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シャーマンキング [Shaman King] #32
シャーマンキング 32
メイデンさんの巫力のおかげで復活した面々。だが、さらに葉くん達に立ちはだかるパッチの十祭司達。一方ハオは、最終プラントへたどり着き、王の社へ入る。五大精霊がないまま、葉くん達はハオを阻止できるか!?
224 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 5, 2005
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Hiroyuki Takei
402 books194 followersHiroyuki Takei (武井宏之 Takei Hiroyuki) is a Japanese manga artist, best known as the creator of the manga and anime Shaman King. His brother, Hirofumi Takei (武井宏文) is also a manga-ka.
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August 18, 2013
Okay, so rating for this volume: 1 star.
Rating for the series as a whole: 3.5 stars.
Reason this volume is rated so low is because this volume shouldn't exist. It gives the series absolutely no closure. You don't find out who won the huge epic final battle they built up for twenty or so volumes. Most of the characters are just forgotten. It sucked.
Reason I still liked the series: The characters. The cast of characters are well developed and like-able. My favorites are Ren, the hard headed polar opposite of Yoh (the hero), Horohoro, the comedy relief character, and Anna, the kick ass fiancee' of Yoh. I loved all the characters in this series, for the most part, with the exception of Hao's army (save a few) and the X-laws.
It's genuinely enjoyable to read about all these characters, however, the story faulters. It's a generic shonen at it's core, with no conclusion.
I know there's a season 2, which pisses me off. He should have written two or three more volumes after this, ending the series. It wouldn't have been hard, he was leading up to the battles. WRITE THEM!
I just really wished this series impressed me more than it did. Volumes 1-20 were the best parts of the series. Only a couple volumes after that wowed me any. Good characters, poor ending and execution.
Rating for the series as a whole: 3.5 stars.
Reason this volume is rated so low is because this volume shouldn't exist. It gives the series absolutely no closure. You don't find out who won the huge epic final battle they built up for twenty or so volumes. Most of the characters are just forgotten. It sucked.
Reason I still liked the series: The characters. The cast of characters are well developed and like-able. My favorites are Ren, the hard headed polar opposite of Yoh (the hero), Horohoro, the comedy relief character, and Anna, the kick ass fiancee' of Yoh. I loved all the characters in this series, for the most part, with the exception of Hao's army (save a few) and the X-laws.
It's genuinely enjoyable to read about all these characters, however, the story faulters. It's a generic shonen at it's core, with no conclusion.
I know there's a season 2, which pisses me off. He should have written two or three more volumes after this, ending the series. It wouldn't have been hard, he was leading up to the battles. WRITE THEM!
I just really wished this series impressed me more than it did. Volumes 1-20 were the best parts of the series. Only a couple volumes after that wowed me any. Good characters, poor ending and execution.
March 11, 2020
Holy fuck, why is it so hard to find the "Funbari no Uta" chapters online? And the English edition of this volume is out of print and worth far more money than I'd care to spend (when I can get the entire kanzenban collection for cheaper).
So we've reached the point that Shaman King's serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump was cancelled, apparently due to Hiroyuki Takei not being satisfied with the demands of his fans who wanted the series to become more generic (that is, you can't trust twelve-year-olds to have the good taste required to allow a manga-ka to write a unique story, and you kinda can't trust the Japanese not to have shit-taste in manga on the whole, so Takei's complaints make sense). This volume is thus pretty unusual because it features TWO final chapters: 284 is the final chapter of WSJ serialization and 285 is an extra chapter unique to the publication of this tankobon volume.
Neither chapter really features a satisfying ending, at least not for anyone who places too much weight on narrative and so might desire a "proper" conclusion. Gandhara have gathered three of the Nature Spirits from Hell, and Hao allows Redseb to carry S.o.F. to Yoh and company because he no longer needs it. Everyone's furyoku is too low to actually do anything to Kalim, the official of the fifth Plant, so they take his suggestion to rest and relax and restore their energy. Off of Mu, back on the previous island, plans are made to storm the Plants and give the Spirits to the Elemental Warriors. Anna tells Manta something about Yoh and friends being the heroes saving the princess captured by the evil king, but in their case both the princess and evil king are Hao himself. Everyone goes to sleep and Manta dreams of the Elemental Warriors as a JRPG party going to save Princess Hao from King Hao. The end. Chapter 285 then shows Manta waking up to go with Anna and Anahol in an underwater version of the Sphinx O.S. The end.
