Baoh Raihousha
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Baoh Raihousha

Alternative Titles

Japanese: バオー 来訪者
English: Baoh
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 9
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 9, 1984 to Feb 12, 1985
Genre: Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Theme: Gore Gore
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Araki, Hirohiko (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.361 (scored by 34223,422 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #175152
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Popularity: #2885
Members: 7,537
Favorites: 43

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Chapters: /9

Synopsis

Sumire, a nine-year-old girl with clairvoyant abilities, finds herself held captive aboard a train by Doress, a secret organization who are now whisking her away to their laboratory. Seeing her chance to escape their clutches, Sumire inadvertently releases Doress' top secret experiment: a 17-year-old boy named Ikurou Hashizawa, who has been infected with the Baoh parasite. With extraordinary powers of invulnerability and regeneration at his disposal, Ikurou aids Sumire, and the two escape together.

However, this is merely the start of their troubles. As Ikurou's development is incomplete, Doress considers him far too dangerous to roam free, and orders his immediate execution. Now on the run, the pair must survive an onslaught of hitmen while Ikurou attempts to learn more about his rapidly advancing powers.

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Background

Baoh Raihousha was published in English as Baoh by VIZ Media, first as part of the VIZ Select Comics, with eight issues from December 1989 to July 1990, and later in tankoubon format on August 31, 1995.

Characters

Hashizawa, Ikurou
Main
Sumire
Main
Walken
Supporting
Dr. Kasuminome
Supporting
Dordo
Supporting
Sophine
Supporting

Reviews

Oct 3, 2015
Baoh: The Visitor is a very short manga only spanning 9 chapters( short and sweet), but it's still good. Baoh has an art style very similar to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood which makes sense as Phantom Blood was made several years after Baoh. Personally I think Baoh is a story that was best made short and if it were to come back I don't think it would be as good. A new anime wouldn't really be great and the OVA was oka, but I don't feel it captured Baoh accurately. I also think that Baoh's appearance in All Star Battle was awesome and I ...
Mar 3, 2017
Mixed Feelings
Hirohiko Araki is of course incredibly well-known for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but after getting current on that, I decided to check out one of his earlier works -- Baoh. This is a manga that I feel suffers from simply being too short. I think the idea has some potential, but it fails to ever become anything great, simply being "just ok".

The story centers around our main character Ikuro, who is forcibly given superpowers by an evil organization. Thus he is able to transform into Baoh. He escapes with a young girl and then the organization hunts them down until Ikuro eventually makes his way to ...
Sep 24, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Baoh presents an intriguing premise, but unfortunately, the story isn’t fully realized. It’s somewhat disheartening to consider that this work had the potential to be great, but it took too long to set up and was trying to compete with the titans of Shonen Jump. Notably, Dragon Ball Z was released in the same year (1984) and achieved such immense success that Shonen Jump has yet to surpass its peak annual sales since its serialization ended.

For those willing to see a prototype of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, you'll find a captivating experience. Baoh contains all the hallmarks of a non-JoJo part: a fascinating premise, ...

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