is a

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series written by

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and illustrated by . It was serialized in the Japanese ''seinen'' manga magazine ''

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'' from 1998 until 2002. ''The Sword of Shibito'' was also licensed in English by

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and in French by 12 Bis. The manga takes place in the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characteriz ...

of Japan.

Reception

Mania.com's Jarred Pine criticises the manga for its art, which is "a horrible mess". ''Animefringes authors agreed and noted that "the cover art looks great and you get two pages in the manga that look excellent so it’s upsetting to see this".

References

External links

* 1998 manga CPM Press Fantasy anime and manga Gentosha manga Samurai in anime and manga Hideyuki Kikuchi Seinen manga {{manga-stub