I can see how people may have been offended by this non-ending, as well as the second non-ending that hardly built anything on top of the first. But I'm not too concerned, personally. The series was enjoyable up to now. We can assume the heroes will defeat the villain. We can imagine they do so with the power of friendship/love/brotherhood/whatever. The story followed a consistent path through the past 20+ volumes (Hao was introduced in Vol. 9, I believe) so it's obvious a final confrontation would happen, regardless of whether it's shown to the reader. We didn't need to see Luchist versus Marco a couple volumes ago. We were told the outcome, and it was believable. We don't really need to know what happens to Hao and Yoh and so on. But it would still be nice to see, and obviously I'm going to read the kanzenban's newer chapters.
Beyond these non-endings, there's some other cool shit. Golem is revealed to be an Evangelion, powered by Redseb and Seyram's mother. It even makes a face not unlike 01's open-mouthed berserk form when Hao tries to kill it. Before this, we get Radim as the fourth Plant guardian, who proves himself as a more-than-competent foe. Indeed, his antics escaping attacks during the S.F. when he was announcer are half-jokingly revealed to be proof of his combat skill. His Platinum Sword O.S. reminds me of Kuwabara's initial Spirit Sword in Yu Yu Hakusho, which is also neat.
Anyway, I can't be arsed to take offense to the non-ending of Shaman King, a) because it was eventually concluded, b) because I'm already familiar with the non-ending of the aforementioned Yu Yu Hakusho. A major problem with shounen battle manga is that they take forever to end, especially these days (Naruto and Bleach both got into the 70s, I think, and One Piece has hit triple-digits with no signs of stopping). One grows to appreciate shorter series, even if the cost is an aborted pseudo-end as a result of cancellation or the manga-ka's deadened will to continue his work until five years later (or whenever the kanzenban ended).
****
EDIT: Gave up and just downloaded the volume to read "Funbari no Uta." It's pretty good. Hana looks too much like Haru from Groove Adventure Rave, which is weird because I was planning on reading that next, and his blond(?) hair makes him look far too white to be Yoh's son (disregarding the fact that Anna is blonde herself). Adult Ryu looks pretty cool. Adult Chocolove is a huge leap from his original design (I forgot VIZ renamed him "Joco" lol). There's a weird plot point in these few pages, that Hana is somewhat afraid of his mom, as everyone was afraid of Anna before, but it turns out Hana's been raised by Tamao(!) who just happens to look like Anna with her (e.g. Tamao's) new long hair. The very end of this bonus manga shows adult Yoh (with long hair like his onii-chan) and Anna, presumably on their way to meet their son. Doesn't make much sense why they would need to hide their identity from Hana, or why Tamao would need to pose as Hana's mother, but whatever. It's also unclear why the Five Elemental Warriors need to be gathered, other than simply to show a suggestion of what those boys look like now as men.
Off to finish the kanzenban chapters then see Hana in his own sequel!
So we've reached the point that Shaman King's serialization in Weekly Shounen Jump was cancelled, apparently due to Hiroyuki Takei not being satisfied with the demands of his fans who wanted the series to become more generic (that is, you can't trust twelve-year-olds to have the good taste required to allow a manga-ka to write a unique story, and you kinda can't trust the Japanese not to have shit-taste in manga on the whole, so Takei's complaints make sense). This volume is thus pretty unusual because it features TWO final chapters: 284 is the final chapter of WSJ serialization and 285 is an extra chapter unique to the publication of this tankobon volume.
Neither chapter really features a satisfying ending, at least not for anyone who places too much weight on narrative and so might desire a "proper" conclusion. Gandhara have gathered three of the Nature Spirits from Hell, and Hao allows Redseb to carry S.o.F. to Yoh and company because he no longer needs it. Everyone's furyoku is too low to actually do anything to Kalim, the official of the fifth Plant, so they take his suggestion to rest and relax and restore their energy. Off of Mu, back on the previous island, plans are made to storm the Plants and give the Spirits to the Elemental Warriors. Anna tells Manta something about Yoh and friends being the heroes saving the princess captured by the evil king, but in their case both the princess and evil king are Hao himself. Everyone goes to sleep and Manta dreams of the Elemental Warriors as a JRPG party going to save Princess Hao from King Hao. The end. Chapter 285 then shows Manta waking up to go with Anna and Anahol in an underwater version of the Sphinx O.S. The end.
