“First Lieutenant Shinjou Naoe leads 600 soldiers against 40,000 invading Teikoku troops in desperate delaying action.”
Koukoku no Shugosha
皇国の守護者
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Synopsis
First Lieutenant Shinjou Naoe leads 600 soldiers against 40,000 invading Teikoku troops in desperate delaying action.
It's about a war between Koukoku (The Imperial country) and Teikoku (The Empire). The main charactor Shinjou Naoe, First Lieutenant of the Koukoku army, is thrown into a long desperate war. The sudden invasion by Teikoku East division crushed the Koukoku North Defense Forces. Shinjou and his 600 men battalion was ordered to battle in the rear and delay the advance of Teikoku 40,000 men army. (Source: ANN)
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Derived from 2 sampled reviews
What 2 readers settled on.
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 0.50
Running avg · Mar 2008 → Aug 2019
- 9 “Man, this manga deserves more recognition, though sadly the author has passed away so I hope that what I personally find to be his best work gets more recognition. Story 8: What a heart pounding...”
- 10 “The Koukoku world is quite a "fantasy"; it has dragons, telepathy and saver tigers, but its "reallity" of war and soldiers struck me so much that I choose this title as the BEST...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 34 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 32m approx
- Published Jun 2004 – Sep 2007
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M3800 catalog