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Ajin

Description

From Kodansha:
For high schooler Kei and for at least forty-six others immortality comes as the nastiest surprise ever.
Sadly for Kei, but refreshingly for the reader, such a feat doesn't make him a superhero. In the eyes of both the general public and governments, he's a rare specimen who needs to be hunted down and handed over to scientists to be experimented on for life. A demi-human who must die a thousand deaths for the benefit of humanity.

Only the first volume is credited to MIURA Tsuina.

Official English: Azuki, INKR

Note: Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award, the Readers Award in the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, the 38th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in the Seinen category and the 40th Kodansha Manga Awards in 2016 in the General category.

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Ajin อาจิน สายพันธุ์อมนุษย์

Ajin: Demi-Human

Ajin: Semi-humain

Ajin: Semi-humano

Ajin: Yarı İnsan

Ajin: Yarı-İnsan

Á nhân

Аджін

Нелюдь

Получеловек

Չմարդը

אַדזשין

אג׳ין

آجین

آجین: نیمه-انسان

أجين

اجين

สายพันธุ์อมนุษย์

亚人

亜人（あじん）

亞人

아인

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Latest Release(s)

c.40 by Crunchyroll 9 years ago

c.39 by Crunchyroll 9 years ago

c.38 by Crunchyroll 9 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

17 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 0 (S1P1 + OVA 1)

Ends at Vol 5, Chap 22.5 (S1P2)

User Reviews

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Forum

5 topics, 25 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.3 / 10.0 (721 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.22 / 10.0

26%

23%

25%

15%

Last Updated

July 21st, 2024 6:44am PDT - 9 months ago

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Genre

Action Drama Horror Mature Mystery Seinen Supernatural Tragedy
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

good! Afternoon (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Azuki (digital)

Crunchyroll (1 Chapter + 63 onwards - Completed Simulpub)

INKR Comics

Kodansha USA (17 Vols - Complete; digital)

Vertical (17 Vols - Completed; print)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #601

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Monthly Pos #1175

(-297)

3 Month Pos #1967

(+284)

6 Month Pos #2037

(+201)

Year Pos #2120

(-172)

List Stats

On 3209 reading lists

On 1161 wish lists

On 732 completed lists

On 133 unfinished lists

On 549 custom lists

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Forum Posts Click to view the forum

Ajin reaches up to Ch. 78 in Kodansha

5 years ago

CrunchyRoll

9 years ago

Ajin Manga Creator Wants to Return to Draw Ero-Manga

9 years ago

Ajin - Demi-Human Manga Gets TV Anime

10 years ago

Ajin: Demi-Human Film Trilogy Unveils Teaser Trailer, Staff from Sidonia

10 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

I like it.

by HCB
9 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Some 30 chapters in, it suddenly hit me that despite all the experiments and research, how Ajins came about never got answered (so far) and I didn't have time to wonder about it as well because I was so caught up in the story.

The numerous clever plans that were carried out kind of reminds me of Death Note.

Excellent art and an exciting read with no signs of slowing down. I would be sorry if the mangaka really returns to ero manga after finishing Ajin.

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Great!

by mercio
9 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I just hope the end is good enough and not like other manga where the author dumbed down the character to make ending black and white. Good will always prevail over evil or other stupid shit like that.

A lot of people hate the main character but I think he's the only one that see the world for what it is.

"People Aren't Against You; They Are for Themselves"

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Good Read!

by ayanora
9 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

While the artist taking over the project did result in a noticeable alteration of the main character's personalities...namely, the MC suddenly took on a sociopathic depth to him that was kind of unexpected, considering his characterization in the first volume was still relatively standard.
However, the egotistical protagonist does make for a really interesting character, especially when he subverts many of the usual MC characteristics.
It's also true the manga forgot about Kai....but he comes back! No worries! (Though it kind of felt more like the artist woke up one day and remembered again, rather than it was in the plan from the beginning to leave him out for what, 5 volumes?

The pacing is really good, the conflict genuinely has high stakes, backstories are overwhelmingly angsty, but not melodramatic, and everyone ACTUALLY is intelligent! Even the ?antagonists? are damn resourceful, and it really shows that a lot of thought was put into planning the story.

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Interesting characters

by Laclongquan
10 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

As stated by a poster below, the characters are slowly revealed and not that easy to understand.

Most interesting is the MC. He's a very hard to read character. The fun we have in figuring him out is half the fun of the series.

As for rating, it really depend on your own taste. If you like a easily understandable character, and a interesting story, you will be DISAPPOINTED. This manga is about characters, not story.

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Good now, has potential to become even better

by Megorova
10 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Originally this story was made by one author, but then he dropped it, and Ajin was taken over by artist, who continued to work on this project alone. And it became BETTER, not worse.
Also not all characters are as bad as what was said by previous reviewer. It just took some time to reveal their personalities, and motives behind their actions. Though main character is still a 'dark horse'. Only bits and pieces of his inner world is revealed here and there. He isn't a typical MC - he doesn't want to be a hero, to be friends with everyone, to be friends with his enemies, to become next Hokage, or to save the world, etc. All he wants is to survive. He's an egotist, but that doesn't make him a bad guy.
Other characters also have reasons for their actions, even main villain Sato.
Though indeed majority of humans in this story are ignorant idiots, and inert herd of cattle. They didn't care about atrocities that government and scientists committed towards ajins, they don't care what horridities were done, as long as it doesn't involve them directly - exactly like humans in real world.

Overall, good art, nice concept and even better execution. Much better than Tokyo Ghoul.

... Last updated 10 years ago

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All of them should just die

by crystallilac3101
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

Have you ever want to read a series that you will hate every characters? Go read Ajin! I guarantee that you will want to punch all of them.

The only likable is Kai and he's not even in the series anymore.

First few chapters: 9
Current: 4

bag floating on the ceiling in a huge international airport and no one notices it except for one little kid? Seriously?

Overall, nice concept but poor execution.

... Last updated 10 years ago

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Rubbish

by Exo_genesis
11 years ago

Rating: 1.0 / 10.0

This was good for a few chapters, but suddenly the characters' personalities all changed with no buildup or reasoning, characters and plotlines just got flat out dropped and forgotten too.
Turns out the writer left the project and the artist took over the writing of it, hence why everything was suddenly handled horribly and everything felt jarring compared to what came before.
Definitely not worth a read if you enjoy narrative consistency.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Licensed by Vertical!

by xaidurk
11 years ago

Rating: N/A

Fans of this series may be happy to know that Verticle Inc., the English publishers behind The Flowers of Evil and Gundam: The Origin, has officially licensed Ajin. If you're unfamiliar with this publisher, all you've really gotta know is that they put out really high-quality translations (just look at Gundam: The Origin when you've got a chance).

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Dude where's my black ghost?

by jojalee
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Wow this is really good! It only has three volumes so far though and only two of these volumes have been translated into English, so the story has only just started. It's really good so far, the art is great and the story line is really original and intriguing. A lot of questions have been set that are yet to be answered and I can't wait for more of this manga. When more volumes come out I can see this manga gaining heaps more popularity.

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Oh Wow

by JapanRocks
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is damn amazing. Everything is so fast paced and entertaining. The characters react the way I want them to react the normal times and just take me by surprise and make me go "WOW!!" the other times. So in other words everything in this manga is progressing smoothly and A+ for the mangaka for making me dislike humanity more than already do. I can just see them acting the same way in real life.

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