Toriko is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro. It was published by Shueisha – chapterwise in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 19, 2008 to November 21, 2016. Its chapters were collected in 43 tankōbon volumes. It follows the adventure of Toriko, a Gourmet Hunter, as he searches for rare, diverse foods to complete a full-course meal. On his journey, he is accompanied by the timid chef Komatsu who wants to improve his skills.
In North America, Viz Media released the series in English starting on June 1, 2010 and chapterwise (starting at chapter 171) in Weekly Shonen Jump (originally named Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha) from the debut issue on January 30, 2012. In Australasia, the English volumes are distributed by Madman Entertainment since July 10, 2010.
Volume list
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01 | Toriko the Bishoku-Ya!! Bishoku-Ya Toriko!! (美食屋・トリコ‼) | November 4, 2008 978-4-08-874608-1 | June 1, 2010 978-1-4215-3509-8 | |
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The International Gourmet Organization (IGO) sends the head chef of the 5-star Hotel Gourmet, Komatsu, to hire Gourmet Hunter Toriko to capture a Garara Gator for a meal. Toriko is a legendary Gourmet Hunter, being one of the Four Heavenly Kings, he is unusually strong with an inhuman sense of smell, who wants to find the ingredients for the menu of the full-course meal of his life. Komatsu decides to accompany Toriko on the hunt, as he wishes to become the best chef in the world. Toriko kills a 300-year-old Garara with his Fork and Knife technique and Komatsu cooks some of it to taste, but Toriko ends up eating all of it. Toriko is contracted by IGO again, this time to enter one of their biotope gardens and obtain a Rainbow Fruit, which is in the nest of the four-armed Troll Kong gorillas. After defeating the leader or silverback of the group by intimidation alone, Toriko obtains the legendary fruit that changes taste. The Rainbow Fruit becomes the dessert on Toriko's full-course meal. | ||||
02 | Coco!! Koko!! (ココ‼) | November 4, 2008 978-4-08-874609-8 | September 7, 2010 978-1-4215-3510-4 | |
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Toriko takes Komatsu on a trip to capture and taste the Puffer Whale, which only enter shallow water once in ten years to breed. Due to the difficulty in preparing the fish, it turns poisonous at the hint of danger, Toriko recruits his friend, fortuneteller and Gourmet Hunter, who is also one of the Four Heavenly Kings, Coco. Coco is immune to 500 kinds of poisons, having injected them into himself in order to develop immunity, causing him to be able to produce his own poison from his body. The location of the whales' breeding ground is a beach inside a cave that is home to the Devil Python. Toriko and Coco team up to defeat a python, while Komatsu is abducted and ends up dying. He is brought back to life by Jiro, called the Knocking Master because he can use the Knocking technique, which harmlessly subdues creatures, on any animal. | ||||
03 | It Appeared!! Arawareta Mono!! (現れたモノ‼) | February 4, 2009 978-4-08-874632-6 | December 7, 2010 978-1-4215-3511-1 | |
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Toriko and Coco capture some Puffer Whales, but Coco has Komatsu remove the poison organ from it as he is exhausted from battle, and he succeeds in only one. A strange extremely strong, to the point of scaring even Toriko and Coco, non-living creature swims out from the water right by them, but he only kills the other hunters waiting outside the cave as well as the captain of the Gourmet Police. It is a GT Robo from the Gourmet Corps, an organization out to capture the world's food supply, and also attacked the IGO's biotopes, causing them to call in the Four Heavenly Kings; Toriko, Coco, Sunny and Zebra. Toriko, with Komatsu, is already on his way to IGO's largest biotope in order to capture the Regal Mammoth, but when they get there, Mansam, chief of the facility, takes them to the Gourmet Coliseum. There, animals are pitted to fight against each other in order to research and measure their strength, with country leaders gambling on which will win. The finale is a battle royale between six different animals, including the previously extinct Battle Wolf. Toriko realizes something is odd and enters the ring, where he realizes the Battle Wolf in pregnant. He defeats the other animals, breaking the protective glass in the process, while it gives birth just as the sixth opponent enters rampaging from pheromones used to get the animals to fight, administered by Rin the IGO's specialist in the field, and causes the audience to flee. It is easily defeated by the Battle Wolf, which, along with Mansam, is shot by the GT Robo, who snuck in. | ||||
