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Ichi the Killer
殺し屋１
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Kakihara Masao 
Jijii 
Shiroishi Hajime 
Shuuji Kaneko 
Jirou 
Saburou 
Inoue The facts
- Status
- Finished
- Chapters
- 113
- Volumes
- 10
- First released
- 1998
- Country
- Japan
- Format
- manga
- Author
- Hideo Yamamoto
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- 461
What it is about
Ichi may seem like a spineless weakling—but when the tears start flowing, a terrifying transformation takes place. Driven to his mental breaking point, Ichi becomes an unstoppable force of carnage, unleashing a torrent of violence on his next target. When his destructive path collides with Kakihara, a sadomasochistic yakuza boss with a penchant for pain, it ignites a bloody spiral of chaos, depravity, and unimaginable brutality. From the legendary creator of Homunculus and HIKARI-MAN comes the groundbreaking manga that inspired Takashi Miike’s cult classic film—a shocking exploration of wrath, vengeance, and the dark corners of the human psyche. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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