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“Wyvern-raised gladiator Fin fights for survival in Rome's brutal Colosseum against cruel fate and emperor.”
Bestiarius
闘獣士 ベスティアリウス
7.36
4,579 rank · 14,448 readers · 114 favorites
Shounen
Historical
Action
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Wyvern-raised gladiator Fin fights for survival in Rome's brutal Colosseum against cruel fate and emperor.
Set in fictional Rome, slaves, criminals, orphans, and monsters fight in the Colosseum. Losing means death. Winning means you live for another day. Fin, a talented gladiator, was raised and trained by the last living wyvern. Yet fate and the emperor are cruel to the two.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 8 sampled reviews
7.9
/10
What 8 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.69
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.69 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.88
Running avg · May 2011 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “(No Spoilers) This manga is amazing. The art is breath taking. The story is spectacular. The characters are very well thought out and easy to relate to even though one of them is a frickin dragon....”
- 8 “To start things of, "Bestiarius" was a read I greatly enjoyed. The story overall is not the newest invention of storytelling, however, it is easy to follow and and the smaller stories combine...”
- 9 “My favorite work by Kakizaki. The way the story is told is very innovative. Each arc has a different protagonist, but the old ones appear and play a prominent role, and each arc has a new core of...”
Verbosity
Short · 63%
Medium · 38%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 54 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 12m approx
- Published Feb 2011 – Dec 2018
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M15333 catalog