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It is the time of wars.
In the chaotic Empire, a group of seven heroes of the stars, the Hokushin-Tenkun, rose to lead the common folk. Out of the seven a destiny of heated battle unfolds between the "Two Noble Spirits", Hagun and Tonrou. Originally the two should not exist in the same time but the gears of Fate have turned otherwise.
In the current feeble state of the Ken Empire, the conflicting "Two Noble Spirits" - Taitou Shirei of Hagun and Keirou of Tonrou each fight for their view of justice and the peace of the countires and their home country.
In the name of Fate, the justice of whom shall prevail...?
Illustrated by the author of Fullmetal Alchemist, Hiromu Arakawa. Written by Huang Jin Zhou - pseudonym of a group including Arakawa and studios Genco and Flag. Arakawa seems to be in charge of the art more than the story.
An anime based on the series has already ended.
Provides examples of:[]
- Action Girl: Rinmei. Doubles as an Action Girlfriend for Ryuko/Keiko.
- Anyone Can Die: Taken to ridiculous extremes, even moreso than Fullmetal Alchemist.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: Keiro and his second-in-command break the siege of Goken on their own. Just the two of them.
- The Chosen One: Seven of them, actually.
- Dark Action Girl: Shouka
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Soukiho is a somewhat more mild form of this trope, as it causes thin cuts in Taito every time he uses it.
- Dirty Old Man: Sonnei, whose first appearance is patting Laila's butt while remarking Ryuko managed to get food from Laila and Taito and be guided by them. At the end of the chapter, he is in a Corner of Woe at realizing he'll be unable to touch Laila's butt from her for a while due to her going with Taito and Ryuko to get back the Kenkarapu.
- Enigmatic Minion: Shinmei
- Faux Affably Evil: Shinmei
- Five-Man Band:
- The Hero: Taito
- The Lancer: Ryuko. Doubles as The Smart Guy
- The Big Guy: Hosei (While not big, his personality's really more brash.)
- Action Girl: Rinmei
- The Chick: Laila
- Later on, after Ryuko leaves them:
- The Hero: Taito
- The Lancer: Hosei
- The Big Guy: Koyo. Like Ryuko, he doubles as The Smart Guy
- Action Girl: Rinmei
- The Chick: Laila
- Heel Face Revolving Door: Subverted with Ryuko. At first he sided with Taito, then his adoptive father Ryusho tells him he doesn't have to be on Taito's side, resulting in him "siding" with Keiro after Shinmei revealed to him that Keiro's his father. After Shokaku's Heroic Sacrifice, he sides with Taito again in taking down Keiro.
- Hot-Blooded: Taito, in addition to being an Idiot Hero. He doesn't go about his life in halves.
- Idiot Hero: Taito. He grows out of it.
- Ill Guy: Shokaku in the anime.
- Leeroy Jenkins: In one his fights, Taito started rushing into three of his opponents. Luckily, He didn't get injured during said fight.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: In the anime, Keiro's revealed to be Ryuko's biological father.
- Mundangerous: In the first chapter, Laila stops Taito in an insane rage from the Hagun by walking up to him, holding his face in her hands... and telling him to get back to his sense while headbutting him.
- She does it again in the next chapter, knocking Taito across the room with a Megaton Punch when he accuses her of being a thief since Taito and Ryuko don't recognize her (because she got her hair done and borrowed extravagant clothes from the landlady).
- No Sense of Direction: Ryoku. His first appearance has him admitting he got lost finding the temple Taito lives at. Ryoku guides Taito and Laila to get the Kenkarapu back, but when they meet Housei, Housei says they're going in a completely different direction to their destination.
- Only the Chosen May Wield: Kenkarapu.
- Shown Their Work: At the end of each volume, Hiromu showcases the lengths she and the rest of the creative team went through on researching ancient Chinese architecture and designs (roofing materials, floors, walls, statues, etc.), starting with a trip to Beijing (though it's also a case of "Suffering For Their Work" in some of the members' case - freezing temperatures of -2 degrees C for them, just a nice spring walk for Hiromu and another member who grew up in the colder parts of Japan).
- Superpowered Insanity: Taitou gets like this whenever he loses control of the Hagun.
- Weapon of Choice: Each of the heroes (except Laila) wields one:
- Bare-Fisted Idiot Hero: Taito. Later obtains a Cool Sword.
- Carry a Big Stick: Ryuko
- Swiss Army Weapon: Housei wields a ridiculously large bow that can split into twin BFGs.
- Knife Nut: Rinmei
- Variable-Length Chain: Koyo wields a multi-section steel chain.
- Improbable Weapon User: Shokaku uses two disk-blades.
- Visible Silence: Done by Taito as he listens to Ryuko lecture him about the need to have discipline to his power, combined with Ignoring by Singing as he also covers his ears.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Keiro absorbs Shinmei when he realizes that the latter is in the way of his plans.
- Zombie Apocalypse: In the anime, after overthrowing the emperor, Keiro gathered everyone in the empire, only to be turned to zombies through the power of Banshou Shinmei