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Kengan Ashura (manga)

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Alternative title:
ケンガンアシュラ (Japanese)
Plot Summary: Businesses and merchants wager large sums of money to hire combatants for unarmed hand-to-hand fighting matches. The winner takes all in these Kengan competitions that originated during the Edo period. Merchants use the fights as a means to resolve disputes with each other.
User Ratings: 8 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: -
 Excellent: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Very good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Decent: -
 So-so: -
 Not really good: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Bad: -
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Seen in part or in whole by 13 users, rank: #3378 (of 7043)
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 7.250 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.2776, rank: #2678 (of 7929)
Weighted mean: 7.777 (Very good−), rank: #1895 (of 7929) (seen all: 8.61 / seen some: 5.64)
Bayesian estimate: 7.746 (Very good−), rank: #967 (of 3557)
Number of tankoubon: 27
Vintage: 2012-04-18 to 2018-08-09 (serialized on Ura Sunday)
Release dates: We have 27
News: Show:
North American Anime, Manga Releases, October 12-18 (Oct 16, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, September 28-October 4 (Oct 3, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, August 10-16 (Aug 14, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 13-19 (Jul 17, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 18-24 (May 22, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, May 4-10 (May 8, 2025)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 14-20 (Jul 18, 2024)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 18-24 (Mar 5, 2019)
Kengan Ashura Manga Gets Smartphone Game (Jan 11, 2019)
Kengan Ashura Manga's New Arc Launches on January 17 (Nov 22, 2018)
Kengan Ashura Manga Returns With New Arc in 2019 (Oct 11, 2018)
Kengan Ashura Manga Ends in August (Jul 11, 2018)
Japanese Comic Ranking, December 11-17 (Dec 20, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, October 16-22 (Oct 25, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 12-18 (Jun 21, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, February 6-12 (Feb 15, 2017)
Japanese Comic Ranking, June 8-14 (Jun 17, 2015)
Ura Sunday Lets Fans Vote for Manga to Get Anime Adaptation (Jan 28, 2015)
Press Release:
Comikey Media Inc. Announces It Has Licensed Kengan Ashura in Ebook Format (Oct 2, 2023)
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Japanese staff
Japanese cast
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation:
Andrew Love
SystematicChaos

Copy-Editing: David Cervantes
Editing: Jack Diaz (vols 8-27)
Lettering:
Chris Burgener
David Cervantes
Luciano Queiroga
Tambur
Production Assistant: Danny Alvarez
Quality Checking: Orhan Mazlagić
(none)
English companies
Licensed by: Comikey
Spanish staff
Spanish companies
(none)
Licensed by:
Editorial Ivréa (Argentina; Spain)
Spanish cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Edoardo Serino
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Planet Manga

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