Kagurabachi is a popular new-gen manga by Takeru Hokazono, who reveals the book was influenced by David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino.
Kagurabachi’sdebut caused massive hype among Shonen fans who were all anticipating this new battle manga. With a little more than 40 chapters published so far, the manga is only getting more popular.
My translation of Kagura-Bachi author HOKAZONO interview: Shonen Jump already has legendary manga like One Piece.💎 I wanted to offer a new manga with my quiet, low-key, dark protagonist, and since JUMP doesn’t have many revenge-themed manga, I created Kagurabachi. But I don’t…pic.twitter.com/UaHWVSPQNl
“Shonen Jump already has legendary manga like One Piece. I wanted to offer a new manga with my quiet, low-key, dark protagonist, and since Jump doesn’t have many revenge-themed manga, I created Kagurabachi,” the creator says.
“But I don’t want to make a simple story that sells the pleasure of revenge. I was influenced by Tarantino and David Fincher. Kagurabachi depicts an ‘exaggerated Japan’ like Hollywood films.”
Hokazon also shares he realized his dream of creating a manga during the global shutdown, and how his parents supported him after he dropped out of college. Kagurabachi fans express their excitement over Hollywood references and the fact that the story continues to intrigue them.
One fanwrites, “I knew it, cause there’s no way that hallway sequence didn’t look like it came from a movie.”
“Damn man I’m proud of Hokazono dude his manga is hitting record numbers and its already an incredible story. Seeing all of his influences when it comes or his art and story direction it makes sense why it’s so good. he blends all of his inspirations together like a fine sauce mix,” addsanother.
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Tulisha Srivastava is an Anime Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She is an expert on Shonen series, particularly One Piece and Jujutsu Kaisen. In the past, she has worked for Comic Book Resources. You can contact her at tulisha.srivastava@dexerto.com
