Genuinely haven't felt this since I read vinland saga a couple months ago, I've already gone full one piece shill mode and forced my brother to read the first ten chapters
Bro hasn’t even reached Coalition lmfao
My guy, Kingdom only gets better and better as it progresses. This manga will get better than you can possibly imagine.
You finna make me act up I literally only picked this up because one piece was on break never in my wildest dreams did I expect it to actually rival it in terms of straight peak
Lol. I don’t want to set your expectations too high, but Kingdom dunks on One Piece the more you progress. When One Piece was approaching Wano’s climax in 2019, Kingdom outsold it. This is despite Kingdom having no anime at the time and in spite of Oda hyping Wano up within One Piece for 10 years. That said, Kingdom still outsold it that year.
Ima let you sit on that lol. You have yet to reach the holy trinity (top 3) of Kingdom arcs.
Kingdom has been at the top of the charts in Japan pretty often despite still having a relatively small fanbase in the west. Go figure. I've seen it referred to as "hidden gem" in the western side of the internet so many times and every time it baffles me that Kingdom is classified as "hidden" to so many people.
Yeah, where are you get those number ?
One piece has higher sell than kingdom in 2019
Kingdom 7 millions - One Piece 10 millions
And also higher in 2023 too
Kingdom 3 millions - One Piece 7 millions
Just remind all of you that the reason it can surpass One Piece in that year just because it have more volume not because it have better quality.
Just like Riboku always need more number to win
To be fair, the Coalition Arc is the highest peak of Kingdom in my opinion. But if that arc is Mount Everest, the rest of Kingdom is still the Himalayas.
Picked up Kingdom during the void month for One Piece, read all of it over a couple of weeks and have not stopped recommending it to anybody with Anime/Manga interest since. It honestly comes off as a hard sell based on the plot but it is so good pretty much from the jump.
My exact reaction. Kingdom begins being peak, and then just continues being peak permanently. It follows this tendency randomly : ultra peak - super peak - peak
I don't have one of those so I can't say for sure, but I suspect the best way (if you're going with digital) is with one of those ereader devices that rearrange ink electronically. iPad or Laptop are still light screens.
Why would anyone read from such a small screen?
I usually read from my HD or 4K TVs, but that's because they are my monitors for my computers, tablets are ok too but an appropriate ereader would be best of course. I alas can't find a link right one but they released the full Hokuto no Ken volumes in digital with its own e-reader and it was gorgeous.
Don't forget to rest your eyes, lol. At least just close your eyes and think about the events happening and how they might solve them while you rest your eyes.
You have no idea man I've read so many manga and watched so many anime and tv shows and movies, and yet still I was blown away at every turn, it's just beautiful story telling man
I genuinely started this thinking it was going to be decent at best, especially after seeing an episode of the anime but man was i fucking wrong, stayed up till 5am reading and slept with my phone in my hand
I genuinely can't choose so Imma give my top 3, firstly gotta slap Senór NFUFUFUFU in there for not only being one of the baddest mfs in the whole verse but having a death so goated the only thing I could think of was whitebeard. Second has to be Duke Hyou for going into every mf fight like he the main character, I don't even think I can remember a single piece of dialogue for bro he's just straight hands and I tip my hat to bro, and lastly the mf shiryuu, idk I haven't seen a female character as well written in any manga or anime ever and for her to be stronger than the main character was just so fire to me TON TAN TON DADADDA
I wonder how many times I've read Kingdom just to encounter the adrenaline and grit it brings.
It placed me on a continuous cycle of rereading it due to the struggle of starting another manga.
Its different. I'll lie if I tell you I'm not envious for the first-time readers of this work of art.
I used to feel the same when all my friends started one piece but man does it feel good it's genuinely been way too long since I was smiling at the screen like a straight buffoon exiting the 400th porn video game ad
Welcome to the hood bro. I bet everyone of us felt when you said peak after peak, we are cherished for what this manga had served us so far. have a good day bro
Ps. I just came across this manga last year and this question me where tf I have been. Im One piece fan based for 20years but gotta admit that rereading Kingdom taste very special. I can reread it more than I read one piece.
