Kingdom (Japanese: キングダム , Hepburn: Kingudamu ) is a Japanese manga series writt and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara. It has be serialized in Shueisha's sein manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since January 2006, with its chapters collected in 68 tankōbon volumes as of April 2023. Kingdom provides a fictionalized account of the Warring States period primarily through the experices of the war orphan Xin and his comrades as he fights to become the greatest geral under the heavs, and in doing so, unifying China for the first time in 500 years.
The series was adapted into a four-season anime television series by studio Pierrot. The first 38-episode season aired from June 2012 to February 2013; a second 39-episode season aired from June 2013 to March 2014; a third 26-episode season by Studio Signpost and Pierrot aired from April 2020 to October 2021; a fourth 26-episode season aired from April to October 2022; a fifth season is set to premiere in January 2024. A live-action film was released in April 2019; a sequel film premiered in July 2022; a third film is set to premiere in July 2023. The anime has be licsed for glish-language release by Crunchyroll.
By April 2023, the Kingdom manga had over 97 million copies in circulation, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. In 2013, the manga won the Grand Prize of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
My Top Five Favorite Kingdom Characters
The story of Kingdom is a fictional adaptation of the Chinese history period known as the Warring States period, which ded in 221 BC wh Ying Zhg, king of Qin, succeeded in conquering the other states and unifying China.
Several of the characters are based on historical figures. Many characters will take the names of people in history, and other times they will have completely differt names; ofttimes, this is the result of Japanese kanji borrowing from Chinese characters, and some Chinese names have no equivalt characters in kanji.
Born during the Warring States period of ancit China, Xin and Piao are war-orphans working as servants in a poor village in the kingdom of Qin. However, they dream to become the Great Gerals of the Heavs and train daily. One day, Piao is tak to the palace for an unknown purpose by a minister and Xin is left behind. A few months later, Piao returns to the village on the verge of death, urging Xin to travel to another village. There, Xin meets a boy nearly idtical to Piao, Ying Zhg the currt King of Qin. Xin learns that Piao served as a body double for Ying Zhg and was mortally wounded in a power struggle for the throne. Though initially furious at Ying Zhg for causing Piao's death, Xin decides to seize the opportunity and aids Ying Zhg in ousting his younger half-brother Chg Jiao and reclaiming the Qin throne. Successful in this deavor, Xin starts his military life as a Qin soldier and th commander on the battlefields of the warring states of China. He reltlessly pursues his goal of becoming the Greatest Geral in the World, also helping King Zhg of Qin achieve his dream of unification to d the incessant warfare once and for all.
Kingdom 4th Season (kingdom: Season 4)
Xin (Shin in the Japanese version) is an orphan boy who grew up as a servant with his best frid Piao. Xin's behavior is predominantly impulsive, however, he inspires his comrades and those around him. After Piao's death, Xin decides to help the King of Qin, Ying Zhg, escape his emies with the help of He Liao Diao. Xin lists in the State of Qin army, and after demonstrating his determination and abilities, Geral Wang Qi appoints him as the leader of a special 100-man Fei Xin Unit. Appointing Qiang Lei and Yuan as his lieutants, Xin joins Wang Qi in his attack on the State of Zhao. He develops great respect for Ying Zhg and their paths become interlocked. Following the invasion of the Wei State, he is made leader of a 1, 000-man unit.
Ying Zhg is the 31st king of the State of Qin. He states that he will unify all of China but has only a few years to do so. There are emies that lay beyond the Qin state (Zhao, Wei, Chu, and other nations) and internal problems with his political rivals, minister Lu Buwei, who plans to take over the throne, and the Que Dowager. Although king, Ying Zhg has not be crowned, so his power is limited. His and Xin's goals became unified wh Xin declares that he would be Ying Zhg's sword in the unification of China. He has a child with the servant woman Xiang named Rei.
Xin's childhood best frid and fellow war orphan, Piao also aims to become a geral rowned throughout all of China. His appearance is idtical to King Ying Zhg and he is offered a position in the Qin palace as Zhg's body double. He accepts the position, only to die fighting at the hands of an assassin hired by the Chg Jiao Faction. Piao is a fictional character created by the author and does not exist in history.
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He Liao Diao is a young girl and the last descdant of a mountain tribe, but she keeps her idtity a secret and dresses as a male. She joins Xin in helping Ying Zhg escape from Liu Bu's soldiers. After witnessing Wang Qi and Xin's war against the Zhao, she tells Shin that she will join the State of Qin Army, but he only laughs. He Liao Diao is tak in as an apprtice of strategic warfare, and later in the story, she becomes the strategist for the Fei Xin Unit. It is hinted that she has romantic feelings for Xin, however, he sees their relationship as more like brother and sister.
Qiang Lei is a superb swordswoman and an efficit killer. She is a former member of the Chi You, a female assassin group in which they advance the expse of killing rival candidates. After the death of her older sister, Qiang Xiang, in a rigged series of deathmatches, Qiang Lei vowed revge against the woman who killed her. She joined the Fei Xin Unit after its formation and became a vice commander, keeping her gder a secret. She is naive in the ways of the world but is much smarter than Xin and he relies on her for battle strategies as well as her sword skills. After Xin discovers her idtity, she becomes more fridly and op towards him and she accepts her place in the unit, calling it her home. Her idtity is revealed to the rest of the Fei Xin Unit after she is severely wounded in the battle against the Wei State. It is inferred that she may have romantic feelings for Xin.
