Kurokami

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Japanese: 黒神

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 19

Chapters: 159

Status: Finished

Published: Dec 3, 2004 to Apr 6, 2012

Genres: Action, Drama, Supernatural

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Gangan

Authors: Park, Sung-Woo (Art), Im, Dal Young (Story)

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Ranked: #3843²

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Popularity: #1454

Members: 15,560

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Ranked #3843Popularity #1454Members 15,560

MangaYoung GanganPark, Sung-Woo (Art), Im, Dal Young (Story)

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Wending his way home after a bender one evening, master moocher and game programmer Keita Ibuki decides to satisfy a craving for ramen at a noodle stand. Instead of slurping soup, though, he surrenders his meal to a manic girl who, unbeknownst to Keita, is a Mototsumitama, a guardian of the coexistence equilibrium. When his new acquaintance is attacked, Keita gets caught in the crossfire and loses an arm. Awakening from the shock of his injury, Keita finds himself back in his apartment... arm intact! But just whose arm is it?! Asking the strange girl raiding his refrigerator reveals only that Keita's life has become a great deal more complicated.

(Source: Yen Press)

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Kurokami was published in English as Black God by Yen Press from October 17, 2007 to May 28, 2013.

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Kuro

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Ibuki, Keita

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Sano, Akane

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Steiner

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Reishin

Supporting

Excel

Supporting

Mayu

Supporting

Kakuma

Supporting

Nanase, Shinobu

Supporting

Nam

Supporting

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Apr 14, 2019

Saume

Recommended

Seeing as there's no review of the completed manga and other reviews are all quite old... here's my (spoiler-free) review of this underrated manga.

I would categorize this manga as:
- Action: a bunch of battle scenes;
- Drama: serious tone and not much comedy;
- Mystery: much of the story has the characters investigating and trying to find information to solve the mysteries surrounding mototsumitama;
- Supernatural: story revolves around supernatural beings and the mysteries surrounding them and their powers.

Also of note is that this manga trends more towards being dark than light-hearted. It's no horror manga that just kills all the characters left and right, but there is ... no convenient revive mechanic for characters that die, no nakama power to save the day, no random power-up.

Story: 10/10
The story starts off giving the vibe of a battle manga early on, but it is much more than that. The characters quickly begin looking for information to carry out their initial plans. From there they begin their journey and meet more characters and slowly uncover the mysteries surrounding these supernatural beings.

It feels as though the series wanted to run for 20-25 volumes (at the end, the pace picks up very fast and many things are revealed in a short amount of time compared to the rest of the series), so it feels slightly rushed, but it is done so well and gracefully that I couldn't bother to remove a point here. There is no convenient plot point added anywhere, and everything fits the story and seems to have been well planned out from the start. Particularly, I liked that there are many details explained in the later volumes which have essentially no impact on the story, but are nice things to know and make the world seem more real and well planned.

Art: 9/10
The art is great, and the characters are all very distinct (except some twins, but hey, twins I guess) and the art style is very unique itself (perhaps because it is done in Korea?). Some of the battle scenes are harder to follow (I like to stare at panels to play the scene in my head, imagining exactly what movements they are doing, and sometimes it was hard here).

Characters: 9/10
Characters are all believable. This story has characters in their early to mid 20s (they finished college and are working), so the character development is slow (as you'd expect after you reach that age I guess, you change a lot less, and slower), but present none the less. More so than character development, you learn to know the characters more over time and change your impressions of them (don't really want to spoil anything, so let's leave it at that).

The villains have real motives, particularly towards the end. It sometimes has you wondering if the villains are actually right in what they are trying to do... The very last villains are also quite true to their character and they were very interesting to me.

Enjoyment: 9/10
Very enjoyable series overall with a satisfying ending, especially when compared to a lot of manga who typically seem to go downhill after a few volumes. The story culminates in intense points in volumes 7-10 and 16-19, with a quieter pace for the rest, but it was good the whole way through. I also really enjoyed the flashback volume(s) toward the end of the series which explains a lot of what was left unexplained.

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Feb 4, 2021

Goajtskra

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THIS ONE HAS SPOILERS, MY FRIEND.

The manga goes well until the last chapters. I think Kuroko should have stayed with Keita, for everything they went through together it seemed fair, although Akane was a childhood friend, but it is a bit of a cliché for the protagonist to stay with your childhood friend.

As for the characters, everyone develops well and they are very important for the continuation of the story, but we miss some of them, like Nam, she is very strong i think she could have helped even more. This is not really a bad point, knowing that there are extra chapters at the ...

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Aug 5, 2008

Master10K

Recommended

Preliminary (60/159 eps)

Black God is a Seinen, Supernatural, Action that is about the usual ‘fateful encounter’ starting point, with awesome art & action. Even though this is technically a Manhwa/Manwha, the Japanese characters & setting basically makes this a regular Manga.

Keita Ibuki is a normal guy who undergoes an unexpected life-changing experience, when he gets caught in the crossfire of higher beings that call themselves ‘Mototsumitama’. Now there’s a girl named Kuro, who he must stick with, due to various circumstances. The beginning of this hectic story really throws the reader into the thick of it, bombarding you with information regarding the complex plot (doppel-liners, terra, mototsumitama, ...

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