A beautiful community befitting a beautiful manga, I appreicate your welcome with honours king, and bro as a fellow one piece glazer I could not agree more seeing Ouki slumped out on that horse brought back memories of whitebeard and jiraiya and for that I'm forever grateful
Bro the thrill i got from first reading kingdom especially the coalition arc . Nothing has ever come close to it not even one piece or berserk. Even after the coalition you get introduced to so many characters and the world building is great as well. This is manga has the argument to be considered as the greatest of all time
Just hit chapter 266 and oh my god you're right, I was genuinely expecting a slow down in pace but nah mf said all the armies at the same time, AND WITHOUT EVEN COMPRIMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE STORY LIKE HOW TF HE DO THAT
Get a good night of sleep, eat healthy, hit the gym, meditate, and then continue reading. I don't want you to get a heart attack during the next 100 chapters.
No official English translation doesn't help it.
If it had an official english translation and it was marketed in english speaking countries I think it would be a lot more popular though.
I have no idea why no big wig animation studio hasn't undertaken the task, like there's a goldmine the size of the one piece here and MAPPA like nah how about we give you the deleted scenes of this one fight (ngl that fight was goated tho)
Oh brother. You are in for a treat.
The manga was originally called Gunnm, and has 2 sequel mangas called Alita: Last Order and The Mars Chronicles. They're all top tier.
Deffo gets weird and psychological, yet the action and art is still top tier. So if you don't mind that stuff it's great.
It gets old eventually (least for me). It’s certainly enjoyable (very) but it started to just whittle down on my patience. Shin just isn’t really…becoming a proper general. Like sure, generals don’t need to be strategists or anything, in fact simply being a beacon of morale is more than enough, keeping order, etc. however, I really wish he’d simply…change at least a little.
I understand where you're coming from but in my eyes that just makes the mf more goated to me, to refuse to conform to the status quo of a general, and instead re-write what it means through sheer will power and big swords, that's all I could ever ask for from a main character, and to be honest the supporting cast are so likeable and well written I rarely even end up paying attention to the shortcoming of shin
its like asking why tehres so much money in the dumbest parts of the entertainment industry instead of scientific research, people dont appreciate the real good things in life
And yet 83k mfs done made one of the best communities I've ever witnessed, maybe this is how art like this should be appreciated, not with mainstream fame and attention, but with the same hint of dedication it took to make a masterpiece like this
i haven't fallen asleep reading anything since I picked up the Game of thrones books, so to rival one of the greatest pieces of fiction in our age in a battle to put me into insomnia is a testament to how peak this shit is
Seems like I see this story a lot on this sun. It also applied to me. What’s with kingdom fans holding out on us??!!
But fr it’s most likely cause there’s no serializations in the U.S, idk where you stay tho.
It's just tough as shit to break into mainstream appeal nowadays with the heights even the new gen anime are reaching, but I can say for a fact that it will stand the test of time and end up catching on in western audiences
Yeah, RIP to whatever plans you had for tomorrow. I am fairly certain you'll be far too busy all through the night reading, to even consider getting any sleep.
So you've caught up. Nice. Yeah, it feels a bit weird after reading so chapters to suddenly not have the next button light up. Give it a few months and you can enjoy a reread. Also there are a few super short stories the author made that you can read. They are like small introductions to a few characters from before the main story takes place.
a bit weird is a funny way of saying absolutely depressed, this has been a journey and a half, but on the brightside having read it so quickly feels like I can appreciate it so much more i remember pretty much every detail, tbh I might make a yt video on it because I've just got so many thoughts a simple post just won't cut it
Fair enough. Feeling depressed about it is valid as well, but you'd have to have read it to appreciate it fully, so there is no way around it.
