Before I start: This is my first review, so it’ll not be perfect. If you read it, I appreciate the feedback.

I can describe Gamaran with one phrase: A complete blast of action. No unnecessarily complex plot, no exaggerated emotional breakdowns, almost no trace of romance; there are only ever-changing action and fighting. It makes Gamaran a paragon of shounen action/fighting series in my opinion. When I see “action” and “fighting” in genre section, I want to see some real fighting but most of the modern shonen “fighting” series gives us less fighting, more triviality. But Gamaran is sincere; it’s a fighting series and it gives you lots of action and good fights. Nothing more, nothing less and I love that Garaman keeps his promise as a shounen fighting manga.

The strongest element of the series is the fight scenes, which is action-packed, not unnecessarily long and realistic. The mangaka is aware that in the ancient Japan, duels are concluded in several swings since duelists didn’t wear armour and this fact is reflected really well in Gamaran. Also, Nakamura-sensei shows his vast knowledge of the ancient weaponry, you can see it in the descriptions of weapons in series. It takes Gamaran one step further from its peers. And since fights are relatively short, we always see new fighters and different fights. It makes Gamaran more "concentrated".

The weakest point, though, is the almost non-existent story line and lack of any significant characters. However, it is 194-chapters long shounen fighting manga. So, it can be ignorable both because of it and the riveting action.

All in all, Gamaran is worth reading if you like action and fighting genre. This series is a perfect example of how a shounen fighting manga should be: one big blast of ever-changing action.