I can see how people may have been offended by this non-ending, as well as the second non-ending that hardly built anything on top of the first. But I'm not too concerned, personally. The series was enjoyable up to now. We can assume the heroes will defeat the villain. We can imagine they do so with the power of friendship/love/brotherhood/whatever. The story followed a consistent path through the past 20+ volumes (Hao was introduced in Vol. 9, I believe) so it's obvious a final confrontation would happen, regardless of whether it's shown to the reader. We didn't need to see Luchist versus Marco a couple volumes ago. We were told the outcome, and it was believable. We don't really need to know what happens to Hao and Yoh and so on. But it would still be nice to see, and obviously I'm going to read the kanzenban's newer chapters.
Beyond these non-endings, there's some other cool shit. Golem is revealed to be an Evangelion, powered by Redseb and Seyram's mother. It even makes a face not unlike 01's open-mouthed berserk form when Hao tries to kill it. Before this, we get Radim as the fourth Plant guardian, who proves himself as a more-than-competent foe. Indeed, his antics escaping attacks during the S.F. when he was announcer are half-jokingly revealed to be proof of his combat skill. His Platinum Sword O.S. reminds me of Kuwabara's initial Spirit Sword in Yu Yu Hakusho, which is also neat.
Anyway, I can't be arsed to take offense to the non-ending of Shaman King, a) because it was eventually concluded, b) because I'm already familiar with the non-ending of the aforementioned Yu Yu Hakusho. A major problem with shounen battle manga is that they take forever to end, especially these days (Naruto and Bleach both got into the 70s, I think, and One Piece has hit triple-digits with no signs of stopping). One grows to appreciate shorter series, even if the cost is an aborted pseudo-end as a result of cancellation or the manga-ka's deadened will to continue his work until five years later (or whenever the kanzenban ended).
****
EDIT: Gave up and just downloaded the volume to read "Funbari no Uta." It's pretty good. Hana looks too much like Haru from Groove Adventure Rave, which is weird because I was planning on reading that next, and his blond(?) hair makes him look far too white to be Yoh's son (disregarding the fact that Anna is blonde herself). Adult Ryu looks pretty cool. Adult Chocolove is a huge leap from his original design (I forgot VIZ renamed him "Joco" lol). There's a weird plot point in these few pages, that Hana is somewhat afraid of his mom, as everyone was afraid of Anna before, but it turns out Hana's been raised by Tamao(!) who just happens to look like Anna with her (e.g. Tamao's) new long hair. The very end of this bonus manga shows adult Yoh (with long hair like his onii-chan) and Anna, presumably on their way to meet their son. Doesn't make much sense why they would need to hide their identity from Hana, or why Tamao would need to pose as Hana's mother, but whatever. It's also unclear why the Five Elemental Warriors need to be gathered, other than simply to show a suggestion of what those boys look like now as men.
Off to finish the kanzenban chapters then see Hana in his own sequel!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 4, 2024
[GÉNÉRAL AU MANGA]
Une découverte pour moi, même si je connaissais un peu car j'avais voulu regarder l'animé il y a quelques années. Mais j'avais pas accroché. Et j'ai beaucoup plus accroché en manga, vu que c'est un coup de cœur !
Je m'attendais à un manga assez enfantin, finalement j'ai été surprise de découvrir quelque chose d'assez mature et d'assez glauque à certains passages (notamment l'apparition de Faust).
J'ai beaucoup aimé Yoh. Son caractère nonchalant le définit beaucoup et on comprend vite pourquoi il est ainsi. Puis, ça énerve aussi beaucoup ses adversaires et amis!
J'ai aussi adoré sa relation avec Amidamaru. Il forme un très bon duo!
L'histoire est vraiment bien et intéressante. J'ai quand même trouvé certains passages un peu longs. Surtout quand les personnages parlent entre eux. Ça ne faisait pas forcément avancer l'intrigue.
J'ai adoré suivre le déroulement du Shaman King, la découverte des nombreux participants et les différents combats!
C'était vraiment une bonne lecture, certaines choses étaient assez drôles ou kitsch. Comme l'apparence de Ryû et sa banane (coiffure), ou les tenues d'autres personnages.
Par contre, j'ai trouvé la fin vraiment frustrante. On suit nos héros dans un combat contre Hao pendant une trentaine de tomes et il n'y a aucun dénouement. La suite a été écrite plusieurs années plus tard, mais tout de même, j'aurais jamais pu me contenter d'une fin pareille.