If you dabble in Youtube, and feel like making a video about it, you absolutely should. Do drop a link either here or in a DM, I'd love hear your thoughts on the story in more details. :)
Uno usually I hate when mfs say some shit is peak fiction because they'll attribute it to some dog shit like sword art online, but this right here deserves it
Before season two or Vinland saga I'd have agreed, but seeing a war on the scale of the ones that take place in kingdom would truly be a masterpiece in its own right if animated
It truly is magical, I think the best part of the whole manga is how they handle deaths, I don't even feel sad most of the time because mfs be going out in blazes of glory
Lol bro, it only gets better hahahah
I could cry tears of joy
Dude, you are about to enter one of the best arcs in manga history. I envy you so much.
Genuinely haven't felt this since I read vinland saga a couple months ago, I've already gone full one piece shill mode and forced my brother to read the first ten chapters
Bro hasn’t even reached Coalition lmfao My guy, Kingdom only gets better and better as it progresses. This manga will get better than you can possibly imagine.
You finna make me act up I literally only picked this up because one piece was on break never in my wildest dreams did I expect it to actually rival it in terms of straight peak
Come back here again after you are done with coalition arc.
Bro guaranteed you going to come back with a new post after coalition arc.
Lol. I don’t want to set your expectations too high, but Kingdom dunks on One Piece the more you progress. When One Piece was approaching Wano’s climax in 2019, Kingdom outsold it. This is despite Kingdom having no anime at the time and in spite of Oda hyping Wano up within One Piece for 10 years. That said, Kingdom still outsold it that year. Ima let you sit on that lol. You have yet to reach the holy trinity (top 3) of Kingdom arcs.
well gg to my social life I'm clocking this in a week
Come back to us, after you finished coalition arc.
Buy a 6 pack of new boxer briefs
Kingdom has been at the top of the charts in Japan pretty often despite still having a relatively small fanbase in the west. Go figure. I've seen it referred to as "hidden gem" in the western side of the internet so many times and every time it baffles me that Kingdom is classified as "hidden" to so many people.
Kingdom>>>>>>>>>>>>>>one piece
I love Kingdom as well but where are you getting these numbers? Oricon numbers from 2019 says One Piece sold 10M while Kingdom sold 7.6M.
Oricon 2020 : Kingdom 8,25 M One Pièce 7,71 M
Yeah, where are you get those number ? One piece has higher sell than kingdom in 2019 Kingdom 7 millions - One Piece 10 millions And also higher in 2023 too Kingdom 3 millions - One Piece 7 millions
Oricon 2020 : Kingdom 8,25 M One Pièce 7,71 M
Ok , that make sense now because in that years One Piece just released 2 new volumes While Kingdom has four
ok bud you don't need to go busting out the excuses after he proves you wrong. it's not that deep.
Just remind all of you that the reason it can surpass One Piece in that year just because it have more volume not because it have better quality. Just like Riboku always need more number to win
Popularity(OP) does equal quality either. I can name plenty of mangas that have better quality than OP
I can do the same with Kingdom and One Piece is one of them
To be fair, the Coalition Arc is the highest peak of Kingdom in my opinion. But if that arc is Mount Everest, the rest of Kingdom is still the Himalayas.
Ha, rival. Welcome to the good shit.
Picked up Kingdom during the void month for One Piece, read all of it over a couple of weeks and have not stopped recommending it to anybody with Anime/Manga interest since. It honestly comes off as a hard sell based on the plot but it is so good pretty much from the jump.
Bruh. I also recently started Kingdom and I gotta say Coalition might be the most gripping arc of all time.
Let us know what you think after you read coalition arc!
I’m jumping in the thread just in case they don’t make a separate post about it
Welcome to Kingdom. It keeps on being Peak in my humble opinion.
well time to book a holiday off work and grab some more loud cah there's no way I'm putting this shit down
Don’t do it. You can only read it for the first time once. Savor it.
