Paros no Ken

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There is a legend in the kingdom of Paros -- a legend of the Sword. It is said that if one who is unfit to rule should wield it, it will mean the ruin of the kingdom. As sole heir to the throne of Paros, Princess Erminia must accept the Sword and a husband when she comes of age on her next birthday. But the princess refuses to wed any man who is less of a man than she -- which excludes every man in the kingdom! Just when Erminia is ordered by her father the king to wed her foster brother Yurias, she has a fateful encounter with the unfortunate, beautiful maiden Fiona..!? "The Sword of Paros" is a miraculous romantic fantasy about defying convention, transcending gender and status, and knowing oneself.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

L'Epée de Paros

La spada di Paros

Parosu no Ken

The Sword of Paros

パロスの剣

巴洛斯之劍

Groups Scanlating

ShoujoMagic

Latest Release(s)

v.3 c.9 by ShoujoMagic 19 years ago

v.3 c.8 by ShoujoMagic 19 years ago

v.3 c.7 by ShoujoMagic 20 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

3 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

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User Rating

Average: 6.7 / 10.0 (69 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.57 / 10.0

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Last Updated

July 8th, 2024 9:14pm PDT - 10 months ago

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Genre

Adventure Drama Fantasy Gender Bender Shoujo Tragedy
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Fairbell (2007)

Kadokawa Shoten (1986)

Serialized In (magazine)

Asuka (Kadokawa Shoten)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #755

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Monthly Pos #1672

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3 Month Pos #3127

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6 Month Pos #5107 (No change)

Year Pos #7101

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Beautiful artwork, okay storyline.

by Deathless
1 year ago

Rating: N/A

I'm a little confused by the "gender bender" tag, as it's incorrect. The princess Ermine feels like she was born in the wrong body, but she doesn't actually cosplay as a man. Shoujo-ai tag is missing, which would be more correct to add. I love the artwork, the story was okay, I did find Ermine to be a rather selfish character though. Wish the ending had been more conclusive as well.

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crappy plot, ended before anything happened

by lilliful
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

I'm definitely the target demographic of this kind of manga, and I love the detailed old-school art style but... story-wise, this is just ridiculously stupid. It's not a spoiler to say that most of the manga revolves around whether or not this transgendered princess is going to be the savior or the doom of her kingdom. Well, she says from page one that she doesn't care about her kingdom and that's true until the very end. She literally doesn't give a damn about anything but her love Fiona, not even the men and women risking their lives to try and restore her kingdom or her closest childhood friend. If there was a single message I was going to take away from this manga, it's that love costs a lot, is selfish, and is completely at odds with doing anything good for anyone. In fact, I might take it so far to say that the moral of this tale is that pursuing romantic love will destroy the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. I think this series should be labeled as a tragedy -- not for the main couple, but for the kingdom of Paros. Now excuse me while I go balance this out with manga where rulers actually care about their people. I don't even need epic dedication. Just something, you know, that doesn't resemble COMPLETE AND UTTER ABANDONMENT.

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loved it

by cornhobble
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

Strong female lead, great supporting characters. Ermine's love interest grew in the course of the story, which was nice to see. Ermine and Yurias (protagonist and her foster brother) had a strong, platonic relationship that was lovely to read -- they didn't abandon it for the romance. The ending is a little sudden, but it does fit in with the fairy tale atmosphere.

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Pretty good

by Chlorophyll
17 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I enjoyed reading this. It feels like a fairy tale to me - about a strong female princess who would rather be a prince. Even if this is a shoujo-ai, or classified as such, I feel that this could be a story for anyone's enjoyment.

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Good but a bit of a letdown

by VampireBanana
17 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The story and cast of this manga is actually quite interesting. A pity that after so much build-up, the ending of the manga is pretty much a letdown: an example of when not to use an open-ended ending. Still, it's worth reading if only for the story and the art.

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I liked it.

by Romashk
17 years ago

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Uhh... I'm confused at how to feel about this manga. I liked it, but it could be better. I'm no judge to somebody elses work, but I felt lost sometimes, beacause of the mangas pace and it felt like mangaka had so much to tell, but didn't have the time, or imagination ran rampage sometimes.

Well, I thank scanlators hard work(editing could be a pain in this one cause of complex artwork).

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Paros

by [deleted member]
19 years ago

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A good read! But not for everyone. This manga is sadly underated and overlooked. It's hard to say who this is aimed at though. And don't read it if u don't like using u're imagination when reading a story.

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