Une découverte pour moi, même si je connaissais un peu car j'avais voulu regarder l'animé il y a quelques années. Mais j'avais pas accroché. Et j'ai beaucoup plus accroché en manga, vu que c'est un coup de cœur !
Je m'attendais à un manga assez enfantin, finalement j'ai été surprise de découvrir quelque chose d'assez mature et d'assez glauque à certains passages (notamment l'apparition de Faust).
J'ai beaucoup aimé Yoh. Son caractère nonchalant le définit beaucoup et on comprend vite pourquoi il est ainsi. Puis, ça énerve aussi beaucoup ses adversaires et amis!
J'ai aussi adoré sa relation avec Amidamaru. Il forme un très bon duo!
L'histoire est vraiment bien et intéressante. J'ai quand même trouvé certains passages un peu longs. Surtout quand les personnages parlent entre eux. Ça ne faisait pas forcément avancer l'intrigue.
J'ai adoré suivre le déroulement du Shaman King, la découverte des nombreux participants et les différents combats!
C'était vraiment une bonne lecture, certaines choses étaient assez drôles ou kitsch. Comme l'apparence de Ryû et sa banane (coiffure), ou les tenues d'autres personnages.
Par contre, j'ai trouvé la fin vraiment frustrante. On suit nos héros dans un combat contre Hao pendant une trentaine de tomes et il n'y a aucun dénouement. La suite a été écrite plusieurs années plus tard, mais tout de même, j'aurais jamais pu me contenter d'une fin pareille.
April 23, 2012
So I decided to just do a review for the whole series. And I decided to do it for the last volume. This series was a wonderful read all the to the last chapter when it became a very bad ending. Truthfully the artwork and storyline was interesting. I finished 20 of the volumes in one day because I just had to know what happened next. The character's were funny and there was at least one person that showed up I think that we could all relate to or like. But the thing that killed the series for me was the ending. I read the something like a afterword from the author and I am terribly sorry for what he went through. I just wish instead of the way he ended it that he just put it on hold and possibly slowly worked on it. I mean this was my favorite and will always be one of my favorites. But I still decided to rank it high, since I thought it would unjust for me to rate the whole series on one chapter or one ending I disliked.
February 8, 2011
I knew I'd be disappointed by the Shaman King finale, but not this disappointed. Nothing is resolved, not a single loose thread left makes any sense, and the Princess Hao concept is just plain confusing. What's going on? Takei promises to come back and finish the cancelled series, but I don't know if he can save it. Maybe it he remade the last two volumes, the series could be saved, but right now it stands as a testament of an excellent entertaining shounen series gone sour.
October 21, 2011
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!
March 23, 2025
Just 3 more volumes to go till the end and it continues to be nice, the endgame continues and our heroes are the fight of their lives so let's read on and Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I can and I have. I love comics to bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more. You should also read what you love, and I hope you will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I just want to Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I can and I have. I love comics to bits, may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more. You should also read what you love, and I hope you will always love them. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I just want to Keep on Reading.
June 21, 2018
Rather than review every book individually thought I would wait to write my review after reading the whole manga. I will start by saying I watched the anime when I was younger on Jetix/4kids (it changed channels) I loved it and it was the anime that got me into the other and darker types. Anyway wow the manga is so much darker than the anime and they develop the characters allot better. I think I prefer the anime ending to the Manga. Allthough the manga gave me a tear. As I know the anime was so different to the Manga as they had to make it suitable for kids. To be honest I wouldn't wanna watch certain bits if the manga was turned into an anime. I love the background stories and feel like they could of been incorporated into the anime. For example Horo-Horos guardian ghost reveal made me smile so much. I feel like that could have been put into the anime. Overall enjoyed the series. May give flowers a try in the future but for now I feel my Shaman King knowledge has been improved.
February 24, 2021
This is the volume that begins the "new ending" conceived by mangaka Hiroyuki Takei that I never read as a teenager when I first explored this series. It continues the insane and rushed boss battles. Yoh does seem so lost in his behaviour. At times, I can't help but wonder about the authenticity of these character's personalities and behaviour...
Yours truly,
Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
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Yours truly,
Lashaan | Blogger and Book Reviewer
Official blog: https://bookidote.com/
November 8, 2025
Shaman King es una serie que lleva en mi estantería muchos años. La compré a medida que la desaparecida editorial Glenat la publicó entre los años 2006 y 2008. Por tanto, la edición que yo he leído es la original que se publicó en Japón en la revista Shonen Jump entre junio de 1998 y agosto de 2004.
