Crow

Crow

Crow (クロウ, Kurou) is a manga and anime series written and illustrated by Eiji Niizuma. It is a fantasy battle manga and very popular, usually ranking highly in the Jump ratings. Crow ended in Chapter 140 of Bakuman. Unlike most manga it ended at the will of the author, even though it scored 1st on the charts during the period when it ended. Making a great impression over its fans. Its last chapter also scored 1st.

Protagonist

The main protagonist

The main protagonist of the series, Crow, appears to have a pet crow on his shoulder and his blade is a very large crow's feather. He has a black and white striped wristband on his left arm. He has crow gloves on both hands and sharp talons. He wears headgear with goggles on it. His hair is red/black and his eyes are red. The white zipper on

his shirt is also a feather. He also has some unknown supernatural power. Crow is a normal boy who has the power to turn into Crow. Crow also appears to have some unknown ability with his eyes.

Crows eyes change

Other Characters

• A character whom Crow fought in the 24th issue of Jump. This character bears slight resemblance to Rem from

  

  The 3 main characters in Crow

  Death Note.
• A young girl, wearing goggles, and eating a lollipop. Most likely the heroine or sidekick,
• A guy with bird like features who was shown in the anime opening
• A woman with large breasts dressed darkly, with white hair. She has cat features as a page shows Crow chasing her.
• A person in a suit of armor, their is many of them.
• Crow Lady is a character mentioned in chapter 76. She is voiced by Natara Kanra.
• A person in a striped shirt, apparently captured.

  

  Crows opponent

Three other characters

Serialization

Originally when Eiji got serialized, it was for his manga Yellow Hit but when editor Yujiro came to collect the first chapter, Eiji submitted Crow in its place because he felt more interested in that series.

The Textless Chapter

The chapter that appeared in the 24th issue of Shonen Jump, with no text and Eiji told the story through pictures. He redid this chapter immediately after seeing chapter 8 of PCP when Mashiro Moritaka changed his drawing style. According to Mashiro he did this to show Mashiro, even if it meant slipping in the ratings a little.

Crossover with +Natural

The series protagonist made a crossover in another series +Natural, for which Eiji draws the art.

Crow on the right, along with Detective Trap

Sky Prison Arc

In the most recent chapter the manga says "The climax of the Sky Prison Arc". It appears that Crow was captured as it says "Breaking out of the Island Prison."

Final Battle Arc

The series' characters all gather together to fight a final opponent. This manages to hold Crow at the top of the manga rankings for twenty-one consecutive weeks.

Anime

The anime opening was shown in Deraman (New Year special edition 2013)

Crow in the anime

The main character of Crow

The main characters in Crow

Gallery

Crow's cameo in +Natural.

A Crow chapter.

Crow's textless chapter.

Crow's original design.

Eiji Crow action figure.

Crow and the girl with goggles.

More Crow toys.

Cover of a merchandise notebook from Bakuman.

Inside of the merchandise notebook from Bakuman.

Eiji as the main character

Trivia

• Eiji came up with the design for Crow while he was in elementary school. The character back then was less human looking and the clothes were very different, but some elements remain: goggles, hairstyle.
• Eiji holds Crow feathers often and has them around his desk.
• Crow came 2nd in the first and second Manga popularity poll with 1435 votes and 1354 votes respectively.
• Crow could be based on Cooro from the manga +Anima. They both have crow-like features and goggles on their heads, as well as very similar names. The series in which Cooro appears, +Anima, also resembles +Natural in the style of its title.
• There is a book from Bakuman merchandise that has Crow on the cover and apparently there is a hint of the main character's name in the cover which is Musashi Karasu. Musashi is the name of a legendary samurai thought to be the stongest ever and Karasu (カラス) means "crow". The book is in tankobon format but it's just a notebook.