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Shaman King #2
Shaman King. Omnibus, Vol. 2
The action manga bestseller returns, in 600-page editions featuring a remastered translation and new cover art by creator Hiroyuki Takei! Dive into the classic Shonen Jump adventure whose world of mystical spirits and bewitching battles inspired the classic anime.
This volume corresponds to Vol. 4-6 of the original release, featuring updated translation and lettering, back in print more than 20 years after its initial release!
THE FIGHT BEGINS
A shower of shooting stars signals the announcement of the long-awaited Shaman Fight: the tournament held once every 500 years to determine who will be crowned the next Shaman King. As the world’s shamans begin to gather in Tokyo, Yoh remains as carefree as ever…until he meets Silva—an officiant of the Shaman Fight, who challenges Yoh to prove himself worthy of earning the title of Shaman King! With his spirit ally Amidamaru, Yoh faces off against his first preliminary opponents: Horohoro, whose icy powers threaten to freeze them out, and Faust VIII, a morbid necromancer casting bone-chilling spells. With the stakes higher than ever, Anna, Yoh’s fiancée and coach, pushes his training beyond his limit. Does Yoh have what it takes to make it to the top, or will Anna’s training run him into the ground?
This volume corresponds to Vol. 4-6 of the original release, featuring updated translation and lettering, back in print more than 20 years after its initial release!
THE FIGHT BEGINS
A shower of shooting stars signals the announcement of the long-awaited Shaman Fight: the tournament held once every 500 years to determine who will be crowned the next Shaman King. As the world’s shamans begin to gather in Tokyo, Yoh remains as carefree as ever…until he meets Silva—an officiant of the Shaman Fight, who challenges Yoh to prove himself worthy of earning the title of Shaman King! With his spirit ally Amidamaru, Yoh faces off against his first preliminary opponents: Horohoro, whose icy powers threaten to freeze them out, and Faust VIII, a morbid necromancer casting bone-chilling spells. With the stakes higher than ever, Anna, Yoh’s fiancée and coach, pushes his training beyond his limit. Does Yoh have what it takes to make it to the top, or will Anna’s training run him into the ground?
592 pages, Paperback
First published June 8, 2021
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Hiroyuki Takei
399 books193 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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October 12, 2021
This series does not disappoint
June 13, 2021
Big takeaway from omnibus 2: Tao Ren freaking loves milk. Big milk fiend.
June 22, 2021
This one has what I would consider to be my favorite story in the Shaman King run of manga: The Faust story/battle. Necromancy, tremendous art, tragic backstories, a psychological breaking of the lead, meditations on what peace and coexistence are, etc.
This is where the story changes irrevocably, until it changes again later, with the introduction of the oversoul concept. The over soul was a good idea I think, because I don't know how long the integration concept could have held an entire five year run of comics for. Also, the updated translations are killer and make so much more sense than the initial shonen jump ones, even if much of the dialogue is the same. The differences are nuanced
This is where the story changes irrevocably, until it changes again later, with the introduction of the oversoul concept. The over soul was a good idea I think, because I don't know how long the integration concept could have held an entire five year run of comics for. Also, the updated translations are killer and make so much more sense than the initial shonen jump ones, even if much of the dialogue is the same. The differences are nuanced
June 9, 2022
Ryu de la Espada de Madera y su grupo de amigos me cae tan bien como recordaba. El autor ya empieza a soltar alguna que otra perlita reflexionando sobre la ambición y los sueños (I like it)
Le subo una estrella solo porque sale mi novio Horo Horo en los últimos capítulos 🥺💕
Le subo una estrella solo porque sale mi novio Horo Horo en los últimos capítulos 🥺💕
November 4, 2021
Shaman King is an action-packed fantasy manga by Japanese mangaka Hiroyuki Takei. The Shaman King omnibus volume 2 is a collection of the original volumes 4-6, and contains neat little extras that aren’t featured in the original volumes. For example, it includes translation notes and 3 of the Shaman King Remix Tracks that were published in 2011, 13 years after the manga was created. The Remix tracks are alternate takes on the story, and in the first three the characters give a very meta analysis of events that have already transpired. Since it does span three volumes, there are many themes evident throughout the Shaman King Omnibust; some of which are friendship, trust, bitterness, lament, and peace. This omnibus basically spans the beginning of Yohs’ experience in the Shaman Tournament, and his first two fights as a shaman using his OverSoul ability (SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!). After “defeating” Silva in order to gain acceptance into the tournament, Yoh gets a notification on his Oragle Pager that his first opponent will be a an Ainu boy named Horohoro. Horohoro’s main OverSoul ability is to merge his snowboard with a forest spirit named Kororo, and utilise snow and ice to his advantage; in this battle, he mainly rains sharp icicles down on Yoh. However, towards the end, of the battle, horohoro expends all of his mana to create an avalanche that buries Yoh. Thinking he’s won, Horohoro celebrates and commends a busied Yoh for trying his hardest to defeat him. To his surprise, Yoh leaps out of the ice, and slashes at Horohoro with his OverSoul, intentionally missing him; because since Horohoro has run out of mana, Yoh automatically wins the fight. Shortly after, Yoh and Horohoro become friends and compliment each other on their fighting methods.
