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Well!
Like the man before, I started to read Jagaaaaaan since his first chapter, it's very great! The draw, the universe is good! It's so cool to see how the mangakas introduce a situation, it's very powerfull and rythmed! You need to read it!

They are such details for faces expressions and the powers of the fractured humans. Such beautiful things in a powerfull manga! Maybe the scenarios is not very "original" because the protagonist need to meet others transformed humans like him but I'm so impatient.

I look forward to seeing how they will look at future arcs and new developments!

Read it!

so i walked into the bookstore and asked for a seinen recommendation, this was what the store clerk handed me and after reading the first volume i just couldn't stop.

jagasaki is a really relatable character, facing the troubles of the world and learning to get by and live his life, but that doesn't mean it's a fulfilling one. the constant dreams of changing his life around, quitting his job, living an extraordinary life instead of a common one if a really relatable sentiment. as the plot thickens and the world around him changes drastically we get to see him evolve as a person and learn ... to make compromises to be able to reach his goal.

the art is impeccable, which is to be expected of such a well produced seinen. the art really goes well with the story and is pretty clean but messy when it wants to be. the manga does have some gore and nudity that is pretty detailed so if you can't handle these things i don't recommend it, howeverrr if you can handle such things i really recommend it!! the characters are really well written and lovable even in tense situations or fight scenes. it's truly a 10/10 and a really enjoyable reading experience

Just pathetic. Imagine if you mixed a good premise with inspiration from Parasite and Gantz and simply ruined it because you are terrible at writing narratives and characters, and yet you leave your sick fetishes so visible in the story that it makes anyone embarrassed to read it. I read all those 163 chapters thinking they could still have a decent ending, but no. Just disappointing and a waste of time. I could still say the art style is good, but it feels lazy in the pacing of the series. Also, there's a character in the beginning of the story that makes everything worse, and ... those who read know who I am talking about (and if you think this is a good character although it's a villain, please seek help and I mean it).

Keeping it real, the first 67 or so chapters of Jagaan are some of the best written chapters out there. 9/10 Read. Unfortunately, after this point the manga becomes complete dogwater. Straight up. How it's written, plot design, character motivation, even how its drawn- everything seems to fall off after the aforementioned point. If you are planning on reading this manga, please don't be surprised when everything suddenly takes a turn for the not good. The fact that this series started out so strong makes it hurt that much more. I still firmly believe you should give it a read and formulate your own opinion ... on it.

* some degree of spoiler in this review *


I've been reading Jagaaaaaan for about 2 years now, and let me tell you, if you're looking for one hell of a premise, interesting protagonist development, questioning your morals, a lot of psycho faces and a buch of weirdos plus an owl, then mate Jagaaaaaan is for you. Worth mentioning the plot has a bit of disturbing scenes such as harass, gore and sex (you'll know if you know). Also worth mentiong there's like 0 censor in this one.

So what sticks out in this manga, is its art, wonderful art throughout the whole work, the somewhat unique ... style and faces set the ambient for a gory and more mature oriented story, it revolves around the inner desires of humans, our strongest desires, our deepest desires, that fracture us ever so slowly.

Jagasaki our protagonist is the very embodiment of this idea, working as cop and being frustrated with his current life, unti an accident happens one day and from there, mate is one hell of a ride.

In Jagaaaaaan story what takes place is a chaotic setting, with lots of gore and morally questioning events using a bit of psychologal aspects to spice it things up a bit, in a rollercoaster of events the development of the protagonist is outstandingly well done.

But what stinks in the history so far, is that it doesn't seem to have a clear path, first we were lead to believe the goal was one thing, then something else, and finally it seems like it acutally settled in a more stable path, though it seemed the same earlier.

Each and every character has unique feelings and vibes, they also fracture in different ways, that's the general idea after all. There are dislikable characters (there's a major hateful one around chapter 20, be advised) and even they, are extremely well done.

The enjoyment in this one is massive, be it the hype for some action scene or just the sheer emotions that can flow or even Doku-chan (our owl) just being wholesome and stupid.

