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Kaitai Zanuff

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Zanuff the Butcher
Japanese: 解体ザナフ


Information

Type: One-shot
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: 1
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 25, 2012
Genre: Horror Horror
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Afternoon
Authors: Jouyama, Yui (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.201 (scored by 28682,868 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #59842
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #4778
Members: 4,512
Favorites: 27
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Synopsis

George Zanuff is an educated owner of a neighborhood grocery store... but he is also a killer with a propensity to maim beautiful women. Zanuff suffers knowing that he is a monster, so every day he feels his thirst for blood begging him to slice his female clients. However, he battles hard every day to control his murderous instincts and lead an honest life even rejected by his own family. But all that changes when he meets a lost little girl named Alice...

Kaitai Zanuff is a one-shot about a killer who knows perfectly the monster that he is, and how love is capable of redemption.

(Source: Yadon Scans, translated)

Background

Kaitai Zanuff won the Afternoon Four Seasons Award for Autumn 2012.

Characters


Reviews

May 18, 2020
This is my first time writing a review for anything on this site so bear with me.
Zanuff the Butcher is a pretty good one-shot and is easily one of the best that I've read. The reasons for this are many but the two primary reasons for me is that it is pretty subversive and inspires a good amount of discussion for what it is, a pretty obscure one-shot.
While I do believe the story, art and characters are certainly above average, My personal enjoyment of the work comes from everything put together.

Story and Character:
Since the story and character both heavily revolve around Zanuff, I'll just ...
Jul 17, 2021

The story for this one-shot is easy to follow. A mentally ill boy killed and dismembered his classmate. He was then released from prison after serving his 20 years, he now runs a meat shop as a professional butcher. He meets a young girl named Alice who ran away from an abusive home. While taking care of her, he still has the same morbid thoughts of dismembering women. I do not want to spoil the whole story so you will have to read it to see what happens. The art is pretty good, nothing too detailed or poorly drawn. (there are gory scenes that are ...
Nov 12, 2022
Kaitai Zanuff is a quick and effective one-shot with appealing art. Given how short the story is, I will not be summarizing the full story or spoiling major points. The titular character Zanuff is fairly interesting to read because of his uncontrollable urges. The desperate struggle against a darkness looming inside is shown pretty well, both in dialogue and art style. I expected a stereotypical abused past explanation but the story never shifts the focus away from his current predicament. A few flashbacks are shown here and there, but the story covers a lot of ground while still keeping you invested in the characters. They’re ...

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Poll: Zanuff the Butcher Chapter 1 Discussion
HappyMN - Aug 15, 2017
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