04 | Sunny!! Sanī!! (サニー‼) | May 1, 2009 978-4-08-874666-1 | March 4, 2011 978-1-4215-3512-8 | |
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Mansam heals his wounds from pouring a special alcoholic beverage on them and explains to Komatsu that the GT Robo is controlled by someone from afar, later shown to be Bei of the Gourmet Corps. Angry at it for shooting the Battle Wolf, Toriko attacks the GT Robot. His usual Spiked Punch is ineffective, forcing him to use the Ice Pick Spiked Punch - it destroys the robot's head and Mansam orders his men to fire laser cannons on the robot, revealing its core antenna. The antenna flees from the attacks, but is obliterated by Mansam's pet beast Ricky and Toriko names the baby Battle Wolf, "Terry Cloth". Sunny, Rin's older brother, arrives bringing the Regal Mammoth, however it is only a child and the group heads out to get the parent. | ||||
05 | The Regal Plateau!! Rīgaru Kōgen e!! (リーガル高原へ‼) | August 4, 2009 978-4-08-874718-7 | June 7, 2011 978-1-4215-3693-4 | |
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06 | Ten-fold!! "10 Ren"!! ("10連"!!) | October 2, 2009 978-4-08-874739-2 | September 6, 2011 978-1-4215-3694-1 | |
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07 | Jewel of the Jungle!! Janguru no Kesshō!! (ジャングルの結晶!!) | December 4, 2009 978-4-08-874768-2 | December 6, 2011 978-1-4215-3798-6 | |
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08 | Century Soup!! Senchurī Sūpu!! (センチュリースープ‼) | March 4, 2010 978-4-08-870014-4 | February 7, 2012 978-1-4215-3903-4 | |
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09 | Battle Below Freezing!! Hyōtenka no Kessen!! (氷点下の決戦!!) | April 30, 2010 978-4-08-870036-6 | April 3, 2012 978-1-4215-4065-8 | |
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10 | Depths of Hell!! Jigoku no Fuchi!! (地獄の淵!!) | July 2, 2010 978-4-08-870075-5 | June 5, 2012 978-1-4215-4273-7 | |
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11 | The Path of Revival!! Saisei e no Michi!! (再生への道!!) | October 4, 2010 978-4-08-870113-4 | August 7, 2012 978-1-4215-4308-6 | |
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12 | Vegetable Sky!! Bejitaburu Sukai!! (ベジタブルスカイ‼) | December 29, 2010 978-4-08-870150-9 | October 2, 2012 978-1-4215-4309-3 | |
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13 | The Reality of the Gourmet World!! Gurume-Kai no Genjitsu!! (グルメ界の現実‼) | March 4, 2011 978-4-08-870190-5 | December 4, 2012 978-1-4215-4310-9 | |
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14 | The "Real" Melk!! ”Honmono” no Meruku!! (”本物”のメルク‼) | April 4, 2011 978-4-08-870210-0 | February 5, 2013 978-1-4215-4311-6 | |
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15 | Zebra!! Zebura!! (ゼブラ‼) | July 4, 2011 978-4-08-870257-5 | April 2, 2013 978-1-4215-4312-3 | |
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16 | Reunion With The "Worst"!! Saiaku to no Saikai!! (最悪との再会‼) | September 2, 2011 978-4-08-870285-8 | June 4, 2013 978-1-4215-5149-4 | |
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17 | Shining Gourami!! Sansan Guramī!! (サンサングラミー‼) | November 4, 2011 978-4-08-870305-3 | August 6, 2013 978-1-4215-5150-0 | |
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18 | Gourmet Casino!! Gurume Kajino!! (グルメカジノ!!) | February 3, 2012 978-4-08-870371-8 | October 1, 2013 978-1-4215-5151-7 | |
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19 | Gourmet Tasting!! Gurume Teisutingu!! (グルメテイスティング‼) | April 4, 2012 978-4-08-870403-6 | December 3, 2013 978-1-4215-5152-4 | |
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20 | Ichiryu and Midora!! Ichiryū to Midora!! (一龍と三虎‼) | July 4, 2012 978-4-08-870465-4 | February 4, 2014 978-1-4215-5369-6 | |
