A review by despinareviews
Blackguard 1 by Ryo Hanada

5.0

In a future world where a virus causes humans to become animal-like if bitten, Minami (also known as Blackguard) is a man with a huge skill to kill creatures, but also has a deathwish. With an illness which causes suicidal ideation, he is constantly hoping to die in battle, but is too capable and therefore unable to die. He is assigned a partner, Miyaji, who is there to ensure he doesn't succeed in his aim but continues his fight for humanity.

This is very dark but honestly the kind of grit I love. It also had a small amount of humour to break the vibe, but this is a very serious manga which I think could go very far. I genuinely cannot wait to read more of this and I will likely be buying in paperback to continue this story.

I received an ARC of this volume from Kodansha via Netgalley and leave my honest review voluntarily.