In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Dororo”, also known by the following titles:
- どろろ
- Dororo to Hyakkimaru
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- Some related entries are still listed as ongoing on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
- The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates
Taken together, these points indicate that Dororo is still ongoing in some form.
Watch order#
Dororo ↗ ↖
Dororo to Hyakkimaru
Summary
After the cruel lord Daigo Kagemitsu sells his newborn son's body parts to 48 demons in exchange for power, he casts what remains down a river and quickly forgets about his son, soon establishing a mighty kingdom. Little does Daigo know that his child survives, possessing advanced spiritual senses that allow him to navigate the world without eyes, ears, limbs, or even a voice.A brilliant doctor rescues the son and raises him as his own, naming him Hyakkimaru and fitting him with advanced prosthetics that make it possible for him to move and fight. However, tragedy strikes when Hyakkimaru turns out to be a beacon that brings demons into the doctor’s home, and the doctor eventually has to send Hyakkimaru out into the world.
Amid his travels, Hyakkimaru learns that slaying demons allow him to recover his missing parts and seeks to kill enough to make himself whole. He soon encounters Dororo—a boy claiming to be the world’s greatest thief—who joins Hyakkimaru against his will in hopes of one day obtaining his sword. Together, the duo travels through a countryside infested with both demons and brutal men, who might prove to be worse.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Background
Dororo was published in English by Vertical Inc. in 3 volumes from April 29, 2008 to August 26, 2008 and as a complete omnibus on March 20, 2012. Vertical Inc.'s publication of the manga won the Eisner Award for Best U.S Edition of International Material - Japan in 2009. The series has also been released in French by Delcourt from April 26, 2006 to October 16, 2006 and in Spanish by Debolsillo on October 13, 2016. A Japanese live-action movie based on the series was released on January 27, 2007. The manga also received a PlayStation 2 video game adaptation developed by Sega; the game was released as Dororo in Japan on September 9, 2004 and as Blood Will Tell: Tezuka Osamu's Dororo in North America on September 21, 2004.
Dororo Pilot ↗ ↖
Dororo (Pilot Film)
Summary
Before producing a TV series, a pilot film was made to let sponsors and television stations grasp the work's pervasive quality. This is the pilot film for "Dororo" in which the characters are closer to those of the original story compared to the characters in the TV series. The faces and personalities of the characters in the TV series are altered from time to time to gain popularity among its viewers. As a result, sometimes viewers really loved it, but at other times it didn't go over as well. The pilot for "Dororo" was made in color, but the TV series was monochrome due to a tighter budget. The story depicts a journey in which the boy thief named Dororo and a cursed man called Hyakkimaru destroy monsters. Hyakkimaru can be a complete "human" only after he destroys 48 devils.(Source: Official site)
Dororo to Hyakkimaru ↗ ↖
どろろと百鬼丸
Summary
To aid his conquest of Japan, the ruthless lord Daigo Kagemitsu offers to sacrifice his soon-to-be-born son to 48 demons. The demons accept, and the next day, the child is born with several missing limbs and is ruthlessly cast down a river.Fifteen years later, a stubborn young boy named Dororo struggles to survive against hunger and oppressive samurai on the streets of an impoverished and war-torn village. After angering a group of thugs, Dororo is attacked by them, but a mysterious man interrupts them, claiming to hear spirits nearby. Sure enough, a monster emerges from the river, and the man then removes his prosthetic arms, revealing blades hidden underneath, with which he slays the monster before leaving.
That night, as the man walks through the forest, Dororo approaches him and declares that he will accompany him. From this, the man, Hyakkimaru, reveals that many of his body parts were stolen by demons and that though he sought a peaceful life, he couldn’t escape their relentless onslaught. Despite the tale, Dororo still insists on tagging along. And thus, Hyakkimaru travels through Japan with his new companion and a puppy named Nota, facing the brutality of both hell and mankind.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Dororo Bon ↗ ↖
Summary
Hyakkimaru had died before he was able to regain all his body parts. Now reborn as a woman in the modern days, Hyakkimaru continues her journey to take them back from the demons, including Dororo who had become a demon herself.(Source: Dororo Wiki)
Dororo to Hyakkimaru Den ↗ ↖
どろろと百鬼丸伝
Summary
Daigo Kagemitsu, who works for a Samurai general in Japan's Warring States period, promises to offer body parts of his unborn baby to 48 demons in exchange for complete domination of the country. When the baby boy is born, Daigo has him thrown into a river, expecting the boy to die. A kind sage, however, finds him and adopts him. The sage fits out his poor son with prosthetics.Time goes by and the baby grows into a boy who calls himself Hyakkimaru. Every time Hyakkimaru eliminates a demon, he retrieves one of his body parts. Hyakkimaru rescues a boy thief named Dororo from a band of men whom the young boy tried to rob. Together they travel the countryside in search of the demons who possess Hyakkimaru’s parts. Throughout their travels, they face a host of monsters and ghosts.
(Source: Vertical Inc.)
Background
Dororo to Hyakkimaru Den is a remake of Tezuka Osamu's Dororo series. The series has been published in English as The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru by Seven Seas Entertainment since July 7, 2020.
Dororo ↗ ↖
Dororo to Hyakkimaru
Summary
The greedy samurai lord Daigo Kagemitsu's land is dying, and he would do anything for power, even renounce Buddha and make a pact with demons. His prayers are answered by 12 demons who grant him the power he desires by aiding his prefecture's growth, but at a price. When Kagemitsu's first son is born, the boy has no limbs, no nose, no eyes, no ears, nor even skin—yet still, he lives.This child is disposed of in a river and forgotten. But as luck would have it, he is saved by a medicine man who provides him with prosthetics and weapons, allowing for him to survive and fend for himself. The boy lives and grows, and although he cannot see, hear, or feel anything, he must defeat the demons that took him as sacrifice. With the death of each one, he regains a part of himself that is rightfully his. For many years he wanders alone, until one day an orphan boy, Dororo, befriends him. The unlikely pair of castaways now fight for their survival and humanity in an unforgiving, demon-infested world.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Dororo Re:Verse ↗ ↖
Summary
In modern-day Japan, an ancient swordsman named Hyakki hunts youkai to reclaim shards of his body that were stolen by demons. Roro, a homeless girl seeking to avenge her parents' murder, must also unravel the mystery of a shard hidden within her. Bound by fate, they join forces to battle demonic foes. This series expands Osamu Tezuka's Dororo, bringing its tale of vengeance and redemption into the modern era.(Source: Tapas Media)