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“Failed scholar becomes martial arts master's biographer, ultimately following his path to become the Martial Arts King.”
Tale of a Scribe Who Retires to the Countryside
낙향문사전
7.17
7,016 rank · 4,368 readers · 17 favorites
Martial Arts
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Failed scholar becomes martial arts master's biographer, ultimately following his path to become the Martial Arts King.
A scholar who failed the national exams is picked up by a martial arts master and given the task to record his life into a book. Through their journey, Son Bin meets many great people and soon finds himself following the same path as the master, as the Martial Arts King. (Source: Naver Corporation, translated)
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8.0
/10
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100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.00
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σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
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Running avg · Oct 2022 → Aug 2023
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This is a very relaxing one (even though its in a murim). Although the main character is shown to be slow (like not interesting) the story is pretty good. Unlike the same old "how dare you!?" "are...”
- 7 “This manhwa was a nice change of pace from the regular overpowered MC in the murim world destroying aggressors left, right and center for the first twenty chapters but It was nowhere close to being...”
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A Manhwa Publication
- Published May 2020 – ongoing
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M65180 catalog