The chapters of the Japanese mangaTaboo Tattoo are written and illustrated by Shinjirō. It has been published by Media Factory in its Monthly Comic Alive magazine since November 2009. The plot of the Tattoo Taboo manga series is about a martial arts trained middle schooler named Justice Akatsuka who grains a strange tattoo engraved on his hand after saving a mysterious man. The tattoo is a secret weapon produced in the arms race between America and the Selinistan Kingdom.
By all accounts, middle schooler Seigi is pretty unremarkable except for his martial arts prowess and a desire to protect the weak. But when his good intentions are put to the test by saving an old homeless man from some street thugs, the mysterious man shows his gratitude by...burning a tattoo onto Seigi's palm?! It turns out, the tattoo is a powerful secret weapon that everyone--including a formidable girl with a tattoo of her own--is after. With his life on the line and his martial arts skills alone no match against super-powered foes, will Seigi be able to unlock the latent potential of his tattoo and live to fight another day?!
Enlisted by the American military officer Izzy, Seigi trains diligently in an effort to master his Spell Crest. But when a friend and colleague of Izzy's is targeted in a war brewing over these superweapons, do Seigi and his partner even have a prayer of surviving their next encounter with the agents of Selinistan?
Determined to carve his own path, Seigi sets out to face the assassin from Selinistan head-on! But will his training with the Void Maker be enough for him to emerge victorious? And what is the "truth" of the Void Maker Spell Crest itself...?!
Seigi's Spell Crest is unique in how it creates voids that can cause severe damage to the surrounding area...At least, that's what everyone thought. But now it seems like Princess Aryabhata of the kingdom of Selinistan, as well as the mysterious man called BB, also possess "Infinite Spell Crests" just like Seigi...?!