Even before the first chapter of Kagurabachi was released, the manga gained a large fanbase. Many users claim that Kagurabachi is better than One Piece, Boruto, and other well-known shounen mangas. The hype has drawn a lot of attention to the manga.
What is Kagurabachi about?
- At the center of the story is a young man named Chihiro
- He is the son of a well-known swordsmith and dreams of following in his father’s footsteps
- The swordsmith is killed one day, and Chihiro becomes a sword fighter to avenge his father
- With his magical sword, he faces a group of sorcerers
The manga is not that old: The first chapter was released on September 19, 2023, and there are currently only 6 chapters. Nevertheless, the manga is seen by many fans as the heir to the “Big 3” in the shounen genre, which includes One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach.
If Kagurabachi becomes as successful as One Piece, an anime could follow soon. One Piece has even made it to a live-action adaptation on Netflix:
Kagurabachi surpasses Dragon Ball and Boruto
Why is the manga so successful? The manga became a target for many memes even before its release. Some users took pleasure in hyping the manga as the best shounen manga of all time (via knowyourmeme.com).
Thus, many memes emerged that show Kagurabachi in relation to well-known mangas. For example, there are memes depicting Chihiro defeating the sword fighter Zorro from One Piece in a battle.
The memes have spread uncontrollably on the internet. A collection of memes can be seen, for example, at user Jahseh_Wrld on Reddit:
The memes even go so far that fans fake an anime or a video game adaptation that looks almost real. As a result, some users believe that there is already a whole franchise around the manga, even though it is only a month old.
The hype does not necessarily indicate how good the story of the manga is. It could be that the hype was completely unfounded, and the manga may flop in the future. Since the manga currently only has 6 chapters, it is difficult to predict how good it will really become.
How successful has Kagurabachi been because of this? The hype has ensured that Kagurabachi has now become the second most read manga on the Manga Plus page. Only One Piece is currently read more often. Behind Kagurabachi are well-known series such as Jujutsu Kaisen and Boruto.
Manga Plus is a site from the Shueisha publishing house. The publisher offers popular mangas such as One Piece, Dragon Ball Super, and My Hero Academia for reading on its site. Many of the mangas there have spawned action-packed animes that you can find in the ranking on MeinMMO:
