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Historie (Manga)

Historie

Alternative Titles

Japanese: ヒストリエ

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Mar 25, 2003 to ?
Authors: Iwaaki, Hitoshi (Story & Art)
Serialization: Afternoon

Statistics

Score: 8.441 (scored by 1253 users)
Ranked: #1882
Popularity: #817
Members: 3,294
Favorites: 108
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.

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historical seinen

Synopsis

Historie takes place in ancient Greece and follows the life and childhood of Eumenes, who historically was the secretary and general to Alexander the Great. Historie includes characters such as Aristotle and King Philip II of Macedon and begins around 343 BC, which was a time of Macedonian expansion.

Characters

 Eumenes
Eumenes
Main
 Alexander
the Great, Alexander
Main
 Aristotle
Aristotle
Supporting
 Philip II of Macedon
Philip II of Macedon
Supporting
 Barsine
Barsine
Supporting



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Jan 7, 2009
Amerowolf
Alright, let's make Historie.
Haha. Oh, wow, bad pun.

STORY:
If your a true fan of historical manga, then you'll most likely enjoy this for it's content. Especially if your into ancient greek/persian history. The story at the beginning lacks a little something that I like to call complexity, and it continues on that way until some things happen that cause Eumenes to leave his hometown.

ART:
As with all of Iwaaki's work, there will be some that find the art a little plain or too sketchy for them. This is definitely not art that would be pleasing to those who are fans of shiny, glittering bishonens from a hardcore read more
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Sep 29, 2011
RA_Jack
There were only two reviews of this manga, and thus I decided to give my own review. Remember, this review may contain spoilers.

Historie's setup is the same as the popular seinen manga Berserk. We start out with a future view of the main character. Then it goes into a flashback mode, to see what has all led up to that point.

The story of Historie follows Greek/Macedonian/Persian history. Though this should not be viewed as educative, since not all history aspects of this manga are correct. It stays fiction after all.

We start out with Eumenes, a scythian boy who grew up alongside Greeks, even believing he read more
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User Recommendations

Another historical Manga, both depict the life of someone who really lived.
reportRecommended by lr3t2 - Add to favorites
Both are historical manga that have fantastic action scenes, likeable characters, and will always keep you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens next. Even though Vagabond is set in Japan and Historie is set in Greece, they give off a very similar feel.

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