Togari (manga)

The plot centers around an orphan known as Tobei who lived in Japan 300 years ago and committed countless violent crimes until the age of 16, when he was beheaded by villagers and subsequently sent to Hell as punishment. During his supposedly eternal punishment, Tobei made repeated escape attempts and became known for a particularly fiery spirit, everlasting determination, and a continuing refusal to repent for his sins.

Given Tobei's dismal moral progress over the course of 300 years, he was made an offer to escape: take the Togari, (a magical {{Transliteration|ja|bokken}} with strength proportional to the user's evil spirit) and slay 108 "Toga", spiritual manifestations of great sin that drive a human's actions, in 108 days. Ose, the demon responsible for torturing Tobei in Hell, was told to watch over Tobei while Tobei accomplished his mission.

However, Tobei was subject to two particular rules so as to facilitate his moral reshaping: Firstly, he cannot commit any sins or crimes; even if he begins thinking about committing a sin, the wounds from his decapitation 300 years ago will begin opening. If he actually completes a sin, he will be decapitated and sent back to Hell. Secondly, he cannot physically harm people. If he does, then the same damage is done to himself.

Impeding Tobei's mission, however, is a property of the sword Togari: if Tobei loses control of it, then Togari will absorb him (so that he suffers eternally within Togari, along with all other souls of people who have failed this mission in the past). Furthermore, unlike in Hell, when all his physical wounds healed almost instantly, Tobei's body is mortal on Earth.

Under the supervision of Ose, who often takes the form of a dog while watching over Tobei, Tobei attempts to slay 108 Toga in the real world, and lives a different life than he did 300 years ago in part because of the people he meets and the restrictions against sinning placed on his body.

;{{Nihongo|Tobei|統兵衛}}

:Tobei lived as a young child during the Edo period of Japan. He did not have any parents and lived on the streets and barely survived as a child. After killing a nobleman, he took away his identity document proving that he is Tobei Kihara, but his real name is unknown. Everyone who came to meet him told him over and over again that he should "just die" and "go to hell". He was often abused and tortured by the townsfolk. As he grew up he learned he had to steal things, including lives, or he would not survive. Eventually, he ended up going into murderous rages and killed everyone who was in his way. He was soon caught after killing so many people and was beheaded at sixteen. Since his death, Tobei had been living in Hell for 300 years, tortured by Ose so he can "repent for his sins". Tobei has tried to escape Hell numerous times, but was always caught by Ose. One day, however, Lady Ema offers him a deal where if he collected 108 sins in 108 days he'd be free to return to Earth. He hastily takes the opportunity without thinking of the consequences.

;{{Nihongo|Itsuki Asagi|浅木いつき|Asagi Itsuki}}

:Itsuki is a young high school girl whose cop father was murdered when she was still a child. She hates that her father's killer is still at large and probably living in peace. She became a tomboy after her father's death. Itsuki has a strong sense of justice and is the first to get a reaction from Tobei, other than bloodlust, just by thanking him for saving her (even if unintentionally) after she was nearly raped and murdered by a thug.

;{{Nihongo|Ose|オセ}}

:Ose has been Tobei's handler for 100 years and was originally an angel. He was ordered by Lady Ema to follow Tobei in the human world as a dog to make sure he did not disrupt the order of the natural world. He is often mistaken by other people as Tobei's pet.

;{{Nihongo|Ema|エマ}}

:Lady Ema is the regent of Hell. She offered Tobei his freedom if he could collect 108 sins in 108 days using the Togari. She oversees Tobei and Ose in the present time as a young business woman.

;{{Nihongo|Sawazaki|さわざき}}

:Detective Sawazaki is a University of Tokyo graduate. He is an over-qualified police detective who's passed the first-class civil servant exam. He is highly suspicious of Tobei and follows the Toga-removed victims of Tobei closely. He comments that all the victims have suffered from "psychological trauma" when arrested. He was also the junior partner of Itsuki's father ten years before the start of the story.

