Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku

Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku (Japanese: 地獄楽, Hepburn: Jigokuraku) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuji Kaku. It was serialized weekly for free on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ application and website from January 2018 to January 2021, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes. Set in the Edo period of Japan, it follows the ninja Gabimaru and the executioner Yamada Asaemon Sagiri as they search for the elixir of immortality. Viz Media has licensed the series for English release in North America. An anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA premiered in April 2023.

Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Gabimaru
地獄楽
(Jigokuraku)
Genre
Manga
Written byYuji Kaku
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics+
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 22, 2018 – January 25, 2021
Volumes13
Anime television series
Directed byKaori Makita
Produced byNozomi Ishii
Written byAkira Kindaichi
Music byYoshiaki Dewa
StudioMAPPA
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 1, 2023 – present
Episodes7

Plot

Captured during an assassination mission, Gabimaru the Hollow is sentenced to be executed, but nothing seems to kill him due to his superhuman body. Believing his love for his wife to be subconsciously keeping him alive, executioner Yamada Asaemon Sagiri offers him the chance to be pardoned of all crimes by the Shogunate if he finds the elixir of life on Shinsenkyo, a legendary realm recently discovered southwest of the Ryukyu Kingdom. After losing five expedition teams sent to the island, this time the Shogunate sends a group of death row convicts. The convicts are each given a Yamada Asaemon executioner, who they must return with in order to obtain the pardon.

Characters

Main characters
Gabimaru (画眉丸)
Voiced by: Chiaki Kobayashi[4] (Japanese); Alejandro Saab[5] (English)
Portrayed by: Tsubasa Kizu[6]
The strongest ninja from Iwagakure, where he was taken from his parents as a child by the village chief and trained to become a killer. He is known as "Gabimaru the Hollow" (がらんの画眉丸, Garan no Gabimaru) for his lack of emotion during his gruesome work. However, he is very much in love with his wife, the village chief's peace-loving nature daughter who treats him with kindness. When he wanted to cut ties with the village and live a normal life with his wife, the chief arranged for him to be captured and sentenced to death.
Sagiri (佐切)
Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori[4] (Japanese); Marisa Duran[5] (English)
Portrayed by: Ayana Shiramoto[6]
A master swordswoman from the famed Yamada Asaemon family of executioners, where she is one of the only two female executioners in the clan. She recruits Gabimaru for the expedition after seeing his talent and strong will to live. Sagiri is ranked last, 12th, in the Yamada Asaemon hierarchy.

Death-Row Criminals

Criminals that the Shogunate chose to embark on the journey to Shinsenkyo and find the Elixir of Life with an assigned Yamada Asaemon executioner.

Yuzuriha (杠)
Voiced by: Rie Takahashi[4] (Japanese); Jill Harris[5] (English)
Portrayed by: Yūri Ōta[6]
A self-centered, female ninja who is known as "Yuzuriha of Keishu" (傾主の杠).
Aza Chōbei (亜左 弔兵衛, Aza Chōbē)
Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura[4] (Japanese); Nazeeh Tarsha[5] (English)
Portrayed by: Yūnosuke Matsushima[6]
A leader of a gang of bandits in Iyo Province, and Toma's older brother.
Tamiya Gantetsusai (民谷 巌鉄斎)
Voiced by: Tetsu Inada[4] (Japanese); Phil Parsons (English)
Portrayed by: Naoya Gо̄moto[6]
A famous master swordsman on death row who is known as "Blade Dragon" (剣龍). Despite being somewhat lecherous and shallow, Gantetsusai's swordsmanship is unparalleled, as he can match many of the Yamada Asaemons in a duel. After the Shinsenkyo expedition, he is pardoned by the Shogunate and opens a swordsman dojo/medical clinic, the latter being a tribute to his executioner Fuchi.
Nurugai (ヌルガイ)
Voiced by: Makoto Koichi[7] (Japanese); Cassie Ewulu[5] (English)
Portrayed by: Azusa Yoshihama[6]
The last of the Sanka people. Nurugai was put on death row after she accidentally lured Shogunate samurais to her village—as the Sanka were a symbol of rebellion against the Shogunate, despite living normally. Due to her physique and behavior, she is often mistaken for a boy.
Rokurota (六呂田)
A fearsomely large and strong criminal. Nicknamed "The Giant of Bizen" (備前の巨人, Bizen no Kyojin), Rokurota is a mentally undeveloped man as he possesses the mind of a baby—as he is unable to speak and cry as such when he is hungry. He is feared for his immense strength, having killed many people with his bare hands, often with a single strike, including his parents, several villagers, and Yamada Asaemons Eizen and Genji. Following an intense fight with Gabimaru and Sagiri, Rokurota gets beheaded by the latter.

