Gokurakugai
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuto Sano. It has been serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Jump Square since July 2022. Its chapters have been collected in five volumes as of May 2025.
Premise
Tao Saotome and Alma operate the Gokurakugai Troubleshooter Agency, a problem-solving service in Gokurakugai, a working-class district inhabited by humans and beastmen. Tao is a tall woman with long braided hair, while Alma is a red-haired, fanged half-human youth. Their cases range from locating missing persons to retrieving sensitive materials for clients. However, the district faces rising unrest as disappearances multiply and mutilated animal corpses appear. During an investigation, they encounter Disaster Beasts—monstrous entities that came from dead humans and animals. Their work gradually exposes the city's hidden darkness.Characters
Saragi
;Alma;Ms. Tao
;Yoki
;Dara
;Nei Takarai
;Ryu Seno
;Ms. Kasumi
;Mr. Orono
;Keishin
;Wan
;Ms. Tsugumi
Civilians
;Yaya;Luka Kiyomina
;Yuki
;Tatsuomi Ban
;Isato Amadera
;Mako Maki
;Mr. Nitta
;Nei's family and servants
Yomi's ''maga'' family
;Mr. Yomi;Yoru
;Kanata
;Memeko
;Utsuro
;Misao
;Chihaya
;Shizuka Kisagaya
Publication
Written and illustrated by Yuto Sano, Gokurakugai was preceded by a one-shot chapter, titled, published in Shueisha's manga magazine Jump SQ.Rise on January 27, 2020; the serialization started in Shueisha's Jump Square on July 4, 2022. Shueisha has collected its chapters into individual volumes. The first volume was released on November 4, 2022. As of May 2, 2025, five volumes have been released.Viz Media started publishing the manga digitally in English, with its first six chapters, on March 2, 2023. Viz Media began releasing the volumes in print and digital formats in April 2024.
Chapters not yet in ''tankōbon'' format
These chapters have yet to be published in a volume.Reception
The series ranked ninth in the 2023 Next Manga Award in the print manga category. It was also ranked seventh and won the U-Next Award in the 2025 edition in the same category. It placed tenth in the seventh Tsutaya Comic Award in 2023. It ranked fifth in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2024 list. It ranked seventh in AnimeJapan's "Manga We Want to See Animated" poll in 2025.In North America, the first volume ranked 20th on Circana BookScan's monthly top 20 adult graphic novels list of April 2024.