'Kagurabachi' Went From Being a Meme to One of Shonen Jump's Must-Read Powerhouses

When Kagurabachi first hit the manga scene in 2023, it quickly became a meme. How could it not? At the time, it was propped up and advertised as the next big thing on Shonen Jump when Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia were marching toward their finales, leaving a chasm in their wake that plenty of cancelled series failed to fill. As far as readers knew, the manga was so ubiquitous to the genre that its early goings felt like a parody of it. However, over time, fans quickly shifted from reading the series ironically to buying into the hype. After catching up with it once I saw it had recently finished its first major arc, I gave it a read, and I can definitely say it has the juice. Kagurabachi, created by Takeru Hokazono, follows Chihiro, a teenager whose life is upended by a troupe of sorcerers who murdered his legendary swordsmith father and stole his six enchanted blades, each kitted out with supernatural abilities. Naturally, Chihiro’s father secretly made a seventh blade, which Chihiro wields in his vengeance quest to reclaim his father’s stolen blades and discover the truth behind their powers and why they’re so hotly sought after. What follows is a bloody, battle shonen-sty

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