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“Two carpenters with mysterious powers build on Hammer Island, a place where humans shouldn't survive, in a battle fantasy.”
Build King
BUILD KING
4.83
22,368 rank · 3,245 readers · 5 favorites
Shounen
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Two carpenters with mysterious powers build on Hammer Island, a place where humans shouldn't survive, in a battle fantasy.
Tonkachi and Renge live on mysterious Hammer Island, a place where no human should be able to survive. The two are carpenters who build houses for the island's inhabitants, but what are their special powers? And what are their dreams? Construction soon begins on this megabuild of a battle fantasy story! (Source: MANGA Plus)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 3
σ 2.00
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.00 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.0 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.00
Running avg · Feb 2021 → Jun 2021
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “Too long didn't read: If you liked Toriko, this series can scratch that itch while providing a glimmer of hope that it can improve upon Toriko's weaker areas. If you didn't like Toriko, you will...”
- 3 “It was pretty mediocre as a one-shot, so I was surprised when they introduced it as a new series. The concept of "building peace" by smacking bad guys with a hammer is really stupid. Terribly...”
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Medium · 50%
Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 25 × 3 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 20m approx
- Published Nov 2020 – Sep 2021
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M55457 catalog