Yuji Kaku’s dark fantasy manga “Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku” (地獄楽) is confirmed to inspire a TV anime adaptation. The manga’s last episode is also revealed today (25th January) on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ app and website.
▍About the Series
“Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku” was serializing on the Shōnen Jump+ application and website from January 2018. The chapters have been collected and published into 12 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha as of December 4, 2020. The manga 13th and the last volume will be published in May 2021.
The story centers on Gabimaru, who is sentenced to be executed after being captured during an assassination mission. But nothing seems to kill him due to his superhuman body. Believing his love for his wife to be subconsciously keeping him alive, executioner Yamada Asaemon Sagiri offers him the chance to be pardoned of all crimes by the Shogunate if he finds the elixir of life on Shinsenkyo, a legendary realm recently discovered southwest of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
After losing five expedition teams sent to the island, this time the Shogunate sends a group of death row convicts. The convicts are each given a Yamada Asaemon executioner, who they must return with in order to obtain the pardon.
