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Hell’s Paradise

Image: Shueisha / Viz Media / Kotaku
Image: Shueisha / Viz Media / Kotaku

Mappa’s anime adaptation of Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku is slated to stream on Crunchyroll this spring but that doesn’t mean you can’t bide your time by thumbing through its painterly manga panels. That is, if you can find any at your local bookstore, because those puppies sell out like hotcakes anytime they restock. And for good reason: Hell’s Paradise is pretty fucking good.

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Hell’s Paradise, by Yuuji Kaku—Chainsaw Man creator Fujimoto’s former assistant—follows a group of prisoners and the executioners tasked with overseeing them as they explore a mysterious island named Kotaku (no, really) for the elixir of life in exchange for a pardon from the Shogun. Things take a turn when the manga’s suicide squad of convicts encounter the island’s deadly flora and their equally treacherous immortal residents.

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