Yamada Asaemon

The Yamada Asaemon (山田浅ェ門) is a prestigious swordsmen dojo in Edo. They train sword testers to become fully-fledged executioners for the Shogunate. Once fully trained, each swordsman has their name preceded by the title "Yamada Asaemon."

Tōma (桐馬)
Voiced by: Kensho Ono[4] (Japanese); Matt Shipman[5] (English)
Portrayed by: Rui Tabuchi[6]
The executioner assigned to Chōbei. He infiltrated the Yamada Asaemon in order to free Chōbei, who is his older brother.
Fuchi (付知)
Voiced by: Aoi Ichikawa[4] (Japanese); Justin Briner (English)
Portrayed by: Yū Miyazaki[6]
The executioner assigned to Gantetsusai. He has a blond bob cut, a high level of medical knowledge, and is ranked ninth in the Yamada Asaemon hierarchy.
Shion (士遠)
Voiced by: Chikahiro Kobayashi[7] (Japanese); Reagan Murdock[5] (English)
Portrayed by: Tarо̄ Nakamura[6]
The executioner assigned to Akaginu. He is blind and ranked fourth in the Yamada Asaemon hierarchy.
Tenza (典坐)
Voiced by: Yūsuke Kobayashi[7] (Japanese); Ben Balmaceda[5] (English)
Portrayed by: Yūta Iiyama[6]
The executioner assigned to Nurugai. He is ranked 10th in the Yamada Asaemon hierarchy.
Senta (仙汰)
Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita[7] (Japanese); Jordan Dash Cruz[5] (English)
Portrayed by: Satoru Mori[6]
The executioner assigned to Yuzuriha. He is chubby, wears glasses, and is ranked fifth in the Yamada Asaemon hierarchy.
Shugen (殊現)
Leader of the second team sent to acquire the elixir after the Shogunate becomes impatient with the first. He is ranked second in the Yamada Asaemon hierarchy.
Eizen (衛善)
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa (Japanese); Cody Savoie (English)[8]
The first ranked and the head of the Yamada Asaemon. He was killed early in the Shinsenkyō expedition by Rokurota.
Kishō (期聖)
Voiced by: Shun'ichi Toki[8]
Genji (源嗣)
Voiced by: Volcano Ōta[8]
Jikka (ジッカ)
The third ranked Asaemon who's known to be the laziest of the clan. After the Shinsenkyō expedition which involved the deaths of Eizen and Shugen, he became the current head of the Yamada Asaemon.

Tensen
Mei (メイ)
Voiced by: Konomi Kohara[9]
Portrayed by: Rio Sawada and Aoba Kо̄jо̄[6]
A mysterious little girl who lives on the island.
Ju Fa
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe[9]
Tao Fa
Voiced by: Yūko Kaida[9]

Iwagakure
Yui (ユイ)
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (Japanese); Skyler McIntosh (English)[8]
The eighth daughter of the Village Chief and Gabimaru's wife.

Production

The storyboards for the first three chapters of Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku were brought to the Shōnen Jump+ editorial staff in 2017. A big fan of Yuji Kaku's art since Fantasma in Jump Square, Hideaki Sakakibara enthusiastically volunteered to take on the series and became its second editor with chapters two and three. He believed that Hell's Paradise was the "mainstream battle fantasy" series that Shōnen Jump+ was still lacking and could become a best-seller in print.[10]

Sakakibara was initially concerned with the "multi-protagonist story" of the prisoners, executioners, and the island's creatures. Although he thought having the Battle Royale-style story in a manga would be interesting, he worried it would cause a badly paced story where they would have to split up the pages between characters and be unable to show the main characters' actions as much. However, he credits Kaku's genius at quickly and simply introducing characters and his drawing talent for making it all work.[10]

Kaku and Sakakibara planned out what was going to happen in sets of 10 chapters, or a whole volume. The editor gave Kaku free rein as far as illustrations were concerned. Sakakibara said that from the first chapter the series has had "extreme" illustrations, which has resulted in popularity among readers, but made it hard for new readers to get into. Towards the end of 2019, he and Kaku were trying to earn more female readers. With Kaku having been a former manga editor himself, Sakakibara said it is easy to communicate things to him as the artist is quick to figure out what he means. However, Kaku admitted that this has caused him to unconsciously hold back creatively by thinking objectively like an editor.[10]

