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Ibara no Ou  
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Description
Twins, separated by fatal illness and a selective cure. Kasumi and her sister, Shizuku, were infected with the Medusa virus, which slowly turns the victim to stone. There is no cure, but of the two only Kasumi is selected to go into a sort of cryogenically frozen state along with 159 others until a cure is found. At some point in the undetermined future, Kasumi awakens to find herself and others who were in suspended animation in an unfamiliar world with violent monsters. Resolving to unlock the mysteries of her current situation and the fate of her twin sister, Kasumi struggles to survive in a treacherous world.

Type
Manga

Related Series
N/A

Associated Names
いばらの王
古城荆棘王
古城荊棘王
Ibara no Oh
König der Dornen
King of Thorn
King of Thorns

Groups Scanlating
Ascension
Mangascreener
Strays
helz0ne

Latest Release(s)
v.6 c.37 (end) by Ascension & helz0ne (1360d ago)
v.6 c.36 by Ascension & helz0ne (1361d ago)
v.6 c.35 by Ascension & helz0ne (1383d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
6 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at movie

User Reviews
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Forum
3 topics, 10 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.1 / 10.0 (416 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.02 / 10.0
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Last Updated
February 16th 2013, 6:06am PST

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Genre
Action  Horror  Mystery  Psychological  Sci-fi  Seinen  Tragedy 
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Author(s)
IWAHARA Yuji

Artist(s)
IWAHARA Yuji

Year
2002

Original Publisher
Enterbrain

Serialized In (magazine)
Comic Beam (Enterbrain)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Tokyopop (6 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #767 increased(+159)
Monthly Pos #1344 increased(+227)
3 Month Pos #1816 decreased(-194)
6 Month Pos #1725 increased(+24)

List Stats
On 672 reading lists
On 669 wish lists
On 1094 completed lists
On 35 unfinished lists
On 187 custom lists

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Forum Posts
King of Thorn Movie Promo Streamed 1200 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes ago
Some Questions About the Ending... (SPOILERS) 1348 days, 19 hours, 50 minutes ago
Do You Have Raws For Volume 4+? 2095 days, 19 hours, 36 minutes ago

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 Just read it   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by anikini
May 17th, 2013, 5:41am
Great manga with quite interesting story and amazing artwork (seriously, the artwork rocks). Even though to understand the ending I had to watch the movie (pretty good too) the time i spent reading this manga was definitely worth it!

... Last updated on May 17th, 2013, 8:58am
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 Was wonderfull until...   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by Tatania
September 30th, 2012, 5:27am
The story started out exceedingly promising, a pretty chilling look at a thorn encased future none of the characters knew how it came into existence. I greatly enjoyed the beginning of the manga, with all its mystery and suspense, then as it came into the middle rising arc and the mystery slowly began to unravel I was looking forward to see the progression of the story. It was SO GOOD! Then… then Zeus happens. (Is that a spoiler? More like a warning…)

Plot- As I said before, the plot is very promising. The setting is wonderfully creepy, and the scenario that places the characters into that horrible world so full of questions that I couldn’t help but read on. Secrets entwine around the place, and as they are slowly revealed they hint at a grand climax and some deeper secret that no one truly knows about. I was looking forward to that secret, excited to see how everything would end. Then… then… then it just falls apart. I think what disappointed me most about the ending was how horribly opposite it was to the beginning. While the beginning was gory and frightening the end was strangely… happy? It doesn’t fit in with the story, and when the very end was unraveling I had a hard time believing it still was part of the original story I had read. While I liked how things were going for quite a while, at the end when Zeus revealed his plot it… ugh.
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I mean come on! Big fluffy warrior people? What’s with them, they look… so stupid! When I first saw them I couldn’t believe they were in the same manga as all those dinosaur creatures from before. But that wasn’t the worst part. The whole death scene with Marco? What was the mangaka trying to do? Was that supposed to be more Greek mythology? Well it failed, and I HATED that part! I wish the end had less to do with stupid Zeus (it could have included him… but not his stupid god warriors) and more to do with Kasumi and Shizuku. And the VERY last panel? Stupid Marco -.-
Believe the reviews when they say the end is HORRIBLE! I was expecting something tragic, or at least bitter sweet, and all I got was… happy, happy, happy.

Characters- I enjoyed each character, their relationships and was at the edge of my seat as I read of their struggle to survive. I truly did enjoy them all, only wished their relationships, character and past could have been dwelt on for more. The work could have been drawn out a bit and offered us more of a glimpse of life they lived while trying to survive. I really enjoyed Kasumi, a very deep character especially at the end (she’s about the only thing that gets better at the end…). One thing though, and I know this might sound strange, I was expecting their lives to be a bit more tragic.

