Kaiman’s Real Identity Explained: What Really Happened In Dorohedoro

Dorohedoro presents us with one of the most bizarre identity mysteries in manga and anime. Kaiman is a lizard-headed man who appears to have once been human, but he has no memory of his life before acquiring his reptilian face. That alone would be strange enough. But then we learn that a man with red cross-shaped markings around his eyes lives inside Kaiman’s mouth. Who is that man? Why does he resemble someone connected to the Cross-Eyes? Why can he judge whether a sorcerer is responsible for Kaiman’s transformation? As the story unfolds, the mystery only becomes more complicated. The man in the mouth is revealed to resemble Risu. Then we hear about Risu’s missing friend Aikawa. We learn about the mysterious boss of the Cross-Eyes. And eventually, the name Ai Coleman enters the story. All of these people are connected to Kaiman. But saying they are simply the same person would still leave out half the truth. So today, we are going to unravel Kaiman’s identity as clearly as possible. Who was he originally? How did he become a lizard? Why was Risu inside his mouth? And by the end of the story, is Kaiman still Ai, Aikawa, Kai, or someone completely new? Let us begin.