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Kagurabachi

Kagurabachi (カグラバチ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takeru Hokazono. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since September 2023, with its chapters collected in three tankōbon volumes as of July 2024.

Kagurabachi
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Chihiro Rokuhira (center)
カグラバチ
Genre
Manga
Written byTakeru Hokazono
Published byShueisha
English publisher
ImprintJump Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runSeptember 19, 2023 – present
Volumes3

Plot

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Chihiro Rokuhira is the son of Kunishige Rokuhira, a renowned blacksmith who forged six enchanted blades that were instrumental in ending the Seitei War. After living in hiding, the Rokuhiras are discovered and attacked by a criminal gang of sorcerers called the Hishaku. The Hishaku murder Kunishige and then steal the enchanted blades. Armed with a seventh enchanted blade called Enten, Chihiro embarks on a bloody path of vengeance and justice to destroy the Hishaku and reclaim the stolen enchanted blades.

Characters

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Chihiro's group

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Chihiro Rokuhira (六平 千鉱, Rokuhira Chihiro)
The son of Kunishige Rokuhira. Chihiro trained under his father as a swordsmith during his childhood, hoping to follow in his footsteps. After his father was killed and the enchanted swords he made were stolen, Chihiro swore revenge. He took his father's last sword, Enten, and trained with it until he was ready to find his father's killers and reclaim the enchanted blades. Although he seeks revenge, he will not allow innocent civilians to be caught in the crossfire of his battles. While he acts stoically and aloof, Chihiro can show compassion, kindness, and trustworthiness to others. With Enten, he can create magically projected slashes, absorb energy for later use, and increase his physical abilities.
Togo Shiba (柴登 吾, Shiba Tōgo)
A highly skilled, powerful sorcerer and family friend of Kunishige and Chihiro. Like Chihiro, he also seeks to avenge Kunishige. He is a sorcerer who specializes in teleportation. He was a member of the Kamunabi, but left them sometime after Kunishige went into hiding.
Hinao (ヒナオ)
A friend of Shiba and owner of Cafe Haru Haru which serves as both a cafe and a way for Hinao to connect sorcerers with the leaders of yakuza or big corporations who require their services.
Char Kyonagi (鏡凪 シャル, Kyōnagi Sharu)
Char is a young orphan who was a captive of crime boss Sojo. Char is the last of a clan known for their regenerative abilities. She was experimented on by Sojo for her abilities. While she can heal from nearly any wound she receives, Char can also use her ability to heal wounds on other people.
Hakuri Sazanami (漣 伯理, Sazanami Hakuri)
A former member of the Sazanami Clan, who was disowned for his perceived weakness and uselessness to the clan. Vowing to dismantle the Rakuzaichi black market, which his family was in charge of organizing, he joins Chihiro's cause. In truth, Hakuri had subconsciously channeled his spirit energy into a subspace he could transport items into called the Storehouse. This explains why he initially was not able to use the Sazanami clan's signature attack, the Isou. Hakuri is capable of using both the Isou attack and the Storehouse subspace, a feat only the first Sazanami clan head was able to do.

Kamunabi

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The Kamunabi (神奈備, Kamunabi) is a government-affiliated organization of sorcerers with a mission established during the Seitei War to eliminate threats to the nation as a whole, notably different to civilian sorcerers who generally deal with more person-specific matters such as corporations or the yakuza.

Azami (薊)
One of the highest-ranking leaders of the Kamunabi and an old friend of Kunishige and Shiba, having helped Kunishige find a hidden place to reside following the Seitei War and later serves as a prominent informant to Chihiro.
Hiyuki Kagari (香刈 緋雪, Kagari Hiyuki)
An elite sorcerer of the Kamunabi stated as its strongest fighter. She is stated to be one of the few individuals capable of opposing an Enchanted Blade by wielding the Flame Bone of the Starving, which is said to possess strength on par with the Enchanted Blades.
Tafuku Mihara (美原 多福, Mihara Tafuku)
A Kamunabi sorcerer and Hiyuki's partner, who looks like a sumo wrestler. His sorcery involves creating a separate domain where battles between two combatants take place, with the domain disappearing once the battle is considered over.