Art- The art was amazing, gritty and edgy and dark and perfect for the story!

Other- Medusa should have been explained more, I felt like it was partly forgotten…. I still don’t really understand what exactly it does.
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Like in the end… how do they stop Medusa’s effects? You know what… I’m not even going to speculate.
Do I recommend it? Eh… maybe. If you like these kinds of horror/survival manga, then maybe. You probably won’t enjoy the end (no one really has I don’t think…) but the beginning is pretty great. Now I haven’t watched the anime yet, but I do know it ends differently than the manga (a little more tragic I believe…) so maybe watch that instead of reading this.

6/10- Liked it

... Last updated on September 30th, 2012, 10:46am
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 it was good   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by almozayaf
November 6th, 2011, 4:09am
i like it alot it first but in same moment in the story evry thing drag down to hell
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super power pepoles, it turn into grunn lagan last ep, and the most part i heat was how it turn great idea that realstic horror earth die and evry one sleep fro 10000000 year and earth full of monsters that ok but what with the magic and powers of imagntion =__=

last word it was great last part ruin it but still fun
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 Moving story, not so decent ending, and a lot of confused readers   
Rating: N/A
by attaesc
September 8th, 2011, 12:42pm
I liked this a lot. I helped clean some of the scans way in the beginning (I think in chapter 11?), and I have always been hooked since.

The hints of romance is odd, considering who Kasumi really is (but hey, Medusa is powerful). On the other hand, so many people are really confused about the ending and the omake. The omake is an omake! sad

However, seeing the way Marco Owen smile at the very end gave me the chills. It and his peaceful expression look so weird compared to his gloomy, angry, and enraged ones.
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 Hackers on Steroids   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by jasperv
April 30th, 2011, 6:35am
Owen character is really fresh not only he is an action hero he is really a "Geek on Steroids"
so he must be a member of "Anonymous"
oh and yes 2 years are enough to build your body like that ....

... Last updated on April 30th, 2011, 6:37am
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 ...   
Rating: 7.0 / 10.0
by Aikanaro
July 15th, 2010, 12:35am
Mmm - yeah, that was pretty good, I guess. I'm far from blown away by it - there's just something there that didn't click for me. It gets kind of into American-action/survival-horror-movie-mode, which is nice and all but not really all that engaging. Reminds me of that movie with the walking sharks in the underwater base, only with bigger monsters.

The characters are all fairly bland, and follow their stereotype to the letter. They work well enough, but they're not exactly grippping to follow around.
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 O.O!   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by infidelityoncrank
November 26th, 2009, 10:25pm
I could rave about this series all day, I could. When I first heard about it, I was like: "Scifi. Okay, I like scifi." And then I read it O.O By God, I was glad that I did. And now, there's a MOVIE coming out.

The ending was slightly disappointing, meaning it made me cry, but it was still fantastic!
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 Seen better but not bad   
Rating: 8.5 / 10.0
by markdarkangel
September 28th, 2009, 8:39am
To tell you the truth, there are way better survival manga than this out there but this wans't bad and i liked reading it.

What i was most impressed with was the mystery that surounded the whole plot and the build up of the suspence. The next thing was the art, you can't have a good survival manga without great art in my opinion. Also, the characters and story overall were good.

Like i said before, i have seen better but this manga gave wonderfull effort.
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 great series!   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by prettykitty20034
August 22nd, 2009, 6:58am
It started out reminding me of Blue Gender crossed with Jurassic Park. I thought "awesome" and kept reading. It quickly veers off and does it's own thing but it no less enjoyable for it. The action, the story, the art, everything is well done. I loved this manga.
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 Worthy read   
Rating: N/A
by BimboSilly
November 9th, 2008, 10:53am
Though most survival mangas are exciting but I can see cliches in them...for this one, theres a loli character, all people behave just as u expect, main teenage is full of conscience, old man is a bas****, black guy IS an American soldier but still it isnt too cliched and keeps on ur toes, there are however some not done bbefore things..

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one thing that I havent seen before, is the mom- son type. They arent related but the woman is very protective of the boy (SO CUTE!!!!!).
One cute bit is where everyone is sorta hallucinating about their worst fear so theres main girl seeing her dead sister denouncing her, woman sees her dead son crying...so what do we get as the greatest fear of little boy?? Darkness :lol:

Theres also the thing that they hardly have time for introductions until the 3rd volume which is a nice believable touch- not that I can think that something like taht can happen..


... Last updated on November 9th, 2008, 11:04am
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