Kingdom, Vol. 8

キングダム [Kingdom] #8

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 December 19, 2007

About the author

Name (in native language) :
原泰久

Reviews

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story's made me want to delve a bit into actual real-life history of the period, and what happened and when and by whom. Already I recognize some names and events. The horrors perpetuated at the start of this volume were lifted straight out of reality.

Fairly sure no blade-dancing assassins were involved, though.

But I know of many things of what happens in the future. Does it count as spoilers?

[Ali · Rating 2 out of 5]

این ولیوم زیاد جذاب نبود. یکم تکراری بود. امیدوارم بقیه درام‌های کینگدام اینطوری نباشه و واقعا احساسیم کنه...

[444M · Rating 4 out of 5]

j'avoue que ça commence vraiment à être pas mal

[Hal Incandenza · Rating 5 out of 5]

All’improvviso il ritmo cambia e dopo una mega guerra e battaglia tra Quin e Wei arriva un attimo di tregua.
Il ritmo dell’azione rallenta per fare spazio a un lungo flashback che tiene però incollato alle pagine del volume fino alla fine.
Bello, bello.

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

We get Sei's backstory! The mangaka writes that Sei's story of returning to Qin was going to be the basis of Kingdom, before eventually Shin became the protagonist (in what we see now). So I guess getting Sei's history was inevitable. It definitely felt like the most shonen sort of story so far, with talks of dreams and longing stares at the moon as characters discuss their heartfelt motivations and all that. Tonally I think it was out of place with the rest of the manga but I did enjoy Shika as a character and it showed a completely different side of Sei to what we've seen so far.

[Kikuhiko · Rating 5 out of 5]

"C'était le truc le plus dur et le plus triste que j'ai fait depuis que je suis sur cette série" nous dit l'auteur dans son message en fin de tome et il n'a pas tort, je ne peux pas cacher que l’histoire de l'évasion de Zhao me met un sale coup au moral à chaque lecture, encore plus avec le livre entre les mains.

[Cam · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4.25) Un volume beaucoup trop intéressant. On en apprend plus sur le passé de Sei et le dernier chapitre met en lumière un personnage que je risque de grandement apprécier, Kyou Kai. C'est dingue à quel point ce manga me correspond à 100%.

[Pretty Angelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Currently rooting for this awesome manga *.*

[فارس · Rating 5 out of 5]

في هذا المجلد قصة عن ماضي الملك من أجمل قصص المانجا...مؤثرة.

[Yuri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seems promising

[Tina Sy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Getting glory and rising in ranks ^_^

[Peggy]

OMG! Sei's backstory :'(

[Jota · Rating 4 out of 5]

月がいつも以上に輝いているのはくじけぬようにはげましてくれているのだ

政の過去編は感動でした。やはりキングダムの特徴はダブルパネルの力だなと改めて思った。
次回も楽しみ

追伸：せっかく信が甲冑を買ったのに使えなかった　笑

[Lawson Burns · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 Volume this early has me excited

[Keeloween · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume actually made me cry

[Tristan Cornelis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Flashback was cool but didnt wow me

[India Staten · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was nice getting to see Zheng's backstory, but I enjoyed the continuation of the story more. Things are really heating up in the kingdom of Qin.

[Vincent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Zi Xia is fantastic and great character work for Zheng. Also really interesting hook to next arc

[P-Hoss · Rating 5 out of 5]

best volume for a bit

[Maxime Facon Lisiak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eh beh il m'auras bien fait vibrer 😊❤️

[R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

واقعا این جلد رو دوست داشتم
داستان به امپراطوری رسیدن ذِن
داستان حماسه شیکا
داستان راز ماه
- اگه نمیتونی حس کنی، من بجای تو برای تو حس میکنم..
انقدر خوب بود که ترجیح دادم این جلدو بخرم و آرشیو کنم

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A charming and tragic backstory of The 'future' Emperor Qin.