Yoake Shiro (Castle of Dawn) | Manga

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 夜明け城

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 1

Chapters: 6

Status: Finished

Published: Sep 1959 to Mar 1961

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

Theme: Historical

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: None

Authors: Tezuka, Osamu (Story & Art)

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Score: 6.04¹ (scored by 716 users)

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Ranked: #19102²

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Popularity: #13233

Members: 1,273

Favorites: 2

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Ranked #19102Popularity #13233Members 1,273

MangaTezuka, Osamu (Story & Art)

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Synopsis

Midorimaru, an uncouth prince, becomes involved in his father's secret plans, and soon after encounters a peasant school teacher, Tae. As war approaches, circumstances even come to affect the beautiful noble Yayoi and enemy ninja in ways no one would have anticipated.

(Source: MU)

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Background

Yoake Shiro was published digitally in English as The Castle Of Dawn by Digital Manga Guild on March 27, 2015.

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Characters

Prince Midorimaru

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Mumeharu, Matsunoki

Supporting

Fujinosuke, Murasaki

Supporting

Reviews

Feb 8, 2023

giffica

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Written in 1959 prior to the creation of Dororo, in many ways Yoake Shiro can be seen as a precursor to the tragic period piece's of later manga. While Tezuka was far from the one to invent this style his ability to translate those stories to a visual form like manga has a clear artistic influence on the pieces set in the same era, such as Inuyasha or Demon Slayer. Both the visual and tonal elements in this manga are some of the earliest examples of this sub-genre. While lacking some of the maturity and complex of later works there is no doubt a lot ...