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Maruo punches his way into the monstrous world of Ayashimon yakuza with dreams of becoming a manga protagonist!
When the Enma Syndicate's chairman dies, Japan's supernatural underworld is turned on its head, leaving gangs of ayashimon poised on the brink of war. Urara, the late chairman's daughter, has plans to come out on top, and she's found an unlikely ally to help make it happen-Maruo, a human who dreams of being a manga hero.
Maruo always wanted to be like the characters in his favorite manga. Unfortunately, his training efforts have paid off a little too well. Now he breaks everything he touches, can't find a job, and wins every fight too easily. However, when he encounters a girl being pursued by a group of thugs who turn out to actually be monstrous ayashimon in disguise, it seems like his real-life manga story is about to begin!
About the author
Yuji Kaku debuted as a mangaka in 2009 with the one-shot “Omoide Zeikan” (Memory Customs), which won honorable mention in the 14th
Jump SQ Comic Grand Prix. He went on to write several other one-shots before beginning his first series,
Fantasma, which ran in
Jump SQ from 2013 to 2014. His second series,
Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, ran from 2018 to 2021 on Jump+ and received an anime adaptation.
Ayashimon is his third title and started its serialization in
Weekly Shonen Jump in November 2021.
Summary
When the chairman of the Enma Syndicate-the largest criminal organization in the Kanto region-dies, his death sends shock waves throughout the entirety of the Ayashimon underworld in Japan. These otherworldly criminal organizations are now on the brink of war, and the chairman's daughter Urara plans to come out on top. She's about to find an unlikely ally in the human world...a manga fanatic who wants nothing more than to be a manga hero!
For older teen audiences.
