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Synonyms: Helck the Hero

Japanese: Helck

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 12

Chapters: 111

Status: Finished

Published: May 5, 2014 to Dec 18, 2017

Genres: Action, Fantasy

Serialization: Ura Sunday

Authors: Nanao, Nanaki (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.14¹ (scored by 15,497 users)

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Ranked: #539²

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Popularity: #437

Members: 44,801

Favorites: 1,077

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MangaUra SundayNanao, Nanaki (Story & Art)

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Helck

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While humanity celebrates the defeat of the Demon King by the hands of a lone hero, the denizens of the demon world prepare for the contest of a lifetime—a tournament to decide who would inherit the title of Demon King.

Now, three months later, the tournament has been proceeding smoothly—well, other than the fact that the favorite to come out on top is the human hero Helck! With a smile and a wave, he easily bests his demonic competition, all while loudly proclaiming his hatred for humans. Though he calls for the destruction of humanity, the truth of what lies behind his cheery façade remains a mystery.

Doubtful of Helck's intentions, Red Vamirio—one of the "Four Heavenly Kings," who oversee the realm of the demons together—seeks to uncover what the hero is truly after. With the title of "Demon King" at stake, the fate of the demon world rests on her shoulders.

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BackgroundHelck ranked eighth in the Best Printed Manga category at the first Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards in 2015.

The series was published in English by VIZ Media under the Shonen Sunday imprint from January 10, 2023, to November 12, 2024.

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Jan 20, 2024

tokomata

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One of the best manga I read and I've been binging quite a lot recently. No pointless arcs, no mindless action, concludes the story with the right number of chapters. Helck is plot, plot is Helck. However, it is a solid 9/10 that I'm reducing to 8/10 because of the frustrating and regular chapter number retconning from the publisher themselves. Good luck finding a site or source that maintains all the chapters with all the pages. One has to keep 3/4 sites open and confirm they didn't skip chapters and pages.

It's somewhat dated manga and the initial parts may feel generic but the story is ...

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Nov 9, 2021

PixelB

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (76/111 eps)

I usually don't drop short manga like Helck just because I can just rush through it and finish it in a timely manner.
Helck, however, dragged everything out so far that I just had to drop it. Sorry, I have absolutely zero interest in anything, whether it be the "final battle" between demons and humans, Helck the hero's inner torment, or what happens to Vamiro. The manga manages to have a dramatic story with the most lacking story progression I have seen. As of this chapter, there have been no good fight scenes, and most of the chapters are filled with dramatic dialogue, if anything. There ...

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Apr 26, 2024

red-artist

Not Recommended

Helck has an absolutely great start. When i watched the first 3 episodes of the anime, i was hooked. And unable to bear the weekly episode wait, i switched to the manga.

I loved it. Then, i loved it less. and i thought about dropping it. But i kept reading until i finally finished it. I realized that i should have dropped it early on.

Anyway, here's the setting:
The demon lord is just defeated by humans and a new lord is being chosen via an open tournament. and a human named Helck is also participating in the tournament. At the same time, one of the demon ... spies reports that she can't find any humans in the human kingdom and its just "empty". There are also these mysterious winged angel-like beings attacking the demon realm. Who is Helck? why is he here in this competition? What happened to the demon lord? Where are all the humans? Where did these winged beings come from? What a great setting to start with. full of mysteries and a fun set of characters from demon world.

It goes without saying that i fell in love with Helck from the very beginning. But as we keep moving forward, the manga drops hard in quality.

The author probably wrote himself into a corner, so they had to do some forced plot gimmicks to artificially maintain the mystery. After the first serious battle, Helck and Vermi (red haired girl) are forcibly teleported to some random faraway island. Its understandable why it had to be done. Helck knows a lot and he would have easily solved the mysteries at the very beginning of the series. So, instead, we forcibly keep Helck group separate from the rest of the cast for 90% of the rest of the story. I was hoping for more interactions between helck and the demons (rest of the characters).

It also doesn't help that the flashbacks are long and full of tragedy with generic human characters. The stakes increased too much, and at some point, the villains became too other-worldly(literally). As I was reading the climax, I had this nostalgic feeling, and remembered series like Naruto and Gintama. They are also filled with tragedy flashbacks (milking them) and the almost god like villains by the end. There's also stuff like bringing dead people back and giving happy endings to them. I kinda hate undoing death. It makes the tragedy feel like a joke.

With that said, it seems that i am in the minority and most people were more than satisfied with how the story progressed. So, please do give it a try. Because the start of the series is still great. And if you start to get bored in the middle of the story, then its time to drop it instead of wasting your time hoping it will get better.

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