Wolfsmund

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Synonyms: Wolf's Mouth: Wolfsmund, Ookami no Kuchi

Japanese: 狼の口ヴォルフスムント

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 8

Chapters: 37

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 14, 2009 to Oct 15, 2016

Genres: Action, Drama

Themes: Gore, Historical

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Fellows!

Authors: Kuji, Mitsuhisa (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.17¹ (scored by 2,389 users)

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Ranked: #6444²

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Popularity: #2219

Members: 9,112

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Ranked #6444Popularity #2219Members 9,112

MangaFellows!Kuji, Mitsuhisa (Story & Art)

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Volumes: /8

Chapters: /37

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Wolfsmund is a dark historical manga set in the early 14th century of Europe (Switzerland). The story revolves around the eponymous fortress in the St. Gotthard Pass which is ruled by a sadistic tyrant. Each chapter deals with characters who for some reason have to cross the pass and who end up getting interrogated by the tyrant.

What sets this manga apart is the fact that there's rarely a happy ending for our protagonists. The author pulls no punches to show us just how brutal and inhuman the Middle Ages really were.

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Wolfsmund was published in English by Vertical Inc. from July 2, 2013 to July 25, 2017.

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Wolfram

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Tell, Walter

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Leopold, Duke

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Grete

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Tell, Wilhelm

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Oct 11, 2021

AatihoNora

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Wolfsmund is a fictional history that revolves around Switzerland and its early ages where it was divided into 3 rural communes, Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden. The story is mainly about the Gotthard Pass that connects Switzerland to other countries and is ruled by a tyrant. The story is about fighting for freedom against oppressors. The story has historically valid names for places and most people but also has some folklore and fictional part to make it a dark history manga

Wolfsmund belongs to one of that rare historical manga genre that has more actual history but enough fiction to make it interesting. The manga has fine ... art that compliments the story it shows. The history of the European middle-age is shown as realistically as possible, full of gore and political warfare. Some characters were written very amazingly, but some interesting ones got ridden way sooner than they should have, although it does make it feel a bit disappointing but not boring. The pace does feel slow at the start, but some good characters make it less painful. If you are really into European Middle Ages history or history in general, then this manga is worth the read.

Alright, time to dissect and talk about the smallest details of the manga. The manga starts nicely with a slow pace that is somewhat balanced by both a lovable and hateable character called Wolfram, the ruler of Gotthard Pass. His character is fascinating and enjoyable; his methods of interrogation and torture give you a shiver and show the reality of the European Middle Ages. When the synopsis of the manga says dark it is no joke, there are some disturbing and gruesome scenes. The manga portrays the spirit and struggle of freedom against oppressing feudal lords. It tells about how 3 different ideological communes work together to get their long-lost freedom by contacting people from foreign countries. But the problem arises as the Gotthard pass is the only easy way that connects Swiss people to the rest of the countries, and it is highly secured by Wolfram. The manga shows how different kinds of people try to get through the Pass and how Wolfram interrogates them. That's the whole idea for most of the manga, but the last part is a bit different, as it shows the full-on war between the people of Switzerland and their oppressors. The battle is shown almost accurately with minor fiction and gives a satisfying taste at the end. The art could have been a lot better and the story could have been more intense if only the ¾ part was not stuck on Gotthard Pass but looking at the manga not being fully actual historical but somewhat fictional it does make some sense to give a fictional character a bit more background. If you look over all the manga; it sure has its flaws and the biggest being the death of interesting characters way early and the slow pace, but it is set on an actual historical timeline making it more or less bearable as not many manga show actual histories that much correctly.

In my opinion, it was a good, satisfying manga that portrayed the European Middle Ages as they were without any filters. I would highly recommend it to any history fans that want a nice and realistic story; it is definitely worth the read.

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Oct 4, 2021

Kurasu_

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Wolfsmund is not a story you'll see very often and thus is it definitely not a manga for everyone but if gore and cruelty is your cup of tea then this story is something for you.

story: 6.5
Wolfsmund definitely does not exceed in its storytelling nor is it what the manga is really about. But the existing story isn't so bad that it would a reason to not read it. The story goes as follows:
It's the mid 14th century, Switzerland. We follow a set of main characters who encounter a border settlement, Wolfsmund. Our main characters often don't have the papers to cross border en often ...

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Apr 8, 2021

Dokubachi

Mixed Feelings

It carries a sense of freshness at the start, albeit sooner or later moves onto a fixed trajectory - the kind that is predictable in its uncertainty. The initial shock slowly diminishes over the course of this work, even more so upon the realization that characters are basically cannon fodder for author's own convenience.

It does contain a certain dose of realism and very much stays loyal to the period which it represents. It is evident author did meticulous research on medieval times. However, that same realism quickly disappears in close-quarter scenes where temporary main characters receive a "supernatural" boost in their skills. A cheap ...

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