He leído los 32 tomos que quedaron con un final abrupto e inconcluso que dejó una obra con cierto potencial y cierta gracia completamente a medias. Años después, el autor, Hiroyuki Takei, volvió a retomar Shaman King para darle el final que hubiera querido hacer años atrás e incluso publicó spin-offs y secuelas para ampliar el universo que había creado.
Shaman King narra la historia de Yoh Asakura, un joven con la habilidad de ver espíritus. Tras unos primeros capítulos introductorios, descubrimeros que va a comenzar el Shaman Fight, un torneo para elegir al Shaman King o rey de los chamanes. En este torneo, se dan cita todos los chamanes del mundo para conseguir hacerse con el espíritu más poderoso de la tierra, custodiado por la tribu de indios americanos. Como suele suceder, los contendientes están relacionados entre sí, guardan secretos y tienen rencillas que resolver por hechos pasados.
En mi opinión, a nivel general, Shaman King es un shonen que no está mal, es correcto, pero que tiene ciertos problemas de ritmo y de clichés evidentes. Toda la obra está cimentada en uno de los grandes recursos de los manga destinados a público joven que se publican en la Shonen Jump: un torneo con una sucesión de luchas en el que los participantes sorprenden al adversario con una técnica desconocida y poderosa que les hace ganar la batalla.
Otro de los grandes problemas de Shaman King es su ritmo. Tiene tomos enteros (unos 10 capítulos) dedicados únicamente a una lucha entre personajes secundarios que se podría haber contado fácilmente en dos o tres capítulos. Además, algunos arcos como el del gólem o la presencia e historia del clan de los Gandara tienen muy mal ritmo y están realmente mal explicados.
Por no hablar del final. La historia nunca se llega a cerrar del todo, pero el autor improvisó el capítulo 285 para cerrar la obra pero la verdad, para hacer eso, mejor habría sido dejarla a medias y que el lector imaginara el final que, si todo sigue el curso que sigue un Shonen, estaba más que claro.
Escribo esto sin haber leído el final 'nuevo' que Hiroyuki Takei rehizo años después. Pero lo cierto es que una serie que no estaba mal podría haber tenido un final adecuado desde el principio. Hay que tener en cuenta que cuando Shaman King se publicó en las páginas de la Shonen Jump, One Piece ya había comenzado y no tardaron en llegar Bleach y Naruto, tres obras que le hicieron mucha sombra y para que engañarnos, eran y son muchos mejores en calidad.
Los temas que se tratan en la obra son los universales: el amor, la amistad, la valentía, el honor etc. Uno de los puntos fuertes de la obra, y para mí una de las cosas que la hace más disfrutable es la cantidad referencias reales a culturas mundiales que hace Hiroyuki Takei: Los indios americanos, el budismo en Asía, el Día de Muertos en México, los detectives britanicos, los indígenas en sudamérica o la cultura egipcia, por citar algunos.
Los personajes de Shaman King también son un detalle a destacar en la obra. Creo que casi todos presentan fortalezas y debilidades. Se trata de personajes muy bien dibujados, que tienen una personalidad propia muy marcada, a veces que tira un poco del cliché. El vago (Yoh, el protagonista)
el serio con mirada de mala leche (Ren) el pringado (Ryu) el graciosíllo (Chocolove) y así sucesivamente.
Sin embargo, bien es cierto que los personajes evolucionan más bien poco. Yoh siempre es ese personaje pasivo que conoce bien 'el poder de la amistad' para salir airoso de todas las batallas.
El dibujo de Shaman King es, para mí, otra de las cosas buenas de esta obra. Creo que flaquea un poco en las luchas, que a veces son un poco complicadas de seguir pero, a nivel general, creo que tiene un dibujo muy 'shonen' cuya evolución se puede a lo largo de los 32 tomos.
En conclusión, Shaman King es una obra disfrutable, correcta pero que, para mí, y por desgracia, se ha quedado como uno de esos shonens 'del montón'. Bien es cierto que se publicó en un momento de mucha competitividad y en el que hubo un 'boom' de grandes obras, pero, aún así, merecía haber terminado a lo grande, como cualquier obra larga que se publique en las páginas de las Shonen Jump.