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21 | Decisive Battle! Shokurin Temple!! Kessen! Shokurin-ji!! (決戦!食林寺!!) | October 4, 2012 978-4-08-870518-7 | April 1, 2014 978-1-4215-5615-4 | |
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22 | The Four Beasts!! Shijū!! (四獣‼) | December 4, 2012 978-4-08-870553-8 | June 3, 2014 978-1421564814 | |
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23 | Oshoku Bansan!! Ōshoku Bansan!! ("王食晩餐"‼) | February 4, 2013 978-4-08-870617-7 | August 5, 2014 978-1421564821 | |
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24 | "Cooking Fest" Opens!! "Kukkingu Fesu" Kaimaku!! (クッキングフェス"開幕‼) | May 2, 2013 978-4-08-870663-4 | October 7, 2014 978-1421564838 | |
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25 | The Bishokukai Invades!! Bishoku-kai, Shūrai!! (一美食會、襲来!!) | July 4, 2013 978-4-08-870766-2 | December 2, 2014 978-1421567792 | |
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26 | Beyond Limits!! Genkai no Sono Saki!! (限界のその先!!) | August 2, 2013 978-4-08-870784-6 | February 2, 2015 978-1421573465 | |
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27 | Hidden Power!! Himeta Chikara!! (秘めた力!!) | November 1, 2013 978-4-08-870835-5 | April 7, 2015 978-1421573458 | |
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28 | The Tiger's Tears!! Tora no Namida!! (虎の涙!!) | January 4, 2014 978-4-08-870888-1 | June 2, 2015 978-1421576916 | |
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29 | The World's Greatest Bishokuya!! Sekai-ichi no Bishokuya!! (世界一の美食屋‼) | March 4, 2014 978-4-08-880024-0 | August 4, 2015 978-1421577821 | |
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30 | Now, to Gourmet World!! Iza gurume-kai e!! (いざグルメ界へ‼) | June 4, 2014 978-4088800561 | October 6, 2015 978-1421579122 | |
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31 | Hex Food World!! Yōshoku-kai!! (妖食界!!) | September 4, 2014 978-4-08-880173-5 | December 1, 2015 978-1421580319 | |
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32 | VS Heracles!! Bāsasu Herakuresu!! (バーサスヘラクレス!!) | November 4, 2014 978-4-08-880210-7 | February 2, 2016 978-1421582665 | |
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33 | Now, To Area 7!! Iza Eria Sebun!! (いざエリア7‼) | January 5, 2015 978-4-08-880274-9 | April 5, 2016 978-1421582672 | |
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34 | The King Playing Around!! Ō no a So Bi!! (王の遨び!!) | April 3, 2015 978-4-08-880329-6 | June 7, 2016 978-1-42-158517-8 | |
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35 | Saru We Dance!! Saru Uī Dansu!! (サル•ウイー•ダンス!!) | July 3, 2015 978-4-08-880365-4 | August 2, 2016 978-1-42-158642-7 | |
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36 | Deployment!! Sankaitsu!! (散開ツ‼) | September 4, 2015 978-4-08-880461-3 | November 1, 2016 978-1-42-158705-9 | |
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37 | New Stirring!! Taidou!! (胎動!!) | December 4, 2015 978-4-08-880517-7 | February 7, 2017 978-1-42-159021-9 | |
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38 | To The Back World!! Ura no Sekai He!! (裏の世界へ!!) | March 4, 2016 978-4-08-880625-9 | May 2, 2017 978-1-42-159121-6 | |
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39 | Neo, the Creature!! Neo Sono Seibutsu!! (ネオ、その生物!!) | June 3, 2016 978-4-08-880685-3 | August 1, 2017 978-1-42-159336-4 | |
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40 | Those Tears!! Ano Namida wa!! (あの涙は‼) | August 4, 2016 978-4-08-880775-1 | November 7, 2017 978-1-42-159440-8 | |
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41 | Battle of the Kings!! Ou tachi no tatakai!! (王たちの戦い!!) | October 4, 2016 978-4-08-880804-8 | February 6, 2018 978-1-4215-9514-6 | |
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42 | A Reunion with Appetite!! Shokuyoku tono Saikai!! (食欲との際会‼) | December 2, 2016 978-4-08-880844-4 | May 1, 2018 978-1-42-159621-1 | |
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43 | Still Yet Unseen Ingredients!! Mada Minu Shokuzai!! (まだ見ぬ食材‼) | December 31, 2016 978-4-08-880885-7 | August 7, 2018 978-1-42-159703-4 | |
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