Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku
Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku is yet another grade-A Sisi Jiang manga recommendation. They’re really good at this. Yes, Hell’s Paradise technically came out a while ago, but you fiends made it damn-near impossible to cop a volume of the manga. I was finally able to find the first volume this year in the most out-of-the-way Barnes & Noble in Chicago so I’m including it on this list.
Hell’s Paradise, by Yuuji Kaku, follows a group of criminals and the executioners tasked with overseeing them as they explore a mysterious island for the elixir of life in exchange for a pardon from the Shogun. Things take a turn when the manga’s suicide squad of criminals encounter the island’s poisonous flora and their equally dangerous immortal denizens.
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Outside of the manga being the only piece of literature brave enough to name its setting after your favorite video game website (that’s us, btw) Hell’s Paradise blew me away with its stellar artwork and the bold direction of its pretty baddies being able to switch sex characteristics on a dime during battle.