Putting it bluntly, not all might enjoy Jagaaaaaan, but those who enjoy, are in for an awesome ride as the story progresses so does Jagasaki and his understandings of the current situation, as well as the introduction of characters pretty interesting and a lot of action that flows around its gory premise, my score is a strong 9/10 for this one.

Story:Feels a bit like parastyle,with the MC having infected with a unknown parasite frog and is able to shoot monster with his right hand,a bit like shinichi from parastyle,but despite that,it feels different and felt just as good if not better then parastyle, 9/10

Art:Really good art style,the mangaka really put a lot of effort to show the emotion of the characters (plus the plot is just as good if you know what i mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) )
10/10
Characters:The character does not feel bland at all,even newly intro characters felt really good despite only appearing not for a long time,the MC is really ... good,where he felt really relate able as he struggle to live in life until recently where he got his power. 10/10

My experience with Jaga[..]n : an incredibly bold start that unfortunately fizzled out into a boring edgy battle series.
I want to take a moment to commend the opening ~20 chapters of this manga, incredibly dark and explosive. In them we meet the series protagonist, a pathetic, disillusioned cop. His only cope is knowing his gun could, in some universe where he'd be brave enough to perform the act, kill one of the pathetic NPCs that surround him, or even himelf. The opening chapters reflect the unending horrors of the contemporary, disempowered social individual. The monsters are the protagonist's shitty coworkers, an abusive boss ... in the metro, protagonist's naggy girlfriend. Protagonist feels trapped, isolated, and itches for something to give him meaning to live. These chapters are also actually super funny, because à la Joker (but also Otto Dix, or Munsch, or Picasso in the abstracted animalistic quality of the faces), the protagonist wears a grotesque smile, reflecting the bland and appeasing social selves we create to interact 'normally' with others without causing conflict. It's hilarious and painful, and most importantly, directly echoes the monster designs that begin to appear through Tokyo. Ensues an incel magical girl power fantasy, which I unironically think echoes Madoka Magica super well. The undying mascot is a useless moron of an owl instead of whatever Kyubi is, and the magical girl gems get crushed up and snorted like coke in the Jagaaan universe. One of the side heroes immediately uses his newfound powers to rape, like, every woman he meets. The gift of power is quickly revealed to be a curse.

Anyway, I loved this part of Jagaaan. Edgy, of course, but also thought-provoking and funny, as well as visually unique. Unfortunately, as the series continued, it began to draw away from the inner thoughts of the protagonist, and as he gained power, he solved a lot of the conflicts that made the beginning of the series so interesting. He became a generic hero, overpowered and surrounded by girls. This is what I'd like to call the Gantz effect: slick visuals and characters, but an initial darkness and provocative quality that becomes stale over the course of the series. The pathos-inducing gags and original, grotesque facial expressions disappeared, replaced by tons of naked cute girls and (admittedly) cool battle series monster designs. The monster designs also lost allegorical strength. We went from 'girlfriend is a giant scorpion, lashing out out of bottled rage caused by a complex tangle of reasons' to 'vegetarian monster (?)'. [spoilers lol] I was really shocked that the idol girl's arc went from gaining her powers to kill her father who raped her for 10 years, to killing him, to succeeding at her dream to become an idol at whatever cost, to getting raped by that one side character pervert guy, to slightly injuring him, to him lowkey getting a redeeming (death? if i remember correctly) in the next battle. Amidst gory deaths, constant sex, and nihilistic characters, this arc is easily the darkest element of Jagaaan. The part where she is raped in the bathroom by the pervert character is heavy and effectively horrifying. But it is not treated with the narrative weight it deserved, pushed aside while protagonist and girlfriend #3 find some stupid deus ex machina plan to take down big bad.
It's always a bad sign when characters start yelling concepts like 'justice!' and 'peace!' and 'hero!' at each other while charging at each other in their gigantic OP bioweapons. I am afraid I must have overestimated the critical depth of the Jagaaan, which, despite a strong beginning, has revealed itself to be quite a shallow and typical seinen battle manga!

