Ushio to Tora

うしおととら Manga

Informações adicionais

Format MANGA
Status Finished
Start date Feb 10, 1990
End date Oct 09, 1996
Average score 76/100
Popularity 3941
Favorites 109
Genres Comedy
Supernatural

Tags

Shounen 79%
Target demographic is teenage and young adult males.
Mythology 79%
Prominently features mythological elements, especially those from religious or cultural tradition.
Urban Fantasy 79%
Set in a world similar to the real world, but with the existence of magic or other supernatural elements.
Youkai 70%
Prominently features supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore.
Demons 66%
Prominently features malevolent otherworldly creatures.
Male Protagonist 60%
Main character is male.
Ghost 60%
Prominently features a character who is a ghost.
Time Manipulation 40%
Prominently features time-traveling or other time-warping phenomena.
Love Triangle 40%
Centered around romantic feelings between more than two people. Includes all love polygons.
Nudity 20%
Features a character wearing no clothing or exposing intimate body parts.
Amnesia 20%
Prominently features a character(s) with memory loss.
Reincarnation 20%
Features a character being born again after death, typically as another person or in another world.

Sinopse

It centers around the travels and battles of one Aotsuki Ushio, who is constantly being stalked and aided by a gigantic, supernatural and sometimes invisible tiger (Some people describe it as akin to Calvin and Hobbes on acid).

Ushio's family maintains a Shinto temple in Japan, where 500 years ago, his samurai ancestor battled that same tiger to a standstill, and eventually trapped him against a rock using, a blessed spear called the "Beast Spear", which in addition to its intrinsic formidability as a weapon, can also boost the physical powers of the user. While cleaning out the temple storage, Ushio accidentally unseals the chamber which Tora was trapped in. Initially, Ushio wisely refused to remove the spear pinning Tora (とら, Japanese for tiger) down, as Tora unwisely makes the strategic blunder of mentioning that the first thing he would do upon being freed would be to devour Ushio; but Tora's unsealed presence attracts various demons to the premises, and Ushio is forced to free Tora in exchange for his help. The series focuses on their relationship, interspersed with battles against mythological foes, and with Tora's attempts to grapple with modern life and gobble up Ushio.

Note: Won the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year in 1997.
It also received the Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen in 1992.

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