Choudouryoku Mouko Daishuurai

An alternate history manga where the Mongol empire was established by the dominance of special “Mongol Horses” that are actually the dismembered and regrown hands of a giant.

We’ve discussed this on a recent episode.

Shintaro Kago is a master of body horror and visuals that make you skin crawl. We’ve covered Super-Dimensional Love Gun last year which absolutely disgusted us. However I found Choudouryoku Mouko Daishuurai easier to stomach since Kago tied this concept of giant hands used as horses with historical events that shaped modern society. It was interesting to read how Vasco da Gama successfully brought the “Mongol Horses” back to Europe or how Germans developed various “Mongol Horse” powered tanks for superiority during World War 1. But make no mistake, this book still includes a ton of disturbing body horror that Kago is known for.

~dakazu