Yoh’s first duel is used as a method to establish the power system of OverSouls in Shaman King, so it’s a more lighthearted and friendly battle. However, the most significant fight of this novel is Yoh’s bout against Faust VIII, a German necromancer who can control armies of skeletons. While fighting Faust, the reason why Yoh wants to become shaman king is revealed; Yoh wishes to cerate a world where no one is lonely, having been an outcast his entire life because of his ability to see spirits and the rigorous training regimen of the Asakura clan.He feel that if no one were alone, humans would be at peace with one another. At the beginning of the fight, Faust summons an army of skeletons, forcing Yoh to use his mana quickly. Manta, Yohs’ first and best friend, is taken hostage by Faust during the battle and impaled. Yoh voices his anger with Faust for taking a hostage, and uses an OverSoul slash to clear a whole legion; sadly, this took a large portion of mana from Yoh, and yo is left tired and vulnerable. Faust takes this opportunity to dispel his skeleton horde and focus all of his mana into one skeleton, his Dear Eliza. While fighting a losing battle, Yoh calls Fausts’ Dear Eliza a doll. This enrages Faust, causing him to reveal who Eliza really is: his dead wife, who was shot dead by a burglar. Faust swears that he will become shaman king in order to bring his wife back to life for good, instead of having her solely as an OverSoul. Yoh then responds to Fausts’ reasoning with the notion that dying is what makes life precious, and that Faust is wrong for having such a selfish reason to become shaman king. Long story short, Yoh loses this battle due to loss of mana; however, he isn’t out of the tournament, because it allows for two defeats per shaman until elimination. Yoh realizes he needs to gain more mana in order to face stronger combatants, so he decides to train in his village at the end of the manga. After his training, Yoh develops a new oversoul with Amidamaru, and the omnibus ends.
Personally, I loved everything this novel had to offer. Takei wrote in lots of lighthearted and funny moments, while balancing them out with panels that carried a more serious undertone. I did have to condense the Faust fight, so my summary doesn’t even do it justice. I feel like it was the most important fight in the series so far. Takei prefaced this fight with the Horohoro duel because he knew that the faust fight would be heavy. The fight involved two mental breakdowns shared by Faust and Yoh, with deep commentary on the weight of life, death, and peace. It was gory, destructive, beautiful...I can’t even put into words how great of a read this fight was. And in other parts, we learn about Manta’s past, and visit Yoh’s home where his journey began I haven’t read past this omnibus yet, but if this isn’t even the finale volume and it’s already this good, I can’t wait for what Takei brings to the table in the volumes to come. I Recommend this book to anybody who loves fantasy-action, with lots of laughable moments and a cast that grows on you quick. I promise you won’t be disappointed while reading this series; it’s one of the best manga out there for sure!
Yoh’s first duel is used as a method to establish the power system of OverSouls in Shaman King, so it’s a more lighthearted and friendly battle. However, the most significant fight of this novel is Yoh’s bout against Faust VIII, a German necromancer who can control armies of skeletons. While fighting Faust, the reason why Yoh wants to become shaman king is revealed; Yoh wishes to cerate a world where no one is lonely, having been an outcast his entire life because of his ability to see spirits and the rigorous training regimen of the Asakura clan.He feel that if no one were alone, humans would be at peace with one another. At the beginning of the fight, Faust summons an army of skeletons, forcing Yoh to use his mana quickly. Manta, Yohs’ first and best friend, is taken hostage by Faust during the battle and impaled. Yoh voices his anger with Faust for taking a hostage, and uses an OverSoul slash to clear a whole legion; sadly, this took a large portion of mana from Yoh, and yo is left tired and vulnerable. Faust takes this opportunity to dispel his skeleton horde and focus all of his mana into one skeleton, his Dear Eliza. While fighting a losing battle, Yoh calls Fausts’ Dear Eliza a doll. This enrages Faust, causing him to reveal who Eliza really is: his dead wife, who was shot dead by a burglar. Faust swears that he will become shaman king in order to bring his wife back to life for good, instead of having her solely as an OverSoul. Yoh then responds to Fausts’ reasoning with the notion that dying is what makes life precious, and that Faust is wrong for having such a selfish reason to become shaman king. Long story short, Yoh loses this battle due to loss of mana; however, he isn’t out of the tournament, because it allows for two defeats per shaman until elimination. Yoh realizes he needs to gain more mana in order to face stronger combatants, so he decides to train in his village at the end of the manga. After his training, Yoh develops a new oversoul with Amidamaru, and the omnibus ends.
Personally, I loved everything this novel had to offer. Takei wrote in lots of lighthearted and funny moments, while balancing them out with panels that carried a more serious undertone. I did have to condense the Faust fight, so my summary doesn’t even do it justice. I feel like it was the most important fight in the series so far. Takei prefaced this fight with the Horohoro duel because he knew that the faust fight would be heavy. The fight involved two mental breakdowns shared by Faust and Yoh, with deep commentary on the weight of life, death, and peace. It was gory, destructive, beautiful...I can’t even put into words how great of a read this fight was. And in other parts, we learn about Manta’s past, and visit Yoh’s home where his journey began I haven’t read past this omnibus yet, but if this isn’t even the finale volume and it’s already this good, I can’t wait for what Takei brings to the table in the volumes to come. I Recommend this book to anybody who loves fantasy-action, with lots of laughable moments and a cast that grows on you quick. I promise you won’t be disappointed while reading this series; it’s one of the best manga out there for sure!