Inspired by Japanese samurai films and with a concept that the protagonist is a "pure bad guy", author Natsume drew Tobei based on "someone who looked like he [would] be beheaded as a criminal". Lady Ema was first drawn by Natsume with an image of Enma Daio in mind but "she ended up turning into a sexy bombshell".{{cite book|last=Natsume|first=Yoshinori|title=Togari|publisher=Viz Media|date=July 10, 2007|volume=1|chapter=Extra|isbn=978-1-4215-1355-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/togarivol50000nats}} The serialization of Togari was canceled by Weekly Shōnen Sunday.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-15/batman/death-mask-natsume-starts-togari-sequel|title=Batman: Death Mask's Natsume Starts Togari Sequel (Updated)|date=October 15, 2009|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=December 9, 2009|archive-date=November 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091124035214/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-15/batman/death-mask-natsume-starts-togari-sequel|url-status=live}}

Written and illustrated by Yoshinori Natsume, Togari was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2, 2000, to February 13, 2002;{{efn|It started in the magazine's 36th issue of 2000 (with cover date August 16),{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー2000年36|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M577762|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715093231/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M577762|archive-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}} released on August 2 of that same year;{{cite web|author=Natsume, Yoshinori|author-link=Yoshinori Natsume|script-title=ja:このたびはSeS HomePageにようこそ。|url=http://park.zero.ad.jp/~zaw18031/fromSeS/from0725.htm|website=Summer Eye Studio|access-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020708021248/http://park.zero.ad.jp/~zaw18031/fromSeS/from0725.htm|archive-date=July 8, 2002|language=ja|date=July 25, 2000}} it finished in the magazine's 11th issue of 2002 (with cover date February 27),{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー2002年11|url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M577687|website=Media Arts Database|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs|access-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715093234/https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M577687|archive-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}} released on February 13 of that same year.{{cite web|script-title=ja:週刊少年サンデー 2002年11号|url=http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_mag2k_code?sho=081211&sha=1&type=c|website=s-book.com|publisher=Shogakukan|access-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020227223615/http://www.s-book.com/plsql/sbc_mag2k_code?sho=081211&sha=1&type=c|archive-date=February 27, 2002|language=ja|url-status=live}}}} the series ended prematurely at 68 chapters. Shogakukan collected the chapters in eight {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from January 18, 2001, and March 18, 2002. The abrupt ending was intentional by the publishers, as the last four pages of the eighth volume includes a spoof advertisement for Togari: The Perfect Edition. Then the publishers apologized for the spoof in the last page of the volume. Media Factory republished the series in a four-volume edition,{{cite web|script-title=ja:夏目義徳「トガリ」新装版刊行！続編「咎狩 白」2巻も|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/39511|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|date=October 23, 2010|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715100427/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/39511|url-status=live}} released from October 23 to November 22, 2010.{{cite web|script-title=ja:トガリ１|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216029681/|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=October 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007041155/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216029681/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:トガリ４|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216029815/|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715100430/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216029815/|url-status=live}}

Viz Media released the manga in North America, with English translation by AltJapan Co., Ltd.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-23/viz-announces-new-manga-licenses-at-nycc|title=Viz Announces New Manga Licenses at NYCC|date=February 23, 2007|publisher=Anime News Network|access-date=April 20, 2009|archive-date=June 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629201214/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-02-23/viz-announces-new-manga-licenses-at-nycc|url-status=live}} The eight volumes were released between July 10, 2007, and September 9, 2008.

Natsume wrote a sequel, titled {{Nihongo||咎狩 白|Togari Shiro}}, serialized in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Flapper from October 5, 2009, to May 2, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2009/10/16/Togari-de-retour|title=Togari de Retour|trans-title=Togari Returns|date=October 16, 2009|publisher=Manga News|language=fr|access-date=December 9, 2009|archive-date=October 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019035819/http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/actus/2009/10/16/Togari-de-retour|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:コミックフラッパー 2011年6月号|url=https://comic-flapper.com/magazine/flapper201106.html|website=Monthly Comic Flapper|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210715095011/https://comic-flapper.com/magazine/flapper201106.html|archive-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:夏目義徳「トガリ」続編「咎狩 白」完結記念で原画展開催|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/51720|website=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|access-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|date=June 22, 2011|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715095302/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/51720|url-status=live}} Media Factory collected its chapters in three {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volumes, released from May 22, 2010, to June 23, 2011.{{cite web|script-title=ja:咎狩 白 １|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216028792/|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715100427/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216028792/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:咎狩 白 ２|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216029680/|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715100427/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216029680/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:咎狩 白 ３|url=https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216030863/|publisher=Kadokawa Corporation|access-date=July 15, 2021|language=ja|archive-date=July 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715100427/https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/201216030863/|url-status=live}}

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| VolumeNumber = 1

| OriginalRelDate = January 18, 2001{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261418|script-title=ja:トガリ / 1|publisher=Shogakukan|trans-title=Togari 1|language=ja|access-date=May 10, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716093845/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261418|archive-date=July 16, 2012}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-091-26141-0

| LicensedRelDate = July 10, 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6595|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070706213558/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6595|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2007|title=Togari, Vol. 1|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=May 10, 2009}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-421-51355-3

