikaido, and Shin and Noi don't want to confess their feelings for each other, leading to many ShesNotMyGirlfriend moments.

* GagBoobs: [[ACupAngst Ebisu]] orders a pair of these along with an outfit in order to compete with [[BoobsOfSteel Noi.]]

* KilledOffForReal: Thanks to Kikurage's ability, this trope rarely happen. But it still has limitation. Basically anyone too damaged or rotted away for Kikurage to heal [[spoiler: like Matsumura]], although Noi can "freshen up" the body back to suitability [[spoiler: like Risu's mummified head and En]].

** Masks are a status symbol in the magic-users' world. If you prove your magical skill to a demon, it will make a mask for you. Those with lesser powers emulate this with home-made masks, such as Ebisu and Fujita.

* NoRomanticResolution: Though there is plenty of ShipTease between Kaiman and Nikaido and Noi and Shin respectively, [[spoiler:neither of the pairs end the manga as a romantic couple.]]

* PacManFever: A bizarre aversion happens in the third ending of the anime. It showcases a parody of a cross between ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' (the level design) and ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' (the HUD) with En as the "player" and using shrooms as his weapons. The "gameplay" shown is ''very'', convincing to the point a unsuspecting viewer might think it's a real [[GameMod custom Doom wad]], given the rather faithful "graphics" and "gameplay" compared to the original game.

* PowerCopying: Ai. In possibly [[CannibalismSuperPower the most horrifying manner imaginable]].

* PunyHumans: Haru thinks of humans this way.

* TheReveal: Why rain weakens magic users, why the victims of magic users rise as zombies, and what exactly is going on with the Cross-Eyes' leader: [[spoiler: According to Ai's "ghost", it's collected rage of the human victims of magic users that congealed at the bottom of the pit. It went into him and now its goal is to kill all magic users, even non-magical ones like the Cross-Eyes.]]

* TokenMiniMoe: Ebisu. Though, her actual age is never mentioned, so she may simply be flat chested.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Just about everyone who's still alive by the end receives a happy ending. En's Family all get revived and make it through the mess, with Noi, Shin, Fujita and Ebisu being able to move on with their lives. En is brainwashed by Shou into forgetting Nikaido, likely as a favor to Kaiman for saving them all, meaning Nikaido will live on without getting forced into a partnership she hates. On top of this, Shin realizes that Kaiman and the Cross-Eyes Boss are two different people, and lets him off the hook for all the trouble his alternate selves have caused since he now owes Kaiman his life. The remaining Cross Eyes are given mercy by Kaiman, who worldlessly gives them a gift of Noi's healing smoke in a gesture that simultaneously fulfils his obligation to them as Boss and ends his involvement with them, to the betterment of both parties. Chidaruma is forced to live a life as a human as punishment for losing his game [[note]]And [[UncertainDoom maybe]] dies, which arguably is the ideal outcome for everyone else[[/note]], and Risu and Asu decide to take the exam to become Devils together. The residents of Hole manage to set up a religion to Hole-kun and make a monument out of his corpse- while this sounds gruesome, his bones still have the debilitating effects of the rain, and will thus cause any magic user to pass out in pain. This means that the people of Hole finally have a defense against rogue magic users and the era of "Magic Practice" has finally ended after millions of years. Lastly, Nikaido reopened the Hungry Bug with Kaiman working with her, just as she wanted to magic training.]]

''Dorohedoro'' is a {{Seinen}} series created by Hayashida Q and originally published in ''Monthly Ikki'', a magazine specializing in underground or alternative manga. As of 2015, it has been published in ''Hibana'' since ''Ikki'' ceased publication. Described by the creator as being like "[[LyricalDissonance a song with really dark lyrics, but a melody that's so happy that you want to dance to it]]," it manages a delicate balance of [[{{Gorn}} gratuitous amounts of gore]], [[FanService a fondness for displaying the random boobie or two]], [[BlackComedy and a stark-black sense of humour]].

* MegaManning: Ai. In possibly [[CannibalismSuperPower the most horrifying manner imaginable]].

* SupremeChef: Turkey. His recipe for clones is ''delicious''.
* Nikaido during [[spoiler:her transformation into a demon]], whose gyozas send everyone into a frenzy for more.

* TheCaligula: Kai. Erratic, homicidal and prone to [[SplitPersonality switching personalities]], he takes to sending his men out to collect the heads of as many Magic Users as possible. Which he uses to [[spoiler: create and [[OneWingedAngel fuse with]] some sort of [[BodyHorror flesh monster]]]] for no apparent sane reason.

