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I giovani guerrieri della Guardia imperiale guidata da Demetrio sono a un passo dalla vittoria, ma gli intrighi della perfida Agrippina potrebbero ribaltare gli esiti della contesa a favore degli Immortali. Riuscirà Lusca a neutralizzare la trappola della madre di Nerone?
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First published May 29, 2009
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December 7, 2017
3.5 stars rounded up. This manga series is centred on the life and vicissitudes of Cestvs, a boy slave being trained to become a boxer for the entertainment of the masses at the Colosseum in 1st century A.D. Rome.
The artwork is good, showing that the mangaka, Mr Wazarai, did his homework and strove to depict the ancient city as faithfully as he could. The story, however, is surest to appeal to the action-loving portion of the readership. Those that love violent albeit well-crafted stories like the manga Berserk or the TV serials Spartacus; not so much to those interested in the period or craving a more character-driven yarn. Personally, I don't mind any of that, but my tastes just aren't inclined towards this type of story, in spite of loving Rome. This isn't as outrageously bloody on purpose as Spartacus used to be, nor was I able to find a glaring inaccuracy that'd boot me out of reading, so it's purely a matter of not feeling attracted to the plotline for me.
The artwork is good, showing that the mangaka, Mr Wazarai, did his homework and strove to depict the ancient city as faithfully as he could. The story, however, is surest to appeal to the action-loving portion of the readership. Those that love violent albeit well-crafted stories like the manga Berserk or the TV serials Spartacus; not so much to those interested in the period or craving a more character-driven yarn. Personally, I don't mind any of that, but my tastes just aren't inclined towards this type of story, in spite of loving Rome. This isn't as outrageously bloody on purpose as Spartacus used to be, nor was I able to find a glaring inaccuracy that'd boot me out of reading, so it's purely a matter of not feeling attracted to the plotline for me.
May 15, 2018
serie ancora in corso
November 5, 2020
Para mi es uno de los mejores mangas que he leído (esta entre mis favoritos) y aunque la historia va sobre boxeo y artes marciales (los combates son geniales y todo eso) ese no es su punto fuerte. Lo que hace a Cestvs tan maravilloso son las vivencias de cada uno de los personajes y como se desenvuelven para superar las circunstancias de sus vidas, por ejemplo el emperador Nero quien en un principio es un chico que simplemente es usado como una marioneta por Agrippina y ya al final lo vemos convirtiéndose en un tirano y mostrando actitudes bastante arrogantes y él es un claro ejemplo de que los humanos están gobernados por las circunstancias, dependiendo de que situación vivamos modificamos nuestro comportamiento para adaptarnos y lo mismo podemos decir de Ruska y de Cestvs... Sin duda alguna es una obra de arte este manga.
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