Shaman King

Shamans are extraordinary individuals with the ability to communicate with ghosts, spirits, and gods, which are invisible to ordinary people. The Shaman Fight—a prestigious tournament pitting shamans from all over the world against each other—is held every five hundred years, where the winner is crowned Shaman King. This title allows the current incumbent to call upon the Great Spirit and shape the world as they see fit.

Finding himself late for class one night, Manta Oyamada, an ordinary middle school student, decides to take a shortcut through the local cemetery. Noticing him, a lone boy sitting on a gravestone invites Manta to stargaze with "them." Realizing that "them" refers to the boy and his ghostly friends, Manta flees in terror. Later, the boy introduces himself as You Asakura, a Shaman-in-training, and demonstrates his powers by teaming up with the ghost of six-hundred-year-old samurai Amidamaru to save Manta from a group of thugs. You befriends Manta due to his ability to see spirits, and with the help of Amidamaru, they set out to accomplish You's goal of becoming the next Shaman King.

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Note: This entry is for the original printing of Shaman King. Please see Shaman King (Kanzenban Edition) for the chapters not included in this edition.

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Shaman King was published in English by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint from August 6, 2003, to January 4, 2011. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC in 64 volumes from July 2003 to July 2006.

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Asakura, You

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Asakura, Hao

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Kyouyama, Anna

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Tao, Ren

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Amidamaru

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Oyamada, Manta

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Faust VIII, Johann

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Usui, Horokeu

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Umemiya, Ryuunosuke

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Diethel, Lyserg

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Apr 9, 2022

dyl0104

Recommended

This will be a combined Review of the original Shaman king manga and the Kazenban ending.
SPOILERS--

Introduction--

Reading this series for the first time is probably the best time i've ever had reading. The Characters, the comedy, and just thinking about the series and analyzing each little detail was amazing experience to me.

Side Characters--

Each important side character could've had their own show. One of my personal Favorites is Horohoro or Usui Horokeu. At around 3/4 into the series its reveal that he was hiding things to everyone else. He wasn't showing his true self. This thing he was hiding was the he killed his girl. His Selfish ... acts caused her death. He had been carrying the burden of that for his whole life since is occurred. It's like a Nightmare but the nightmare doesn't end. because you cant just simply not feel such a guilty burden.

Yoh Asakura--

Yoh Asakura or the main character of the Shaman King Franchise. My Personal #1 Mc OAT. Yoh Asakura from the get-go was put with a burden of defeating Hao Asakura ( The main villain, more on him later). Yoh and Hao are twin brothers btw. Yoh's parents and grandparents Knew Hao was going to reincarnate as a Asakura. So the decision The parents and grandparents had to make was if they were willing to kill both of the twins right after they we're born. just to eliminate the chances of Hao coming back. The thing was that they were Identical Twins, so you couldn't tell them apart as baby's. Once Hao was born the grandfather hesitated and hao got away with his spirit. Yoh being left as the only hope for the Asakura Family. That what makes Yoh's Life so important is the fact that if they didnt hesitate to kill the twins Yoh wouldn't ever exist. This whole story of Hao and Yoh wouldn't exist. But Since they didn't kill the twins. eventually at the end of the series Hao did up becoming the Shaman king, not meaning Yoh failed. They made up or rather, they showed Hao the truth. Yoh ending up being a dad and Hao as the shaman king, more fitting roles imo.

Hao Asakura--

Hao Asakura or the main villian of the Shaman King Franchise is Yoh's Twin Brother (mc). I freaking love this dude, he is such a cool and interesting character. Why i think that just listen to this: He is the Twin brother of Yoh, but since he can reincarnate. So hes also his approximately Yoh great, great , great, great, great, great, great , great, great grandfather as well. because his first life was 100 years ago before he was in his third life during the series. being able to reincarnate every 500 years.
Getting more into his Character.
All good villains Usually have a reason or goal for doing the things they did. Hao commiting genocide and wanting to wipe humanity, his reasoning was somewhat acceptable. In His first life, His mother was killed because back then shamans were portrayed as demons. But in Actuality Demons and Humans in The world of Shaman king and in Haos eyes, Humans and Demons are definitions rather than races. Humans or rather Mankind, is the cause of The world being so wicked. Demons being Created from Mankind's cruelty. The reason Hao's mother was killed was because she could she ghost, and she was portrayed (by the public) a demon.
SO haos reasoning to commit genocide and destroy mankind and to make a world of only demons was because his Mother, the only one who even cared about was killed for something she couldn't control. It's not like this isnt happening in real life ( to a extent).If you look at the youth, even a middle school. Kids are being bullied because of a medical condition, "being ugly", or uncontrollably obese. These kids at such a young age have to go through that just because some kids think they're above other people. It is a bit different from haos perspective tho, Hao's perspective is a perspective from one who is suffering the most from this type of conflict, even more than his mother. Thats because Hao cared so much for his mother he would do anything to revenge her. Hao wanting to have revenge is what makes him a human, a type of human he hates. He is making other people suffer greatly because of his own actions, just like the people who kill his mother. Making him the biggest Hypocrite lmao.

Make sure to read shaman king if you havent already.

Discord: zero.#3063

A youtuber who inspired me to read shaman king and someone who makes great videos and a better interpretation of Hao Asakura.

https://www.youtube.com/rashplays

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Dec 18, 2018

PapaAeon

Mixed Feelings

So when I started Shaman King, I didn't have too many expectations, or any really idea of what was going to happen. I was blown away by how much fun I was having. I wasn't this invested in a story since One Piece, and I was having a ridiculous amount of fun. It came to a climax with the rematch that started off the actual Shaman Fight, but I was still having a lot of fun with the plot after that with Hao. But as soon as we got into the actual Shaman Fight, things just got worse and worse. The magic that had made ...

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Dec 23, 2018

gundham

Not Recommended

Shaman King, much like most other shonen manga is a story made to appeal to, of course, children as the primary audience, so I'm going to go out of my way instead of spending time being productive to allocate effort on writing a review on a 20 year old manga not aimed towards me as the primary audience.

I like Shaman King despite its flaws, the first half of the story was fantastic and held up as a shonen worth reading. Things start to get rotten plot-wise when resurrections are introduced to what seemed like a pretty straightforward story.

In Shaman King, if you suffer a near-death ...

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