Kingdom is one of the few manga series that earned a score of 10/10 for me.

The reason why Kingdom is so good is because it meets a lot of needed criteria of what makes a profound battle adventure series. In this case, it is adventure through campaigns, wars & politics. Kingdom has a solid foundation when it comes to introducing the main character and building them up to eventually reach their goal through gradual progression. Another thing is introducing a massive world while expanding upon it, as if there is a sense of exploration. Aside from those, many themes such as slavery, dreams, personal sacrifice, justice and right & wrong all brought up time to time in a satisfying manner. When you add everything together, it's not hard to see that this series have great things going for it.


The biggest criticism of Kingdom from what I've seen is the main character, Shin. Well I digress.

As for Shin, his goal is to become the strongest great general under the heavens. Shin is certainly a protagonist from a shonen-esque mold, derived from your well-known childish, dumb, strong & good-natured character but that is only scratches the surface of who and what he is. Shin is good at reading people, their emotions, and their thoughts. They know what to do with people and how to treat them and make them his friends and he does it all naturally and effortlessly, as well as coping with struggles of becoming a great general. I'm just saying that there is a lot more to what he may appear. And that is why I say about good characterization.