Lord Changw was formerly a skilled warrior during the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin who worked his way up to be one of Qin's Chancellors along with Lord Changping. He is also a sior adviser of the king. He is extremely loyal to Ying Zhg, aiding him in both reclaiming the throne and in the political struggle against Ying's rival, Lü Buwei.
Top 10 Strongest Characters In Kingdom
Lord Changw's loyal subordinate. Initially, Bi was a 1, 000-man commander who rose to the 3000-man commander and finally rises to the rank of Geral after contributing to many of Qin's military campaigns along with Xin. Xin is shown to rely on him, and he has had a crush on Yang Duan He since their first meeting.
Based on the real-life Qin geral, Wang Yi, Wang Qi was the last remaining Six Great Geral's in the time of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. One of Qin's best gerals ev at the time of Ying Zhg's coronation, he trained and honed Li Xin's battle and leadership skills and also christed his unit the Fei Xin Unit. During the Mayang Campaign, Wang Qi faces off against Pang Nuan, one of Zhao's Three Great Gerals and the murderer of his fiancé and fellow Six Great's, Liao. Before he can finish Pang Nuan off he is shot from behind with an arrow, allowing Pang Nuan to stab his heart. Despite being mortally wounded he manages to continue fighting before retreated with Xin and his him. Away from the battle, Wang Qi gives Xin his poleax before finally succumbing to his wounds.
Son of the currt Wang family patriarch and Qin great geral, Wang Jian. Future heir of the Wang family and relative of the late-Qin great geral, Wang Qi. Staunch and strict, does not joke around like Mg Tian or Xin. Very accomplished cavalrym with top notch spear skills. Fighting for conttion of becoming the next great geral together with Xin and Mg Tian. Commander of his own unit, the Ye Fg Unit comprising mostly cavalrym of nobility origins.
Kingdom 3rd Season (kingdom: Season 3)
Mg Tian was the son of one of the Qin's Great Six Geral, Mg Wu, grandson of the old geral Mg Ao, brother of Mg Yi and commander of his own unit, the Ye Hua Unit. Oft being shown to be rather jovial,
He Liao Diao is a young girl and the last descdant of a mountain tribe, but she keeps her idtity a secret and dresses as a male. She joins Xin in helping Ying Zhg escape from Liu Bu's soldiers. After witnessing Wang Qi and Xin's war against the Zhao, she tells Shin that she will join the State of Qin Army, but he only laughs. He Liao Diao is tak in as an apprtice of strategic warfare, and later in the story, she becomes the strategist for the Fei Xin Unit. It is hinted that she has romantic feelings for Xin, however, he sees their relationship as more like brother and sister.
Qiang Lei is a superb swordswoman and an efficit killer. She is a former member of the Chi You, a female assassin group in which they advance the expse of killing rival candidates. After the death of her older sister, Qiang Xiang, in a rigged series of deathmatches, Qiang Lei vowed revge against the woman who killed her. She joined the Fei Xin Unit after its formation and became a vice commander, keeping her gder a secret. She is naive in the ways of the world but is much smarter than Xin and he relies on her for battle strategies as well as her sword skills. After Xin discovers her idtity, she becomes more fridly and op towards him and she accepts her place in the unit, calling it her home. Her idtity is revealed to the rest of the Fei Xin Unit after she is severely wounded in the battle against the Wei State. It is inferred that she may have romantic feelings for Xin.
Lord Changw was formerly a skilled warrior during the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin who worked his way up to be one of Qin's Chancellors along with Lord Changping. He is also a sior adviser of the king. He is extremely loyal to Ying Zhg, aiding him in both reclaiming the throne and in the political struggle against Ying's rival, Lü Buwei.
Top 10 Strongest Characters In Kingdom
Lord Changw's loyal subordinate. Initially, Bi was a 1, 000-man commander who rose to the 3000-man commander and finally rises to the rank of Geral after contributing to many of Qin's military campaigns along with Xin. Xin is shown to rely on him, and he has had a crush on Yang Duan He since their first meeting.
Based on the real-life Qin geral, Wang Yi, Wang Qi was the last remaining Six Great Geral's in the time of King Zhaoxiang of Qin. One of Qin's best gerals ev at the time of Ying Zhg's coronation, he trained and honed Li Xin's battle and leadership skills and also christed his unit the Fei Xin Unit. During the Mayang Campaign, Wang Qi faces off against Pang Nuan, one of Zhao's Three Great Gerals and the murderer of his fiancé and fellow Six Great's, Liao. Before he can finish Pang Nuan off he is shot from behind with an arrow, allowing Pang Nuan to stab his heart. Despite being mortally wounded he manages to continue fighting before retreated with Xin and his him. Away from the battle, Wang Qi gives Xin his poleax before finally succumbing to his wounds.
Son of the currt Wang family patriarch and Qin great geral, Wang Jian. Future heir of the Wang family and relative of the late-Qin great geral, Wang Qi. Staunch and strict, does not joke around like Mg Tian or Xin. Very accomplished cavalrym with top notch spear skills. Fighting for conttion of becoming the next great geral together with Xin and Mg Tian. Commander of his own unit, the Ye Fg Unit comprising mostly cavalrym of nobility origins.
Kingdom 3rd Season (kingdom: Season 3)
Mg Tian was the son of one of the Qin's Great Six Geral, Mg Wu, grandson of the old geral Mg Ao, brother of Mg Yi and commander of his own unit, the Ye Hua Unit. Oft being shown to be rather jovial,
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