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Sōten Kōro

Sōten Kōro poster
Genre
action anime and manga
Country
Japan

How it feels

The story follows military campaigns and political struggles of the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. It focuses on the life of Cao Cao, a warlord who rises to power through battles and strategy.

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What happens

Sōten Kōro (蒼天航路; lit. 'Blue Sky Route'), also known as Beyond the Heavens, is a Japanese manga series by Hagin Yi and King Gonta. It started in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Morning in 1994. Following Hagin Yi's death in 1998, King Gonta continued the manga alone, until its conclusion in 2005. Its chapters were collected in thirty-six tankōbon volumes. A twenty-six episode anime television series adaptation by Madhouse was broadcast on Nippon TV from April to September 2009. As of February 2017, the manga had over 18 million copies in circulation. In 1998, Sōten Kōro won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award in the general category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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