Kaku created details and backstories for every character in Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, regardless of whether or not they were actually included in the series. When Kaku first described the character Shion to Sakakibara, the editor imagined him like Kazuo Kiriyama from Battle Royale. But after talking it over, Shion became the kind teacher he is in the manga, while the crazy personality was given to Shugen instead.[10]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Yuji Kaku, Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku began weekly serialization on the Shōnen Jump+ application and website on January 22, 2018.[11][12] The series ended with the 127th chapter on January 25, 2021.[13] The chapters were collected and published into 13 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha between December 4, 2020 and April 30, 2021. Shueisha also simultaneously published the series in English for free on the Manga Plus app and website.[14] Special chapters have been published in Weekly Shōnen Jump, in issue No. 27/28 on August 6, 2018 and issue No. 28 on June 10, 2019.[15][16] A special one-shot, titled "Forest of Misfortune" (勿怪の森, Mokke no Mori), was published on Shōnen Jump+ on April 8, 2023.[17]

Jigokuraku ~Saikyō no Nukenin Gaman no Gabimaru~ (じごくらく 〜最強の抜け忍 がまんの画眉丸〜), a comedic spin-off manga created by Ōhashi, began serialization on Shōnen Jump+ on January 20, 2020.[18] It ended with the 21st chapter on June 29, 2020.[19] The chapters were collected and published into one tankōbon on September 4, 2020.[20]

Viz Media began publishing Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku in English digitally on their website for free on May 17, 2018.[21] They released the 13 volumes in print from March 17, 2020,[22] to March 15, 2022.[23]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 4, 2018[24]978-4-08-881471-1March 17, 2020[22]978-1-9747-1320-2
  • Chapters 1–6
2 June 4, 2018[25]978-4-08-881502-2May 19, 2020[26]978-1-9747-1321-9
  • Chapters 7–16
3 August 3, 2018[27]978-4-08-881546-6July 21, 2020[28]978-1-9747-1322-6
  • Chapters 17–26
4 November 2, 2018[29]978-4-08-881601-2September 15, 2020[30]978-1-9747-1323-3
  • Chapters 27–36
5 March 4, 2019[31]978-4-08-881697-5November 17, 2020[32]978-1-9747-1324-0
  • Chapters 37–46
6 June 4, 2019[33]978-4-08-881803-0January 19, 2021[34]978-1-9747-1325-7
  • Chapters 47–56
7 September 4, 2019[35]978-4-08-882056-9March 16, 2021[36]978-1-9747-1877-1
  • Chapters 57–66
8 December 4, 2019[37]978-4-08-882148-1May 18, 2021[38]978-1-9747-1878-8
  • Chapters 67–76
9 March 4, 2020[39]978-4-08-882230-3July 20, 2021[40]978-1-97-471530-5
  • Chapters 77–86
10 June 4, 2020[41]978-4-08-882338-6September 21, 2021[42]978-1-9747-2099-6
  • Chapters 87–96
11 September 4, 2020[43]978-4-08-882407-9November 16, 2021[44]978-1-9747-2282-2
  • Chapters 97–106
12 December 4, 2020[45]978-4-08-882523-6January 18, 2022[46]978-1-9747-2464-2
  • Chapters 107–116
13 April 30, 2021[47]978-4-08-882583-0March 15, 2022[23]978-1-9747-2851-0
  • Chapters 117–127

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced by Weekly Shōnen Jump in January 2021.[48] It is produced by MAPPA and directed by Kaori Makita, with Akira Kindaichi writing the scripts, Koji Hisaki designing the characters, and Yoshiaki Dewa composing the music.[49] The series premiered on April 1, 2023, on TV Tokyo and other networks.[4] The opening theme song is "Work" by Ringo Sheena and Millennium Parade, while the ending theme song is "Kamihitoe" by Uru.[50][17] Crunchyroll has licensed the series for streaming in America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS, while Netflix has licensed the series in Asia Pacific (excluding Mainland China, Australia, New Zealand).[4][51]

