Dorohedoro is a dark fantasy manga that ran from 2000 to 2018, spanning 23 volumes and ending with Chapter 167, “All-Star Sayonara.” The manga received acclaim from both fans and critics, and in 2020, it got a 12-episode anime adaptation that covered about the first 40 chapters of the manga. Many fans are eager to see more of the anime, so here is the current status of a possible Dorohedoro season 2.
- As of November 22, 2023, There is no official confirmation of a second season of Dorohedoro yet. The manga is finished, and there is plenty of material left to adapt, as the first season only covered less than a third of the total chapters.
- Given the popularity and success of the first season, we believe that Dorohedoro has a good chance of getting renewed. However, we don’t have any specific details or dates to share at this point.
There are several modern shounen/seinen anime that is actually good, even to the point that they might easily exceed the ones at the top, but they don’t receive as much attention in the community. One of such anime series, called Dorohedoro, can serve as an illustration. Due to the show’s originality, many viewers enjoyed it to their heart’s content.
Japanese manga created and illustrated by Q Hayashida served as the basis for Dorohedoro’s first iteration. Since November 30, 2000, it has been serialized in Spirits Zkan Ikki, a seinen manga publication by Shogakukan. The manga was relocated to Hibana as a substitute on March 6, 2015, when Monthly Ikki discontinued publication on September 25, 2014.
Hibana also stopped publishing in 2017, which resulted in the relocation of Dorohedoro to Shogakukan’s shonen manga publication Monthly Shonen Sunday on November 10 of the same year. After 18 years of publishing, the manga was eventually finished on September 12, 2018, with the 167th chapter being its last release.
Dorohedoro Season 2 Renewal Status
If you are wondering about Dorohedoro season 2, I have some bad news for you. There is no official announcement or confirmation of a second season for Dorohedoro as of now. It has been three years since the first season aired, and Netflix has not given any indication that they plan to renew the show. One reason for the delay could be that Dorohedoro’s studio MAPPA is busy with other big anime projects like Attack On Titan and Chainsaw Man. However, this does not mean that we should give up hope. There are examples of anime that took much longer to get a second season, such as Mushi-Shi, which waited for NINE YEARS. We should be optimistic like Kaiman and be grateful that we don’t have lizard heads that need curing.
