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Senrei

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Baptism of Blood
Japanese: 洗礼


Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Finished
Published: 1974 to 1976
Genre: Horror Horror
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Sho-Comi
Authors: Umezu, Kazuo (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.051 (scored by 791791 users)
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Ranked: #79842
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Popularity: #7882
Members: 2,500
Favorites: 26

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Synopsis

Izumi Wakakusa is a renowned actress obsessed with beauty. When a hideous mark shows up on her face, she suddenly disappears and gives birth to a little girl: Sakura.

Sakura is always pampered and overprotected by her mother, until the day that she discovers why she was born.

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Reviews

Nov 1, 2021
Read this just now in one afternoon/evening.

For a manga written back in 1974 = Yes, I would highly recommend fans of older mangas and "horror" mangas to read this.
The story sort of reminds me of Orochi, in that the horror is not supernatural rather it is the horror that is within the humans themselves.

In terms of artwork, the facial expressions and certain panels during important moments are very impressive and very well drawn.

As this manga only has 8 chapters, there is only 1 main character (who explored in lots of detail) and various minor characters.

(You understand this part once you read it)
I'm surprised that ...
Oct 14, 2018
This one is really messed up! Kazuo Umezu usually writes some disturbing work but it's a lot more out there with heavy sci fi themes. This ones still sci fi but i feel like since it's a lot more human and relatable compared to his other work.

The themes are really heavy, so the darker scenes have had a really big impact on me. I'm used to bad things happening in Umezu manga but there's usually a feeling that things are going to work out to a certain extent at least for the major characters, but he decided to go against that path right from the ...
Nov 2, 2016
Mixed Feelings
I just finished reading Baptism and saw that there was no review for it, so I decided to write one myself.

Baptism, or Senrei (in the Japanese name) was created by Umezu Kazou, the famous and old horror mangaka who inspired many other horror mangaka like Junji Ito, but I have never read any manga from Umezu Kazou before, so I went in without any expectations. I'm saying this, because despite the promising first few chapters, Baptism was overall a letdown, primarily because it was ruined by the sudden "plot twists" that came in the last volume, up until then it was fine or even ...

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Have any of you read Senrei / Baptism of blood MANGA?
Yorokobi47 - Dec 4, 2014
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Jan 31, 2021 11:50 PM