Kingdom

Yasuhisa Hara wrote and drew Kingdom, which is presently published in Young Jump. It was eventually adapted into an anime and a feature film. The narrative begins in China in 245 B.C., during the Warring-states period. Thousands of decades had gone by since the period of legends when man's and god's worlds remained unchanged. During these periods, the world was governed by man's wishes. It is the 500-year conflict era known as the Era of Warring-states.

Born during ancient China's Warring States period, Hyou and Shin are war children in the qin dynasty who each want to become the "Great Generals of the Sky '' to rise above their humble rank as enslaved people. However, one day, a minister takes Hyou to the palace for unknown reasons, leaving Shin behind as a domestic enslaved person in their native peasant hamlet.

After a few months, Hyou comes to the hamlet on the edge of death, pleading with Shin to journey to another village teeming with vagabonds and gangsters. He encounters Ei Sei, Ei Sei, the present King of Qin, who has a striking resemblance to Hyou. Shin discovers that his closest buddy acted as Ei Sei's body double and was fatally injured during a political battle for the crown. Though initially furious at Ei Sei for provoking Hyou's death, Shin resolves to help the young king overcome his younger brother and restore the Qin kingdom.

Year of Release: 2006

Author: Yasuhisa Hara

2021 Sales: ~4.6M copies