Episode list
No.Title [52]Directed by [lower-alpha 2]Written by [lower-alpha 2]Storyboarded by [lower-alpha 2]Original air date [53]
1"The Death Row Convict and the Executioner"
Transcription: "Shizaijin to Shikkōnin" (Japanese: 死罪人と執行人)		Kaori MakitaAkira KindaichiKaori MakitaApril 1, 2023 (2023-04-01)
A shinobi named Gabimaru foils attempted executions by beheading and burning and curses his inability to die. He explains to his interrogator that he underwent Iwagakure village shinobi training such that he developed a superhuman body and became an efficient killer. He says he was married to the clan chief’s daughter, but after he asked the chief for permission to leave, he was betrayed to the authorities. After more fruitless attempts to execute him, Gabimaru faces his interrogator who is revealed to be Yamada Asaemon Sagiri, a Yamada clan sword-tester and executioner. Sensing her skill as a calm and efficient executioner, Gabimaru experiences fear and fights back, especially after Sagiri asserts that he is still deeply in love with his wife. Sagiri abruptly offers a full pardon and government protection for himself and his wife in exchange for fulfilling a death-defying mission. He must go to Shinsenkyo, a legendary land rumored to hold the Elixir of Immortality and retrieve the elixir in competition with other death row criminals. The promise of a peaceful life with his beloved wife prompts Gabimaru to agree unhesitatingly.
2"Screening and Choosing"
Transcription: "Senbetsu to Sentaku" (Japanese: 選別と選択)		Yasuhiro GeshiAkira KindaichiKazuki AkaneApril 8, 2023 (2023-04-08)
Sagiri recalls her early training as an executioner and the difficulty she has had overcoming her fear and hesitation. The over 30 blindfolded condemned criminals who have volunteered for the mission are given their instructions by the 11th Sei-i Taishogun, Nariyoshi Tokugawa. They are shown an officer who returned from an earlier expedition but is no longer human, with flowers blooming from his body. They will be each be accompanied by a Yamada Asaemon; however, they are told to reduce their numbers which causes a killing spree. While the shogun delights in the carnage before him Gabimaru addresses him, saying there must be a better way to make the selection. The shogun’s head guard offers a place on the mission to anyone who kills Gabimaru who is then reluctantly forced to fight for his life, brutally killing his attackers with his tied-up hands. As the names of the ten prisoners selected to go on the mission are read out, including Gabimaru, Sagiri realizes that her problem is not overcoming her fear of killing, but accepting the burden of responsibility for the lives she takes.
3"Weakness and Strength"
Transcription: "Yowasa to Tsuyosa" (Japanese: 弱さと強さ)		Kayona YamadaAkira KindaichiSoji NinomiyaApril 15, 2023 (2023-04-15)
Gabimaru believes that the elixir of immortality, Tokijiku no Kagunomi, does exist after seeing the chief of the Iwagakure survive a series of fatal injuries. As he and Sagiri arrive in the shore of their destination, he tells her that the elixir may not come from this place. Suddenly they come under attack from the condemned criminal Twisted Keiun, a weapons expert accompanied by the Yamada Asaemon Kisho. Gabimaru survives all of his attacks and brutally kills Keiun with his own weapons, even with his hands tied at Sagiri's insistence. As Kisho heads back to the boat with Keiun's severed head, he tells Sagiri that the criminals have already began killing each other and predicts that shortly almost all will be eliminated, however this only means that the Iwagakure will be sent in their place. After Kisho's departure, Gabimaru attacks Sagiri with a sword so he can find the elixir unhindered but finds himself unable to deliver the killing blow. They both realize that he is not hollow and still has emotions as a result of his love for his wife - that accepting emotions is not a weakness but a strength. Elsewhere, the criminal Tamiya Gantetsusai is stung by what looks like a human-faced butterfly and quickly severs his left-hand which withers and sprouts flowers. Both he and Gabimaru are confronted by strange monsters and simultaneously surrounded by bizarre creatures.
4"Hell and Paradise"
Transcription: "Jigoku to Gokuraku" (Japanese: 地獄と極楽)		Tetsuya WakanoAkira KindaichiTetsuya WakanoApril 22, 2023 (2023-04-22)