He leído los 32 tomos que quedaron con un final abrupto e inconcluso que dejó una obra con cierto potencial y cierta gracia completamente a medias. Años después, el autor, Hiroyuki Takei, volvió a retomar Shaman King para darle el final que hubiera querido hacer años atrás e incluso publicó spin-offs y secuelas para ampliar el universo que había creado.
Shaman King narra la historia de Yoh Asakura, un joven con la habilidad de ver espíritus. Tras unos primeros capítulos introductorios, descubrimeros que va a comenzar el Shaman Fight, un torneo para elegir al Shaman King o rey de los chamanes. En este torneo, se dan cita todos los chamanes del mundo para conseguir hacerse con el espíritu más poderoso de la tierra, custodiado por la tribu de indios americanos. Como suele suceder, los contendientes están relacionados entre sí, guardan secretos y tienen rencillas que resolver por hechos pasados.
En mi opinión, a nivel general, Shaman King es un shonen que no está mal, es correcto, pero que tiene ciertos problemas de ritmo y de clichés evidentes. Toda la obra está cimentada en uno de los grandes recursos de los manga destinados a público joven que se publican en la Shonen Jump: un torneo con una sucesión de luchas en el que los participantes sorprenden al adversario con una técnica desconocida y poderosa que les hace ganar la batalla.
Otro de los grandes problemas de Shaman King es su ritmo. Tiene tomos enteros (unos 10 capítulos) dedicados únicamente a una lucha entre personajes secundarios que se podría haber contado fácilmente en dos o tres capítulos. Además, algunos arcos como el del gólem o la presencia e historia del clan de los Gandara tienen muy mal ritmo y están realmente mal explicados.
Por no hablar del final. La historia nunca se llega a cerrar del todo, pero el autor improvisó el capítulo 285 para cerrar la obra pero la verdad, para hacer eso, mejor habría sido dejarla a medias y que el lector imaginara el final que, si todo sigue el curso que sigue un Shonen, estaba más que claro.
Escribo esto sin haber leído el final 'nuevo' que Hiroyuki Takei rehizo años después. Pero lo cierto es que una serie que no estaba mal podría haber tenido un final adecuado desde el principio. Hay que tener en cuenta que cuando Shaman King se publicó en las páginas de la Shonen Jump, One Piece ya había comenzado y no tardaron en llegar Bleach y Naruto, tres obras que le hicieron mucha sombra y para que engañarnos, eran y son muchos mejores en calidad.
Los temas que se tratan en la obra son los universales: el amor, la amistad, la valentía, el honor etc. Uno de los puntos fuertes de la obra, y para mí una de las cosas que la hace más disfrutable es la cantidad referencias reales a culturas mundiales que hace Hiroyuki Takei: Los indios americanos, el budismo en Asía, el Día de Muertos en México, los detectives britanicos, los indígenas en sudamérica o la cultura egipcia, por citar algunos.
Los personajes de Shaman King también son un detalle a destacar en la obra. Creo que casi todos presentan fortalezas y debilidades. Se trata de personajes muy bien dibujados, que tienen una personalidad propia muy marcada, a veces que tira un poco del cliché. El vago (Yoh, el protagonista)
el serio con mirada de mala leche (Ren) el pringado (Ryu) el graciosíllo (Chocolove) y así sucesivamente.
Sin embargo, bien es cierto que los personajes evolucionan más bien poco. Yoh siempre es ese personaje pasivo que conoce bien 'el poder de la amistad' para salir airoso de todas las batallas.
El dibujo de Shaman King es, para mí, otra de las cosas buenas de esta obra. Creo que flaquea un poco en las luchas, que a veces son un poco complicadas de seguir pero, a nivel general, creo que tiene un dibujo muy 'shonen' cuya evolución se puede a lo largo de los 32 tomos.
