Jigokuraku (KAKU Yuuji)

Description

From Viz:
Gabimaru the Hollow is one of the most vicious assassins ever to come out of the ninja village of Iwagakure. He’s ruthlessly efficient, but a betrayal results in him being handed a death sentence. He has only one hope - in order to earn his freedom, he must travel to a long-hidden island and recover an elixir that will make the shogun immortal. Failure is not an option. On this island, heaven and hell are just a hair’s breadth away.

Official English: Manga Plus, Webtoons (Long Strip)

Type

Manga

Related Series

Jigokuraku (Oohashi) (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

Heavenhell

Hell's Paradise

Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku

Jigoku Raku (KAKU Yuuji)

Paradition

Piekielny raj

Адский рай

جحيم الجنة

नर्कको स्वर्ग

สุขาวดีอเวจี

地狱乐

地獄楽

지고쿠라쿠

지옥락

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Latest Release(s)

c.1-3 by LINE Webtoon 6 months ago

c.Forest of Misfortune by Viz & MANGA Plus 2 years ago

c.127 by Viz & MANGA Plus 4 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

13 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1,Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 5, Chap 45 (S2)

Ends at Vol 5, Chap 45 (S1)

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (398 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.97 / 10.0

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Last Updated

April 27th, 2025 6:58pm PDT - 7 hours ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Gender Bender Historical Horror Mature Psychological Shounen Supernatural
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Category Recommendations

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Recommendations

N/A

Author(s)

KAKU Yuuji

Artist(s)

KAKU Yuuji

Year

2018

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shounen Jump + (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Manga PLUS (Simulcast)

Viz (13 Volumes - Complete)

WEBTOON (Colorized Long Strip)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #716

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Monthly Pos #1264

(-184)

3 Month Pos #1817

(+253)

6 Month Pos #1797

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Year Pos #1768

(+137)

List Stats

On 1175 reading lists

On 647 wish lists

On 768 completed lists

On 50 unfinished lists

On 322 custom lists

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User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Love this series

by Baal300
5 years ago

Rating: N/A

The story is just amazing. I never get bored of it. I love the world building and characters. The gore and drama is just on point. Its a real dark tale that I just want more and more. This series is just too great, hats off to the writer and this manga.

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10/10

by raivan
5 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Great build-up of a beautiful yet gruesome world with strong development of characters. Manga gets better and more intense as the story progresses. The art style is very well done. One of the better manga's i've read in recent months.

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Fast paced, seinen-esque action manga with strong MCs

by baiyang
6 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I originally gave this manga a 9, but I've changed it to 10 as of chapter 69 (nice) because the series gets better as it progresses.

One of the reasons why I skip over most shounen manga in favor of seinen is because shounen manga tends to lack real character development, or only a handful of characters develop while the rest of the cast remain static characters.

That's not the case with Jigokuraku. This manga has a large, revolving cast of criminals and Asaemons, yet the mangaka is able to add depth and development to every character, making each death impactful to both readers and other characters, as opposed to just killing off characters for the shock and gore.

Gabimaru is an outstanding and very refreshing protagonist - his staunch loyalty to his wife as his reason to survive is a welcome reprieve from the endless harems and love triangles in shounen and seinen manga. Similarly, Sagiri is a rare, well-written strong female lead - she's not crying 24/7 but she's not emotionless either, she's not pining away for the male lead like so many female leads tend to do, and she's incredibly strong and can hold her own against Gabimaru and some pretty insane enemies.

Another thing that makes this series stand out is the lack of filler action - almost every action scene (and there are a lot of them in this series) serve some kind of plot progression purpose. As a result, each release is satisfying in terms of both plot and action (as opposed to reading several chapters of back and forth fighting before getting some real dialogue), but manages to keep you on the edge of your seat, wondering what will happen to Gabimaru, Sagiri, and the gang next.

tl;dr - Jigokuraku is a must-read manga with the complexity of a seinen with well-developed characters and a fast-paced plot!

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up to chapter 8

by jjkyxr
7 years ago

Rating: N/A

This story pretends to be a Seinen but it's themes and concepts are shallow enough to stay true to the Shounen tag that it wears. Makes reading this work feel very awkward for those wanting a gritty magical/historical ninja/samurai fusion story. It's still decent and it has its moments, but I've rolled my eyes a few too many times to really give this story top marks.

Really too early to tell to give a very accurate assessment. Overall a great read so far for the younger audience that wants a borderline Seinen.

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