Kingdom

I was skeptical to read this manga after seeing all the comments but the manga is quite good. Its engaging and has those surprising moments where the protagonist proves his talent (a la The Breaker:New Waves). Also the story is strong, progressive and has good balance.
Worth a read guys

It's scary how many people believe that this is a masterpiece. At best, this is garbage with a quick turn-over rate.

Fascinating / Realistic Characters
The main character is an idiot who never realized two of his companions were girls for 100+ chapters.

Strategic Battles
LOL. What? Half of the generals rely on their instincts to get themselves and their armies through each battle. The other half, AKA the strategists, usually and pathetically die to the first group. Now guess which half the main character belongs to and how each of his battles unfold.

Like 'Game of Thrones'
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But surprisingly good at showing finer battle details, from troops morale to horse and foot soldiers dependency. The manga tried and succeeded in walking the line between typical shounen battle manga troupes and epic scale warfare: though most generals are superhumen, all battles were decided by either general duels (either as a legit tactic or a gamble, as the enemy can refuse the duel to keep their number advantage), or battle tactics. No man wins a war by himself, which is a huge departure from your everyday shounen.

It will be a great read if you are used to ancient warfare strategy or into strategy video gaming, but still quite enjoyable if you are not. Recommended.

Ever since i read the song of ice and fire series (Game of thrones) all Medieval fantasy just look like feces but NOT THIS!!!!!

Ambitious two main character, fascinating side character, Realistic tactical battle, deep political intrigue, great character development and the detail in historical backgroud THIS MANGA HAS IT ALL.. even you not fan of the genre i suggest you read it.
I hope this manga get licensed in my country, reading it in my computer isn't enough.

This series is, without a doubt, horrible, yet it's translated constantly which kind of makes up for it. It's a '3 more chapters just got released and I've already read 251 of them so I might as well read 3 more' kind of thing. So... don't pick this up because you'll be mildy disappointed throughout 254 chapters of blah.

For those looking for the finer points, there are none so stop looking. The characters suck, the situations are horrible, and overall Kingdom is just bad.

i don't want to spoil the plot so I won't say many things. There is this boy that wants to become an epic general, he's strong, stubborn, not so bright but picks up things quickly, a typical shounen protagonist. He joins the army, earns achievements in wars and he slowly tries to fulfill his dream. The art is average but the story-telling is great. I really love this manga.

This manga is pretty brilliant in showing how advance Qin was compare to pretty much everywhere else in the world. It was the 1st country to employed professional soldiers who could be slaves and peasants with no right and possession into nobles and royalty if they join the army.

I can't say anything about historical accuracies though since most record of this period is more or less folklore or fictitious or political. However, Qin Shi Huang did became a King at the mere age of 13 and had to play puppet to his prime minister and his mother. He even had to call his prime minister 'honored father'. Once he became a real tyrant, he killed everyone as payback.

Shin was actually the most famous general of Qin along with some other generals.

My Current Fav manga

love the strategic battles which is being played both on Minds as well as Battlefield

we are able to see Shin's progress as he journeys from a mere foot soldier to a General which will unite all the Kingdoms under One rule (current China)

So tighten your seat belts and get ready for this roller-coaster of a Journey

Other than the art (not even that bad, just not my cup of tea), this is one of the best mangas I've read. It really brought me to tears. I rarely cry over character deaths, but this manga got me TT_TT. The passion and feelings of the characters feel very real to me, and that's something commendable that the author was able to do through kingdom. I felt a connection with shin and various other characters. Despite the fact that this is a historical manga, it still contains soo much action and thrill. Kingdom brings quite an interesting twist to the classic tale of Qin Shi Huang. This manga is also able to focus on relationships and war, giving a fair balance to both fronts. Though there are some flaws in the way characters think and act at times, it doesn't completely derail the manga. On the contrary, the characters are lively and great to read about. I THANK Hara Yasuhira for creating such a beautiful work.

One of the most amazing, intense and epic shounen mangas I've ever read in the last 10 years. Don't be put off by the art, or the unimpressive start, this manga simply gets better and better. Outstanding storytelling, pacing, and depiction of a wartime era. Give this a shot, get to 10-15 volumes, and you will be astounded.

And one more thing, Ouki is friggin' insane man. And others, I cant name them all, there are simply too many badass characters, its truly hard to describe.

The one thing thing that always ruins long running ( 10+ with no end in sight ) is pacing. So imagine an a couple of the usual cliches, with a sot of generic plot. Then add the authors amazing narrative style, artwork, and see how the generic plot and clichés transform into something truly astounding.

This is a half-fictional half-real story which fills us with historical facts and an imaginative world behind them. The grand army fighting scenes and ancient kingdom of China are portrayed vividly and uniquely. Being someone with quite a fascination for this country's history and culture, I have read all kind of books as well as comics about the topic, enough to say that this work certainly deserves praises. Well, there's a reason why it has 30 volumes as of this moment and is still ongoing due to its popularity.

Though it's clear that this is no accurate history lesson. It's highly exaggerating in every sense and every aspect of the word. In my opinion that's also exactly the best, if not second best thing about the historical manga. You shall have to research the actual events that had happened or about the actual people that existed in that era, while sitting back and enjoying how the mangaka turns them into a fresh interesting story.

(P.S.: For the person who commented before me, it's not the Three Kingdom period. It's the time of Qin Shi Huang, you know, the one who unified China and built the Great Wall and burned scholars alive)