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Synonyms: Exotica, Funbari no Uta, The Poem of Funbari, The Song of Funbari
Japanese: シャーマンキング
English: Shaman King
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 32
Chapters: 288
Status: Finished
Published: Jun 30, 1998 to Aug 30, 2004
Genres: Action Action, Adventure Adventure, Comedy Comedy, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Super Power Super Power
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Shounen Jump (Weekly)
Authors: Takei, Hiroyuki (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.761 (scored by 3793237,932 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #15362
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #224
Members: 78,280
Favorites: 3,425

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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. Kodansha USA republished the series digitally in 35 volumes on October 6, 2020. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora JBC in 64 volumes from July 2003 to July 2006.
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9 Recommended
5 Mixed Feelings
6 Not Recommended
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Jul 7, 2009
StaminaRose
Recommended
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, ...
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Jan 27, 2012
rondoblend
Mixed Feelings
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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 ...
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Jan 21, 2015
Izaya
Not Recommended
This review is going to be very short and concise, so I suggest anyone wanting to give this a shot should consider reading my review. The rest of my review after the paragraph after this sentence goes a bit more into detail, so whether you choose to read it or not is up to your discretion. Again, I suggest anyone wanting to read this to check out this review.

Imagine a car driving up a hill. The only way up this hill is a very steep and treacherous one way slope. Just when that car is about to climb up to the peak, like literally just ...
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