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  • Bibliography:
    35 Books
  • First Book:
    March 2010
  • Latest Book:
    December 2025
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Book List in Order: 35 titles



  • Caiman was not lucky. A sorcerer cursed him with a reptile head and left him with no memory of his life before the transformation. Adding to the mystery, there's a spectre of a man living inside him. But Caiman has one key advantage: he's now complet...



  • A blood-spattered battle between diabolical Sorcerers and the monsters they created.Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for M audiences. While En seeks out a new partner with unique magic powers, his crew has a run-in with an underground organization that...



  • A blood-spattered battle between diabolical sorcerers and the monsters they created.Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Everyone is looking for that special someone... Convinced that Risu is the key to his past (and his head), Caiman heads to the Sorcerer...



  • In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers have been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and...



  • Once a year, hordes of the dead rise and roam the streets of the Hole, hungry for live flesh. And every year, Caiman and Nikaido sign up for the local zombie-killing contest! Whoever sends the most zombies back into the ground will win some fantastic...



  • While En seeks out a new partner with unique magic powers, his crew has a run-in with an underground organization that controls the distribution of "black powder," a magic-enhancing drug used by weaker Sorcerers. Meanwhile, Caiman and Nikaido spend N...



  • Caiman and Nikaido return to the Hole, where Doc and Kasukabe manage to cure Nikaido of her deadly fungal affliction. But a prowler outside Central Hospital is watching and waiting for an opportunity to steal her away. Fujita returns to the Hole to f...



  • Everyone is looking for that special someone... Convinced that Risu is the key to his past (and his head), Caiman heads to the Sorcerers' dimension on his own. While he's tracking down Risu, he finds the Sorcerers getting ready for “Blue Night,” ...



  • Caiman has left the Hole behind for the Sorcerers' dimension in an attempt to unravel the mysteries of his past. As the Sorcerers' "Blue Night" festival draws to a close, Nikaido finds herself taken captive. Supernatural crime-syndicate boss En has t...






  • Deep in the world of sorcerers, Caiman devises a daring plan to sneak into En's mansion under the guise of a meat-pie competition, posing as Tanba's wife (!) in order to infiltrate the darkest recesses of the crime lord’s sprawling estate. Unfortun...



  • The Professor's found the home of his estranged wife, but there's no sign of her in the tiny cottage. Hot on the Professor's heels, Shin and Noi find themselves in serious trouble with the home's new occupants: a gang of En's rivals with powerful abi...



  • Nikaido and Natsuki comfort Caiman after he is forced to confront some dark truths about his origins. Meanwhile, Professor Kasukabe goes grave digging with Shin and Noi in an attempt to unravel the mysteries surrounding a strange wax doll they have e...



  • A dark episode unfolds by flashback in Professor Kasukabe's past, bringing him closer to the identity of the Cross-Eyes' mysteriously powerful wax doll. The amnesiac Ebisu begins to regain her memories while Caiman and Nikaido face off in a vicious b...



  • Caiman’s true face is revealed, shaking the entire world to its foundation! But have his memories disappeared along with his lizard head? The severely injured Nikaido’s health is draining perilously, yet a chance encounter with a familiar figure ...



  • In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and ...



  • In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and ...



  • Pie or die! The secret to Nikaido's magic… The goal of Kai's quest… Could the answer to all of life's mysteries possibly be found inside a single pie? The truth awaits in this exciting installment of Dorohedoro! ...



  • In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and ...



  • In a city so dismal it's known only as "the Hole," a clan of Sorcerers has been plucking people off the streets to use as guinea pigs for atrocious "experiments" in the black arts. In a dark alley, Nikaido found Caiman, a man with a reptile head and ...






  • Deep in the Hole, the survivors of En's family continue their mission to revive their slain leader with some "enhanced interrogation" of a Cross-Eye member. The rest of the Cross-Eyes finally come face-to-face with their long-lost boss. And Risu, Asu...



  • With success almost in his grasp for once, Fujita is forced to strike a desperate, dangerous deal with Tetsujo, last survivor of the slaughtered Cross-Eyes. Meanwhile, En's former "cleaners" Shin and Noi venture through the Central Department Store t...



  • After an emotional reunion with Caiman, Nikaido receives a cryptic hint from a mysterious Devil on how to escape from deep within the Central Department Store. Meanwhile, with the En family spread about a bleak landscape, Fulita, Chota and Turkey mus...



  • Inside the nightmare surrounding the Central Department Store, the long-absent En returns, making his family's wish come true! But its faithful members are either dead or dismembered, so if En wants to start over, can they even do anything to help hi...



  • All mysteries lead back to the Hole! Our labyrinthine tale is nearing its end, but it’s not over quite yet. Caiman and Nikaido, Risu and the En family, and all of the embattled characters who made a miraculous recovery in our previous volume gear u...



  • On their journey through a hellish landscape, Caiman and Nikaido finally get intimate…sort of! Assisted (?) by Chidaruma, the Professor, Asu and more, the pair continue their quest to unravel the mystery that is Caiman, and what it will reveal for ...



  • As En desperately tries to keep the family alive and together, the worlds of the sorcerers and the Hole descend into total chaos. What will happen with the Devils and the sorcerers? Can the Hole be saved? More to the point, can Caiman save Nikaido? T...



  • A wildly creative new manga series from the creator of Dorohedoro in which necromancy, space action, and dark humor collide! Zaha Sanko’s body has great and terrible powers–they say that possessing his bones will grant you any wish, even ...



  • Necromancy, space action, and dark humor collide in this wildly creative new series from the creator of Dorohedoro!Zaha Sanko's body has great and terrible powers—they say that possessing his bones will grant you any wish, even the desire to bec...



  • A WILDLY CREATIVE MANGA SERIES FROM THE CREATOR OF DOROHEDORO IN WHICH NECROMANCY, SPACE ACTION, AND DARK HUMOR COLLIDE!Zaha Sanko is the most wanted man in the universe. They say that if you can take his bones, you’ll be rewarded with anything...






  • A FISTFUL OF BONESZaha Sanko is the most wanted man in the universe. They say that if you claim his bones, you’ll receive anything your heart desires. Having the entire galaxy trying to kill you all the time is kind of a drag when you’re ...



  • FOUR DARK OUTLAWS AND THE PHOTONUCLEAR MANFourteen-year-old Zaha Sanko is the most wanted man in the universe. Wherever he goes, everybody tries to kill him, but things got unusually dire when his enemies send an immortal “photonuclear man&rdqu...



  • LIGHT MAKES RIGHTThe galaxy's least favorite outlaws continue their journey through the cosmos, one step ahead of the very long list of people who want to rip out Zaha Sanko's bones. Maybe someday they'll figure out why everybody thinks his bones gra...



  • BRIGHT LIGHTS AND DARKNEST NIGHTSZaha Sanko is one of the most dangerous men in the universe, but getting half your skin melted off will put a cramp in anyone's style. The Photonuclear Man created by the Lighthead Order has succeeded where so many ot...



  • INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESSThe whole universe is out to kill Zaha Sanko and take his bones, thanks to a pesky rumor that whoever takes them will receive their heart's desire. Sanko himself doesn't have a clue what's going on with all that, but the ans...



  • A wildly creative new manga series from the creator of Dorohedoro in which necromancy, space action, and dark humor collide!Zaha Sanko’s body has great and terrible powers–they say that possessing his bones will grant you any wish, even t...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q Hayashida has published 35 books.

The next book by Q Hayashida, Dai Dark Vol. 9, will be published in December 2025.

The first book by Q Hayashida, Dorohedoro, Volume 1, was published in March 2010.

No. Q Hayashida does not write books in series.