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Orochi (manga)

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Alternative title:

Orochi: Blood

おろち (Japanese)

Genres: horror

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Plot Summary: Orochi, a strange girl who wakes up for ten years at a time once every century, observes two sisters growing up in the mansion of their wealthy family. The older girl can do no wrong and the younger girl is constantly criticised and berated for not living up to her sibling's exemplary standards. Years later, Orochi's spirit returns in the body of another girl. The two sisters are now grown women: the younger sister is a bitter woman, forced to return to her family home after an unsuccessful marriage and the older sister is now a bed-ridden widow with a terminal illness. It seems the younger sister has been made bitter and sadistic by her traumatic childhood but maybe the seemingly angelic older sister isn't quite as perfect as she seems.

User Ratings: 8 ratings have been given [details]

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Seen in part or in whole by 27 users, rank: #2246 (of 6736)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.375 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.111, rank: #4507 (of 7469)
Weighted mean: 6.711 (Good−), rank: #4363 (of 7469) (seen all: 6.66 / seen some: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.040 (Good), rank: #2477 (of 3489)

Number of tankoubon: 6

Vintage: 1969 to 1970 (Weekly Shonen Sunday 1969 #25 - 1970 #35)

Release dates: We have 10

Reviews:

Orochi: The Perfect Edition GN 3 (Dec 13, 2022)

Orochi: The Perfect Edition GN 2 (Jul 19, 2022)

Orochi: The Perfect Edition GN 1 (Mar 25, 2022)

News: Show: 6 +1 ref. +110 unverified

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Graphic novel

Orochi: Blood (GN) 2002-09-05 (from $27.89)

Japanese staff

Japanese companies

Story & Art: Kazuo Umezu

Publisher:
Akita Publishing (tankōbun)
Shogakukan (serialization, bunko)

Japanese cast

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English staff

English cast

Translation: Jocelyne Allen (Perfect Edition)

Adaptation:
Molly Tanzer (Perfect Edition)
Yuji Oniki

Afterword: Patrick Macias (biography / bibliography)

Book Design: Izumi Evers

Design: Adam Grano (Perfect Edition)

Editing:
Alvin Lu
Joel Enos (Perfect Edition)

Lettering: Evan Waldinger (Perfect Edition)

Touch-up Art & Lettering: Susan Daigle-Leach

(none)

English companies

Licensed by: Viz Media

Italian staff

Italian companies

(none)

Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics

Italian cast

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