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“Slave Cestus trains under legendary gladiator to fight for freedom in Roman-era bare-knuckle arena.”
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs
拳闘暗黒伝セスタス
7.41
4,088 rank · 3,363 readers · 28 favorites
Seinen
Combat Sports
Historical
Action
Drama
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Synopsis
Slave Cestus trains under legendary gladiator to fight for freedom in Roman-era bare-knuckle arena.
Cestus, a young slave, fighting for his freedom as a bare knuckle gladiator studying under a legendary gladiator who fought and drawed with the head of the imperial guards in the Roman era.
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
7.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.41
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.41 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Dec 2016 → Apr 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “An extremely good manga that delves into roman politics and slave boxing which i found very intresting, The story revolves around a slave boxer who is tryng to be free. Story- 7 This manga is like...”
- 8 “Me: Yo. Where my Gladiator (Movie) fans at? If you liked/loved Spartacus (TV Series), lemme get a loud HOORAH!!!! Readers:........ Me: C'mon, I can't hear you. Do y'all need some milk? Someone get...”
- 5 “Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs...To quote a man that was about to pick up a cupcake "I mean It's alright like, overrated as fuck in my opinion." Story 5/10: The story seemed interesting since I heard it's...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 154 × 15 ch × vol
- Total read 20h 32m approx
- Published Nov 1997 – Mar 2009
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11062 catalog