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• 01.{{Nihongo|"Champion of Justice"|セイギノミカタ|Seigi no Mikata}}
• 02.{{Nihongo|"Thank You?"|アリガトウ…？|Arigatou...?}}
• 03.{{Nihongo|"Show Me the Sinners"|ツミハドコダ!?|Tsumi wa Doko da!?}}

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• 04.{{Nihongo|"Is this How it's Supposed to Be?"|コレデイイノカ|}}
• 05.{{Nihongo|"The Power of Togari"|トガリノチカラ|Togari no Chikara}}
• 06.{{Nihongo|"Hate Everything"|スベテヲニクメ|subete o Nikume}}

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{{Graphic novel list

| VolumeNumber = 2

| OriginalRelDate = March 17, 2001{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261426|script-title=ja:トガリ / 2|publisher=Shogakukan|language=Japanese|access-date=May 10, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721220039/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261426|archive-date=July 21, 2012}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-091-26142-7

| LicensedRelDate = September 11, 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6596|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207185047/http://viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6596|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 7, 2010|title=Togari, Vol. 2|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=May 10, 2009}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-421-51356-0

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• 07. {{Nihongo|"Reunion"|サイカイ|Saikai}}
• 08. {{Nihongo|"Magic"|ヨウジュツ|Youjutsu}}
• 09. {{Nihongo|"The Funeral"|オソウシキ|Osoushiki}}
• 10. {{Nihongo|"Nothingness"|ム|Mu}}

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• 11. {{Nihongo|"Darkness"|フカククライヤミ|}}
• 12. {{Nihongo|"Downtown"|マチ|Machi}}
• 13. {{Nihongo|"Helpless"|ムリョク|Muryoku}}
• 14. {{Nihongo|"Loneliness"|ヒトリ|Hitori}}

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| VolumeNumber = 3

| OriginalRelDate = June 18, 2001{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261434|script-title=ja:トガリ / 3|publisher=Shogakukan|language=Japanese|access-date=May 10, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722235734/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261434|archive-date=July 22, 2012}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-091-26143-4

| LicensedRelDate = November 13, 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6597|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105205619/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6597|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2007|title=Togari, Vol. 3|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=May 10, 2009}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-421-51357-7

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• 15. {{Nihongo|"Human Life"|ヒトノイノチ|Hito no Inochi}}
• 16. {{Nihongo|"Fear"|コワイ|Kowai}}
• 17. {{Nihongo|"The Rookie"|ルーキー|Ruukii}}
• 18. {{Nihongo|"The Scent of Darkness"|ヤミノニオイ|Yami no Nioi}}
• 19. {{Nihongo|"Alternative to Destruction"|コワスヨリモ|Kowasu Yori mo}}

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• 20. {{Nihongo|"I Started Like This?"|ココカラ|Koko Kara}}
• 21. {{Nihongo|"A Hero?"|ヒーロー？|Hiiroo?}}
• 22. {{Nihongo|"In My Way"|ジャマダ|Jamada}}
• 23. {{Nihongo|"Sapped of Strength"|チカラガデナイ|Chikara ga Denai}}

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| VolumeNumber = 4

| OriginalRelDate = August 9, 2001{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261442|script-title=ja:トガリ / 4|publisher= Shogakukan|language=Japanese|access-date=May 10, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716022624/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261442|archive-date=July 16, 2012}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-1-421-51357-7

| LicensedRelDate = January 8, 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6979|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514203745/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6979|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 14, 2008|title=Togari, Vol. 4|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=May 10, 2009}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-421-51357-7

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• 24. {{Nihongo|"A Name"|ナマエ|Namae}}
• 25. {{Nihongo|"Dark Shadows"|クロイカゲ|Kuroi Kage}}
• 26. {{Nihongo|"Time Flies"|トキノナガレ|Toki no Nagare}}
• 27. {{Nihongo|"All I Can Do"|デキルコト|Dekiru Koto}}
• 28. {{Nihongo|"Moonlight"|ゲッコウ|Gekkō}}

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• 29. {{Nihongo|"Your Power"|キミノチカラ|Kimi no Chikara}}
• 30. {{Nihongo|"A Place to Be"|ココニイル|Koko ni Iru}}
• 31. {{Nihongo|"No Going Back"|モドラナイ|Modoranai}}
• 32. {{Nihongo|"It Begins"|ハジマリ|Hajimaru}}