* MediumBlending: Mostly 3D animated, with some sequences and effects done in 2D.

** We learn very early in the story that [[spoiler: the Cross Eyes boss orders his men to fetch him every possible magic user corpse to study them and become stronger]] and, in several other occasions, that [[spoiler: magic users gets their magic from a little devil-shaped tumor in their brain, from which the smoke is produced]]. We get the full picture of this only much later, when we learn that [[spoiler: the Cross Eyes boss get his magic powers by implating the devils of the most powerful magic users he killed in his own brain, and the devils he won't use are grinded and turned into the black powder]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Just about everyone who's still alive by the end receives a happy ending. En's Family all get revived and make it through the mess, with Noi, Shin, Fujita and Ebisu being able to move on with their lives. En is brainwashed by Shou into forgetting Nikaido, likely as a favor to Kaiman for saving them all, meaning Nikaido will live on without getting forced into a marriage she hates. On top of this, Shin decides that Kaiman and the Cross-Eyes Boss are two different people, and let him off the hook for all the trouble his alternate selves have caused. The remaining Cross Eyes are given mercy by Kaiman, who gives them a gift of Noi's healing smoke as thanks. Chidaruma is forced to live a life as a human as punishment for losing his game, and Risu and Asu decide to take the exam to become Devils together. The residents of Hole manage to set up a religion to Hole-kun and make a monument out of his corpse- while this sounds gruesome, his bones still have the debilitating effects of the rain, and will thus cause any magic user to pass out in pain. This means that the people of Hole finally have a defense against rogue magic users and the era of "Magic Practice" has finally ended after millions of years. Lastly, Nikaido reopened the Hungry Bug with Kaiman working with her, just as she wanted during her magic training.]]

* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Nikaido's magic power, which is why En wants her as his partner - he wants to go back in time to when he fought an extremely powerful Cross-Eye member, and find out who he was and whether he actually survived their encounter]].

* TortureIsIneffective: Not explicitly stated, but the [[{{Determinator}} determinators]] who make up the cast aren't often affected by it.

* ZombieApocalypse: The Hole gets one regularly, and so the people turn it into a money-making event.

* ThreeShorts: While almost every episode adapts at least three chapters of the manga, the actual episodes are inconsistent on having them be separate segments of the episode; generally, every even-numbered episode has three segments (except for episode 8, which had four), while every odd-numbered episode (except episode 9) has one segment.
* TimeTravel: [[spoiler: Nikaido's magic power]].

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Kaiman]] is actually a homicidally berserk Magic User. And the ''BigBad'' of all things.
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Kai/Kaiman]], once he accesses his SuperpoweredEvilSide.

* TrainingFromHell: The Devil Exam, which involves wearing massively heavy armor, carrying around giant bats, and -- the hardest part part for most magic-users -- no using magic for a year.
** It's also a literal example: devils live in an actual Hell.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Ebisu.
* ZombieApocalypse: the Hole gets one regularly, and so the people turn it into a money-making event.

* PacManFever: A bizarre aversion happens in the third ending of the anime. It showcases a parody of Doom with En in place of Doomguy and using shrooms as his weapons. The "gameplay" show is *very* convincing to the point a unsespecting viewer might think it's a real [[GameMod custom Doom wad]], given the faithful "graphics" and "gameplay" compared to the original game.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[MachoCamp Chota]] has a huge crush on En. He doesn't reciprocate.
** The bloated, warped landlady apparently has the hots for some of her Cross-Eye tenants. [[spoiler:When one of them has to date her to precent her from evicting them, it's treated as a parody HeroicSacrifice.]]
* ActionGirl: Most prominently Nikaido and Noi. But also the Devil, Haru. Ebisu can be one when she’s lucid, but that’s very rare.
* AdvertisedExtra: The Sorcerer turning people into bugs was shown quite prominently in the trailers for the Anime and one could be forgiven for thinking he was a major character. The fact that he doesn't even have a given name should probably clue viewers in that [[spoiler: He's just a punk who Kaiman kills at the end of the first episode.]]

** And Noi can restore a body to its normal state (healing Shin's arm after a Magic User starts to melt it). [[spoiler: And, if the Cross-Eyes are well informed, Noi's smoke could have undone Kai's transformation into a pie.]]
** Normal and half-humans aren't affected by the rain, which is so full of concentrated magic that it sickens magic users (it never rains in their world [[spoiler: until it does towards the end of the story]]).
* AntiVillain: Most of the main cast!