En conclusión, Shaman King es una obra disfrutable, correcta pero que, para mí, y por desgracia, se ha quedado como uno de esos shonens 'del montón'. Bien es cierto que se publicó en un momento de mucha competitividad y en el que hubo un 'boom' de grandes obras, pero, aún así, merecía haber terminado a lo grande, como cualquier obra larga que se publique en las páginas de las Shonen Jump.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 1, 2025
Here we are at the finale! This has been posted elsewhere but note that though this is the final graphic novel published as the series was cut, if you go looking on the internet you will be able to find volume 33 online and read what one would consider the “true” end of the series! I want to take this time to shout out the praises of Hiroyuki Takei! There are things I would have liked presented differently, but overall, I feel this series told a compelling story with strong art. I will say that I love when a series ending volume has a cover like the one given to volume 32! I would like to point out, though I had an issue with the background on many panels and pages on volume 31…that seems to be an anomaly. As I conclude this series and get ready to head to the internet for that “true ending” I find myself wondering what the overall manga impact is. It is a series that has been entertaining, but will it be forgotten in the mix with other series which may or may not carry a larger fan base? I am happy I read it, but it will have to fight hard over the years as more and more manga series come out to hold its significants against the ever-growing library of great manga’s. But this much is true, the ride that the series takes you on, was indeed entertaining while it lasted. REMEMBER…. look online (those interwebs) for the true conclusion.
July 1, 2021
This was the volume where the story originally ended, due to an unfortunate cancellation. What a terrible place for it to end, as nothing gets resolved after so many volumes of build-up. Thankfully, there's still 3 more volumes for me to read, due to Takei continuing on with a new ending, and that begins at the end of this volume. The battles continue, with the gang facing against a few more of the Patch officiants, although the stakes are upped with the heroes' mana depleting. This volume feels less rushed, although the golem makes a reappearance which still doesn't justify its inclusion. Thank goodness there's more story to come, and I feel sorry for those who saw this as a finale for so long.
March 7, 2024
Alright so I found out I’m reading an updated version of the series that’s a bit longer and now it makes sense why I’m not liking the ending portion. Stuff is just happening and it’s taking nose dive after nose dive. I lowkey want to seek out the original version to see if I would’ve liked it more cause this ain’t it at all.
August 31, 2024
If you're reading the new version, congrats!
We're finally on the new chapters! We finally got to see Horohoro backstory and the fight vs the patches.
You can see that the art is WAY better (I mean, I love his style, but it's even better) and we finally see what was intended by Takei same here couldn't do at the time
We're finally on the new chapters! We finally got to see Horohoro backstory and the fight vs the patches.
You can see that the art is WAY better (I mean, I love his style, but it's even better) and we finally see what was intended by Takei same here couldn't do at the time
January 2, 2017
After thirty-two volumes "Shaman King" comes to an end.
The first sixteen parts were pretty good but after that point the series had it ups and (more) downs.
Ending on a cliffhanger is tricky...but it totally works for this manga.
Yeah...I enjoyed the ride.
The first sixteen parts were pretty good but after that point the series had it ups and (more) downs.
Ending on a cliffhanger is tricky...but it totally works for this manga.
Yeah...I enjoyed the ride.
June 12, 2017
This was a real let down, although through no fault of the author. I just hate it when a series is cancelled part of the way through. Especially when it's obvious the action is just about to hit it's climax and conclusion.
March 8, 2019
Yoh is a good kid.
February 25, 2020
That ending. That ending loses a star all on its own.
October 23, 2020
Qué sutil manera de enseñar los fundamentos de las religiones.
December 11, 2021
Go, team go!
February 11, 2022
está horrible este maldito final
December 30, 2024
4/5⭐️
Se siente la emoción de la recta final de la historia 🥺
Se siente la emoción de la recta final de la historia 🥺
June 14, 2025
4/5: spirits of ____ ! excited
December 25, 2022
Strange...I could have sworn I did a review on the abysmally bad ending to the print run of the series but let us just say it was confusing and rushed due to Hiroyuki Takei being told he had to finish it up. Later he was able to finish the series how he wanted it and posted it online (from what I heard) for the fans but we did not get the physical ending we craved after being exposed to this volume.
