Jagaaaaaan

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Synonyms: Jagan

Japanese: ジャガーン

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 14

Chapters: 163

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 6, 2017 to Nov 8, 2021

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural

Theme: Gore

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Big Comic Spirits

Authors: Kaneshiro, Muneyuki (Story), Nishida, Kensuke (Art)

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Score: 7.45¹ (scored by 28,104 users)

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Ranked: #3351²

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Popularity: #175

Members: 85,223

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Ranked #3351Popularity #175Members 85,223

MangaBig Comic SpiritsKaneshiro, Muneyuki (Story), Nishida, Kensuke (Art)

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Shintarou Jagasaki is an average neighborhood police officer who hates his job and ordinary life. Though he acts goofy around others and plans to marry his girlfriend in the near future, Shintarou secretly fantasizes about shooting those who annoy him with a gun—much like his hero, the town's eggplant mascot, does.

The daily monotony Shintarou hates so much is interrupted when he witnesses a gruesome murder committed by a man with the face of a monster. When the creature kills his partner, Shintarou's mind is filled with the ways he has wasted his whole life. But as he accepts his impending death, he unwillingly fires a deadly projectile from the top of his fingers at the attacker.

With his arm now permanently coated in a mysterious material, Shintarou is told by a spectating owl that the now dead monster was once human. He was affected by a "Mad Xenopus," a frog-like creature that takes control of its host and changes its physical body. Shintarou initially ignores the creatures' existence. However, after one of them takes control of his soon-to-be wife, he decides to fight and eradicate the former humans to survive.

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Jagasaki, Shintarou

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Matsuyamachi, Chiharu

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Mikazuchi, Takemitsu

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Kawamoto, Clarabelle

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Brahman, Pino

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Robahata, Motomu

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Kujou, Yuma

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Imashika, Moroha

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Yadori

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Doku-chan

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Nov 6, 2023

Lainsbearsuit

Recommended

TL;DR - Edgelords rejoice, this manga a Head-empty Horror-fest, Sci-fi Shoot-em-up, Fan-service Fever dream from start to climax! er.. i mean Finish.

Jagaaaaaan is weird, and it's hard to tell whether it's trying to be a dark story similar to Ajin or Chainsaw Man, or whether it's trying to be something else. I think this is the how the authors felt as well, as there are many indications early on for setting up plots and characters that just never seem to go anywhere or fizzle out a bit (or a lot). There is still plenty to enjoy here.

The opening chapters do a great job of establishing ... an unconventional main character that seems like he will have interesting character development, and he does, but it doesn't quite feel like it was earned or really made any logical sense. I actually had to go back a couple times and look at the beginning chapters to make sure this is the same character and the same artist drawing him. While I could enjoy a main character that switches personalities for the sake of making fun of mainstream media which does this all the time, this manga suffers from the sin of taking itself a bit to seriously, especially considering the events and the premise of the story. There are times where this manga needs to give a wink or a nod to the reader that these characters are NOT acting normal and we should NOT take them seriously, but it doesn't do that, and the result can feel confusing at best and downright endorsing despicable and disgusting acts of violence at the worst.

It should be noted that there's A LOT of "adult" content in this manga, to the point of feeling like a straight up H doujinshi. The way it treats the scenes and presents them can also be hugely problematic. Female characters simply do not exist in this manga outside of being an object of desire or a tragic/abusive mother/daughter figure for a male character to draw motivation from. Some people might not care about that, or take a message away that these are bad things, but undoubtedly some will go away thinking not only is nothing wrong with this, but may even be envious of some of the most evil characters ever penned to manga which I find disturbing to say the least.

On the plus sides I find the characters to be highly entertaining for the most part, the art is very good and reminds me of I Am a Hero, the plot is quite simply good enough for what it needs to be, there are a decent number of humorous moments, and the action scenes really shine and carry the series. Unfortunately it suffers from pacing issues, and while it subverts many tropes it also falls pray to just as many and doesn't seem very aware of this fact all the way until the completely corny and unearned ending, that even sets up a potential sequel in the most cliché way possible. Worth checking out for sure, but you may not finish it and that's okay.

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Dec 5, 2023

heytoe

Mixed Feelings

Yk I read this when I was on my scary, gorey, horror manga craze during the pandemic but ngl. This story is kinda ass. I will give props; the art is amazing, and the level of detail is really good, especially for the fights. You can tell the illustrator, Kensuke Nishida, knows how to draw monsters well. seriously! Look up a panel of the manga, and you'll see what I mean. I'd recommend this manga for the art alone! Now onto the bad stuff. The characters are bland. I'm talking really boring. This manga was good for the first 10 chapters, but then it took ...

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Mar 18, 2024

BluebomberX

Not Recommended

Just pathetic. Imagine if you mixed a good premise with inspiration from Parasite and Gantz and simply ruined it because you are terrible at writing narratives and characters, and yet you leave your sick fetishes so visible in the story that it makes anyone embarrassed to read it. I read all those 163 chapters thinking they could still have a decent ending, but no. Just disappointing and a waste of time. I could still say the art style is good, but it feels lazy in the pacing of the series. Also, there's a character in the beginning of the story that makes everything worse, and ...

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