Akkanbee Ikkyu
あっかんべェ一休
“14th-century monk Ikkyu, emperor's son, pursues spirituality despite life's hardships and setbacks.”
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Synopsis
14th-century monk Ikkyu, emperor's son, pursues spirituality despite life's hardships and setbacks.
This is a biography of the famous Buddhist monk Ikkyu from the late Hisashi Sakaguchi. Set in 14th century Japan, Ikkyu must learn to live and excel as a monk, despite the fact that his father is the emperor. His intelligence and purity help him succeed, but he continues to get the short end of the stick in life. Can Ikkyu perservere in his quest for spirituality in spite of everything that is set against him? (Source: Omanga)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
6.0/10
What 2
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50% recommend
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SplitPolarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 ptsRecommenders 8.0 · others 4.0
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2.00Verbosity
Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
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Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8/10 “Akkanbee Ikkyu is a dense, historically rich work featuring efficient, Otomo-influenced art and a deeply moving, well-constructed journey for the protagonist. While the main character's development...”
- 4/10 “The series features interesting characters and maintains a commendable level of historical accuracy. However, the pacing is incredibly disjointed, making it feel as though entire sections of the...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Akkanbee Ikkyu begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-M3423
A Manga Publication
- Format
- 27 × 4
- ch × vol
- Total read
- 3h 36m
- approx
- Published
- May 1993 – Nov 1995
- Source
- Manga
- media type
- Ref.
- BS-M3423
- catalog