Agility shadows hiding in the darkness… killer manga always have exciting action scenes, thrilling fights, and deep dark backgrounds.
Recently, some netizens have voted for the killer mangas that they think are interesting. Let's talk about it this time!
Top.5 Golgo 13
The manga is really old. It has been serialized for more than 50 years since it started in 1968. During this period, it has been adapted to TV animation series and movies many times. "Golgo 13" vol. 201 was released in July 2021, which broke the Guinness World Record for "most volumes published for a single manga series" held by KochiKame: Tokyo Beat Cops for many years.
However, the creator Mr. Takao Saito died at the age of 84, in the same year of pancreatic cancer.
The protagonist of Golgo 13, "Golgo 13", is a killer with super-class sniper ability, code-named "Duke". The manga's characteristics are based on current events. In this manga, you can find some famous historical events. The combination of fantasy and reality makes the work more dramatic. It is a rare killer manga with realistic themes.
Top. 4 Black Lagoon
When speaking of the story of gangsters and killers, some people are definitely reminded of this manga.
The male protagonist of the story was originally an ordinary Japanese employee, who accidentally fell into a hijacking incident. He was abandoned by the company, fled to Thailand, and joined the gangster "Lagoon Company". "Lagoon Company" is similar to the existence of mercenaries, but most of its work is to transport various dangerous goods (including but not limited to important information, corpses, living people, or organs), so they often encounter life-threatening.
The story has a lot of violent scenes, as well as the description of crimes, showing not only the darkness of the world but also the various types of characters who survive in the darkness.
The only pity is that the creator updates the mange slowly.
Top. 3 Assassination Classroom
The manga is indeed related to killers, but its real theme is the education of students. In the manga, Koro-sensei is trying to train all students to become super killers. We also do not see much cold assassination, more is the warmth between teachers and students.
Koro-sensei was also named the best and most gentle teacher. Unfortunately, Koro-sensei does not have a good ending at the end. All the students in the story have grown, especially the protagonist Nagisa Shiota, is become a competent adult (though his height is still 1.6m).
Top. 2 GUNSLINGER GIRL
It is a very sad story. In Italy, there is a mysterious agency called Social Welfare Agency, the place specializes in the reception of seriously injured and disabled girls, giving them medical treatment. But at the same time girls have to accept vocational training. The purpose of the agency is to modify the body and brainwashed with drugs to those girls, so that they become the fight against terrorists. They are known as the "gunslinger girls".
Gunslinger girls' lives are quite tragic: they were either murdered, or born with paralysis of the limbs, or were once trafficked around, or abandoned by their parents on the verge of death. After the modification, they washed away their memories and gained extraordinary athletic ability. However, their life expectancy is only left a few years because of the modification. They can only accept the command to kill one after another in their limited life, until the end of life.
Top. 1 City Hunter
City Hunter is the classic of the classics. Its drawing skills are not only at the top level, and its plot is also very attractive, the manga in the form of unit drama to advance the plot, each small plot is interconnected and independent. The plot also hides the main character Saeba Ryo's life in this main line.
The book contains about thirty stories, involving a variety of topics such as gangsters, thieves, spies, killers, casinos, etc. Almost all of them are wonderful, and even today, it is a work that can be greatly admired.
