Inside the alligators mouth. Never better said than earlier 2020 when a curious play was released to say the least and is that this series which I admit to leave infirst instance is a journey into madness with a more bizarre bizarro world of subjects above and who spend their days volndose brains ... It As well as after resigning myself and starting with the end of the year count I have ended up giving myself to said madness and thanks to this I have been able to enjoy something great and full of fun and yes I mean nothing more and nothing less than to the chaos called ...Dorohedoro. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/qrDGFOKZTFw/X8Fo3QSXgiI/AAAAAAAAFNU/njTOpbotiFowXRxFW9zjbnHAF7XA8yQCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/Caratula.png Dorohedoro presents the story of Kaiman a man cursed to carry a reptile head. That is why our green protagonist spends his days wandering the streets of the desolate city of Hole his home in order to hunt sorcerers who use the city as a testing ground cursing left and right at anyone unlucky enough to cross his path. But as I said the thing is that Kaiman accompanied by his friend and personal chef expert in martial arts Nikaido goes hunts and ... bites each sorcerer in order to find the one who cursed him and thus recover his memory which by the way he also lost next to his human head. And this would have no major inconvenience if it were not because after gobbling a sorcerer and letting his partner escape Kaiman and Nikaido will begin to be sought out by Ensan the head of the sorcerers and who will send his thugs Shin and Noi after the steps of the reptile and the girl. Blood over here a head flying over there ... Few seconds pass for the series to show us what the matter is about because as soon as the thing goes we already see our leading duo massacring literally a couple of novice wizards: a bite a head inside Kaiman a question an unwanted answer and a dismembered body all in less than 3 minutes ... Welcome to Dorohedoro. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/0EexRsQODbQ/X4rmzjgaenI/AAAAAAAADko/DZZakQgmO44u31SNTUbxnxjuZ5c88bHgCLcBGAsYHQ/w286h400/Dise25C325B1o2Bsin2Bt25C325ADtulo2B252862529.gif And here is that the narrative axis on which we will focus is none other than violence because although the background is the search for Kaiman and Nikaido the truth is that the series is addictive due to that violent and uncontrolled madness that we shows impregnating each episode with sequences full of blood risque comments flying viscera or flying heads all accompanied by an omnipresent comedy that manages to get us several laughs more for the absurdity of the situation than because it is really funny . And this is enhanced by its characters each one crazier than the last from our protagonist and his comic way of being killing here and there while grieving for his lack of identity and past Nikaido who serves as a companion and support for Kaiman and who also takes on an important background with the passage of history and even others such as Doc or the little talkative Johnson who will contribute their comic vision to each situation with everything and baseball game included. Antagonists ... Leading? However I have to say ... as much as I have liked the duo of Kaiman and Nikaido the real stars of the show are the antagonist couple: our favorite thugs the cool and calm Shin and his particular Robin the amazing and imposing Noi. And it is that these 2 not only have the inherent violence of the series but also that necessary background on which to base themselves and that in their case is that of their past the way they met and their companionship both in moments common and quite funny as in the battle sequences achieving a dynamic that looks natural and that will leave us excited with each intervention they have. Its like watching a JulesVincent duo from the movie Pulp Fiction . And fortunately this ability to catch us also expands to the rest of the bad characters from the elegant imposing and Affectionate? mushroom lover: Chief Ensan even the other pair of wizards made up of the unkempt Ebisu aka the skull girl and the weak but courageous Fujita who without approaching the ShinNoi duo have an adequate development in their relationship not without going ridiculous after ridiculous ... https://1.bp.blogspot.com/54d2smq4uf4/X4rmwiPHWI/AAAAAAAADkk/sHGgGxagycbZW92kkmk64dbGlRkJBg8ACLcBGAsYHQ/w286h400/Dise25C325B1o2Bsin2Bt25C325ADtulo2B252852529.gif In spite of everything Dorohedoro cannot say that it is a series for everyone and it is precisely because of what its appearance means: from the dark of its settings the bizarre and feisty in the character design as well as the violence makes explicit in the series that without being something never seen it can