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| VolumeNumber = 5

| OriginalRelDate = October 18, 2001{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261450|script-title=ja:トガリ / 5|publisher= Shogakukan|language=Japanese|access-date=May 10, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720062931/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261450|archive-date=July 20, 2012}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-091-26145-8

| LicensedRelDate = March 11, 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6990|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228091349/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6990|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 28, 2007|title=Togari, Vol. 5|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=May 10, 2009}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-421-51701-8

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• 33. {{Nihongo|"Where Are You?"|ドコニイル？|}}
• 34. {{Nihongo|"More Power"|モットチカラヲ|}}
• 35. {{Nihongo|"Real Power"|ホンモン|}}
• 36. {{Nihongo|"Not Enough"|タリナイ…|}}
• 37. {{Nihongo|"This Time"|コンドハ…|}}

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• 38. {{Nihongo|"Making Enemies?"|テキ…？|}}
• 39. {{Nihongo|"Lucky"|ウンガイイ|}}
• 40. {{Nihongo|"Nicknames"|ヨビナ|}}
• 41. {{Nihongo|"I Don't Run or Hide"|ニゲモカクレモ|}}

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| VolumeNumber = 6

| OriginalRelDate = December 18, 2001{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261469|script-title=ja:トガリ / 6|publisher= Shogakukan|language=Japanese|access-date=May 10, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721200032/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261469|archive-date=July 21, 2012}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-091-26146-5

| LicensedRelDate = May 13, 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315093140/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6991|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 15, 2008|title=Togari, Vol. 6|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=May 10, 2009}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-421-51702-5

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• 42. {{Nihongo|"I Don't Mind Either Way"|カンケエネエ|}}
• 43. {{Nihongo|"Don't Touch Her"|サワンナ|}}
• 44. {{Nihongo|"I Don't Like It"|キニイラネエ|}}
• 45. {{Nihongo|"Out of Desperation"|ヤクソク|}}
• 46. {{Nihongo|"A Murderer"|ヒトゴロシ|}}

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• 47. {{Nihongo|"The Stage"|ステージ|}}
• 48. {{Nihongo|"A Tamed Dog"|カイイヌ|}}
• 49. {{Nihongo|"At the Bottom of the Darkness"|イバショ|}}
• 50. {{Nihongo|"I See You"|オマエガミエル|}}

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| VolumeNumber = 7

| OriginalRelDate = February 18, 2002{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261477|script-title=ja:トガリ / 7|publisher=Shogakukan|language=Japanese|access-date=May 10, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714091545/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261477|archive-date=July 14, 2012}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-091-26147-2

| LicensedRelDate = July 8, 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515072334/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6992|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2008|title=Togari, Vol. 7|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=May 10, 2009}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-421-51703-2

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• 51. {{Nihongo|"How Could You..."|ヨクモ…|}}
• 52. {{Nihongo|"Who Killed Her?"|ダレガコロシタ？|}}
• 53. {{Nihongo|"Give Me Your Power!!"|チカラヲヨコセ!!|}}
• 54. {{Nihongo|"I Won't Run Away"|ニゲルワケニハ|}}
• 55. {{Nihongo|"You Have to Call Me!"|オレヲヨベ!!|}}

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• 56. {{Nihongo|"The Demon who Wished to be Human"|ヒトニナリタカッタオニ|}}
• 57. {{Nihongo|"I Will Not Disappear"|ニゲネエ|}}
• 58. {{Nihongo|"I Will Devour You"|オマエヲノム|}}
• 59. {{Nihongo|"Bis"|アンコール|}}

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| VolumeNumber = 8

| OriginalRelDate = March 18, 2002{{cite web|url=http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261485|script-title=ja:トガリ / 8|publisher=Shogakukan|language=ja|trans-title=Togari 8|access-date=May 10, 2009|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713132217/http://skygarden.shogakukan.co.jp/skygarden/owa/solc_dtl?isbn=4091261485|archive-date=July 13, 2012}}

| OriginalISBN = 978-4-091-26148-9

| LicensedRelDate = September 9, 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6993|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919060342/http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=6993|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 19, 2012|title=Togari, Vol. 8|publisher=Viz Media|access-date=May 10, 2009}}

| LicensedISBN = 978-1-421-51704-9

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• 60. {{Nihongo|"The Leading Role"|シュヤク|}}
• 61. {{Nihongo|"What I Have to Say"|イウベキコトバ|}}
• 62. {{Nihongo|"After All"|アレカラ|}}
• 63. {{Nihongo|"Amy"|アミ|}}
• 64. {{Nihongo|"The Strength of a Human Being"|ヒトノチカラ|}}

