Kingdom 's review

Roflmaows15
Mar 25, 2021
Man, kingdom is a manga that really exists in a weird place for me.

One on hand, I think this is one of the greatest pieces of art ever created, with gravitating characters, a fantastic story based on real history, and gorgeous art.

On the other hand, I think kingdom has it's fair amount of flaws. Let me say this, although kingdom has it's fair share of flaws, I still consider this series to be amazing out of pure enjoyment.

Kingdom is a story about warfare, specifically the warring states period of China, wherein the first unified Chinese empire was formed. Our main character, shin, befriends the king of the state of qin, ei sei, and together they form an ambition to unite China, and through their warfare attempt to unify china. About shin though, this makes me think of one of kingdoms glaring flaws.

Shin is annoying, most of the time. At a later point in the manga he becomes a much better character, especially around the point when a certain character he has an emotional attachment to dies.
However, dealing with shin being annoying and having very few other character traits can be off-putting.

I started reading this manga in high school, when there were around 500 chapters released, and I only recently caught up. This is not because kingdom is bad, or slow, but because my taste in manga matured. I found that when I came back to kingdom after reading it in short bursts intermittently in high school, I found I enjoyed it much more, and binged almost 400 chapters of the manga (as of this review there are 650 chapters).

This is why kingdom is very weird but enjoyable to me, while it doesn't always have the dramatic tension that other seinen series have every chapter, when it does have it it blows you away. While it doesn't have the direct political focus that other anime/manga have, when it does you are oddly fascinated by it. It doesn't have nearly as strong of a main character as a plethora of other series across various media, but almost all of it's others characters shine so vibrantly that they are unforgettable. Kingdom does not kill off its characters as often as the reader would expect, but when it does it is that much more impactful. That is the titillating feeling that this manga provides.

Some arcs in this manga are just downright masterful, and some are plainly passable, while others are generally speaking very good.

The coalition arc, as is generally accepted by the community, is possibly one of the best arcs of all manga EVER.

At the end of the day I love this manga so much, and when I caught up I was filled with dread that I have to now wait for years until the manga finishes. Any person who loves good manga should at least give Kingdom a try.

It isn't the best Manga of all time, but sometimes it feels like it.

Story 8/10

Art 8/10

Characters 9/10

Overall 8.6/10

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Autor Hara, Yasuhisa
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