Tougen Anki (Tougen Anki: Dark Demon of Paradise)

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Japanese: 桃源暗鬼

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Publishing

Published: Jun 11, 2020 to ?

Genres: Action, Fantasy

Theme: Mythology

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Champion (Weekly)

Authors: Urushibara, Yura (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.14¹ (scored by 5,072 users)

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Ranked: #6878²

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Popularity: #795

Members: 22,818

Favorites: 407

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MangaShounen Champion (Weekly)Urushibara, Yura (Story & Art)

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Individuals with Momotarou and Oni blood coursing through their veins maintain a longstanding rivalry. The Oni are careless, rash, and disorderly, while the Momotarou protect the human world from the uncontrollable Oni. Shiki Ichinose is a reckless and irresponsible teenager, aware of his defiance and even proud of his expulsion from school. Despite Shiki's rebellious attitude, his foster father, Tsuyoshi, cares about him deeply.

Tsuyoshi's selfless love is soon shown in an explosive incident when a Momotarou barges in looking for Shiki. As a Momotarou himself, Tsuyoshi has been hiding Shiki for years and keeping his Oni origins a secret even from him. As he gives up his life to save Shiki and confesses everything in his dying breath, Shiki's Oni blood awakens for the first time, transforming him into an unruly monster overflowing with rage and a thirst for revenge.

Shiki's momentary outburst attracts the attention of Naito Mudano, an Oni teacher at the Rakshasa Academy—an institution for young Oni in need of understanding and perfecting their powers. Before Shiki can avenge his father, he must learn to control his headstrong and impulsive nature and, above all, fight against his own demonic blood.

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Tougen Anki was nominated for the Best Printed Manga category at the seventh Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards in 2021.

The series has been published in French as Tôgen Anki by Kana since February 4, 2022, in Italian as Togen Anki by Panini Comics since September 29, 2022, and in English as Tougen Anki: Dark Demon of Paradise by Yen Press.

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Ichinose, Shiki

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Mudano, Naito

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Kougasaki, Jin

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Sazanami, Kuina

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Oiranzaka, Kyouya

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Byoubugaura, Homare

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Momodera, Mikado

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Kiriyama, Rokuro

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Yodogawa, Masumi

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Todoroki, Hayate

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Mar 1, 2021

zoe_animebaka

Recommended

Preliminary (35/? eps)

This manga has most of the usual anime plot... I think its most similar to Naruto tho... the main trio, a teamwork strict strong sensei, heart breaking backgrounds, the main 8 mystery children (who r super strong), the two cults colliding in war. heck even the enemy side has a sad backstory.... Like the Uchiha Clan versus the world... but the MC reminds me of Natsu from Fairy Tail and theres this one character strictly like the MC from Fire Force (i forgot his name lol) I like 2 of the characters, the anxious dude and the weird ass big sis cuz they seem original ...

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Apr 30, 2021

nagihiro

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (44/? eps)

So It's been a while since I started reading this and I've wanted to write a review but I just couldn't find the right words to help me convey what I feel about this manga. Slight spoilers ahead btw.

SO first of all the plot is very generic, but generic doesn't mean bad. If it's done in a good way generic can also be good as seen from almost every new gen shounen. But this... is just mid. The story starts with letting us know that Ichinose Shiki (the mc) is a trouble maker, always making trouble for his old man and everyone around him and ... he also never goes to school. Then a few panels later person with some type of mysterious magic comes in and tries to kill Ichionse, but of course his old man tries to stop him and dies in the process. But guess what? HE WASN'T HIS REAL DAD!! HE PICKED ICHINOSE OFF OF NOWHERE WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT?! After this Ichinose is all alone and miserable and doesn't know what to do which is when a mysterious guy with rollerblades and an umbrella made from blood comes in and tries to awaken Ichinose's true power by training him a bit. After training for 2 chapters Ichinose is told to go to this school for oni (his type of species which are basically demons able to manipulate blood) who train to fight off the momotarou (a group of supernatural humans who use bacteria? as their power source). Which is when he realizes that HE IS INDEED THE MC AND THE KID OF SOME IMPORTANT ONI FROM A CENTURY AGO aka the plot of Blue Exorcist and a couple of other shounen we've all watched before.

I'm gonna be honest it is kinda enjoyable at times despite not having a single unique trait. The characters are all painfully basic and stereotypical, though a few of them have some mystery behind their character which is good. One thing that this series doesn't fail at though is making good looking characters. EVERYONE is good looking. The villains, the doctors, the students, the teachers all of them are good looking. But I do not appreciate the way the women are represented in this. Sure they are thick and beautiful but all of their boobs are seriously VERY HUGE. No human can carry that shit around. I understand that it might be for fan service purposes but that shit ain't attractive at all.

One thing I like about it is that while the oni or the "bad guys" are just creatures trying to live their life peacefully, without harming humans, the momotarou who are supposed to be the "good guys" are the ones that are seriously corrupt. I think this is a good representation of how some good and evil works and I appreciate the author for doing that.
That being said, you should read it if you are an extreme shounen fan or if you want to kill time if you're bored.

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Mar 12, 2021

Rizaadxn

Not Recommended

Preliminary (37/? eps)

Just got done reading all of the current chapters. At first I was enjoying the art and I liked the MC, I'm not too fussed about generic MC's like that. The first few chapters almost gave me mixed vibes between TG, BBB and Blue Exorcist. But then it suddenly changes pace from the academy, to a whole arc elsewhere before we even get time to be with the supporting cast.

At first I didn't mind it too much, thinking it was a new mangaka (with their first series), who has a chance to improve. But nope, it was brought to my attention by someone else that ...

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