So why did I come to check on my review for the ending of Shaman King? Well now a days I like to get kindle manga books as much if not more than physical books thanks to my many bins of manga taking up space in my life and while checking out a Kodansha sale I noticed this book Shaman King, Vol. 32 which matches this volume but has a completely different cover. Then I noticed there are several more volumes leading to a 35th volume which filled me with hope that the true ending has come to Kindle though not in physical books. Having not read the series in a long time I am not sure if everything matches up to volume 31 (at least the cover looks right) but It is available on Kindle Unlimited and I look forward to comparing it and perhaps collecting the rest of the series as was intended. One can always hope. :)
So why did I come to check on my review for the ending of Shaman King? Well now a days I like to get kindle manga books as much if not more than physical books thanks to my many bins of manga taking up space in my life and while checking out a Kodansha sale I noticed this book Shaman King, Vol. 32 which matches this volume but has a completely different cover. Then I noticed there are several more volumes leading to a 35th volume which filled me with hope that the true ending has come to Kindle though not in physical books. Having not read the series in a long time I am not sure if everything matches up to volume 31 (at least the cover looks right) but It is available on Kindle Unlimited and I look forward to comparing it and perhaps collecting the rest of the series as was intended. One can always hope. :)
January 28, 2016
I kept reading the series because I was waiting for all the little bits to be tied together and finally make sense as a whole, and I didn't even get that. The book ended in the middle of the climax, suddenly, with no real clue even as to what will happen, just when stuff was starting to come together and finally show real promise of getting good (** See note about the continuation of the series below**). But then it just stopped. There was no closure. The author gives a note expressing his thankfulness that the readers supported him and he's sorry it was not as good as he wanted (given it was a series that he hadn't really planned, apparently), and that he hopes to revisit it someday to fix it and make it better/finish it. There was then an epilogue of sorts, that was just as confusing if not more confusing than trying to keep up with all the random threads that Takei had opened up in the previous 31 volumes.
**NOTE** He did continue and finish the series later, but it was after the English run or something, so it never made it over into an official English translation. I am currently reading that and, only about 3 chapters in, it is already continuing in a satisfying manner that rekindles my hope that the series will come to a fitting conclusion. I will include that review later, once I have finished it.
**NOTE** He did continue and finish the series later, but it was after the English run or something, so it never made it over into an official English translation. I am currently reading that and, only about 3 chapters in, it is already continuing in a satisfying manner that rekindles my hope that the series will come to a fitting conclusion. I will include that review later, once I have finished it.
October 1, 2015
I absolutely LOVED this series. I've been waiting for this book hoping it'll be EPIC because when I finished book 25 or so I was really curious how Takei was going to end the series in 7 books when it could've been longer. When I finished this book, I was really upset (putting it nicely) and I read the English version, so I can't even read the afterward series which is ONLY in Japanese. I mean he stopped in the middle of the climax and added a little extra like epilogue years later in the book making it more confusing.
Takei, killed all your readers when you ENDED THE SERIES LIKE THAT.
Takei, killed all your readers when you ENDED THE SERIES LIKE THAT.
January 27, 2012
Super disappointing ending. It fell into the common SJ comic trap of the author stretching himself out too thin and then being canceled or just giving up or whatever, followed by a hasty wrap-up and conclusion. Without analyzing too deeply a picture book for little children, it was a mostly forgettable story with some pretty cool characters. Apparently there's a new series or something that does this one more justice? I don't know, or really care. I'm a grown ass adult and I'm still reading baby books. I'll probably still read it though...
September 25, 2013
4.5 Stars.
I'm just going to use this last book to review the whole series.
The whole series overall was fantastic but the ending left me confused and angry so I had to bump it down a star. I didn't do this because it made me sad but because it was incomplete and left way too many loose endings. The art style I loved because it was simplistic but good looking. All the characters were so layered and had their backstories that made them who they are. The whole concept and fighting style was perfect.
I'm just going to use this last book to review the whole series.
The whole series overall was fantastic but the ending left me confused and angry so I had to bump it down a star. I didn't do this because it made me sad but because it was incomplete and left way too many loose endings. The art style I loved because it was simplistic but good looking. All the characters were so layered and had their backstories that made them who they are. The whole concept and fighting style was perfect.
September 14, 2011
Umm... what just happened? NOTHING WAS WRAPPED UP. How can that be the ending? Who won the Shaman Fight? Did Yoh and the gang ever reach Hao? Who is the kid's mother from the Funbari Poem? Why does grown up Tamao look exactly like Anna? What happened to Anna? Is that guy she's with on the last page Yoh or Hao? It looks like Hao's clothes... SO CONFUSED.
Takei-sensei, hurry up and make an actual ending. OMG. *frustration*
Takei-sensei, hurry up and make an actual ending. OMG. *frustration*
August 29, 2012
Good art, great storyline (especially the nekomata issues), nice characters, but really really bad ending. Now i know what would manga be if it forced to be finished really soon. To be honest it's really sad to saw how it end. Such a great idea to made a story about cool shaman and the tournament indeed. It could be a masterpiece for Hiroyuki Takei if it wasn't ruined by bad ending.
Anyway, it still worthed to read.
Anyway, it still worthed to read.
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