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Dawn of the Arcana (manga)

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Alternative title:
L'arcane de l'aube (French)
Reimei no Arcana (Japanese)
黎明のアルカナ (Japanese)
黎明的阿爾卡納 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: historical, tragedy
Plot Summary: Princess Nakaba of Senan is forced to marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming a hostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive, telling Nakaba outright: "You are my property." With only her attendant Loki at her side, Nakaba must find a way to cope with her hostile surroundings, her fake marriage... and a mysterious power.
User Ratings: 48 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Excellent: 10 votes (Eng:10)
 Very good: 14 votes (Eng:13, others:1
1 english & indonesian
)
 Good: 8 votes (Eng:8)
 Decent: 5 votes (Eng:5)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 119 users, rank: #714 (of 7042)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.292 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.0912, rank: #2633 (of 7929)
Weighted mean: 7.096 (Good), rank: #3397 (of 7929) (seen all: 7.48 / seen some: 7.37 / won't finish: 4.50)
Bayesian estimate: 7.141 (Good), rank: #2326 (of 3557)
Number of tankoubon: 13
Number of pages: 192
Vintage: 2009-05-26
Release dates: We have 52
Reviews:
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eBook
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 1) 2012-04-30 (from $6.49)
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 2) 2012-05-14 (from $6.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 3) 2012-06-04 (from $6.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 4) 2012-07-02 (from $6.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 5) 2012-08-07 (from $6.49)
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 6) 2012-10-02 (from $6.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 7) 2012-12-04
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 8) 2013-02-19
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 9) 2013-04-02 (from $6.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (eBook 10) 2013-06-04 (from $6.99)
Graphic novel
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 1) 2011-12-06 (from $9.30)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 2) 2012-02-07 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 3) 2012-04-03 (from $4.97)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 4) 2012-06-05 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 5) 2012-08-07 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 6) 2012-10-02 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 7) 2012-12-04 (from $6.12)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 8) 2013-02-05 (from $9.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 9) 2013-04-02 (from $6.69)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 10) 2013-06-04 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 11) 2013-10-01 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 12) 2014-04-08 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 13) 2014-09-02 (from $9.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Rei Tōma
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation: Alexander O. Smith (Vol. 1-2)

Adaptation:
Alexander O. Smith (Vol. 1-2)
Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane (Vol. 8-13)
Cover Design: Yukiko Whitley (Vol. 9)
Design:
Shawn Carrico (Vol. 10)
Yukiko Whitley (Vol. 1-8, 11-13)
Editing: Amy Yu
Interior Design: Shawn Carrico (Vol. 9)
Lettering: Freeman Wong
Touch-up Art: Freeman Wong
(none)
English companies
Adaptation: Kajiya Productions (Vol. 3-7)
Licensed by: Viz Media
Online Distribution: Viz Manga
Translation:
JN Productions (Vol. 8-13)
Kajiya Productions (Vol. 3-7)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: KAZÉ
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Giulia Ponti
(none)
Italian companies
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
German cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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