Alichino

Alichino is a manga created by the artist Kouyu Shurei.

The premise of the manga revolves around Alichino, beautiful demons that offer wishes to the desperate, the wishes coming at the price of one's soul. To stop this, ?kusabi? are born in order to kill Alichino, though if the kusabi kills the Alichino, then no wishes will be granted. The question is, Would humanity prefer wishes or safety from the threat of Alchino?

The main plot follows Tsugiri, a kusabi who is held back in his duties to slay Alichino due to angst. We follow his quest to overcome his personal issues and protect those he loves in stopping the inevitable evils of the Alichino.

Unfortunately, the manga was put on indefinite hiatus in 2001 after Kouyu Shurei broke her hand. Fans remain hopeful, though the idea of it returning to production seems dubious. Three volumes were released in Japan by Home-sha Inc. and Shueisha in 1998, 2000, and 2001; a French translation of all three volumes was released by Génération Comics and Panini Comics in 2003, and an English translation of all three volumes was released by TOKYOPOP in 2005 in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, and then by Madman in Australia and New Zealand; the Tokyopop edition of the manga is out of print as of August 31, 2009. Italian and German translations also exist.


 * The Beautiful Elite: The Alichino.
 * Literal Genie
 * Noble Demon: Near literal case for well-meaning Alichino.
 * Wangst
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: Tsugiri.