Kingdom, Vol. 7

キングダム [Kingdom] #7

by Yasuhisa Hara

Xin is a war orphan in a poor village in the kingdom of Qin. He has big dreams of becoming a great general, and when his best friend’s life is cut short by political machinations, Xin sets off to find a deposed ruler and help restore his place on the throne, while working his way up through the ranks of the Qin kingdom’s army to do what no one has ever done before—unify China.

Genres: Manga, Historical Fiction, Seinen, Historical, Action, War, Japan

216 pages, Paperback

First published October 19, 2007

About the author

Name (in native language) :
原泰久

Reviews

[Ali]

عالی بود.
اولین آرک جنگی بزرگ کینگدام توی این ولیوم به پایان رسید و تنها چیزی که می‌تونم بگم اینه که عالی بود.
بی‌نهایت لذت بردم از جنگ و استراتژی‌ها و رو دست هم بلند شدن ژنرال‌ها
و چه پیسینگی داره این لعنتی
یک لحظه‌ هم نمیشه بگذاریش کنار

[Kelli]

this big, “fruity” general is growing on me—I hope I don’t come to regret that

[Hal Incandenza]

E finisce anche la seconda saga di questa serie.
Credo che le pagina siano composte da eroina perché finito un volume hai gli occhi iniettati di sangue e vuoi solo leggere il prossimo.

Intendiamoci, non è perfetto eh, però è un manga molto trascinante e quindi passi sopra ai vari momenti “shonen” che mi mettono sempre un po’ in difficoltà (tipo quando i protagonisti analizzano col pensiero cose che durano un soffio o quando i co-protagonisti che assistono a una battaglia o a un duello fanno considerazioni che poi altro non sono che la mera telecronaca di quello che sta accadendo).

Il tutto è però compensato da una scrittura magnifica, da una qualità dei disegni altissima e da un’ottima caratterizzazione dei personaggi. Su tutto permea la fascinazione di un’epoca e un mondo così lontani da oggi ed estremamente interessanti.

[Cam]

(4.5) C'est toujours plus fluide et bien narré. C'est fou à quel point les planches fourmillent de détails. Le rôle de général n'a jamais été aussi mis en valeur qu'ici et c'est particulièrement intéressant. Puis Ouki bouge à peine de son cheval mais arrive quand même à être si badass... Et ce n'est pas le seul ! Vraiment des scènes beaucoup trop cool dans ce volume. Par contre, la partie sur le harem arrive un peu comme un cheveux sur la soupe.

[Jota]

将ならば敵軍にどうやって勝つか！！
それ以外に心とらわれることはない！！


The epic climax of the Gi-Qin war. Kingdom's forte is its characters. Each of them has a unique personality, especially the shoguns, each trying to prove their philosophy on the battlefield.
Hara's work exposes leadership, motivation, honor, and the horrors of war. War is ugly, but within that ugliness, heroes are born, and strategies are proven.

[Juho Pohjalainen]

Battles revolve around their generals, we're told in this volume. So I guess this series is really, deep down in its very core, a shonen battle manga - two great generals duking it out with army-sized hands and feet. Matching power against power and technique against technique and instinct against strategy.

In which case the main character would, as of now, be a single joint of a pinky-finger that managed to poke the enemy in the eye.

Good fight.

[Kikuhiko]

La fin de la guerre, ses pertes et ses incroyables retournements de situations, avec un retour à la maison sur un ton léger grâce à Ten. C'est aussi l'introduction du harem en fin de tome, un passage qui me plaît moins personnellement (mais c'est le cas pour toutes mes lectures. Amour, harem etc ne font pas bon ménage avec moi).
Sans oublier la rencontre entre Shin et Ouki, un grand moment.

[Brandon]

This Wei war arc comes to a close, as the battle becomes less about Shin and the soldiers to instead be about the generals, Hyou and Gokei! They have a tense battle and Shin finally begins to understand what being a "general" means (after spending his whole life dreaming of being the greatest general). I like that Heki is also proving to be a pretty sensible dude.

[Drake Howard]

The climax of the second great battle of the series and Xin finally learning the make up of generals rather than just being an angry, angsty teen. Maybe my favorite volume since the coup but this series once again just keeps delivering

[jd567]

This is the one that made Kingdom click for me. Reading previous volumes, I was hung up on it not always being grounded enough. Now I realize that that's the point, it's based on exaggerated war tales.

[JoAnne]

I mean the characters. Love the way all of characters are growing. And gen Ouki is just awesome!

[GigiLovesBooks]

Un chef d'oeuvre

[Onexis]

Xin’s first real battle was an epic experience! The art is perfectly matched for this war manga

[Antonov]

The Wei war was amazing. Shin is such a fun knucklehead who gets the job done.

[Lawson Burns]

This was a really big turning point in the series.

[Tristan Cornelis]

bussin

[India Staten]

The overall battle was very well detailed and I could feel the emotions coming off the pages. Things are progressing nicely.

[Joey Brooks]

peak

[Matias Maldonado]

estos fueron los tonos más músculo de lo que va de manga, lo que ya es decir mucho, pero a pesar de eso, la sensación de masividad de las batallas y el arrojo de los personajes es tremendo.