Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

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Synonyms: Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn!, Home Tutor Hitman Reborn!, Minna no Sasai na Nichijou, Kaibutsu-Zukai Tsuna!

Japanese: 家庭教師〈かてきょー〉ヒットマンREBORN!

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 42

Chapters: 411

Status: Finished

Published: May 24, 2004 to Nov 12, 2012

Genres: Action, Comedy

Themes: Organized Crime, School, Super Power

Demographic: Shounen

Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)

Authors: Amano, Akira (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.10¹ (scored by 68,187 users)

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Ranked: #576²

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Popularity: #102

Members: 125,614

Favorites: 9,655

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8.10

Ranked #576Popularity #102Members 125,614

MangaShounen Jump (Weekly)Amano, Akira (Story & Art)

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Chapters: /411

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Synopsis

The life of Tsunayoshi "No-Good Tsuna" Sawada is a complete wreck. Terrible grades, horrible fitness, and a non-existent social life means he has no reason to attend school, especially after discovering that his crush, Kyouko Sasagawa, is already seeing someone. Unbeknownst to him however, the blood of Giotto, the great Vongola the First, runs through his veins.

Enter home tutor Reborn, an infant who claims to be the world's greatest hitman. Under orders from Vongola the Ninth, Reborn has come to train Tsuna to become a worthy successor to the famous Vongola Famiglia name. Tsuna, however, refuses, and claims that he will never become a mafia boss. How will the world's greatest hitman react to such opposition? Will he force Tsuna to adhere? Or will he use this unwillingness to his advantage? This is a story of a reluctant successor as he takes on the responsibilities of becoming the underworld's next ruling mafia leader, with the help of his friends and a one-of-a-kind home tutor.

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The first 16 volumes of Katekyou Hitman Reborn! were published in English as Reborn! by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump Advanced imprint from October 3, 2006, to July 6, 2010, before release was discontinued. It was also published in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics from February 2013 to February 2017.

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Sawada, Tsunayoshi

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Hibari, Kyouya

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Gokudera, Hayato

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Reborn

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Yamamoto, Takeshi

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Rokudou, Mukuro

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Lambo

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Dokuro, Chrome

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Sasagawa, Ryouhei

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Fran

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Dec 18, 2022

Lainsbearsuit

Recommended

Katekyo Hitman Reborn is a cult classic of the Shonen genre. The premise is quirky even by usual standards, and the sudden and permanent switch from comedy to action may leave you bewildered, but this manga is one that stands on its own beside the other greats for its character development, unique story arcs, and a healthy balance between comedy and action/adventure.

Reborn's plot centers around a young boy named Tsunayoshi Sawada, nicknamed "No-Good Tsuna", who unwillingly becomes the pupil of the infant in a suit and hat named Reborn! The catch is, this is to become the 10th head of the mafia family known ... as Vongola, and Tsuna wants nothing but an ordinary middle school life. The rest is fairly easy to guess, or so you might think.

The first part of the manga is a fairly standard comedy, with characters that have running gags appearing throughout the chapter in an effectively hilarious manner. Tsuna is the butt-monkey that every character laughs at, misunderstands, or abuses on a regular basis. He occasionally does something heroic, gets a dreamy look from the girl he likes (which of course he does not see) and falls asleep exhausted to do it all again tomorrow. It's interesting to see that his room gets destroyed for comedic effect many times, and you can actually see the cracks and the bandages on the cracks later in the series. He also collects an obviously absurd number of roommates early on that continue to live with him throughout the entirety of the series.

After a short introduction we quickly progress into the serious arcs of the series. This is where characters that have previously been part of the comedy routine are now fighters in various battles that the MC must face for reasons. The comedy still comes in occasionally to lighten the mood, but we never again will have an entire chapter devoted to a true comedy skit like the beginning of the manga. It's really kinda sad, but fear not, there's plenty more here worth reading.

What follows is a glorious series of battles and interactions between characters that each are more memorable than the last. It's worth noting here that the anime does an excellent job for the most part of adapting these battles and it's definitely worth seeing. However the anime doesn't cover the entire manga, but the anime does have some filler arcs that aren't bad. On the flip side, if you've seen the anime and are wondering if the manga is worth reading, it most definitely is, but it is fairly difficult to find a decent translation or buy a hard copy.

The art style does leave a bit to be desired, and fight scenes can sometimes be a bit hard to follow. The only other drawback is that the entirety of the work lacks a certain focus, and in the end it does fall prey to the "friendship is magic" trope. Otherwise this is a truly special work in the catalogue of shonen manga and worth checking out if you have any interest in the genre.

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May 21, 2018

PharuanUndearth

Mixed Feelings

I mean where do I even start with this, being the only reviewer to read the entire series, is that the entire series is absolute trash it goes in way too many directions to be even close to coherent. I mean I get behind the or I'm going to train you to be a mob boss and you're gonna be like the best mafioso ever and you have underlings that's cool but then you introduce things like Lambo and I-pin who explodes and a girl who can only cook poisoned food what the fuck is all this bullshit being put together. It's another series ...

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Mar 29, 2020

Hykez

Not Recommended

I used to love this back when I was 15 or so. Time do change things, huh?

It's clear that the author didn't planned the series to go as far as it went, the first several chapters present a mostly slice of life manga focused on comedy, but eventually the author realizes that it's a Jump title, so BOOYAH! here comes some bad fighting arcs, from here all the way to the end, with a tinge of badly written science fiction.

The problem with this series is repetition, which is not an abnormal thing when it comes to Jump titles, but it's just too damn much. The ...

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