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Strain (manga)

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Genres: action, drama
Objectionable content: Intense
Plot Summary: Mayo aka The Horse is a professional assassin who asks only 5 dollars for a killing. He is asked to kill the mother of a 12 year old prostitute, Shion, but leaves her alive out of pity. This event starts a chain of events which will shake the Asian economies to the core.
User Ratings: 29 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 2 votes (Eng:1, sub:1)
 Excellent: 6 votes (sub:3, Eng:2, dub:1)
 Very good: 10 votes (Eng:5, sub:4, ?:1)
 Good: 4 votes (Eng:3, sub:1)
 Decent: 4 votes (Eng:2, sub:2)
 So-so: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Not really good: -
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 55 users, rank: #1383 (of 6876)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.552 (Very good−), std. dev.: 1.5666, rank: #2022 (of 7723)
Weighted mean: 7.709 (Very good−), rank: #1966 (of 7723) (seen all: 7.75 / seen some: 8.35 / won't finish: 6.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.707 (Very good−), rank: #1038 (of 3520)
Number of tankoubon: 5
Number of pages: 224
Vintage: 1996 to 1998 (Big Comic Superior)
Release dates: We have 10
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Graphic novel
    Strain (GN 1) 1999-01-05 (from $37.95)
    Strain (GN 2) 2000-01-28 (from $18.00)
    Strain (GN 3) 2000-04-05 (from $34.90)
    Strain (GN 4) 2001-05-06
    Strain (GN 5) 2003-01-28

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
Serialized In: Big Comic Superior
English staff
English cast
Adaptation: Yuji Oniki
Cover Design: Izumi Evers
Editing:
Annette Roman
Carl Gustav Horn (vol 3-5)
Publisher: Seiji Horibuchi
Touch-up & Lettering: Cato
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Viz Media
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: Akuma
French cast
(none)
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Schreiber und Leser
German cast
(none)

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