Shaman King Japanese: Hepburn: Shman Kingu is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. It follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight. Never before did I even thought it would become one of my favorites but it did. Story 8/10 The plot of Shaman King revolves around Yoh Asakura a shaman a medium between the worlds of the living and the dead. Yoh seeks to become the Shaman King the one who is able to contact the Great Spirit and will gain the ability to reshape the world in any way they wish and for this purpose he must win the Shaman Fight a battle held once every 500 years between competing shamans. The plot For the most part is pretty straight foward as the Shaman King tournament takes places every 500 years unlike something like Dragon Ball whos World Martial Arts Tournament take place every 4 years. While our protagonist Yoh does have a goal the plot speaks for it self as we get to know why Yoh needs to become the Shaman King and we get to know the story of other characters and why its important for Yoh to become the Shaman King. Characters 8/10 Shaman King has possibly some of my favorite characters in anime and manga it wouldnt exactly tie Bleach or My Hero Academia if you look on my favorite characters list but it does have some. Yoh is a really good protagonist he isnt a Goku clone like Luffy or Naruto No Disrespect BTW a nice guy like Gon Kirito or Deku a dense character that gets girls like almost every harem protagonist or and a sympathetic character either Yoh is basically a unorthodox anime character similar to Ichigo from Bleach Who can also be considered that as well he appears as this lazy demeanor who is accompanied by a sixhundredyearold samurai ghost while is character development isnt big as some more notable anime characters he at least has some character development. Other characters are likeable too Anna Ren Horohoro etc. I wont be going in depth on them I will be in going in a bit depth in Hao I believe hes one of the best villains in anime hes basically Shaman Kings version of Aizen and his reasons for hating humanity is really good. While he isnt a I want to take over the world because Im evil or a had a shitty past it make him a well written villain I believe hes one of the best villains in anime. Enjoyment 9/10 Never would I thought I would enjoy this series the way I did while the series started out gagish at the beginning it later became more serious at the end heck I even enjoy the ending Overall I really like this series Its one of my most favorite manga possibly every while it does have its flaws Such as making Manta one of the main characters and the narrator a background character in the middle of the series its pretty good that why I rate it a 88/100.