Review as of Ch.67 (dropped)

Well it's pretty early but I can say that for now, it's very good manga.
ART: The characters are very well drawn and detailed.The artist foces in the eyes of the characters (ecpecialy the main) and it's kinda creepy but the illustrations are so good that you just stare with awe. The art here it's great (anda little bit mature ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ) .
CHARACTER: The phychosynthesis of the main character is a little bit strange but with the way he is introduced everything fit right. As for the others we don't know much but for now everyone is matching with the whole atmophare.
STORY: It ... is a good story , for some reason it is rather familiar to me but I enjoy it. The story really reminds me of something. The storyline it's not really what you would call marvelous and thrilling but it fine.
I have read all the available translated chapters :)
Hope I was helpful!

*LONG REVIEW*

Art:


The first half of this manga featured some of the best art I've ever seen in a manga. But the second half really dumbed the art down, things got far less detailed. Probably an issue with time. There were certainly amazing art sometimes in the second half, but there is a clear down-grade. The faces went from circular and unorthodox with creative angles, to angular, orthodox, and generic angles. This reflects the story as well, that I'll touch on in its own section. If the art had kept its amazing standard throughout the entire manga, I'd think it would bump this up to a ... 9/10, rather than the 8/10 this manga is. The art conveys the emotions behind each scene well though. You can feel the disgusting aura from the monsters, you can feel the desperation during action scenes, you can feel the horror of the gore, you can feel the sliminess of the wicked humans, and you can feel the passion in intimate scenes. Perhaps if this was a monthly manga, it would've been able to do all it wanted to do. The character designs were great, the monster designs were quite unique, though some fell into genericity. All in all, I really liked the art, and even in the scenes I didn't, it still managed to invoke emotion. I still much preferred the art and character designs in the first half though.



Story:

Contains NO spoilers, beyond what's implied.


This manga turned from a Seinen into a Shounen. It went from an interesting exploration into the human psyche and the effects that desire have on everyone, with characters that were morally ambiguous, to an hero story where there is a clear contrast between "good and evil". There are some very interesting and sometimes unique character backgrounds and motivations, however during the second half, things become very generic. Though this manga may revel in tropes and unoriginal ideas by its second half, I think there's still enough original and thought-provoking ideas and setpieces to call it a good story, just not anything revolutionary besides the shift half-way through the manga. Characters are pretty good, had the manga kept to its Seinen roots, I think they would've developed into a very great cast with their own reasons and motivations, rather than everyone being forced to follow the MC on his own selfish journey. Despite the story being about everyone's desires born from being selfish, everyone eventually converges to help the MC, which takes away from what made them so compelling, their selfishness. The erotica makes the world seem more grittier and further increases the reader's relationship with the characters, it is a common tool to use nudity/erotica in a story this way, even if it does feel cheap. But the erotica isn't always... *clears throat*, consensual. So the nudity also increases the tension and the feeling of disgust that comes with a story about giving into desires. The ending was actually good, which is wild considering it's an manga ending and all. It had an adequate amount of time to wrap up the MC's story and the world as a whole, with an interesting twist. However, some characters don't get proper resolutions to their plot lines. The fates of some characters are forgotten about at several points in the manga and in the end. They are mostly minor characters, sure, however, this manga is about selfishness and character relationships. So seeing these people who shaped the major characters not being treated right is annoying.


Powers were also really wishy-washy. While not as bad as "Hell's paradise", "Jagaaan"'s powers are hard to understand and usually just come out of nowhere. Cool, but mostly mindless.


This is a tale of two mangas. One half is a Seinen character study of the human race, and the other half, is a Shounen battle manga where the psychological elements take a backseat. Really, the two halves of the manga are almost the same in terms of plots and fights when you look back on it. So the feeling of a "completed" manga is lost, because there's the beginning of a Seinen manga here, and an ending of a Shounen manga here, both frankensteined together. It's a shame, because they both could've been great mangas in their own right.



Overall:

Jagaaaaan! could've been amazing, but with all its faults, and the declining average quality of the manga as time went on, it remains simply "good", or for me, "great" as I really enjoyed the first half.

Despite me personally ranking this a 8/10, by the last quarter, I was really looking forward to the end. I'd still recommend this to people though, although the second half can really be a dealbreaker for some, that first half is brilliant.