Anti-Cloud Gouger Special Forces

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The Anti-Cloud Gouger Special Forces (対クラウドガウガー特殊部隊, Tai Kuraudo Gaugā Tokushu Bbutai) was a squadron of six elite sorcerers within the Kamunabi who were tasked with opposing Sojo and the Enchanted Blade Cloud Gouger he wielded.

Ikuto Hagiwara (萩原 幾兎, Hagiwara Ikuto)
The commander of the Anti-Cloud Gouger Special Forces whose spell Jikai, gives him magnetic powers.
Kazane Machi (真智 カザネ, Machi Kazane)
The most recent member of the Anti-Cloud Gouger Special Forces.
Shiyumi Harima (張間 梓弓, Harima Shiyumi)
A member of the Anti-Cloud Gouger Special Forces whose spell Gansui allows her to erect walls.
Hajime Kugara (具柄 一, Kugara Hajime)
A member of the Anti-Cloud Gouger Special Forces whose spell allows him to imbue his arm with iron-like properties.
Kiyohiko Uzuki (卯月 清彦, Uzuki Kiyohiko)
A member of the Anti-Cloud Gouger Special Forces who can use binding spells to restrict the target's movements.
Makoto Kasahara (笠原 誠, Kasahara Makoto)
A member of the Anti-Cloud Gouger Special Forces.

Antagonists

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Hishaku

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The Hishaku (毘灼, Hishaku) is a small group of elite sorcerers who murdered Kunishige and stole his six Enchanted Blades three years ago, and are as such the targets of Chihiro's revenge. Their expertise in sorcery is so great that they are compared to monsters.

Hiruhiko (昼彦)
A youthful man who was dispatched to assassinate Uruha, wielder of Kumeyuri during the Seitei War, running into Chihiro as the latter protects him.

Sazanami Clan

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The Sazanami Clan (漣家, Sazanami-ke) is a powerful criminal clan of sorcerers who are the proprietors of the Rakuzaichi, an annual auction which serves as a highly popular fixture in the Japanese underworld, and have administered this auction for over 200 years.

Kyora Sazanami (漣 京羅, Sazanami Kyōra)
The eleventh head of the Sazanami Clan and Hakuri's strict father, who have overseen the Rakuzaichi black market auction for over 200 years as the lead auctioneer.
Soya Sazanami (漣 宗也, Sazanami Sōya)
Hakuri's older brother who is incredibly possessive of him, obsessively looking for him after Hakuri was exiled from the clan. He is a member of the Tou (濤, Tō), also known as the Special Defense Corp, a small group of the four best sorcerers and fighters in the Sazanami Clan.
Tenri Sazanami (漣 天理, Sazanami Tenri)
Hakuri's younger brother who is highly dedicated in protecting his father and the Rakuzaichi, also a member of the Tou.

Others

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Genichi Sojo (双城 厳一, Sōjō Gen'ichi)
One of the biggest names in Japan's criminal underworld as a prominent weapons dealer and was also the leader of a group of sorcerers pursuing Char, as well as the wielder of the stolen Enchanted Blade Cloud Gouger.
Norisaku Madoka (円 法炸, Madoka Norisaku)
Also known as the Daruma Sorcerer, he is a sorcerer hunting Char under the employ of Sojo, who wielded the ability to create exploding Daruma using his spirit energy.

Other characters

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Kunishige Rokuhira (六平 国重, Rokuhira Kunishige)
Chihiro Rokuhira's late father, who held a significant reputation as his country's most renowned swordsmith, having forged the extremely powerful katana known as the Enchanted Blades.
Yoji Uruha (潤羽 洋児, Uruha Yōji)
One of the remaining Enchanted Blade wielders from the Seitei War and has an eternal contract with the blade Kumeyuri which was given to him by Kunishige Rokuhira eighteen years ago.

