Hood

Hood (styalized in all capitals as HOOD) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by a manga artist under the alias Shima. The series was serialized in Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ online magazine on a semi weekly basis from October 2018 to February 2024 for a total of 16 tankōbon volumes. The series is licensed in English by Viz Media, who also own merchandising rights in most of the west. Anime studio MAPPA also worked on an anime adaption of the manga, running from October 2022 to December 2025 for a total of two seasons.
The series follows the exploits of an androgynous boy named Neon Sagami, who is a prodigy when it comes to street fights and combat, as he attempts to defend his disabled sister from bullies but ends up getting himself wrapped up in gang activities such as drug deals, gang fights, kidnapping, human trafficking, and even murder. Along the way, Neon slowly learns what the evils of the world really look like and struggles with the moral question of whether or not it's okay to be evil in order to fight evil.
== Synopsis ==
Neon Sagami is a mysterious orphan teenager who often gets into trouble defending his sister, Yukiko, from bullies who pick on her for her learning disabilities, which have caused her to be held back several years. One day, Yukiko goes missing and Neon starts searching for her after loosing faith in the police. Along the way, Neon is accompanied by a wannabe gang member called Soul, who agrees to help Neon find his sister in exchange for him helping her gain power in the criminal underworld. The pair are also taken in by a loan shark named Seth, who clearly has his own ulterior motives in mentoring the two.
However, along the way, Neon begins to question whether or not he is truly the hero in the story and his black and white moral view is challenged time and time again, his reality shattered when he realizes that Yukiko no longer recognizes him. After this, Neon attempts to get out of the world of gangs, but is refused to allow to do so by Seth, who reveals he is hoping to turn Soul and Neon into "monsters" like him, as he hopes for the two to become his successors. On the run from both Seth and Soul, Neon eventually decides to turn himself in to protect Yukiko. This plan backfires, as Seth decides the best way to make Neon fully lose his humanity is to have Yukiko murdered.
Neon once again rushes to protect his sister, coming in time but not before Yukiko is rendered physically scarred for the rest of her life. Neon and Seth fight, with Seth urging Neon to kill him, as he believes that his own death would also complete Neon's transformation. Seth does not get what he wants, however, as Soul kills him instead, claiming that Neon doesn't belong in the underworld because he's a man, whereas she is a monster. Soul fully embraces her new role as Japan's newest monster as she's arrested while Neon is allowed off the hook thanks to Soul's testimony, Neon finally being allowed to return back to his normal life with his sister. Years later, Neon, who has renamed himself "Kazuya" visits Soul in prison and the two presumably attempt to rekindle their friendship.
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