Gantetsusai tells his Yamada Asaemon Fuchi why he was sentenced to death, and sets out to eliminate the other criminals to simplify his search for the elixir. Meanwhile, Gabimaru and Sagiri who are being menaced by various huge fantastical creatures with Buddha-like features. When one attacks and injures Gabimaru, he realizes that they are surrounded and confronted by numerous opponents with unknown abilities. He throws caution to the wind and acting only on instinct for survival, attacks them. He destroys most of them, uncharacteristically protecting Sagiri in the process, until Yamada Asaemon Genji arrives and assists, accompanied by Yamada Asaemon Senta with the ninja criminal Yuzuriha. Yuzuriha offers to work with Gabimaru in exchange for information she gathered on the creatures by experimenting on Moro Makiya the Apostate before she killed him, leaving Genji without his charge. As they talk, Sagiri loses consciousness and collapses. Meanwhile, Aza Chōbei and his younger brother Yamada Asaemon Toma a face similar group of monsters. Aza is feels he is in control of the situation until he is wounded and Toma is captured. He then cuts the monsters to pieces a berserker rage.
5"The Samurai and the Woman"
Transcription: "Samurai to Onna" (Japanese: 侍と女)		Shū WatanabeAkira KindaichiShigeyuki MiyaApril 29, 2023 (2023-04-29)
Sagiri wakes up to find they have moved away from the butterflies whose poisonous scales caused her to faint. Gabimaru tell the others that while exploring alone he discovered that many plants on the island were former samurai sent by the shogun. Senta also shares knowledge he gained since arriving. Genji suggests that he replace Sagiri in guarding Gabimaru as she lacks battle skills but she refuses. Meanwhile, Yamada Asaemon Tenza tries to leave the island by boat with the criminal Nurugai, last of the Sanka people, but they are blocked by a graveyard of samurai ships. They are attacked by monsters and as they try to escape across the wrecks, they come across Yamada Asaemon Kisho, still alive but with flowers sprouting from his body. Nurugai loses heart with the guilt of feeling responsible for the demise the Sanka and waits to die, but Tenza refuses to give up and together they fight their way back to the island. While drying their clothes, Tenza discovers that Nurugai is young woman. They decide to circle the Island to see if they can find an escape route. Gabimaru gives Sagiri the confidence to stand her ground and become a samurai against Genji's instance that she should become a wife and mother. Suddenly Rokurota, the Giant of Bizen, appears and tears a large piece out of Genji's body.
6"Heart and Reason"
Transcription: "Kokoro to Kotowari" (Japanese: 心と理（ことわり）)		Yasuhiro GeshiAkira KindaichiYasuhiro GeshiMay 6, 2023 (2023-05-06)
Genji is fatally wounded but when Sagiri tries to help him, he tells her to run. Just as the monstrous Rokurota is about to attack her, she is saved by Gabimaru. Gabimaru tries to assesses Rokurota's abilities but he is unable to find any weakness. The dying Genji realizes that Sagiri as treading the middle path between, heart and reason, weakness and strength, and gives her his blade. She uses it to slice off one of Rokurota's fingers, and together she and Gabimaru attack him however they are completely overwhelmed. Gabimaru is forced to use his Ninpo Ascetic Blaze Mode techniques to attack Rokurota with balls of flame. The jungle catches fire, producing smoke which starves Rokurota of oxygen and he collapses to his knees, enabling Sagiri to decapitate him. The island's giant monsters are attracted by the flames so Gabimaru and Sagiri free from the inferno in the direction from which the monsters came. They both realize that the sooner they find the elixir, the more lives can be saved and the quicker they can leave the island. They meet up with Senta and the ninja criminal Yuzuriha and the small group arrives at a village. Meanwhile, after slaughtering the monsters who attacked them, Aza Chōbei and his younger brother Toma come across two naked lovers kissing in the jungle.
7"Flowers and Offerings"
Transcription: "Hana to Nie" (Japanese: 花と贄)		Kento ShintaniAkira KindaichiRisako YoshidaMay 13, 2023 (2023-05-13)
Aza and Toma are confronted by the two lovers who see as humans as interlopers. Gabimaru's group encounter a young girl, but when he pursues her he finds that she has powerful abilities and is protected by a large wooden being. After they are both defeated by Gabimaru and Yuzuriha, the being offers to take them to a village. After arriving at the village, the wooden being offers them fruit and tells them that they call the place Kotaku while the gods live in Shinsenkyo. The island is divided into three regions, the shore and forest is called "Eishu", the village is in "Hojo", and the elixir "Tan" is located in the central region of mists called "Horai" which is inhabited by the Tensen who are immortal. Meanwhile, Aza and Toma are easily defeated by the two lovers who are Tensen, and the brothers are dropped into a pit where they will be turned into flowers and become the source of Tan. At Sagiri's prompting, Gabimaru takes time to bathe and recalls his wife's advice to relax in order to be prepared for the battle ahead.

