![]() The series becomes a bit of a slog towards the end just before the 'last battle', which hurts on a certain level. ![]() ![]() The only bonefide standouts are Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang, who chew screen time with great aplomb. are more archtypes then fully fleshed out people, but this also occurs in the novel. Yokoyama's designs are generally good, if somewhat 'old-fashioned' in comparison to character designs of the period. Despite this, the story remains the same, much to the series' benefit. This particular version of Three Kingdoms is not a straight adaptation of the novel, but a version based upon Sangokushi, a manga by the famed mangaka Yokoyama Mitsuteru (Gigantor, Little Witch Sally, Giant Robo) in a whopping 60 volumes of tankoban between 19. Romance of Three Kingdoms, for those not versed in Asian cultures, is the Illiad of the East, A giant epic set around the fall of the Han dynasty in 189 A.D.
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