Alternative TitlesEnglish: Shaman King Synonyms: Exotica, Diary of Exotica, Funbari no Uta, Mappa Douji, Relax Japanese: シャーマンキング InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 32
Chapters: 285
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 30, 1998 to Aug 30, 2004 Authors:
Takei, Hiroyuki (Story & Art) Serialization:
Shounen Jump (Weekly) StatisticsScore: 7.951 (scored by 11460 users)
Ranked: #10872
Popularity: #55
Members: 18,738
Favorites: 1,277 1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.
My InfoPopular Tagsaction comedy shounen supernatural |
Jul 7, 2009
I enjoyed this manga quite a bit. Its essentially the typical shonen manga, with little to differentiate it. What i enjoyed was the bizarre undercurrent of evil it seemed to have at times. From an almost necrophillic doctor whos implied to be addicted to Morphine to a boy quite obviously named for a drug ( Lyseig Diethel named for Lysergic Acid Diethylamide respectively)
I also found many moments to be extremely emotional and touching, wihlst the characters were well characterised and varied, each with their own personalities aims and backstories, some of them just tragic (especially that Doctor). The characters come from various countries and ethinicities, read more
I found this review Helpful Not Helpful Jan 27, 2012
Warning contains spoiler read at your own risk
it started out really great, the characters are interesting and lively, they have their own personal ambitions and dreams. sometimes there is a flashback on character like lyserg but the author tells it in an interesting way and it doesn't conflict with the main story. Yoh's laid back persona is also kinda cool and keep the sometimes fast paced tempo in balance. But it gets uninteresting with the start of the shaman king tounament arc, first theere are island inhabitants who attacked the contestants and proved to be much read more
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