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王の獣 [Ō no Kemono] #17
王の獣 17 [Ō no Kemono 17]
絶体絶命のピンチの中、ついに藍月が覚醒!
内通者・智舜の手引きにより、琅范国の敵将・バルの軍勢は皇宮へ。戦線拡大により手薄となっていた皇宮の制圧が目前となる。藍月らが必死で応戦するも、絶体絶命のピンチに… そんな、国が滅亡しそうな戦況の中、予見されていた未来が変わり、ついに藍月のアルカナが覚醒し…!?
内通者・智舜の手引きにより、琅范国の敵将・バルの軍勢は皇宮へ。戦線拡大により手薄となっていた皇宮の制圧が目前となる。藍月らが必死で応戦するも、絶体絶命のピンチに… そんな、国が滅亡しそうな戦況の中、予見されていた未来が変わり、ついに藍月のアルカナが覚醒し…!?
168 pages, Paperback
First published February 26, 2025
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Rei Tōma
67 books368 followersRei Tōma (Japanese: 藤間 麗,Tōma Rei) has been drawing since childhood, but she only began drawing manga because of her graduation project in design school. When she drew a short-story manga, "Help me dentist" (ヘルプ me デンティスト), it attracted a publisher's attention and she made her debut right away. Her magnificent art style became popular, and after she debuted as a manga artist, she became known as an illustrator for novels and video game character designs.
Dawn of the Arcana is her first long-running manga series, and it has been a hit in Japan, selling over a million copies.
Dawn of the Arcana is her first long-running manga series, and it has been a hit in Japan, selling over a million copies.
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February 15, 2026
Next volume is the last one, which means that after a stellar battle from the previous volume we are settling down into ‘is this moving too quickly?’ territory. And, quite possibly, we are.
After all, it took however many volumes to resolve the mystery of Rangetsu’s brother and we’ve cleared a major military action in two or three instead. Sure, the outcome here is pretty cool - Rangetsu is a badass like she’s never been - but it does pull punches a little.
There’s a question of how much misery you want to inject into a story, but I do think reversing certain shocking actions renders the sacrifices a bit less than intended. It’s a tricky situation, but this did bring the outcome down in my estimation.
Same as how this one singular battle suddenly renders the whole country safe, which ABSOLUTELY feels like ‘story is ending, gotta clear all the beats now’. It feels a little unearned, no matter how cool it is. It also succumbs to ‘make up the powers out of nowhere’ that always annoys me a little.
Still, the results when it lightens up are a bit better. It feels weird to say this, but the porn that comes out of winning the war is very funny. This is a joke that works and I enjoyed that side of Rangetsu when she gets tangled up with it.
The romance is okay, it feels like things will work out fine next time, but nothing exciting. I feel it was a bit better in prior chapters, even if I am more than happy to see our leads happy for a change.
It’s all pretty good, but definitely a downgrade from last volume’s desperation and fighting. Stepping down from that sort of action is not easy, so it’s no surprise that it wobbles a little at this point.
Now, even if we are blasting towards the finale, I will say that the way we get around to potentially better rights for the Ajin is reasonably decent (although I do feel that people are more fickle than that).
I think this will end reasonably well, but this does feel slower and not as satisfying as its prior volume. I expect a solid finale, but I’m also not sure that this should have extended beyond its initial premise.
4 stars - good, but unspectacular. There are a couple things that stick out, though it does enough well and generally always looks really good doing anything, so I’m not going to be too harsh.
After all, it took however many volumes to resolve the mystery of Rangetsu’s brother and we’ve cleared a major military action in two or three instead. Sure, the outcome here is pretty cool - Rangetsu is a badass like she’s never been - but it does pull punches a little.
There’s a question of how much misery you want to inject into a story, but I do think reversing certain shocking actions renders the sacrifices a bit less than intended. It’s a tricky situation, but this did bring the outcome down in my estimation.
Same as how this one singular battle suddenly renders the whole country safe, which ABSOLUTELY feels like ‘story is ending, gotta clear all the beats now’. It feels a little unearned, no matter how cool it is. It also succumbs to ‘make up the powers out of nowhere’ that always annoys me a little.
Still, the results when it lightens up are a bit better. It feels weird to say this, but the porn that comes out of winning the war is very funny. This is a joke that works and I enjoyed that side of Rangetsu when she gets tangled up with it.
The romance is okay, it feels like things will work out fine next time, but nothing exciting. I feel it was a bit better in prior chapters, even if I am more than happy to see our leads happy for a change.
It’s all pretty good, but definitely a downgrade from last volume’s desperation and fighting. Stepping down from that sort of action is not easy, so it’s no surprise that it wobbles a little at this point.
Now, even if we are blasting towards the finale, I will say that the way we get around to potentially better rights for the Ajin is reasonably decent (although I do feel that people are more fickle than that).
I think this will end reasonably well, but this does feel slower and not as satisfying as its prior volume. I expect a solid finale, but I’m also not sure that this should have extended beyond its initial premise.
4 stars - good, but unspectacular. There are a couple things that stick out, though it does enough well and generally always looks really good doing anything, so I’m not going to be too harsh.
February 3, 2026
Rangetsou's powers seem to have gone into super mode, and Sogetsu may not be far behind given their method for finally removing his collar. Though one might wonder why go through such danger and pain to remove the collar only to want to put a new one on - hopefully one that is easier to remove going forward. We get a few cute scenes between Rengetsou and Tenyou, especially as it seems Tenyou's brothers have been helping plot how to make it seem more acceptable for the two of them to be together in the future. The tides may have turned, and most of the story seems to be winding down, but Rengetsou seems to have something new on her mind thanks to all of these new stories.
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March 5, 2025
Adolescenziale. Bellissimo.
February 5, 2026
One more volume left!
February 19, 2026
I loved this story (and most of all the art) so I’m quite sad to learn the next volume will be the last one.
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