【Kaiouki】 Adventure x Fantasy! Ranked amongst the Top 10 on the Tohan Charts!! A story filled with adventures and action!!

2022-06-13

What is “Kaiouki”?

Kaiouki is a Japanese adventure manga series written and illustrated by Masatoshi Kawahara.
The manga series was published in Kodansha from 1998 to 2010. It’s individual chapters were compiled and published into 45 separate volumes. The manga series ranked as number 9th on the Tohan Charts for its 36th volume. A great series covering the genres like Action, Fantasy, and Martial-arts.
An anime television adaptation of this series has not been announced as of yet.
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What’s the story?

The story begins with introducing Maia, the princess of a fallen kingdom, who is escorted by Tuban, the greatest swordsman in the continent. They are on a search for someone named Iruanja.
Along their journey, they come across an old man who informs them to seek Anaharamu if they want to find Iruanja.
As they leave the old man's shack and head to the docks, they come across a man named Ron, who is accompanied by his men. When Ron and his men board a ship, they are jumped by pirates. A fight erupts, and both parties incur casualties. Ron is furious at the death of his troops and prepares to confront the pirate’s leader, Red Assassin.
One of the pirates’ tries to attack Ron from behind, but is intercepted by Fan Ganma, a mysterious young man carrying a falcon on his shoulder and also the protagonist of this story.
Ganma insists on Ron and Assassin to continue their fight, but Red Assassin and his men flee as soon as they spot Tuban observing them from a distance.
Ganma introduces himself to Tuban and Ron. Maia recognizes the Falcon on his shoulder and asks weather he knows Iruanja, but Ganma refuses to answer.
Ron leaves to board a ship but the crew refuses to let him on, saying that they can’t have someone on board who is wanted by pirates.
Sariu, Ron's sister, enters on horseback and fires an arrow at Ganma, suspecting him of attacking Ron and his soldiers. Maia rushes in front of Ganma, trying to protect him, but Tuban catches the arrow with his bare hands before it can reach her. Maia refuses to let anyone kill Ganma before he answers her question.
Before the fight can escalate any further, a young fruit seller named Nikka arrives, carrying a fruit trolley. Ganma throws a fruit to everyone in an attempt to persuade them to stop fighting. The next thing you know, everyone is eating Kima fruit around the trolley, and it is revealed that Ron is the king of this borderland country.
Ron says that he is on a mission to increase his country’s influence, but no ship is willing to accept them now.
Sariu departs in search of a suitable ship, but is apprehended by one of the pirates who remained behind. He takes her hostage and demands that Ron show up alone on the western cape of the ocean by boat to get his sister back.
Ron immediately takes a raft and starts clumsily rowing in their direction. Ganma, Maia, and Tuban watch Ron rowing in the middle of the ocean, open to attacks from all sides.
Ganma’s falcon takes flight in the opposite direction and returns a few moments later with Ganma responding, “It has arrived.”
A huge ship with pitch black sails comes up from around the island. Tuban immediately recognizes the black ship as one of the ships of the famous Sea King Family, a tribe that lives and travels on the ocean.
The three jump onto the ship, and Tuban asks Ganma who he really is, to which he replies, “ Fan Ganma Bizen, no more and no less”.
Who really is Ganma, and what is he hiding?
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