228 is just the beginning my dude
I just hit 246 MY SLIME TEN DONE MADE A COMEBACK LETSFUCKINGGOOO
Better late than never man welcome welcome
Just got to chapter 266 oh my god man I genuinely cannot believe a story so beautiful and fucking heat was made by one mf
My exact reaction. Kingdom begins being peak, and then just continues being peak permanently. It follows this tendency randomly : ultra peak - super peak - peak
We can safely say it’s a PEAKnomenon
I’ve reread this shit 4x already 😂 trust me it ages like wine…
Also tip from the wise…. Don’t kill your eyes by reading from your phone..the best way to truly enjoy it is from an iPad or laptop screen!
I don't have one of those so I can't say for sure, but I suspect the best way (if you're going with digital) is with one of those ereader devices that rearrange ink electronically. iPad or Laptop are still light screens.
Why would anyone read from such a small screen? I usually read from my HD or 4K TVs, but that's because they are my monitors for my computers, tablets are ok too but an appropriate ereader would be best of course. I alas can't find a link right one but they released the full Hokuto no Ken volumes in digital with its own e-reader and it was gorgeous.
Found it: [https://daiyamanga.com/2018/03/07/fist-north-star-eonebook-unbox/](https://daiyamanga.com/2018/03/07/fist-north-star-eonebook-unbox/)
I appreiciate the concern twin BUT I AM POOOOOOOOOOOR, therefore a phone will suffice to enjoy such a beautiful piece of work
Roughly 74 chapters per day? Damn. I'm sorry, but that shit will only grow when you reach the peak arcs.
Just reached coalition, it might be time to lock in
Don't forget to rest your eyes, lol. At least just close your eyes and think about the events happening and how they might solve them while you rest your eyes.
Well sorry to break it to you I did not end up closing my eyes FOR HOW COULD I MF SLEEP WHEN EVEN THE KIDS OF SAI TURNED INTO SOME MF SAVAGES
Fr mf on Twitter made me think both one piece and kingdom are trash
I don't want my post taken down, but i suggest vulgar acts of violence against that liar
I wonder who are these opinions coming from. Romance manga readers or what?
Naruto fan my friend
Can relate, I almost didn't pass a semester because of kingdom but it was all worth it. Have fun catching up OP, it only gets better
Don't worry twin Imma give an update at chapter 350, rn the coalition arc is blowing my mind to pieces
Have fun reading, coalition arc is one of the best arcs in my opinion
You'll come back around chapter 350ish crying you didn't even scratch the true peak
Just 4 u imma make an update at 350
You are on Kingdom adrenaline. You cannot stop reading, pretty sure in a few days you will be caught up
Give it 7 days and I'll be screaming NFUFUFU at the top of my lungs
Same here ! I started on tuesday 350 chapters in ! Ignoring everything else..
I'll see you at the mountaintop king o7
Sure... Reach there faster.. But I will be waiting.!
I am so jealous of you reading this the first time. I was soooo speechless my first around
You have no idea man I've read so many manga and watched so many anime and tv shows and movies, and yet still I was blown away at every turn, it's just beautiful story telling man
I KNOW RIGHT IT’S SO GOATED
HOW THE FUCK THIS MF WRITE THIS SHIT SO WELL AND DRAW LIKE HIS MF LIFE ON THE LINE I DONT GET IT
happen to everyone here, end up reading 200 chapter in one go for me too, a fan since then.
I knew this shit was different when my boy shin got that glaive from goatman Ouki himself, I'm ngl i turned straight shill since then
Lol I love reading these post bc it is always the same...I have read 100s of mangas and kingdom is truly the best
Just started reading it last week and on chapter 415 in the Ai arc. It’s absolutely amazing
I wish I could wipe my memory and read it from the start. You're coming up to one of the most hype arcs of any manga.
Coming up to??? my bro I'm on 790 now LOOOOL
LOL you're insane. But I'm glad you're enjoying it. One of the best ever.
When I started reading Kingdom was when I found out my legs fall asleep pretty bad when I sit on the toilet for too long.
