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“Humans wage war on orcs, face divine punishment via dragons; now plot to kidnap a dragon to regain balance.”
Dark Mage
다크 메이지
6.99
9,857 rank · 1,928 readers · 8 favorites
Seinen
Martial Arts
Action
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Humans wage war on orcs, face divine punishment via dragons; now plot to kidnap a dragon to regain balance.
Once... Humans and Orcs peacefully co-existed, but at some point humans got greedy and started a war claiming the Orcs' territory. The diety-Lord who created all, got angry with the humans' greed and decided to punish them with 3 catastrophes. One of them was the "Dragons", divine creatures blessed with magic capable of doing almost anything. Now the Orcs, with a "Dragon" by their side, seem to have the upper hand. Will humans just sit back and see their land get destroyed? They are too devious for that... Their only good plan at that point is to abduct a "Dragon" to even things up. But how are they going to manage the capture of a being with so much power? (Source: Easy Going Scans)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
9.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 8
σ 0.82
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σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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Running avg · Mar 2012 → Dec 2013
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “If you're wondering whether to read Jackals, Priest, Red Soul or Dark Mage, well I've read them all and I'll have to say: Dark Mage has by far the best art out of all of them. By far. The character...”
- 8 “With a title like Dark Mage you may expect this manga to be about a cutesy little black mage who runs around saving people with his fireball and thunder spells. At least that is what I thought, but...”
- 9 “I shan't tell the story, because the summary is already up there, and frankly, that would ruin it for you. I'll just say that the story centers around a hunchback with an attitude. It begins, I...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 21 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 48m approx
- Published Jan 2005 – ongoing
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M12566 catalog