Kingdom, Vol. 9 Binding: Paperback

Kingdom, Vol. 9 Binding: Paperback

• The journey of young orphan Xin’s rise to glory as a great general in the Qin kingdom’s quest to do what has never been done before—unify China.
  
  Xin is a war orphan in a poor village in the kingdom of Qin. He has big dreams of becoming the Greatest General Under the Heavens, and when his best friend’s life is cut short by political machinations, Xin finds himself on a quest to do what no one has ever done before—unify China.
  
  There is an enemy lurking within the kingdom of Qin’s own court… King Ying Zheng knows exactly who is behind the repeated assassination attempts against his life. When Xin learns who it is, the real question on his mind is why his friend Qiang Lei, who fought with him against the Wei army, is assisting these assassins. The biggest threat to the kingdom of Qin is about to reveal himself…Yasuhisa Hara was born June 9, 1975, in Kiyama in Saga prefecture. Before his career as a manga creator, he became captivated by the Chinese historical text known asShiji, which was the inspiration for his hit seriesKingdom. In 2005, he started working as an assistant under the esteemed manga creator Takehiko Inoue, while starting to work onKingdom, which began serialization inYoung Jumpin 2006.
  
  Kingdomfollows the historical events outlined inShiji, and Yasuhisa Hara allows himself creative freedom to fill in any holes in the historical records. Since the beginning of the serialization, Kingdom has sold 110 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling manga in the world.
  
  Yasuhisa Hara won the 17th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Grand Prize for his work on the series.Kingdom’s anime adaptation began in 2013, and is still ongoing for over 10 years. The series has also been adapted into multiple live-action films.
  
  Yasuhisa Hara is far and away one of the most influential and best-selling manga creators in Japan. His work onKingdomis a testament to his dedication to telling a compelling story, usingShijias a road map for one of the best historical epics in manga of all time.
• Hara, Yasuhisa
• ISBN: 9781974761371