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“Hero's descendant accidentally frees ancient sorceress; must stop her from conquering the world again.”
The Legend of Maian
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7.64
2,279 rank · 9,963 readers · 145 favorites
Shounen
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Hero's descendant accidentally frees ancient sorceress; must stop her from conquering the world again.
A powerful sorceress, Feicia Rand Philistin, once tried to conquer the nation of Shurian. In her wake of terror and destruction, a man stood up and rebelled against her oppression and domination. The people called him Maian the Brave (Yongja Maian) and it was he that sealed the evil sorceress. A thousand years later, Fenix Maian in the biggest mistake of his life releases the sealed sorceress that his ancestors have tried so hard to keep imprisoned.Now he has to keep the sorceress from taking over the world once again... (Source: SolitaryCross)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
7.4
/10
What 7 readers settled on.
83%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 2.32
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.32 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.8 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.57
Running avg · Dec 2009 → May 2016
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “what makes this manga so unique , is that it takes your usual "Hero " story and turns it on its head. Its fresh , funny , well written and developed , with all the right amount of romance, action ,...”
- 10 “Once, I read Chrono Trigger, which I had on my top 1 for a long time. And then The Legend of Maian just kicked it to the second place. The Legend of Maian is a refreshing turn to the shounen...”
- 9 “*IF YOU DON'T LIKE SPOILERS, STOP READING NOW.* This manga has a medieval setting that is actually set in the future after our current world. The main characters are Felix Maian, Felicia with a...”
Verbosity
Short · 29%
Medium · 43%
Long · 29%
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A Manhwa Publication
- Format 75 × 14 ch × vol
- Total read 10h 00m approx
- Published Jan 2007 – Jan 2012
- Source Manhwa media type
- Ref. BS-M6543 catalog