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“Three Kingdoms retelling spotlighting merchant Sima Yi's business acumen and his family's deadly Handicapped Warriors assassins.”
The Ravages of Time
火鳳燎原
8.21
475 rank · 17,978 readers · 500 favorites
Historical
Military
Action
Adventure
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Synopsis
Three Kingdoms retelling spotlighting merchant Sima Yi's business acumen and his family's deadly Handicapped Warriors assassins.
The Ravages of Time is an adaptation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, showing the fortunes of Liu Bei, Cao Cao, the Sun family, and the Sima family. The Simas are a successful and rich merchant family, led by the young Sima Yi, who has shown a flair for spotting profitable business venture ever since a young age. The Sima family, however, possesses a sinister side as they command the Handicapped Warriors, a group of mercenary assassins reputed to be infallible. (Source: Wikipedia)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
9.1
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 1.27
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.27 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 2.13
Running avg · Dec 2008 → Jun 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This manga features incredible, complex strategies in nearly every chapter alongside truly epic battles. However, the lack of exposition for basic historical context makes it extremely difficult to...”
- 10 “At its peak, this is the best manga I have ever read, featuring incredible philosophy, masterful hype-building, and consistently improving art. However, the beginning is god-awful and painful, and...”
- 10 “This masterpiece offers a spectacular, multi-faceted look at the crumbling Han Dynasty, masterfully balancing historical accuracy with unique, intriguing fictional elements like the "Eight...”
Verbosity
Short · 13%
Medium · 50%
Long · 38%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — The Ravages of Time begins and ends here.
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A Manhua Publication
- Published Jun 2001 – ongoing
- Source Manhua media type
- Ref. BS-M1203 catalog