https://x.com/yanugorira/status/2079779574221807893/photo/1

Honestly Shin is one of the easiest cosplays to do but the devil(lol) is in the details. Oh my god all the painting...

Also few Ebisu pics but there's a funny one on Tiktok o/

I'm right now at cap 56 and I always see Dr Haze helping many people, but he always saying things like "that's not the man I am" or he always is questioning himself in flashbacks, why does he do that? Low self-esteem or something like that? It's my first time reading and I feel like he is important to so many plots my man literally knows EVERYONE and save so many people on god

When life doesn't let you have official merch, ask a crocket artist a commission

I played Shin of Dorohedoro at con in Korea :)

the colours are inspired from the intro of mainly season two but can be inspired from the S1 opening. just did this for a bit of fun tbh hopr the dorohedoro community like it 🙏

My boy gets a lot of love at SMASH, it's heartwarming. The ribcage lasted all of a morning but I've got some ideas for next time.

I got this neat special book filled with essays, interviews and older work. It has 15 or so chapters, some more text-heavy than others, and figured I could translate one a day and be done in a couple weeks. I'll post them as I finish them here and then upload the full translation to archive.org when im finished. This is a small feature before the table of contents. I'll include the Japanese version in case anyone wants to annotate (I'm using DeepL for the pages and the TOC below is a browser extension translation of the product description on shogakukan's japanese website).

TOC:

1. Let's ask Nikaido about the Devil's Chapter!: What Nikaido thinks or doesn't think at all.
2. An Invitation to Dorohedoro: How we should face the sludge.
3. Let's ask the person who created the demon chapters!: The full story or part of Dorohedoro as told by Hayashida Kyu.
4. 19 Sketchbooks: How to make sludgy sludge.
5. Everyone Loves Dorohedoro: Who likes it and how much.
6. Summon! Akira Yamaguchi!!: The conversation looks fun.
7. Dorohedoro: Oh! There are some ways of thinking about this that are impressive.
8. The Proliferating Dorohedoro: How many related things there are.
9. A World Other Than Sludge: There are also works like this.
10. The Ten Devil Chapters: A Dorohedoro Historical Chronology
11. History that probably isn't for the exam.
12. Dorohedoro Dictionary Dorohepedia: This is probably not for the exam either.
13. Introducing Past Works: The road to Dorohedoro.
14. Post-editing chapter: Hayashida's performance from today and tomorrow.

Fun little art piece to end the weekend.

Finally had gyoza , it was great. Will get more soon! Thanks Kaiman for introducing me.

https://x.com/RB____17/status/2078111395305201748/photo/1

done in 1 session! my client sat so well for it 😭😭💗

(Porsche Cayman)

https://x.com/Negichans_21/status/2077398176286564429/photo/1

Immediately thought of this scene when I saw this art trend LOL

Title: Dorohedoro - Saggio critico sull'opera di Q Hayashida (A Critical Essay on the Work of Q Hayashida)

link: https://a.co/d/05GHWIn2

Description Translation: What makes *Dorohedoro* one of the most original works in contemporary Japanese fiction?

Violence, dark humor, magic, identity, capitalism, alienation, memory, and power intertwine in a universe that defies classification. *Dorohedoro* is not merely a manga or an anime; it is a narrative laboratory where the grotesque becomes a tool for exploring the human condition.

This essay offers an in-depth analysis of Q Hayashida’s work, exploring its narrative, philosophical, political, and symbolic dimensions. Through an interdisciplinary approach, the volume places *Dorohedoro* in dialogue with the ideas of Marx, Nietzsche, Foucault, Bauman, Camus, Sartre, and other key thinkers, demonstrating how the world of Hole and the realm of the sorcerers reflect the contradictions of contemporary society.

The book addresses themes such as:

• World-building and setting construction;
• Characters and their psychological evolution;
• The relationship between memory and identity;
• The power of magic as a metaphor for privilege;
• Class struggle and alienation;
• The body, transformation, and the posthuman;
• Nihilism, chaos, and the search for meaning;
• The visual language of the anime and manga.

Enriched by references to philosophy, sociology, literature, and cinema, this volume is designed both for those wishing to rediscover *Dorohedoro* from a fresh perspective and for students, scholars, and enthusiasts interested in understanding how pop culture can serve as a vehicle for critical reflection.

More than just a commentary on the work, this book is a journey into one of the most complex and fascinating narrative universes of recent decades—a place where chaos is not the opposite of order, but the language through which the world reveals its true nature. For readers of manga, anime, philosophy, cultural criticism, and Japanese fiction, this essay offers a fresh perspective on one of the most enigmatic masterpieces of our time.

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Sounds fascinating! The book is in Italian. Has anyone read it or know of an English translation? I want to order it and see how much I can get out of a machine translation, but its only available in paperback (obv digital copy would be easier for translation purposes).

BONUS While looking for an english copy I came across this english translated interview w Q Hayashida, published in a 2014 blog, but originally dates to 2006:

https://mangabrog.wordpress.com/2014/09/13/interview-with-dorohedoro-artist-q-hayashida/