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Synonyms: Holy Land
Japanese: ホーリーランド


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 18
Chapters: 182
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 13, 2000 to May 23, 2008
Genre: Action Action
Themes: Delinquents Delinquents, Martial Arts Martial Arts, Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Young Animal
Authors: Mori, Kouji (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.451 (scored by 3148231,482 users)
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Ranked: #1862
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #172
Members: 85,881
Favorites: 3,881

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MangaYoung AnimalMori, Kouji (Story & Art)
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A tormented soul, Yuu Kamishiro has no place in society. His peers constantly abuse him at school and finds that he does not fit anywhere. Out of desperation, Yuu stops going to school and ventures into the night in search of a safe haven where he will be accepted.

As Yuu roams the streets, he starts to believe he has found his place in society and a way to gain acceptance: in a world of violence and lenient law. Yuu takes up his fists in order to gain strength to protect himself, training and refining a single boxing punch. After honing his fists, Yuu wanders the streets once again, defending himself from street thugs. Building a reputation as the "Thug Hunter," Yuu finds that his name has been attracting all sorts people seeking him out for a brawl.

Fight after fight, Yuu exchanges fists to find his place in the twisted and dark society of the streets, all while battling the darkness welling up within him. The stronger he becomes, the closer he is to reach his "holyland."

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Characters

Kamishiro, Yuu
Kamishiro, Yuu
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Izawa, Masaki
Izawa, Masaki
Main
Midorikawa, Shougo
Midorikawa, Shougo
Main
Kaneda, Shinichi
Kaneda, Shinichi
Main
Tsuchiya
Tsuchiya
Supporting
Iwado
Iwado
Supporting
Izawa, Mai
Izawa, Mai
Supporting
Taka
Taka
Supporting
Ohara, Yoshito
Ohara, Yoshito
Supporting
Osada
Osada
Supporting

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40 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
1 Not Recommended
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Jan 21, 2023
charoset
Recommended
This is a special series. It's the quintessential teenage manga, written by a mangaka with an innate belief in the world and the people around him. There is no pretension here, the mangaka regularly chiming in to talk about his own experiences, the fighting breakdowns having the same feel as advice from a close friend who just genuinely wants you to be safe and happy. It's himbo fight club, all the characters wanting to genuinely improve themselves and find the things they can't put into words. It's earnest, it's simple, it's stupid. And I do mean that, it is very stupid at times, but that's ...
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Oct 20, 2022
mallbeech
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This was a ride, I went in expecting an action manga and was met with a manga which shows the writer's love of martial arts. 90% of this was amazing, the way different techniques were brought into play and the writer constantly geeking out about them was great.
But, the last arc of the story is one of the worst ways possible to end a story like this. It baffles me that the last story beat was able to be published.
The writer freaking brought up the point that the drug epidemic couldn't be just punched away and then the main character et al just had to ...
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Aug 24, 2021
preston_namikaze
Not Recommended
Preliminary (60/182 eps)
I feel really out of place rating this as low. Holyland is compelling in the areas it sets out to excel in. The fights are well grounded in realism and are quite convincing. Despite not being the necessarily high octane fights with explosive energy, the realisticness of the fights carry a decent amount of engagement. it's convincing that our main character, Yuu, can take on these opponents because the author does a great job articulating the dynamics of a street fight.

But when there aren't fights happening in Holyland, I am bored. While there are quite compelling characters such as our protagonist as well as ...
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