Other media

A novel adaptation, Jigokuraku: Utakata no Yume (地獄楽 うたかたの夢), was written by Sakaku Hishikawa and published on September 4, 2019.[54][55] Shueisha published Jigokuraku: Kaitai Shinsho (地獄楽 解体新書) on April 30, 2021. The "fan book" includes character profiles, concept art, new manga stories, and an interview with Tatsuki Fujimoto.[56]

An exhibition of Kaku's manuscripts and illustrations from the series was held at Tokyo Manga Salon Trigger from November 3–9, 2018.[57] Another exhibition was held at Tower Records in Shibuya from August 29 to September 22, 2020, where collaborative goods designed just for the event were sold.[58]

Gabimaru is a playable character in the July 2022 Nintendo Switch video game Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions.[59]

A stage play adaptation of Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku ran at Hulic Hall in Tokyo from February 16–26, 2023.[60]

Reception

In August 2018, Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku was cited as the most popular series on Shōnen Jump+.[61] Over 1 million copies of the series were in circulation by June 2019, a number that grew to 2.5 million by August 2020, and more than 3.6 million by April 2021.[16][58][62] By December 2022, the manga had sold over 4 million copies.[63] Volume two of the series sold 16,328 copies during its first week of release.[64] Volume four sold 20,139 its first week,[65] while volume five sold 45,912 copies.[66] The 13th and final volume of the series sold 39,759 copies in its first week.[67]

With 16,510 votes, Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku came in 11th place in the Web Manga Category of the 2018 Next Manga Awards, organized by Niconico and Da Vinci magazine.[68] The series came in fourth on Honya Club's Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2018 list, compiled by surveying 1,100 professional bookstore employees in Japan.[69] In the 2019 edition of Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, which surveys people in the manga and publishing industry, Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku was one of three series tied for 16th place on its list of the best manga series for male readers.[70]

Publishers Weekly wrote that the mysterious first volume and Kaku's detailed illustrations, which they found to be reminiscent of Junji Ito's horror manga and give the series an unsettling, gruesome charm, start the series off with promise.[3] Reviewing the first chapter for The Fandom Post, Chris Beveridge gave it a B grade for its artwork, interesting ideas and covering a lot of ground in its setup so it can move forward. The end reveal reminded him of the novel Annihilation. However, he felt the structure was a little awkward and expressed concern that it would fall into the "usual manga storytelling traps."[71] In a review of the second collected volume, Beveridge's colleague Richard Gutierrez said that while the nightmarishly beautiful images and action might be what initially draws in readers, its the "underlying complex character construction within this sadistic story which forces us to stay."[72]

Leroy Douresseaux called Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku volume 1 one of the best first volumes of a manga tankōbon/graphic novel that he has ever read in a 9/10 review for Comic Book Bin. He stated that Kaku enthralls readers with the mysteries of the island while his illustrations are "like taking some of the most shocking art from the legendary EC Comics' horror titles and multiplying it by the power of 10."[73] Kiara Halls of Comic Book Resources called the first volume a "great, emotional bloodbath" that provides "bloody, classic shonen action with uncommonly sincere emotional depth." She explained that while establishing the relationship between Sagiri and Gabimaru forms the crux of the volume, it's an uncommon one as their bond is "of mutual respect formed by an emotional connection," not of dominance or lust. That coupled with "solid, detailed art and supernatural intrigue," had Halls call the series a potential breakout hit.[74]

Reviewing the first volume for Anime News Network, Rebecca Silverman and Faye Hopper both gave it 3.5 stars out of 5. Both critics praised the main characters Sagiri and Gabimaru and their relationship, with Hopper stating the way their struggles mirror and allow each other to empathize and grow despite their opposed roles is executed with "thoughtfulness and real power, and imbues a gritty, gory seinen with heart." Silverman felt that despite containing some elements derivative of other works, Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku manages to make them into "a story worth paying attention to" and is entertaining. Hopper wrote that while the violent manga is not for everyone, it has terrific, macabre art, a solid hook, and rich characters, and she admires it for showing how "casual, uncritical brutality hurts the soul, and that revulsion to it is normal and should be accepted."[75]

Notes
  1. Asia Pacific (excluding China, Australia and New Zealand)
  2. Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.

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