Ayashimon, Vol. 1

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Maruo punches his way into the monstrous world of Ayashimon yakuza with dreams of becoming a manga protagonist!

When the Enma Syndicates chairman dies, Japans supernatural underworld is turned on its head, leaving gangs of ayashimon poised on the brink of war. Urara, the late chairmans daughter, has plans to come out on top, and shes found an unlikely ally to help make it happenMaruo, a human who dreams of being a manga hero.

Maruo always wanted to be like the characters in his favorite manga. Unfortunately, his training efforts have paid off a little too well. Now he breaks everything he touches, cant find a job, and wins every fight too easily. However, when he encounters a girl being pursued by a group of thugs who turn out to actually be monstrous ayashimon in disguise, it seems like his real-life manga story is about to begin!

Author Bio

Yuji Kaku debuted as a mangaka in 2009 with the one-shot Omoide Zeikan (Memory Customs), which won honorable mention in the 14th Jump SQ Comic Grand Prix. He went on to write several other one-shots before beginning his first series, Fantasma, which ran in Jump SQ from 2013 to 2014. His second series,Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, ran from 2018 to 2021 on Jump+ and received an anime adaptation. Ayashimon is his third title and started its serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in November 2021.