be shocking to more than one with a dislike for viscera and blood. Likewise and I think this is the reason why several of us left the series in the first instance it is the marked difference with respect to the manga. However I would like to defend this point and it is that after all adapting Dorohedoro as such was extremely difficult due to the obvious difference between ink and animation which is why I believe that in this case despite not being the same yes manages to form its own identity as an Anime. And yes that means that the technical aspect in Dorohedoro works and I must say it very well. But to understand this again say that its original source was already peculiar and bizarre so adapting it was a challenge outside the standards. That is why MAPPA uses the so hated 3D CGI technique here which I think is a success due to the amount of expressions in its characters that otherwise could have been like Kakegurui for example. And speaking of character design courtesy of Tomohiro KishiWe are facing a fairly loose and rough line thus achieving the essence of the manga and giving the characters that hardness and untidy in their features Kaiman is the most obvious change but without that meaning few details. In the same way the wardrobe of each one stands out especially their various masks omnipresent in the magical world which present enough details and impact to identify each character becoming a visual delight the clothes also work and in the case of Shin o Noi it accentuates the rawness of the work by being permanently covered in blood. Even the demons few but present are well designed giving them that air of filth and evil. The scenarios on the other hand are just as effective and manage to recreate in an extraordinary way the world of Dorohedoro that place that is Hole full of decadence flickering lights and buildings that seem about to collapse with the feeling that every corner can be the end of your way. And even better are the backgrounds of the magical world contradicting what has been seen until then and changing the shadows and the ruin of Hole for the colors and the more stylized and textured buildings such as Ensans palace for example. An extraordinary world of dark fantasy. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/YSQvkBeua1c/X4o40TimvbI/AAAAAAAADPE/rwhJmPZSiu4wtMyQqeUpVDOm8EO6iwdswCLcBGAsYHQ/w640h458/image.png The OST also works very well on Dorohedoro making it one of its strongest points. And it is that we are before pieces full of genius and that will enter our ears like a small hammer jingling and believe me that will stay there for a long time. Pieces like the great VICTIM or the crazy EL CORAZN make us feel as if we were going directly to a toxic waste factory with the car stereo at full volume excuse my crude example a whole acid trip the same happens with the funniest songs case of the rhythmic FUNNY FAMILY that makes us dance to the smooth rhythm of the blood jumping everywhere. Regarding his vocal pieces I have to say that despite not liking him the first time the OP has become one of my weaknesses of the year entitled Welcome to Chaos by K NoWNAME it is a piece full of energy with an implicit psychedelic that without startling or taking control at any time does manage to accelerate our ears along with its visual. And then there is the ED of the series ... Or rather the ED because Dorohedoro has no less than 6 closing pieces being: Who am I? eps 12 7 Night SURFING eps 34 DDDD eps 56 Strange Meat Pie eps 89 SECONDs FLY404 all from the same band and each one more rhythmic than the previous one as well as unique in terms of their visuals managing to match the rhythm of the episode that precedes them yes my favorite is the first one with everything and its light flashing. This OST is quite a show weird yes but a show all the same. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/ZakLovr1VC4/X4rmc9xuP9I/AAAAAAAADkc/dWvFjA6Cmlchgj51gLqiwnQLaBBXKsyMACLcBGAsYHQ/w400h224/tumblr46d8165c1037bd1cccd0f3259c859c7478a56c4b500.gif Dorohedoro is a series that can be summarized as walking madness with a story as bizarre as its characters and moments as spectacular as they are bloody that leave little to the imagination and that thanks to this traps us in its dark universe from the first minute making us want to see more and more and leaving us as crazy as the story itself. With an animation that despite or thanks to its 3D / 2D mix has a high level a soundtrack that fits perfectly with the bizarre and some protagonists and antagonists that will make us laugh at every moment Dorohedoro is simply one of those works that cannot be missed ... Even if we have to get into the mouth of the alligator. If You liked this review you can check more content on my personal blog https://13fotogramas.blogspot.com/