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Jagaaan is... a mixed bag. The first half is off-the-rails crazy. Our main character is a homicidal maniac, working as a police officer in the hopes that he can shoot up people he deems as scum to society (whether that's a comment on police brutality or not is up to interpretation). And then magical frogs rain from the sky, people turn into horrifying monsters, and our beat cop gets the superpower to turn his dominant hand to a gun as a result.

The early chapters are slow, but it sets the tone for what the series was supposed to be. Twisted people turn into manifestations of ... their desire, and it's really not pretty. The body horror is drawn beautifully, creating just the right mix of ugly and cool. And our main character is thrown into the mix, because he has to fight other monsters to retain his humanity.

How? He gets his magical bird mascot character to eat their frog-hearts and shit it out, then he snorts said ball of dung like coke. It's incredible. Like a magical girl from my fever dreams.

Unfortunately, symptoms of Jagaaan's problems start to pop up this early. The series like to introduce side-characters that we focus on as a sort of B-plot, and none of them are even remotely enjoyable even as a "break". The first one is a rapist who probably only exists as an excuse to draw sex scenes. The second one is a guy stuck in a woman's body who probably also only exists as an excuse to draw sex scenes. You get the idea.

After the hilariously named Deader Land arc is where these issues start to worsen. I heard the artist injured his shoulder, so it's not something I can really blame him on, but the art does take a noticeable quality dive. The unique art style and its ugly, inhumane expressions gradually fade away to something more generic. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the designs of the monsters; while still cool, they really don't retain the same level of body horror that they used to have.

Somehow the B-plot continues to be stupidly meaningless, and everything is tied up rather haphazardly by the end with some trite philosophical debates and monologues about the meaning of life. Still, Jagaaan's strongest points are its characters, and they truly do continue to leave lasting impressions right until the end. That said, I liked how dumb the final arc was, and I mean that in the best way possible. Jagaaan had an incredible start, a rough middle, and a decent ending that's probably a little too happy for me.

Overall, it's... fine, it just didn't live up to what it could have been like early on. If you want to turn off your brain for a little and watch people with cool bioweapons shoot each other's heads off while flying in the sky, this is a good way to pass the time.

Here's my take after reading 25 fractured chapters of Jagaaaaaan by Muneyuki Kaneshiro (Story) and Kensuke Nishida (Art).

It's seldom that you read something that has heavy influences and inspiration from well-established mangas and makes it work and stand on its own.

Jagaaaaaan has a great premise that made it amusing to read. The story revolves around the protagonist Shintarou Jagasaki a 27-year-old policeman who struggles to contain his frustrations in life at work and at home with his girlfriend. Things turned upside down when a sudden rain of frogs fell down the city and started taking over the city's people turning them into fractured humans whose ... innermost feeling fuels their grotesque transformation and abilities; one being Jagasaki himself.

Although it got most of its concept and ideas from previous manga's like kiseijuu by Hitoshi Iwaaki and Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica by Magica Quartet (Story) and Hanokage (Art), It definitely works and I have enjoyed every chapter.

The art is good and clean, I'm not sure if it was intentional, but it was really cringe-inducing at the first few chapters then it turns into this itchy Trypophobia dealing nightmare. (This manga is not recommended for those who have Trypophobia trust me)

The characters are one-dimensional at first but they slowly improve as each chapter passes; however, they still have a long way to go. I can't help but add that Bell is the most interesting character among its cast and I like her more and more as every chapter passes.

There's a ton of mature content on this manga so I would not recommend this to our young readers.

But I do recommend this to people who have read Kiseijuu or Tokyo Ghoul but do not expect much as I believe this manga is created to primarily entertain which it did well during my read.

With that said, I would give Jagaaaaaan 8 Dung Balls out of 10.

To be honest Jagaaaaan is like nothing I have read ,just the whole frogs falling from the sky thing struck me as unique.
The art style is great, the author real captures human emotion and you can tell what kind of person someone is just by their face. Also, the fight scenes aren't lacking either, there's tonnes of great abilities and seeing them put against each other is honestly a spectacle.
The manga really shows you the harshness of reality and how cruel people can be(sometimes it gets pretty dark).Some people have pretty sad back stories, one to the extent where I found myself sympathising with an ... antagonist.
Jagaaaaan's main character is intriguing, at the start of the manga he's presented as this pshycho "shoot em up" dude but then becomes a bit softer, this didn't bother me but it did turn others off. However, at the manga's current stage i believe the MC isn't like that anymore.
Overall,Jagaaaaan is great and you should definitely check it out.

