Ajin (Ajin: Demi-Human) | Manga

Alternative Titles

English: Ajin: Demi-Human

Japanese: 亜人

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 17

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Finished

Published: Jul 6, 2012 to Feb 5, 2021

Genres: Action, Mystery, Horror, Supernatural, Seinen

Authors: Sakurai, Gamon (Story & Art), Miura, Tsuina (Story)

Serialization: good! Afternoon

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Score: 7.93¹ (scored by 24,133 users)

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Ranked: #850²

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Popularity: #102

Members: 75,095

Favorites: 2,679

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Synopsis

Seventeen years ago, mysterious immortal soldiers known as "divine warriors" appeared on the battlefields of Africa. These life forms later became known as "Ajin," or demi-humans, and were considered to be one of the greatest discoveries of mankind. The government declared their existence to be compatible with humans; however, it is rumored that they instead offer bounties for captured Ajin to secretly perform inhumane experiments on these rare beings.

Kei Nagai, an apathetic high school student, is studying to become a doctor and only wishes to live a normal life. However, this simple dream is shattered after he suddenly gets into a deadly traffic accident. Reviving at the scene, he is immediately labeled as an Ajin by bounty-hungry witnesses. Unable to understand his immortality or prove his innocence, he starts to live his life on the run and fights for survival. He barely escapes the government's reach when a group of anarchistic Ajin contacts Kei, asking him to join their forces to retaliate against the government. But who is Kei's real enemy, and which side will he take when it comes down to humans versus Ajin?

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Background

In 2013, Sakurai Gamon stated on his blog that he will be working on the series alone for volume two onward. The reason for co-author Miura Tsuina's withdrawal was not given.

Ajin has been published in English as Ajin: Demi-Human by Vertical Inc. since October 14, 2014; in Spanish by Norma Editorial since October 29, 2015; in German by Egmont Manga since June 5, 2015; in Polish by Studio JG since April 5, 2016; in Brazilian Portuguese by Panini Comics/Planet Manga since June 2016; in Italian by Star Comics since May 9, 2015; and in Russian as Нелюдь by XL Media since October 2017.

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Ajin Part 1: Shoudou, Ajin Part 2: Shoutotsu, Ajin Part 3: Shougeki, Ajin, Ajin OVA, Ajin 2nd Season

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Characters

Nagai, Kei

Main

Nakano, Kou

Main

Satou

Supporting

Kaito

Supporting

Shimomura, Izumi

Supporting

Tosaki, Yuu

Supporting

Ogura, Ikuya

Supporting

Tanaka, Kouji

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Nagai, Eriko

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Nakamura, Shinya

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Feb 11, 2021

95 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

NordicAnpan (All reviews)

6 people found this review helpful

A psychological character-driven action manga with underlying elements of horror, Ajin is surely not a story for everyone. But for those with suitable leaning it may very well come nothing short of a masterpiece.

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Whilst the anime adaption of this manga did a great job setting the tone, handled their cgi with surprisingly high quality and produced some absolutely outstanding music, they dropped the manga's story only a few episodes in and continued the show with an original plot and ending. For anyone who might still be confused about this and or thus hold preconceptions about Ajin because of that, know simply that beyond the initial episodes the two works branch out to become vastly different from one another.
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From the very in your face action scenes varying from a personal scale to the governmental one, the mystery of the demi-humans; what they are and where they come from, to the story onto and behind each character the story revolves around, Ajin plays on a beautiful balance between each element to really tell its full story. Sometimes the scenes are big and bombastic, sometimes they're silent and subtle, but what they all have in common is this eerie feeling that they could be real. Or should I say, that they deal with elements we all carry close to us, all think about and ponder at one point or another, all experience in our own time and ways, that as we read them we know they are real. And that is what makes it so intriguing, so gritty, emotional and scary.

I truly cannot empathise enough the extent Ajin has gone to forge its characters into actual individuals. Characters who are so authentically thought-through and who quite in truth do realistically exist all around us, with real personality-cues which we as a society more often than not shun upon speaking or making mention of. In fact, a large portion of the cast are all like this; individuals with a mask, in one form or another, hiding their true selves away because of society's neglect or even enmity towards what is not seen as normal- despite most of us carrying these very traits or experiences to one degree or another. Despite all of us already knowing this.

When he writes, the author is clearly self-aware, and never inputs a loose string, hint or an element without cause or reason. There is always something to say, always something to be found or to happen, and always a sense of respect towards the readers who are dedicating their time and effort to this piece of work.
Ajin really uses each of its element for a reason; the demi-humans aren't so much a plot point as one might expect; the continous attempts of taking the antagonist down and putting and end to his havoc really isn't what the show is actually about, and the characters' own motivations and history are essentially irrelevant whilst viewed as standalone. It is however precisely because they are all conciously and deliberately woven together, that they are able to create the impact, intrigue and value that they do.

So what's the TLDR, really?
Ajin is an action-packed and deeply psychological manga sure to draw you in and grab you on the hook. Hand to hand combat, guns blazing and explosions? We've got you, fam. Undying humans who restore themselves in the most eerie ways every time they die and spawn violent, inhuman beings who may or may not attack everything they see? Oh you'll like this. And lastly, realistic characters who are all so uniquely real and deal with elements most fiction doesn't even dare to step close to? Oh we've got that too.

- Not to mention the art develops incredibly throughout the span of the series, truly becoming and forging an identity for Ajin of its own.

Altough Ajin might be a masterpiece for a potentially small crowd, I stand by that Ajin is nonetheless a definite masterpiece.

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Mar 1, 2021

86 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 10

Cereus (All reviews)

2 people found this review helpful

People die when they are killed...unless you're a demi-human. Ajin is set in the backdrop of bureaucratic Japan where we follow Nagai Kei as he discovers after nearly being isekai'd by Truck-kun, he's a demi-human and returns from death's door.

Critiques out the way first: Ajin's beginning chapters are ass. They aren't bad by any stretch of the imagination--compared to the vast sea of manga out there, it's pretty damn good introduction. But compared to the greatness that is the next 80% of the manga, the opening chapters are pretty fucking weak. The issue with the opening chapters is that the author has no idea what read more

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Apr 26, 2014

18 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 9

GinMagi (All reviews)

79 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

Story
Ajin are humans that cannot die. Seventeen years ago, they first appeared on a battlefield in Africa. Our main character turns out to be a Ajin and gets treated like he is some animal to be experimented on and everyone else sees him as a cash prize like an event being held everybody thinks they will get money if they hand in an Ajin even though Ajin are human other people don't see them as those adults were trying to kill the main character and smirking then they said let's see if he really is an Ajin. Long story short this manga has an interesting read more

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May 3, 2015

28 of ? chapters read

Overall Rating: 8

ModusOperandi (All reviews)

43 people found this review helpful

Preliminary

"Why must one die?" Is being immortal a gift or a curse?

One day, our main character Nagai, Kei finds out the wrong way(and only way) that he's an immortal being with supernatural powers, which is not only bad since the government is after all "Ajins"(Immortals) for experimental purposes but because he's one of the few hundred Ajin's in the world.
His head has a price now, and his mysterious abilities make him the perfect target for everyone around him. Who will remain his friend and who will betray him?

Kei is given a quick introduction into a very realistic world.
Ajin is filled with psychological and read more

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