"A Peerless Beauty" ( 絶世の美女, Zessei no bijo) "Kharlan Goes to Battle" ( カーラーンの出陣, Kārān no shutsujin) "The Captive Queen" ( 囚われの王妃, Toraware no ōhi ) "Bacchanal of Bloodshed" ( 流血の狂宴, Ryūketsu no kyōen) "The Bloodstained Gates" ( 血塗れの門, Chimamire no mon) "The Wandering Minstrel" ( 流浪の楽師, Rurō no gakushi ) "One Arrow of Salvation" ( 救いの一矢, Sukui no isshi ) "A Monarchy's Generosity" ( 君主の度量, Kunshu no doryō) "A Reunion with an Old Friend" ( 旧友との再会, Kyūyū to no saikai ) "The Knight in Black" ( 黒衣の騎士, Kokui no kishi ) "The Encounter at Atropatene" ( アトロパテネの会戦, Atoropatene no kaisen) "The Splendor of Ecbatana" ( エクバターナの栄華, Ekubatāna no eiga) Kodansha USA began publishing the manga in print and digital format on August 19, 2014. In North America, the manga was digitally published in English by Crunchyroll Manga from 2014 until 2018, when the company announced that they would no longer publish manga from Kodansha. As of December 9, 2022, eighteen volumes have been released. The first volume was released on April 9, 2014. Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The series began in the August issue of the magazine, released on July 9, 2013. There is a lot of blood and characters dying on the page, so this would probably be better for high school audiences.The manga adaptation of Yoshiki Tanaka's The Heroic Legend of Arslan by Hiromu Arakawa was announced in the June issue of Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine, released in May 2013. I’m willing to give it a little more time and not give up entirely, but the second volume needs to be a little less obvious and give a little bit more in character development. I do appreciate that this is a different setting for a fantasy story - rather than middle ages Europe, we're getting middle ages Persia. Terms in another language are used often, and defined only at the first use, so pay attention. Titles are included every time someone mentions Arslan or the king, which is a little repetitive. The names of people and places are a bit convoluted and difficult to follow. There’s a three year time jump at the beginning of the story, but Arslan is drawn the same as his eleven-year-old self. He's basically a sheltered prince who has been training for battle his whole life and is still unprepared when he finds himself in one. From the beginning, Arslan isn’t a hugely interesting character, but there is definitely room for him to grow throughout the series. Honesty moment: I picked this up entirely because of Arakawa-sensei's involvement.
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