Publisher's Synopsis
The action manga bestseller returns, in 600-pageeditions featuring a remastered translation and new cover art by creatorHiroyuki Takei! Dive into the classic Shonen Jump adventure whose world ofmystical spirits and bewitching battles inspired the classicanime.
This volume corresponds to Vol.16-18 of the original release, featuring updated translation and lettering, backin print more than 20 years after its initialrelease!
In a world where shamanscommunicate with the dead and call forth the power of legendary spirits todefeat their enemies in both body and soul, Yoh is a teenager with the ultimateambition: to become the Shaman King, the one and only shaman who may communewith the Great Spirit and help remake the world for the better. But the road tothis pinnacle of spiritual power runs through the Shaman Fight, a gauntlet ofbattles with rival mediums who call forth dizzying powers from the world of thedead in their own bids for the crown. At Yoh's side is Anna, his coach,fiancée, and a powerful medium in her own right. Sure, it'd be nice ifYoh had a little more time to train and mature...but the Shaman Fight is onlyheld once every 500 years, so he's going to have to grow upquick!
This volume corresponds to Vol.16-18 of the original release, featuring updated translation and lettering, backin print more than 20 years after its initialrelease!
In a world where shamanscommunicate with the dead and call forth the power of legendary spirits todefeat their enemies in both body and soul, Yoh is a teenager with the ultimateambition: to become the Shaman King, the one and only shaman who may communewith the Great Spirit and help remake the world for the better. But the road tothis pinnacle of spiritual power runs through the Shaman Fight, a gauntlet ofbattles with rival mediums who call forth dizzying powers from the world of thedead in their own bids for the crown. At Yoh's side is Anna, his coach,fiancée, and a powerful medium in her own right. Sure, it'd be nice ifYoh had a little more time to train and mature...but the Shaman Fight is onlyheld once every 500 years, so he's going to have to grow upquick!
