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“Mercenary Cleo, seeking retirement, is unexpectedly protected by mysterious demi-human Amber after a final job goes wrong.”
Völundio: Divergent Sword Saga
異剣戦記ヴェルンディオ
7.84
1,334 rank · 5,163 readers · 45 favorites
Action
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Mercenary Cleo, seeking retirement, is unexpectedly protected by mysterious demi-human Amber after a final job goes wrong.
Cleo is a mercenary looking to live a self-sufficient life, but the job that would have been his last was much more than he bargained for. While attempting to escape he runs across a strange demi-human named Amber, who for unknown reasons has made it her mission to protect him.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 0.82
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 1.00
Running avg · Jul 2022 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “I was browsing through manga's to read and I saw this manga. The artstyle reminded me of a certain manga called Helck so I checked the author and it seemed like the mangas both originated from the...”
- 9 “After years of reading Iken Senki Völundio and loving the author's previous work Helck I believe I've seen enough to get a good understanding of the manga. Völundio has many of the same qualities...”
- 8 “I recently completed the manga "Helck", and to sum up my opinions on that very shortly I'd say... It was alright! While not perfect, Helck was a solid read that had fun, entertaining action, and...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 67%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Published Aug 2020 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55173 catalog