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Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 4

(Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku #4)

Yuji Kaku

4.22 · Rating details · 162 ratings · 11 reviews

Even an invincible ninja may not be able to survive Hell’s Paradise!

Gabimaru the Hollow is one of the most vicious ninja assassins ever to come out of the village of Iwagakure. He’s ruthlessly efficient, but a betrayal results in him being handed a death sentence. There is only one hope: travel to a long-hidden island and recover an elixir that will make the shogun immorta ...more

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Published September 15th 2020 by VIZ Media LLC (first published November 2nd 2018)

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Nov 04, 2020 Michelle (In Libris Veritas) rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020, horror, manga, manga-horror, manga-shounen, mythology-religion-folklore

This continues to be a weird yet entertaining manga series, even with the few cliches that pop up.

I'm still really loving the bizarre way this story is unfolding. We get a look at several different plot lines here which highlight some of the other prisoners and guards besides Gabimaru and Sagiri, which has been fantastic considering how quickly some of them were dispatched in earlier volumes. The islands mysteries are getting a little less shadowy but there is still a lot to uncover. ...more

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Dec 25, 2020 Amethyst rated it really liked it

Shelves: manga, manga-shounen-seinen, wishlist, 2020

Mei: “Strong. Fruit of weak. Weak is seed of strong”

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Aug 09, 2020 Shani rated it really liked it

Shelves: arc, ya-graphic-novels, ya-thriller-horror, ya-thriller-suspense

The battles, the fighting, and the thrilling mystery continue in the third volume of Hell's Paradise.

The group was separated at the end of the last volume and the trails continue in this volume. Gabimaru was saved by Mei and now the two battle Fuchi and Tamiya while still facing the threat of Tensen and their guards. Readers learn more about the elixir of life and the power behind the Tensen. Hoko is more revealing of the islander's past while Senta makes more connections between the mix of reli ...more

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Nov 10, 2020 Jenny rated it it was amazing

Shelves: manga

Wow, this volume was definitely...something. Honestly so much happened that my poor brain short circuited, but I'll do my best to discuss my thoughts.

First and foremost, I LOVE the theory that this island is house one "religion" that's really a mishmash of different religious beliefs and tales. I'm SO FUCKING CURIOUS to meet this person and discover their motivations for doing this. I only wish I knew more about Taoism and Daoism so that I would have a foundational understanding of the prayers a ...more

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Jan 21, 2021 Ruthsic rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs, 2021rc-btb, 2021rc-historical, 2021rc-ngew, 2021rc-seriestf, fantasy, historical, horror, manga-graphicnovel, male-author

Warnings: body horror, graphic violence, nudity and sex scenes

So this book has so much going on that it has me all excited over the series again. Gabimaru and co have come across the Tensen and the difference is skill has proven to be overwhelming. Furthermore, they are powerful beings being aided by the monsters, and they all are separated and dealing with the monsters. Gabimaru found another pair of executiner-executionee and sensing their strength, suggests to join forces with them, especiall Warnings: body horror, graphic violence, nudity and sex scenes

So this book has so much going on that it has me all excited over the series again. Gabimaru and co have come across the Tensen and the difference is skill has proven to be overwhelming. Furthermore, they are powerful beings being aided by the monsters, and they all are separated and dealing with the monsters. Gabimaru found another pair of executiner-executionee and sensing their strength, suggests to join forces with them, especially in light of high-level intelligent monsters called doshi sent to check out the humans. Which, you know, means more battles.

Sagiri, Yuzuriha and Senta, are learning from Hoko about the mythos of the island and Senta starts to theorize about the theology behind it all. Certainly the major themes point towards a Buddhist leaning, and the beings utilizing tao - the life force - opens up interesting avenues, but he also feels there’s a bigger player in the picture. I’m just very interested in how the ‘arborification’ started or why that island was special? Is it because of the inhabitants affecting the island or the island affecting the inhabitants? With Lord Tensen, the mystery keeps hopping to either theory.

Meanwhile, Toma and his older brother escape the pit created to harvest ‘something’ from the humans, but there arrives a doshi to stop and assess them. Toma makes use of the opportunity to learn how these beings utilize tao. Simultaneously, Shion is explaining to Nurugai how he senses things around him, which closely resembles the concept of Tao that Mei is also trying to explain to Gabimaru and Tamiya. We also get to see what the situation at the Tensen’s place is like (with some Sexy Times scenes thrown in), and I’m still trying to learn all their names at this point, but most of them just blend into each other really. And to round it off, we see the situation back in Edo, where the shogun has ordered another expedition, this time with Gabimaru’s former colleagues being sent in.

Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review from Viz Media LLC, via Edelweiss. ...more

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Feb 06, 2021 Nickonero rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Hay cinco formas de aumentar el Tao. Ejercitar el ki, la respiración intracorporal, la meditación, enviar el ki a los meridianos... Y la más importante: el arte de la alcoba.
Los cuatro primeros los podemos ejercitar de forma individual, pero el arte de la alcoba no es algo que se pueda practicar solo. Es la circulación del yin y el yang, una unión de sexos. Los hombres son Yang, las mujeres son yin.
Los tensen son seres místicos que pueden hacer circular el yin y el yang por su cuenta propia, es ...more

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Feb 16, 2021 Gabrielle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-adult-fiction, genre-fantasy, genre-historical-fiction, genre-humor, genre-horror, manga-light-novel, genre-adventure

The art in this series continues to really drive the story along as well as the excellent way the mangka shows the ability to balance so many characters in different places but not feeling like the pacing is all over the place while building up the world of this island and what threats these characters continue to face.

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Feb 18, 2021 India Taylor rated it it was amazing

We finally get more insight into Lady Mei and Lord Tensen!! I love the peculiarities of the soshin and how they appear. Also love the little authors notes in the back. I’m rooting for Gabimaru and Nurugai SO HARD!!

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Feb 25, 2019 Michael Schmid rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Einfach wieder richtig gut! Mag es, wie langsam alle die Macht der Götter verstehen lernen und über sich hinaus wachsen. Außerdem hat es mein Liebling auf das Cover geschafft und is auch im Band richtig badass xD xD xD

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