2021 and this series still constant to its ideals and themes since its first serialization. The amount of hype and action are packing the whole series while the chapters are on going. Its sexual visuals are still implemented by the author. Overall the series is still as hype or more from its first introduction.

Jagaaaaaan has one of the straight-forward scripts I've ever read in a manga (based on English Translation), it doesn't complicate its messages and points, but they are deep and very related. It is full of actions and scenes that are pretty disturbing and lines that are basically for adult readers (it's a ... seinen btw). The characters are fun and not shallow in their viewpoints. It also has a very mature approach in romance in both scenes and visual. Each chapter is enough but at the same time you want to know what's going to happen next. And again, Jagaaaaaan is pretty fast in approach to its stories, but that what's make this series godly, since it is detailed, not overcomplex and pack.

Reading Jagaaaaaan is like eating a very spicy food, it hurts and sometimes disgusting but you will continue to eat it. Pretty good series.

The synopsis does not do this manga justice - who allowed this. Regardless, the most interesting part of the manga is the question of "what will you do to fulfill your desires?" Whether it is the main plot or one of the very intriguing side plots, this question is developed. It is interesting to see how the main character deals with his own idea of justice and how it proceeds to change over time. This manga does not allow blank space to fill the atmosphere, It is thoroughly interesting all the way through. It is enjoyable to see that the side plots can stand on ... their own, even though they are extremely morbid. Jagan is a tragic hero manga with a lot of self-reflecting moments and well paced, easy to follow action.

I read about 60 chapters over the course of a couple hours and I feel like I have a pretty good grasp on this series enough to review it.

Art: So you can tell the artist put a lot of time into the art and it shows, but something about this style is just unpleasant to look at. Not sure how else to explain it.

Story: Story is nothing to groundbreaking, reminds me of Gantz. There is a lot of rape and stuff like that that this series could do without. Robachan in general is just pointless to have in here at all.

Character: I appreciate that the ... main character is not some perfect hero, and even messes up sometimes. Nothing groundbreaking though, he's fine.

Overall: 6/10, seems like it tries to hard to be edgy at times, and while I know that the art is objectively good, I just find it unpleasant and messy to look at a lot of the time.

I enjoyed this manga in a way I haven’t for most in a long time. I don’t know if I just have a proclivity towards edgy slock but by god when it’s done well it never bores me. If there is one thing I enjoy about this manga after reading all 116 chapters of it is the surprising amount of heart that is etched into every single moment. A ton of time and energy is devoted to the development of interpersonal relationships, establishing full arcs within these dynamics setting the stage for some real emotionally tragic and cathartic moments. As the series continues we spend ... a lot of time with each character spending time to flesh out even characters that aren’t our main characters but they still service the purpose of the plot of the arc giving a real sense of chaos. The concept of people’s desires and the strength of human conviction is a welcome one and is an element of the story that very much flies in the face of Japanese cultural norms. Drawing on the human desire to escape mundanity. I’ve seen a lot of detractors from the series claim that the plot is messy and chaotic. But within the context of the narrative it services the purpose of conveying the chaotic consequences of human desire. All throughout the story we are met with tons of morally complicated situations that challenge our main character really helping us to understand his development. He’s a pretty unlikable character at the beginning but the fact that the story seeks to explore individuals like this and their growth shows a real heart to the series. It’s a story that struck very close to me at moments and helped me to pause a moment and to think about the lives and perspectives I’ve otherwise would’ve overlooked. Yes it’s not original in anyway but it doesn’t cease to have an impact with its consistently entertaining nature. Truly a series worth consideration!