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April 14, 2025
Review: Shaman King – Omnibus Vol. 2 (3-in-1 Edition)
Shaman King: Omnibus Volume 2 continues Yoh Asakura’s journey to becoming the Shaman King by collecting Volumes 4–6 of the original series by Hiroyuki Takei. The story picks up with more intense battles, deeper character development, and the introduction of powerful new shamans.
In this volume, Yoh faces stronger opponents and starts to understand the weight of being a true shaman. He meets rivals like Tao Ren, a fierce and skilled shaman who challenges Yoh’s beliefs. The Shaman Fight is getting closer, and the action is heating up!
Highlights:
- New characters with unique spirit allies and backstories
- Yoh's growth as a fighter and as a person
- More spiritual themes mixed with shonen-style action
- Great balance of humor, heart, and high-stakes battles
The 3-in-1 edition is perfect for collectors and readers who want to dive deeper into the world of Shaman King with more content in one volume.
A strong follow-up that expands the world, raises the stakes, and keeps the action flowing—great for fans of classic shonen adventures!
Shaman King: Omnibus Volume 2 continues Yoh Asakura’s journey to becoming the Shaman King by collecting Volumes 4–6 of the original series by Hiroyuki Takei. The story picks up with more intense battles, deeper character development, and the introduction of powerful new shamans.
In this volume, Yoh faces stronger opponents and starts to understand the weight of being a true shaman. He meets rivals like Tao Ren, a fierce and skilled shaman who challenges Yoh’s beliefs. The Shaman Fight is getting closer, and the action is heating up!
Highlights:
- New characters with unique spirit allies and backstories
- Yoh's growth as a fighter and as a person
- More spiritual themes mixed with shonen-style action
- Great balance of humor, heart, and high-stakes battles
The 3-in-1 edition is perfect for collectors and readers who want to dive deeper into the world of Shaman King with more content in one volume.
A strong follow-up that expands the world, raises the stakes, and keeps the action flowing—great for fans of classic shonen adventures!
September 13, 2021
The Shaman Fights are underway, but first Yoh has to prove himself worthy to one of the exam officiants who is a Native American. But of course there wouldn't be much of a story if Yoh didn't even qualify, so obviously Yoh wins and is officially in the running for Shaman King.
Yoh's next challenge is to win two of the next three fights. His first opponent: Horohoro the Ainu. And I'm really glad I read a couple Golden Kamuy volumes first because I actually understood what he was talking about.
But just having Yoh win all the time is boring, so volume 5 has some character drama and setbacks to make things interesting as well as a road trip and training montage in volume 6.
This omnibus contains volumes 4 - 6.
This series has 35 volumes.
Yoh's next challenge is to win two of the next three fights. His first opponent: Horohoro the Ainu. And I'm really glad I read a couple Golden Kamuy volumes first because I actually understood what he was talking about.
But just having Yoh win all the time is boring, so volume 5 has some character drama and setbacks to make things interesting as well as a road trip and training montage in volume 6.
This omnibus contains volumes 4 - 6.
This series has 35 volumes.
January 17, 2022
Very nostalgic. Tournament series often turn repetitive or gory, but Shaman King does a good job of not going too far either way (as far as I know/remember this book has the worst of the gore in the series with Manta). There is some casual racism to 90s manga that is harder to overlook knowing what I do now, but at least there's a nice vocabulary note in back addressing it where Native/Indigenous Americas are concerned (though it itself may already be outdated), plus you should go into it not expecting perfect representations.
September 5, 2021
These omnibuses suck to read. They are bulky and you have to hold them like an idiot if you don’t wanna crease the spine. HOWEVER this is a wonderful quick and easy way to read Shaman King. Fights happen fast but man are characters likable and interesting. What a classic.
July 23, 2024
How did I forget I'd read further in the original volumes than I thought and knew of Johann Faust VIII? Incredible. (And the Ren & Stimpy reference with the fox and tanuki spirits hit me like a pile of bricks.) This is still such a blast from the past. I adore it. Amazing, 10/10, no notes.
July 1, 2021
The Shaman Fight begins!
August 31, 2021
Reliving the madness of loneliness and grief.
September 2, 2021
Enjoyable and intense. I don’t know how to feel about the way they did Manta dirty in this one. Though I’m glad it wasn’t too graphic, it was shocking at that moment.
January 1, 2022
It's like experiencing it all over again!
I remember these moments from the anime and now I'm just that kid sitting there living g every moments again!
I remember these moments from the anime and now I'm just that kid sitting there living g every moments again!
November 20, 2022
silva🫶
April 20, 2024
Real fun dynamic art with very relatable protagonist but really annoying comic relief characters
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