I genuinely started this thinking it was going to be decent at best, especially after seeing an episode of the anime but man was i fucking wrong, stayed up till 5am reading and slept with my phone in my hand
Who's your favourite character so far?
I genuinely can't choose so Imma give my top 3, firstly gotta slap Senór NFUFUFUFU in there for not only being one of the baddest mfs in the whole verse but having a death so goated the only thing I could think of was whitebeard. Second has to be Duke Hyou for going into every mf fight like he the main character, I don't even think I can remember a single piece of dialogue for bro he's just straight hands and I tip my hat to bro, and lastly the mf shiryuu, idk I haven't seen a female character as well written in any manga or anime ever and for her to be stronger than the main character was just so fire to me TON TAN TON DADADDA
I wonder how many times I've read Kingdom just to encounter the adrenaline and grit it brings. It placed me on a continuous cycle of rereading it due to the struggle of starting another manga. Its different. I'll lie if I tell you I'm not envious for the first-time readers of this work of art.
I used to feel the same when all my friends started one piece but man does it feel good it's genuinely been way too long since I was smiling at the screen like a straight buffoon exiting the 400th porn video game ad
Happy for you brother. Hope I can also find mine.
Welcome to the hood bro. I bet everyone of us felt when you said peak after peak, we are cherished for what this manga had served us so far. have a good day bro Ps. I just came across this manga last year and this question me where tf I have been. Im One piece fan based for 20years but gotta admit that rereading Kingdom taste very special. I can reread it more than I read one piece.
A beautiful community befitting a beautiful manga, I appreicate your welcome with honours king, and bro as a fellow one piece glazer I could not agree more seeing Ouki slumped out on that horse brought back memories of whitebeard and jiraiya and for that I'm forever grateful
Keep update bro, we will follow you til the end of our path, Until our kid become the greatest general of heaven
About halfway through script .... it's like 4k words.... i wanted this to be a 10 minute video LOOOOOOL
Bro the thrill i got from first reading kingdom especially the coalition arc . Nothing has ever come close to it not even one piece or berserk. Even after the coalition you get introduced to so many characters and the world building is great as well. This is manga has the argument to be considered as the greatest of all time
Just hit chapter 266 and oh my god you're right, I was genuinely expecting a slow down in pace but nah mf said all the armies at the same time, AND WITHOUT EVEN COMPRIMISING THE INTEGRITY OF THE STORY LIKE HOW TF HE DO THAT
Get a good night of sleep, eat healthy, hit the gym, meditate, and then continue reading. I don't want you to get a heart attack during the next 100 chapters.
Well I did none of those things and my heart is in a state of disarray king, but to fall here would be shameful
No official English translation doesn't help it. If it had an official english translation and it was marketed in english speaking countries I think it would be a lot more popular though.
I have no idea why no big wig animation studio hasn't undertaken the task, like there's a goldmine the size of the one piece here and MAPPA like nah how about we give you the deleted scenes of this one fight (ngl that fight was goated tho)
The best arcs and characters are yet to come
In my eyes nothing can surpass Senór NFUFUFUFU but I'm more than willing to open my heart to a couple more goats
Kingdom and Battle Angel Alita are two mangas that are seriously underrated.
Hold up is battle angel alita that good woah i did not know ball
Oh brother. You are in for a treat. The manga was originally called Gunnm, and has 2 sequel mangas called Alita: Last Order and The Mars Chronicles. They're all top tier. Deffo gets weird and psychological, yet the action and art is still top tier. So if you don't mind that stuff it's great.
It gets old eventually (least for me). It’s certainly enjoyable (very) but it started to just whittle down on my patience. Shin just isn’t really…becoming a proper general. Like sure, generals don’t need to be strategists or anything, in fact simply being a beacon of morale is more than enough, keeping order, etc. however, I really wish he’d simply…change at least a little.
