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Black Cat (manga by K. Yabuki)

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Alternative title:
ブラックキャット (Japanese)
黑貓 (Chinese (Taiwan))
블랙 캣 (Korean)
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: Ex-assasin Train Heartnet and his partner, Sven, are bounty hunters, living a somewhat normal life. That is, until Train's ex-co-worker, the leader of a group of merciless villains with special abilities, decides to recruit him into their crime ring and change the world to their control.
User Ratings: 515 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 63 votes (sub:27, Eng:24, dub:10, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 145 votes (Eng:74, sub:49, dub:15, ?:3, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:1
1 Italian
)
 Very good: 137 votes (Eng:83, sub:28, dub:18, ?:2, raw:1, others:5
1 Indonesian
1 German subtitled
1 english & indonesian
1 Russian
1 Indonesia
)
 Good: 97 votes (Eng:65, sub:20, dub:9, ?:1, others:2
1 French
1 Russian
)
 Decent: 34 votes (Eng:25, sub:5, ?:2, dub:2)
 So-so: 21 votes (Eng:17, dub:2, sub:2)
 Not really good: 5 votes (Eng:2, sub:1, dub:1, others:1
1 French
)
 Weak: 6 votes (Eng:3, sub:2, raw:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (Eng:2, dub:1, others:1
1 German dubbed
)
 Awful: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 1309 users, rank: #38 (of 7028)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.899 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.6099, rank: #1464 (of 7896)
Weighted mean: 7.730 (Very good−), rank: #1982 (of 7896) (seen all: 7.96 / seen some: 7.60 / won't finish: 4.98)
Bayesian estimate: 7.729 (Very good−), rank: #1001 (of 3556)
Number of tankoubon: 20
Number of pages: 196
Chapter titles: We have 187
Vintage:
1999-10-09 (one-shot "Stray Cat" in Weekly Shonen Jump, 1999 #46)
2000-07-10 to 2004-06-14 (Weekly Shonen Jump, 2000 #32 - 2004 #29)
Release dates: We have 80
Links: We have 2
Trivia: We have 4
Review:
Black Cat GN 9 (Jun 18, 2007)
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eBook
    Black Cat - The Man Called Black Cat (eBook 1) 2013-05-28 (from $6.99)
    Black Cat - Creed (eBook 2) 2013-06-04 (from $6.49)
    Black Cat - What the Living Can Do (eBook 3) 2013-06-18 (from $6.49)
    Black Cat - One-Day Darling (eBook 4) 2013-07-09 (from $6.49)
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    Black Cat - Showdown at the Old Castle (eBook 9) 2013-09-24 (from $6.49)
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    Black Cat - Eve of Battle (eBook 15) 2013-12-03 (from $6.99)
    Black Cat - The Truth of the Tao (eBook 16) 2013-12-17 (from $6.99)
    Black Cat - Coming Through! (eBook 17) 2013-12-31 (from $6.99)
    Black Cat - Guiding Light (eBook 18) 2014-01-07 (from $6.99)
    Black Cat - As a Sweeper (eBook 19) 2014-01-14 (from $6.99)
    Black Cat - A Carefree Tomorrow (eBook 20) 2014-01-21 (from $6.49)
Graphic novel
    Black Cat (GN 1) 2006-03-14 (from $1.77)
    Black Cat (GN 2) 2006-05-02 (from $2.06)
    Black Cat (GN 3) 2006-07-05 (from $2.06)
    Black Cat (GN 4) 2006-09-05 (from $5.57)
    Black Cat (GN 5) 2006-11-07 (from $6.70)
    Black Cat (GN 6) 2007-01-02 (from $3.67)
    Black Cat (GN 7) 2007-03-13 (from $3.23)
    Black Cat (GN 8) 2007-05-01 (from $7.15)
    Black Cat (GN 9) 2007-07-03 (from $18.95)
    Black Cat (GN 10) 2007-09-04 (from $7.56)
    Black Cat (GN 11) 2007-11-06 (from $7.51)
    Black Cat (GN 12) 2008-01-01 (from $4.74)
    Black Cat (GN 13) 2008-03-04 (from $7.15)
    Black Cat (GN 14) 2008-05-06 (from $3.56)
    Black Cat (GN 15) 2008-07-01 (from $26.28)
    Black Cat (GN 16) 2008-09-02 (from $7.15)
    Black Cat (GN 17) 2008-11-04 (from $7.15)
    Black Cat (GN 18) 2009-01-06 (from $7.15)
    Black Cat (GN 19) 2009-03-03 (from $7.15)
    Black Cat (GN 20) 2009-05-05 (from $11.93)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Kentarō Yabuki

Editing: Yoshihisa Heishi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shueisha
English staff
English cast
Adaptation: Kelly Sue DeConnick
Design: Courtney Utt
Editing:
Frances E. Wall (vols. 1-4)
Joel Enos (vols. 5-6)
Jonathan Tarbox (vol. 7, 8, 9, 10; 11-20)
Managing Editor: Elizabeth Kawasaki
Publisher: Hyoe Narita
Sr. Director of Acquisitions: Rika Inouye
Touch-up Art & Lettering: Gia Cam Luc
VP: Yumi Hoashi
VP of Marketing: Liza Coppoia
(none)
English companies
Distributor: Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Licensed by: Viz Media
Publisher: Chuang Yi Publishing Pte Ltd. (Singapore)
Translation: JN Productions
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Glenat
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
(none)
Italian companies
German staff
German cast
Translation: Claudia Peter
(none)
German companies
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
Translation: Pieter van Oudheusden
Publisher: Glénat Benelux
Translation: Studio Peter de Raaf
Dutch cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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