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“Orphaned Taikobo leads Houshin Project to seal immortals, trained by the demon who slaughtered his clan.”
Hoshin Engi
封神演義
7.45
3,783 rank · 8,979 readers · 251 favorites
Shounen
Mythology
Adventure
Fantasy
Supernatural
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Synopsis
Orphaned Taikobo leads Houshin Project to seal immortals, trained by the demon who slaughtered his clan.
When his clan is wiped out by a beautiful demon, young Taikobo finds himself in charge of the mysterious Houshin Project. Its mission: find all immortals living in the human world and seal them away forever. But who do you trust—and whose side are you really on—when you've been trained to hunt demons by a demon? (Source: VIZ Media)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 10
mode 10
σ 2.36
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.36 · split reception
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 3.33
Running avg · Jun 2009 → Aug 2022
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I had to get out of bed and grab my computer just to write this review, because this manga deserves much more love. To start with, it's got a really specific style that is both cinematic, intricate...”
- 10 “This is actually my first review on MAL so go easy on me the manga I'm reviewing is houshin engi which is amazing and one of my favorite manga Story: the story is about a man (he looks 15 but he's...”
- 5 “Hoshin Engi is just one of those manga, either you like it or you don't. Its a decent storyline, but sometimes it drags. This manga goes back and forth a lot, one volume is good the next one is...”
Verbosity
Short · 67%
Medium · 33%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 206 × 23 ch × vol
- Total read 27h 28m approx
- Published Jun 1996 – Oct 2000
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M0854 catalog