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“Underdog Gama Kurogane fights for Naoyoshi in deadly Unabara succession battle using "weak" Ogama style.”
Gamaran
我間乱 〜GAMARAN〜
7.69
1,994 rank · 34,072 readers · 641 favorites
Shounen
Historical
Martial Arts
Action
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Synopsis
Underdog Gama Kurogane fights for Naoyoshi in deadly Unabara succession battle using "weak" Ogama style.
Unabara Domain—home to nightmarishly strong students and masters of martial arts of all kinds. The lord of the Unabara has decided that whichever of his sons discovers the strongest martial arts style will be his heir, but when 28th son Naoyoshi Washizu decides on Ogama-style practitioner Gama Kurogane, son of notorious father and scion of a "weak" style, to represent him, the odds seem bleak. But between Naoyoshi's determination and Gama's hard-earned strength, they may yet come out on top! (Source: Kodansha USA)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 16 sampled reviews
7.5
/10
What 16 readers settled on.
93%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 7
σ 1.32
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.32 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.9 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.50
Running avg · Nov 2009 → Nov 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “The story is quite original, a martial arts competition where fighting styles are pitted against each other to find out which style reigns supreme. The art however, is not something to be bragged...”
- 10 “im too lazy but i loved this manga a hell of a lot, probably wont appeal to all but i finished this in like 2 days, im very put off by ancient or historical manga but i thought id give it a try,...”
- 9 “I just finished this manga It’s been a long time since I read something realistic, bloody and with a GREAT ART!! It’s so satisfying. I liked all the main characters “ this is rare to happen LOL “,...”
Verbosity
Short · 44%
Medium · 38%
Long · 19%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 194 × 22 ch × vol
- Total read 25h 52m approx
- Published May 2009 – Jun 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9551 catalog