Riki-Oh

[Jink]

Riki-Oh is a fairly old Seinen Manga. It came out around the time when similar mangas(in terms of violence) like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Fist of The North Star were ranked supreme, so it was easily overshadowed. One look at the artwork and you can tell it's from the 80's, but it's great looking artwork none the less. This manga also has a lot of Buddhist overtones and borrows themes from the religion heavily. I started reading Riki-Oh a few days ago, and being a big fan of Seinen manga, I was immediately hooked.

Plot

Set in a dystopian alternative universe where global warming has devastated most of the earth and the world is suffering from an economical depression which led to increased crime. The story centers around Saiga Riki-Oh, blessed with inhuman strength and great intellect, after taking revenge against a yakuza who was responsible for the death of his girlfriend (in the manga a child friend of his who happened to use faulty drugs in a hospital after being run over by a car, turns out that the hospital was forced under threat by the yakuza to use their medicine), ends up in a maximum security prison owned by a private organization. The story follows Riki and his search for his little brother Saiga Nachi who bears a Swastika symbol on his right hand and also possess superhuman strength. Riki-Oh will encounter many deadly opponents with either superhuman strength or martial arts during his travel for avenging his mother and in search of his brother.

MANGA DOWNLOADS
There are 12 volumes of this manga, but only about 4 have been scanlated.
Volume 01 || Volume 02
Volume 03 || Volume 04

SAMPLE PAGES

Spoiler!

As a little FYI, this manga gained a lot of popularity in Hong Kong, where in 1991 a live action movie was made about it.

This movie is also where the famous gif of the guy crushing another mans head is from.

Look up the torrent of the movie yourself and give it a watch.

This spoiler tag doesn't contain spoilers for the Riki-Oh manga. It's just a little omake to get you more interested in it.

[mgsplayer]

i started reading this(ch 13)...
-unrealistic fists and punches
-can't say about the storyline since i still have a lot to read
-the mangaka got talent for gore,and the illustrator for the representation
-some epic scenes : razor torture all the way lol

i have to say,i got hoocked......i'll continue with it

[Jink]

i started reading this(ch 13)...
-unrealistic fists and punches
-can't say about the storyline since i still have a lot to read
-the mangaka got talent for gore,and the illustrator for the representation
-some epic scenes : razor torture all the way lol

i have to say,i got hoocked......i'll continue with it

The unrealistic fists and punches are one of my favorite parts lol.

Glad your getting into it, it gets better as you go on, and the violence and gores escalates.

[Night]

Looks like Fist of the North Star....GREAT !

Gonna give it a try, just got to find a source, I like online reading better. I'll write a comment later :-)

[mgsplayer]

i take back my words about the storyline...it's getting super exciting when riki-oh enters the cape
@jink: can you provide ddls for the next volumes(or chapters) that have been scanlated...so far i read it online,but i want to store it in my hdd

[Jink]

Updated the first post with all the available volumes.

[mgsplayer]

wow this seinen is really awsome
as i expected the cape arc keeps getting exciting every chapter
i like riki-oh's rebellious nature a loooot...
too bad not many are aware of this masterpiece

[Mariiku]

oh, this looks cool.

[mgsplayer]

@jink: 5 more chapters have been released by illuminati
i can't believe that after 25 ch only the plot changed so much...so many plot twists O_O

Spoiler!

at the dude who got owned under water

i've seen the movie as well on youtube...that was sickly entertaining

[THE KING]

I personally think it's an awesome manga.
But that may just be cause I'm editing it for illuminati-manga.
But speaking on a more wide basis, I'd say it's a manga that can be enjoyed by a
specific type of fanbase and not all seinen fans will like it, unless they read the entire prelogue.