* AuthorAppeal: Food and cooking, especially if it's Japanese street foods like gyoza or nikuman. Several main characters are restaurant owners, and others like Asu are amazing cooks even if they don’t cool professionally. Many important conversations take place over meals, and the eating habits of characters receive special attention that’s unusual for an action manga. In fact, the first opening for the anime is just Nikaido cooking. Intensely cooking, but still. Which is between various copies of Kaiman marching and splatting on the ground, with the second time having their heads replaced with gyoza.

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Subverted in how the women are drawn–they usually have nipples and pubic hair. The men, however, aren't drawn with nipples, and the man inside of Kaiman's mouth is drawn with a featureless crotch. Curiously, the men aren't drawn with nipples, but at one point some En-shaped ''plants'' are.
** Played straight in the anime, where the women are drawn without nipples (If their breasts aren't obscured that is.)

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[spoiler: Happens with Ebisu's parents. After Ebisu leaves home, they ask a shady magic user to create an exact replica of Ebisu to replace her. At first looking like a perfect copy, the fake Ebisu is actually a dangerous demon who goes berserk for very petty things, making Ebisu's parents flee their own home terrified]].

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Johnson is 2-meter tall cockroach.

* {{Brainwashed}}: Making a contract to be someone's partner doesn't seem to require the consent of both parties. [[spoiler: Nikaido becomes loyal to En due to the contract En made between them by force.]]

* DiscOneFinalBoss: From the beginning it looks like that En is the "BigBad" of the series (which isn't saying much thing considering the BlackAndGreyMorality in this manga), but after several volumes later it turns out that the actual BigBad is [[spoiler: Kai as he schemes to steal the abilities of every Magic User]]. But then by the end of Volume 15, it seems like that the ''real'' actual BigBad is [[spoiler: Chidaruma]].

** The [[spoiler: Cross Eyes Occupation]] and Central Department Store arcs take this UpToEleven,with absolutely incredible amounts of gore every few pages. Things like [[spoiler: Kai's room full of magic user heads, the unsettling way in which Kai regenerates, and ''everything'' to do with the artificial Devil suit that Kai manages to create]] are absolutely NightmareFuel.

* TimeTravel: [[spoiler: Nikaido's magic power]].

* UnreliableNarrator: En's BioPic, although Shin and Noi back up the part where [[spoiler: the Cross-eyes leader curbstomps them]].

** [[DudeNotFunny Depending on how seriously you take]] the BlackComedy, it verges on BlackAndBlackMorality and BlackAndGreyMorality.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Interestingly, the anime has little to no censorship, gore and nudity are shown without problems in the Netflix broadcast. So far, all the instances of nudity that the manga had uncensored remained without the nipples.

* ArtEvolution: So much. At first, it was extremely detailed but rough at, well, everything. Kaiman looked more monstrous, Nikaido's hair was done in a more realistic fashion, En looked psychotic and angry the whole time, Risu had his hair up, and everyone, while they were always strong, looked a bit shorter and anatomically a bit rough. Also, the girls' breasts looked like they had silicone implants (i.e. they sagged little to nothing). After years of evolution nowadays Kaiman is positively adorable, Nikaido has AnimeHair, En looks bored or serious (and when he's angry he doesn't look like a madman any more), Risu has short WildHair no longer standing like a pack of needles, everyone has better anatomy and finally the girls' breasts sag properly (like natural boobs, if you don't believe it check the latest chapter as of this edit (131) and see for yourself). Sadly, this came at a price, with the art becomnig more sketchy, at least, in the backgrounds...

* {{Bowdlerize}}: Interestingly, the anime has little to no censorship, gore and nudity are shown without problems in the Netflix broadcast. Only time will tell if they censor the girls nipples further ahead or it'll be a case of BarbieDollAnatomy, so far, all the instances of nudity that the manga had uncensored remained without the nipples. Only time will tell if the blu rays will have them.

** We learn very early in the story that [[spoiler: the Cross Eyes boss orders his men to fetch him every possible magic user corpse to study them and become stronger]] and, in several other occasions, that [[magic users gets their magic from a little devil-shaped tumor in their brain, from which the smoke is produced]]. We get the full picture of this only much later, when we learn that [[spoiler: the Cross Eyes boss get his magic powers by implating the devils of the most powerful magic users he killed in his own brain, and the devils he won't use are grinded and turned into the black powder]].

* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Chota is viciously envious of Nikaido for having been chosen by Hen as a partner (even tho she was forced into it), and will mistreat and disrespect her at every turn]].