I don't know what to think about jagaaan, it started off pretty well but it has lost a lot of narrative strength as the chapters go by, I don't know if it's because the mangaka has given more importance to his other manga, but it seems like a good manga, it's nothing great but it's good to pass the time.
History: its story is enough, it has a more or less clear path but it does not go further, there is no risk in this one, its structure is very similar to gantz, a series of "missions" that must be completed to reach a certain point.
Characters: ... The truth at the beginning I had some expectation in Jagasaki, but as time went by it was simplified so to speak, it was not so much a redemption in his character arc if not rather his own problems were left aside, although it still does not end it can improve, as for the other characters some are very good and others not so good, it has its ups and downs.
Art: It's very inconsistent, sometimes it looks like something made by Kentaro Miura and other times it looks like something made by One.

This is an odd work.

It starts off poorly. With characters resembling caricatures, with exaggerated faces that are realistic but designed to look ugly.
However, in time, it improves, gets better and touches more complex subjects.

The chapters always remain somewhat short and it tends to turn into a battler often. The art is good and on a realistic side. The story can be somewhat simplistic at times. Lots of sex, violence, betrayals, disgusting human beings in the work. I would say it somewhat resembled Denjin-N and a few other works like that in visuals. The author also knows how to draw cute girls.

I believe that in the ... end it was an enjoyable ride, watching the story fully unfold and reach its ending. The story is not perfect, some things felt a bit forced, and there were some odd choices here and there, but good visuals and imperfect, but interesting premise was worth reading it in the end.

So if you you're looking for a bit of body horror, gore, and plenty of occasional sex, this is worth checking out. It is worth checking out that this is definitely an adult work, and it frequently touches many dark subjects.

Overall I would rate it as 6 out of 10. Which is gaussian rating with 5 being normal, 1 being the worst thing that ever existed, and 10 being the best.

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I think this will be my last review. Over the course of years (with the very first review written in 2016) I've reviewed 200 works, and originally planned to stop at 100th review, but continued. However, very few people read things I write, occasionally they argue in comments, and with the changes to the rating I don't feel much point in continue. I'm not 100% sure that I won't ever review a single thing ever again, but at the moment this feels like that's it.

To those who read my stuff: thank you, I hope you enjoyed it.

Have fun.

Apart from the action, and amazing well-drawn fighting scene. This manga also has an interesting love story, a good sense of humour, and uh a lot of nudity which done pretty decent (although some might be considered misogynistic in a way).

All of the character (main and supporting) have some kind of tragic background that made you want to read more and more, my favourite would be the butterfly duo. Another thing about the story is how the author divided two stories of the main and supporting, gradually building them up then connect the dots at one point.

Overall, it's a pretty good manga, looking ... forward to the climax, and hoping it has 200+ chapters or 300+ would be nice.

Imagine Parasyte, but really bad story and terrible characters.
I do admit. Jagaaaaaan's art is quite nice. From chapter 1, I was pretty entranced by the artstyle, and a lot of the monster designs are really detailed at certain points of the story. Fight choreography...yeah not the greatest, but overall, nice art.
That's basically where the praise ends. Jagaaaaaan's very similar to parasyte: alien hosts form a symbiotic relationship with a host, and host gets powers, and the entire story is super mutants fighting each other. And it's boring. Jagaaaaaan manages to make this story become boring.
Seriously, what am I reading? The antagonist is a typical hedonistic ... childish villian that only appears at the end of arcs to screw with the protagonist. Other than that, the rest of the story is Jagasaki dealing with his emotions and psychological issues, like his lover, his motivations, his desires, and even, "revenge bad."
Rarely do you ever see fights that are exciting. Usually, the fights end up being this formula: mutant powers up, Jagasaki remembers his lover, gains motivation, and kills the mutant with another power up. It has not changed, and I'm at chapter 76. Other than that, the fights are usually more about Jagasaki's mental state, like I was talking about before, with the story being extremely focused on Jagasaki's desires and motivations.
The only unique thing that I can say about Jagaaaaaan is how there is always a side story character that crosses paths with Jagasaki, and he eventually influences the story in some big/major way. These characters tend to be much more interesting to read about than Jagasaki or any other side characters.
Now, what about the side characters? The only characters that actually matter and don't die off is his love interest, whose sole purpose is to serve as emotional motivation.
Yeah, read or watch parasyte.