Kouya ni Kemono Doukokusu
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Kouya ni Kemono Doukokusu

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Wailing Beasts in the Wilderness, In Wilder, the Beast Doth Lament
Japanese: 荒野に獣 慟哭す


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 15
Chapters: 93
Status: Finished
Published: Mar 26, 2004 to Nov 2014
Genres: Action Action, Horror Horror, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi, Supernatural Supernatural
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Magazine-Z
Authors: Yumemakura, Baku (Story), Itoh, Sei (Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.991 (scored by 612612 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #93762
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #6221
Members: 3,486
Favorites: 31

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Volumes: /15
Chapters: /93

Synopsis

Story of a boy, a virus which unlocks the primal beast, and desired forgotten memories.

(Source: Izumo no Ryuu)

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Reviews

Nov 3, 2024
An underrated manga that could have been amazing despite a few apparent flaws.

Kouya ni Kemono Doukokusu is an exhilarating and suspenseful action, adventure, sci -fi, thriller Seinen that manages to deliver all sorts of emotions through it's short 15 volume run... A biologist and anthropologist Mikado Shuuhei awakes in a mysterious laboratory with no recollection of his past nor how he got there. It is only until he is tended to by a mysterious lady him along with the facility being attacked that he wakens to possessing meta abilities through 'beastification'. However the situation continues to grow hairy soon evolving into a globe trotting adventure ...
Jan 25, 2023
Spoiler
So close to being perfect in my opinion. The plot is interesting and overarching, while remaining tight and tantalisingly just out of grasp. The artwork is some of the cleanest I've ever seen! Humour is interspersed alongside actual worldly knowledge and academic theory, which, while can take you out of the moment when a character suddenly starts theorising academia alongside an enemy, I found informative and enjoyable and part of the fun being that the mangaka and their editor are made characters in the story and interact with the main cast often. Even saving their lives.
But, some characters still felt like they are there ...
Dec 13, 2022
Mixed Feelings
The art in this manga is possibly the best I have ever seen, easy 10/10, I must say if I were to ever write a manga I would want this man as the artist. It has a delicious faux-90's quality to it with sharp black and white contrast that I love, it gets so creative with the paneling and the designs of the beastmen/women and the spreads of the Mesoamerican imagery in particular are magnificent. I would recommend this title to most people on the strength of the art alone, it's seriously that good.

So why mixed feelings? Well there's a problem with Kouya. Kind of ...

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Poll: Kouya ni Kemono Doukokusu Chapter 1 Discussion
Madara22 - Nov 19, 2015
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Jun 26, 2022 5:32 PM
Poll: In Wilder, The Beast Doth Lament Chapter 2 Discussion
JudgeRuthless - Aug 10, 2012
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Mar 19, 2014 1:32 AM