En's mushroom magic gravely injures Nikaido when she infiltrates his mansion. Vaux and Professor Kasukabe tell Caiman about Shin's dark past. Nikaido dons a powerful mask to defeat her enemy, only to find the attack was a trap by En. With Tanba's help, Caiman visits one of the Cross-Eyes. Caiman sneaks into the festival grounds in pursuit of Risu.
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First published by Monthly Ikki a now suspended seinen magazine which serialized the story since it started back in , until its closure in , it was followed by Hibana, a new magazine produced by the same publisher, Shogakukan. Since then, the story has been on several hiatuses. However, thanks to its cult manga status, the original ending was postponed to spawn four more volumes. Hole , a dreadful city where humans live in fear thanks to the constant attack of the Magic Users , beings from another dimension which resembles humans in every way. Still, they can use and test Magic on the residents of Hole, killing or disfiguring them for the rest of their lives. The Humans got used to this meaningless life, knowing there is nothing they can do to stop the sorcerers from using them as guinea pigs. But this changes when Kaiman, a man with no memories about his past, stood against them and started to kill Magic Users to find the one responsible for his reptilian face, for which he has to use a gas mask to cover his entire head. With the help of Nikaido , Kaiman's only friend, they patrol the streets of Hole interrogating every sorcerer they find before killing them using the strange being inside Kaiman's mouth.
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It tells the story of the amnesiac reptilian-headed Caiman, working together with his friend Nikaido to recover his memories and survive in a strange and violent world. The manga was first serialized in Shogakukan 's seinen magazine Monthly Ikki from November until September , when the magazine ceased publication. It was then serialized in Hibana from March to August , when Hibana ceased publication as well. In North America, the series has been licensed for English-language release by Viz Media in , which began distributing the manga digitally when it launched SigIKKI , the now defunct online English version of Ikki magazine. The 23 volumes were published from March to September It was followed by a worldwide streaming release on Netflix in May The series is set in a post-apocalyptic future, [1] taking place in two separate dimensions; the Hole, a dismal cityscape where humans reside; and the Sorcerers' world, home of sorcerers. Sorcerers are capable of traveling to and from the Hole by summoning magical doors.
Hole—a dark, decrepit, and disorderly district where the strong prey on the weak and death is an ordinary occurrence—is all but befitting of the name given to it. A realm separated from law and ethics, it is a testing ground to the magic users who dominate it. As a race occupying the highest rungs of their society, the magic users think of the denizens of Hole as no more than insects. Murdered, mutilated, and made experiments without a second thought, the powerless Hole dwellers litter the halls of Hole's hospital on a daily basis. Possessing free access to and from the cesspool, and with little challenge to their authority, the magic users appear indomitable to most—aside for a few. Kaiman, more reptile than man, is one such individual. He hunts them on a heedless quest for answers with only a trusted pair of bayonets and his immunity to magic. Cursed by his appearance and tormented by nightmares, magic users are his only clue to restoring his life to normal. With his biggest obstacle being his stomach, his female companion Nikaidou, who runs the restaurant Hungry Bug, is his greatest ally.