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• 65. {{Nihongo|"The Future"|ミライ|}}
• 66. {{Nihongo|"I Want to Become 'Myself'"|ボクニナル|}}
• 67. {{Nihongo|"What I'm Going to do in the Future"|ミライノタメニデキルコト|}}
• 68. {{Nihongo|"Thanks"|アリガトウ|}}

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Natsume's art was commended for featuring "heavy inks, lots of crosshatching, and copious amounts of shading".{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookbin.com/togari001.html|title=Togari: Volume 1|last=Douresseaux|first=Leroy|date=July 11, 2007|website=ComicBookBin|access-date=April 20, 2009|archive-date=October 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012023108/http://www.comicbookbin.com/togari001.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/manga-minis-9508/#togari6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927091806/http://www.popcultureshock.com/manga/index.php/reviews/manga-reviews/manga-minis-9508/#togari6|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 27, 2008|title=Togari, Vol. 6|last=Hayley|first=Ken|date=March 9, 2008|publisher=Pop Shock Culture|access-date=April 20, 2009}} Mania.com's Patricia Beard feels that the manga makes a "compelling read" by "laying out its premise and conditions by the mid-point of the first volume".{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/togari-vol-01_article_111476.html|title=Togari Vol. #01|last=Beard|first=Patricia|date=December 24, 2008|publisher=Mania.com|access-date=April 20, 2009|archive-date=February 1, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201151951/http://www.mania.com/togari-vol-01_article_111476.html|url-status=live}} Manga Life's Michael Aronson comments that the manga simply rearranges the "premise of every other pop manga series. We have an anachronistic protagonist (InuYasha) who’s rather impure at heart (Death Note) hunting spirits that no one else can see (Bleach)".{{Cite web|last=Aronson|first=Michael|url=http://www.mangalife.com/reviews/Togariv2.htm|title=Togari v2|work=Manga Life|publisher=Silver Bullet Comics|access-date=April 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012135636/http://www.mangalife.com/reviews/Togariv2.htm|archive-date=October 12, 2007|url-status=dead }} Ed Sizemore from Comics Worth Reading criticises the series for ending its unfinished story with volume 8. As well as "putting salt in the wound" by advertising for "Togari: The Perfect Edition" in the last four pages, with the last sentence of the ad reading: "Sorry, this was all a joke! Thank you all for reading."{{cite web|url=http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/10/27/chibis/comment-page-1/|title=Togari Book 8|last=Sizemore|first=Ed|date=October 27, 2008|publisher=Comics Worth Reading|access-date=April 20, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214225620/http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/10/27/chibis/comment-page-1/|archive-date=December 14, 2011}} Jason Thompson's online appendix to Manga: The Complete Guide compares Togari to Inuyasha in their shared theme of "a villain gradually [turning] into a good guy" commenting that "Togari makes a stronger than usual effort to show Tobe’s gradual socialization process." Thompson also comments on the art "while not nearly as scary as the premise suggests, is clean and chiseled, similar to Ryōji Minagawa."{{cite web|url=http://www.suvudu.com/2009/12/365-days-of-manga-day-84-togari.html|title=365 Days of Manga, Day 84: Togari|last=Thompson|first=Jason|author-link=Jason Thompson (writer)|date=December 8, 2009|publisher=Suduvu|access-date=December 9, 2009|archive-date=May 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100502053457/http://www.suvudu.com/2009/12/365-days-of-manga-day-84-togari.html|url-status=live}} In a series of reviews on Manga News, the manga's graphics is commended for its "pure style with panels that are not overdone",{{cite web|url=http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/Togari/vol-1#review|title=Togari Vol.1|author=Floodace|publisher=Manga News|access-date=December 6, 2013|language=fr|archive-date=December 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210222443/http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/Togari/vol-1#review|url-status=live}} commendation on the level of precision through explanation,{{cite web|url=http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/Togari/vol-2#review|title=Togari Vol.2|author=Floodace|publisher=Manga News|access-date=December 6, 2013|language=fr|archive-date=December 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210222317/http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/Togari/vol-2#review|url-status=live}} with discrete action and advancing the plot through the use of intrigue.{{cite web|url=http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/Togari/vol-4#review|title=Togari Vol.4|author=Floodace|publisher=Manga News|access-date=December 6, 2013|language=fr|archive-date=December 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210222837/http://www.manga-news.com/index.php/manga/Togari/vol-4#review|url-status=live}}

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