Thoughts on Kingdom? I personally think it's the best long running manga out there

Thoughts on Kingdom? I personally think it's the best long running manga out there.

Filled the void Berserk left in me and more.

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i personally never understand the appeal, i hated the first 100 or 150 chapters.. The only part i liked was coalition and the rest was trash

Xin is utter shit MC

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Agreed Xin isn't the most complex of Characters, but Kingdom doesn't need a complex MC, it's appeal is massive set pieces, not complex character studies

It is not necessary for Xin to be a complex character, what I really hate about him is his massive plot armor and that basically all battles are won for him.

Coalition is a great exception because all Qin generals have value in war


Btw.. Houken its a mistake

What Kingdom does best is side characters, Ouhon and Mouten easily make up for Xin being a bit bland.

And yeah Xin has plot armour, but seeing as he is based off a real historical figure who we know for a fact is instrumental in the unification of China, it's going to be a given Xin will win most battles.

Also, yes, fuck Houken.

>I wanna unite China!
>I want to be a badass general!
How has this taken so long to finish? I only got like 200 chapters in and there still wasn't a great hook other than the art, the battles were interesting but even then that was usually either "THEY UNDERESTIMATE US CUZ OUR NUMBERS ARE SMALL" or "THOSE ALLIES WHO WE THOUGHT WEREN'T COMING WERE COMING"!

The problem is it feels too much like a shitty video game where they get buffs because the situation dictates it when they need to win instead of through something more solid and less arbitrary.

i love this asshole.. I really just read kingdom just for him and his shaenigans

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Shit portrayal of warfare, Shin stream rolls through most opponents despite being a kid with no formal training. Dynasty Warriors the manga where only the main characters matter over tactics, army size etc. One of the early arc has a army give up because their general died despite out numbering the other army and having them surrounded.

>Filled the void Berserk left in me and more
Guts would have already united china.

>other than the art,
Barrel bodies and sameface don’t make for good art.

The current arc ruined the series for me with its terrible pacing and asspulls.

Boring as hell. I dropped it when they went into the third battle when they sieged a city. I heard that they do nothing but warfare for the entire manga and nothing else actually happens? Why the fuck would anyone want to read 700 chapters of armies jacking each other off?

kingdom is war war war war war war war war war

Is not compeling for the characters and the story.. sangokushi is kingdom done right

It's a really exciting war manga, but I have to say it sucks reading it week to week.

The mangaka should read up on military history and come up with more interesting battles. Tactics rather Shin brute forcing everything.

it's good and fun!

>but Kingdom doesn't need a complex MC, it's appeal is massive set pieces, not complex character studies
So basically action schlock with no central themes or interesting character writing?

most things that happens in the manga strategy-wise actually happened in real life too, except for the Hi Shounen Unit.

>brute forcing everything

you must be a speed reader.

OP here, why the fuck would I want shitty romance and shounen high school shenanigans in my historical war manga?

The latest few chapters have been quite a slog with all the bullshit and plot armor but once you're 600+ chapters in you just have to make the best of it. I find it enjoyable overall, especially with the cute moments.
Houken was a mistake

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LoTR is filled with themes and isn't a character study. I'm not comparing the two, but you make it seem like a character study is the only way a piece of media can have themes or interesting character writing.

Are you really gonna sit there and say Kingdom has bad art? Ok retard

Yes dumbass it looks ugly as sin.

How is LoTR not a character study? Frodo's whole journey is pure character study.

Don’t even mention LoTR in regard to this trash

b-but it has tons of detail!

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No one is saying the art is perfect. But it's objectively good. Stating otherwise is pure smoothbrain.

>calls the art objectively good.
>says someone else is smoothbrain
Oh the irony

wow this art kinda sucks, look at those terrible proportions

it also looks stiff as a hell

Favourite manga?

Black Clover, why?

B8

God damn reading the entire thread just keeps reminding me how Yas Forums has shit taste. The catalog is just complete cancer and stuff like kingdom keeps getting shit on. Sure there are things that leaves more to be desired, but the manga still has solid standards despite it being run for 14 years with 600 chapters, probably 1200+ Eos. All these basic nitpick I see could literally apply to almost every story out there, how are you even enjoying reading mangas or novels??

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Drifters is the superior war series

cannibalism

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I don't have time to debate with fucking 15 year olds haha, if not bait your just a massive fucking retard.

>Filled the void Berserk left in me and more.
Berserk was well written though

>cannibalism

I wanna eat Karin's ass

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Same.

Not denying that it has better writing. But the two are very similar, in many regards.

It's possible to enjoy both.

how can you hate the first 100 chapters of something and still keep reading it?

my wife iso so pure

hatewatching, i was interesting for coalition and the high reputation behind

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This guy is fucking great, shame that appearently he's going to disappear from the story soon

Also I enjoy kingdom but man this arc was really fucking dumb, the premise was nice but the execution was such a shitshow (except for the part with Yotanwa which was fine)

>blaming Yas Forums for Kingdom sucking
Kek

I happen to be a fan of Yotanwa myself

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Hinowa ga Yuku is currently in a war campaign arc that gives me kingdom vibes

me but I dropped out after 20 chapters

Nobody told me tsunade had moved to china. That's why she doesn't show up in boruto?

Yotanwa is actually a strong female character though

Loved it, but the last arc was utter shit and sucked all the enthusiasm out of the fanbase

Personally, I like Shin x Kyoukai.

>20,000-30,000 refugees eaten
DECISIVE
QIN
VICTORY

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at least its not a piece of mediocrity like Akagi, wich is basically Kaiji for pretentious plebs

Guts lets niggers fuck his ass, and you expect him to unite one of the biggest empire in history?