Publication

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Written and illustrated by Takeru Hokazono, Kagurabachi began serialization in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine on September 19, 2023.[3][1] The first tankōbon volume was released on February 2, 2024.[4] As of July 4, 2024, three volumes have been released.[5]

Viz Media and Shueisha's Manga Plus platform are publishing the series in English.[6] In March 2024, Viz Media announced the print release of the manga.[7] The first volume is set to be released on November 5, 2024.[8]

Volumes

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No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 February 2, 2024[4]978-4-08-883819-9November 5, 2024[8]978-1-9747-4724-5
  • 1. "Mission" (すべきこと, Subeki Koto)
  • 2. "Heaps" (累累, Ruirui)
  • 3. "Witness" (目撃者, Mokugekisha)
  • 4. "Sorcery and the Enchanted Blade" (妖術と妖刀, Yōjutsu to Yōtō)
  • 5. "A Good Meal" (ごちそう, Gochisō)
  • 6. "Peace" (平穏, Heion)
  • 7. "Smoke Signal" (狼煙, Noroshi)
  • 8. "Norisaku Madoka: I Will Change" (円 法炸 〜俺は変わるんだ〜, Madoka Norisaku: Ore wa Kawarunda)
2 May 2, 2024[9]978-4-08-883880-9February 4, 2025[10]978-1-9747-5271-3
  • 9. "Enten vs. Cloud Gouger" (淵天vs刳雲, Enten Bāsasu Kuregumo)
  • 10. "Swift" (サクッっと, Sakutto)
  • 11. "Awaken" (目覚め, Mezame)
  • 12. "Preparations" (支度, Shitaku)
  • 13. "Elite" (精鋭, Seiei)
  • 14. "True Realm" (本領, Honryō)
  • 15. "Food" (飯, Meshi)
  • 16. "Silence" (沈黙, Chinmoku)
  • 17. "Tea" (茶, Cha)
  • 18. "Roar" (轟く, Todoroku)
3 July 4, 2024[5]978-4-08-884116-8——
  • 19. "Knight of Darkness" (闇の騎士, Yami no Kishi)
  • 20. "The Kamunabi's Weapon" (神奈備の武器, Kamunabi no Buki)
  • 21. "Lukewarm" (微温い, Nurui)
  • 22. "Deadlock" (拮抗, Kikkō)
  • 23. "Storehouse" (蔵, Kura)
  • 24. "Hunters" (狩人, Karyūdo)
  • 25. "Deal" (取引, Torihiki)
  • 26. "Confidence" (信頼, Jishin)
  • 27. "Mr. Inazuma" (Mr.イナズマ, Misutā Inazuma)
4 October 4, 2024[11]978-4-08-884209-7——

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

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These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.

  1. "Breach" (突破口, Toppakō)
  2. "Selection" (取捨, Shusha)
  3. "Intruders" (乱入者, Rannyūsha)
  4. "Greeting" (挨拶, Aisatsu)
  5. "Selection" (選別, Senbetsu)
  6. "Defend to the Death" (死守, Shishu)
  7. "Duty" (役目, Yakume)
  8. "Cage" (檻, Ori)
  9. "Geniuses" (天才達, Tensai-tachi)
  10. "Equal" (対等, Taitō)
  11. "Race" (競合, Kyōgō)
  12. "Surpass!" (超えろ!!, Koero!!)
  13. "The Tip" (一端, Ippashi)
  14. "Fervent" (熱狂, Nekkyō)
  15. "Everything" (全部, Zenbu)
  16. "Fulfill" (全う, Mattō)
  17. "The Curtain Falls" (閉幕, Heimaku)
  18. "What Comes Next" (これからの話く, Korekara no hanashi)
  19. "Unruly Punk" (勝手な野郎, Kattena Yarō)
  20. "Uruha" (漆羽, Uruha)
  21. "The Kokugoku Steam Squad" (国獄 湯煙スクワッド, Kokugoku Yukemuri Sukuwaddo)
This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.

Reception

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By July 2024, the manga had over 350,000 copies in circulation (including digital copies).[12] Upon release, Kagurabachi surpassed series such as Spy × Family, Dragon Ball Super, and Boruto on Manga Plus's popularity ranking. Its sudden popularity amongst global readers was partially the result of numerous Internet memes, with many ironically considering it to be the inheritor of Weekly Shōnen Jump's "Big Three" (One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach).[13] Its first chapter was the world's most viewed in its first week of publication on Manga Plus, and the series has received over 99 million page views on the platform by April 2024.[14] The series has been recommended by manga creators Kōhei Horikoshi and Masashi Kishimoto, and the musician Vaundy.[15][16][17]

It ranked seventh on AnimeJapan's "Most Wanted Anime Adaptation" poll in 2024.[18][19] The manga won the 10th Next Manga Award in the print category in 2024.[20]

References

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