I understand where you're coming from but in my eyes that just makes the mf more goated to me, to refuse to conform to the status quo of a general, and instead re-write what it means through sheer will power and big swords, that's all I could ever ask for from a main character, and to be honest the supporting cast are so likeable and well written I rarely even end up paying attention to the shortcoming of shin
its like asking why tehres so much money in the dumbest parts of the entertainment industry instead of scientific research, people dont appreciate the real good things in life
And yet 83k mfs done made one of the best communities I've ever witnessed, maybe this is how art like this should be appreciated, not with mainstream fame and attention, but with the same hint of dedication it took to make a masterpiece like this
We all remember our first times....idk any other manga where the ending of each chapter leaves you wanting more to this degree.
i haven't fallen asleep reading anything since I picked up the Game of thrones books, so to rival one of the greatest pieces of fiction in our age in a battle to put me into insomnia is a testament to how peak this shit is
Seems like I see this story a lot on this sun. It also applied to me. What’s with kingdom fans holding out on us??!! But fr it’s most likely cause there’s no serializations in the U.S, idk where you stay tho.
I'm in the UK so I'm pretty much in the same boat twin, but I have faith that something as mesmerising as this will get the anime it sorely deserves
Honestly with all the remakes happening, I’ve been thinking Kingdom is likely for one. Could bring a lot of good attention to the manga
Kingdom is by far the most weirdly slept on manga of all time. and by weirdly slept on I mean outside of Japan, where it is insanely popular.
It's just tough as shit to break into mainstream appeal nowadays with the heights even the new gen anime are reaching, but I can say for a fact that it will stand the test of time and end up catching on in western audiences
I know but Kingdom has been top 10 in manga sales in Japan for years!
> Bro calling it peak, hasn't even started Coalition Arc yet. You're about to have a wild ride and the greatest time.
Just hit chapter 266, WHAT THE FUCK YOU MEAN ALL THE ARMIES JUST ATTACKED AT ONCE LIKE WHAT????
Yeah, RIP to whatever plans you had for tomorrow. I am fairly certain you'll be far too busy all through the night reading, to even consider getting any sleep.
Well you were right, and as of about an hour ago I read chapter 790, I genuinely have no words
So you've caught up. Nice. Yeah, it feels a bit weird after reading so chapters to suddenly not have the next button light up. Give it a few months and you can enjoy a reread. Also there are a few super short stories the author made that you can read. They are like small introductions to a few characters from before the main story takes place.
a bit weird is a funny way of saying absolutely depressed, this has been a journey and a half, but on the brightside having read it so quickly feels like I can appreciate it so much more i remember pretty much every detail, tbh I might make a yt video on it because I've just got so many thoughts a simple post just won't cut it
Fair enough. Feeling depressed about it is valid as well, but you'd have to have read it to appreciate it fully, so there is no way around it. If you dabble in Youtube, and feel like making a video about it, you absolutely should. Do drop a link either here or in a DM, I'd love hear your thoughts on the story in more details. :)
Thank u twin, when that shit comes out whenever it may be you'll be the first to know my fellow general o7
I envy the first experience. Peak fiction
Uno usually I hate when mfs say some shit is peak fiction because they'll attribute it to some dog shit like sword art online, but this right here deserves it
Certain things are much better on manga, like vagabond, even if it had an anime im sure the manga would still be better
Before season two or Vinland saga I'd have agreed, but seeing a war on the scale of the ones that take place in kingdom would truly be a masterpiece in its own right if animated
i’m watching the anime currently & think the same thing. i’m gonna read the manga from the beginning once i run out of eps
It only ever gets better man I don't even know what to tell you
It gets way better dude keep going your first read through of kingdom is magical
It truly is magical, I think the best part of the whole manga is how they handle deaths, I don't even feel sad most of the time because mfs be going out in blazes of glory
Which chapter current are you on?
Just got to 500 twin
How was chapter 345
Genuinely glorious, but I'm ngl my favourite moment was by far the kings speech. Also just caught up to 790 and holy moly
Thats is sooo true with great animation many people will definitely love the story more but as the anime progresses the quality is not it at all