マクミランさんはドロヘドロを見る
This week I decided to watch the 3-D anime adaptation of a famous seinen manga: Dorohedoro. The story is about a post-apocalypse world where most people live in horrible slums called "the Hole" while powerful sorcerers who utilize magic in the form of smoke live in a separate "world". Sorcerers often practice their magic on normal people, their experiments killing or disfiguring them. A man named Caiman was the subject to one of these experiments, losing his memory and being transformed into a lizard monster immune to magic! Now he and his friend Nikaido fight every sorcerer they come across looking for the sorcerer that transformed Caiman, with hopes of transforming him back. The series is extremely violent and has a twisted sense of humor, but I think thats what makes it so popular. It is probably one of the most famous modern mangas by a female mangaka, which is very cool. In the first episode Caiman's exploits make him the target of a powerful sorcerer: En, and his subordinates. I am looking forward to seeing how the story plays out from here!
Despite the fantasy setting, there are a few nods toward Japanese culture in Dorohedoro. The most obvious is Caiman's favorite food "gyoza", a type of Japanese pork dumpling that Nikaido makes as a specialty. The series makes the food look super delicious, so I want to try some authentic gyoza when I travel to Japan! Also, I am continuing to try and translate the dialogue as I hear it.
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