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Ajin: Demi-Human (manga)

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Alternative title:
Ajin: Semihumano (Spanish)
Demi-Human
亜人 (Japanese)
亞人 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: monsters
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: 17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.
User Ratings: 24 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Excellent: 6 votes (Eng:5, ?:1)
 Very good: 9 votes (Eng:6, others:3
1 German
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1 Italian
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 Good: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Decent: -
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: -
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 86 users, rank: #959 (of 7043)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.042 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.3988, rank: #810 (of 7929)
Weighted mean: 8.066 (Very good), rank: #972 (of 7929) (seen all: 8.51 / seen some: 6.75 / won't finish: 7.00)
Bayesian estimate: 8.011 (Very good), rank: #410 (of 3557)
Number of tankoubon: 17
Number of pages: 205
Vintage: 2012-07-06 to 2021-02-05 (good! Afternoon, 2012 #23 - Mar 2021)
Release dates: We have 57
Review:
Ajin GN 1 (Dec 14, 2014)
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Blu-ray + DVD combo
    Ajin: Demi-Human - Complete Collection [Limited Edition] (BD+DVD) 2017-05-16 (from $35.36)
Graphic novel
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 1) 2014-10-14 (from $12.04)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 2) 2014-12-09 (from $10.39)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 3) 2015-02-10 (from $11.42)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 4) 2015-04-07 (from $10.39)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 5) 2015-06-02 (from $12.95)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 6) 2015-08-25 (from $12.04)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 7) 2016-02-23 (from $12.87)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 8) 2016-10-18 (from $12.95)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 9) 2017-04-04 (from $11.72)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 10) 2017-10-10 (from $12.95)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 11) 2018-05-08 (from $12.95)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 12) 2018-10-09 (from $12.95)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 13) 2019-09-17 (from $12.95)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 14) 2020-03-17 (from $12.29)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 15) 2020-08-11 (from $11.69)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 16) 2021-02-23 (from $12.04)
    Ajin: Demi-Human (GN 17) 2021-12-14 (from $7.99)
    Ajin: Demi-Human Complete (GN 1) 2024-10-29 (from $18.75)
    Ajin: Demi-Human Complete (GN 2) 2025-01-14 (from $21.21)
    Ajin: Demi-Human Complete (GN 3) 2025-04-22 (from $21.21)
    Ajin: Demi-Human Complete (GN 4) 2025-07-22 (from $21.21)
    Ajin: Demi-Human Complete (GN 5) 2025-10-21

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Gamon Sakurai (volume 2-)
Story: Tsuina Miura (volume 1)
Art: Gamon Sakurai (volume 1)

Assistant: Crouton Sanchi
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Kodansha
English staff
English cast
Translation: Ko Ransom

Production:
Hiroko Mizuno
Risa Cho
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Vertical
Online Distribution:
Azuki
Crunchyroll
K MANGA
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Glenat
French cast
(none)
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina)
Panini Comics (Colombia)
Publisher: Norma Editorial (Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian staff
Italian cast
Translation: Luigi Boccasile
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Edizioni Star Comics
German staff
German companies
(none)
German cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Publisher: Studio JG
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Translation:
Jae HW (vol 1-9; volume 7 together with Luciane Yasawa)
Luciane Yasawa (volume 7; volume 10-17)
(none)
Portuguese companies
Publisher: Panini Comics (Brazil)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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