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“Deposed young emperor trains to become strongest warrior and reclaim his stolen throne from usurper uncle.”
The Sword of Emperor
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7.28
5,517 rank · 2,255 readers · 22 favorites
Shounen
Historical
Action
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Deposed young emperor trains to become strongest warrior and reclaim his stolen throne from usurper uncle.
A young Emperor is cast out of his Empire by his uncle, who seizes the throne for himself. The young Emperor sets out to become the strongest among the living, and take back what is rightfully his... (Source: Easy Going Scans)
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What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 0.82
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σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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Running avg · Nov 2013 → Nov 2015
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The story is nice but a cliché, yet somehow gripping the art is crappy, the characters are cool and are well placed within the story making the story quit amusing and funny at times . i would have...”
- 8 “This is a rather refreshing Korean manhwa. The story is good, it kept living up to or exceeding my expectations all the way through the manhwa. Its only weakness is that it often skips from one...”
- 7 “I'll just put right out of the bat, The sword of the emperor got cancelled, just till chapter 44 and after further search on the net, I've learned the light novel, where the mahnwa is adapted, is...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 33%
Long · 33%
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 44 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 52m approx
- Published Jan 2004 – ongoing
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M20902 catalog