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Noblesse  
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Description
For 820 years he had slumbered with no knowledge of mankind's advancement and scientific progress. The land which he once knew has become an unfamiliar place with new technology, attitudes, and lifestyles. Upon awakening, Cadis Etrama Di Raizel (called Rai), seeks to familiarize himself with this era. He locates a loyal servant of his, Frankenstein, who is currently the principal of a high school in South Korea. Rai decides that this school is the perfect place to help him learn about the modern world, enrolls, and begins associating with a group of good-natured students in order to 'blend in.' But this new world is no safer than the old; and the dignified, bewildered, technologically inept Rai finds himself embroiled in adventures both ridiculous and dangerous.

Original Webtoon
English Version by Naver

Type
Manhwa

Related Series
Noblesse - Rai's Adventure (Spin-Off)
Noblesse S (Novel) (Side Story)

Associated Names
Благородство
النبلاء
大貴族
โนเบลส
노블레스
Kilmingieji

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Latest Release(s)
c.463 by LINE Webtoon (6d ago)
c.462 by LINE Webtoon (13d ago)
c.461 by LINE Webtoon (20d ago)
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Status in Country of Origin
464 Chapters (Ongoing)
25 Volumes (Ongoing)

Season 1: 92 Chapters (Completed) 1~92
Season 2: 62 Chapters (Completed) 93~154
Season 3: 46 Chapters (Completed) 155~200
Season 4: 38 Chapters (Completed) 201~238
Season 5: 48 Chapters (Completed) 239~286
Season 6: 41 Chapters (Completed) 287~327
Season 7: 77 Chapters (Completed) 328~404
Season 8: 60 Chapters (Ongoing) 404~463+

Completely Scanlated?
No

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Chap 1
Ends at Chap 78 (Abridged)

User Reviews
Noblesse by tsubasa22
Noblesse by strixflash

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58 topics, 452 posts
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User Rating
Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (2035 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.76 / 10.0
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Last Updated
June 26th 2017, 10:29am PST

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Genre
Action  Comedy  Drama  Mystery  School Life  Shounen  Supernatural 
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Category Recommendations
Noblesse S (Novel)
Black Haze
Noblesse - Rai's Adventure
Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Novel)
Magika no Kenshi to Shoukan Maou (Novel)

Recommendations

Author(s)
Son Jae-Ho

Artist(s)
Lee Gwang-Su

Year
2007

Original Publisher
Futabasha (License in Japan since 2015)
Naver (Korea)

Serialized In (magazine)
Naver Webtoon (Naver)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
LINE Webtoon

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #174 decreased(-11)
Monthly Pos #128 decreased(-19)
3 Month Pos #108 decreased(-29)
6 Month Pos #103 decreased(-43)

List Stats
On 6732 reading lists
On 1344 wish lists
On 133 completed lists
On 258 unfinished lists
On 737 custom lists

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Forum Posts
Some cult following for this webtoon 336 days, 13 hours, 45 minutes ago
Noblesse Awakening! Official Animation! +New Spin-off series 506 days, 8 hours, 49 minutes ago
Noblesse OVA Preview 530 days, 5 hours, 42 minutes ago
frankistine and lord 1098 days, 15 hours, 29 minutes ago
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 repetitive, repetitive - repetitive? repetitive.   
Rating: N/A
by serobins
January 3rd, 2017, 1:38pm
Johnjimco nails it. And the art, too. 90% of Noblesse is fight scenes, and they are ALL drawn the same way. There is never any strategy, the two characters fighting are never in the same panel together, and they never physically connect. There is never any landscape around them, and they never interact with any objects. They just fly around in poses in the sky above a perfectly featureless, flat landscape. Here's a fight scene:
Panel of character A swinging his arm in a big "whooshy" motion.
Panel of character B looking surprised and thinking something boring, like "He's strong!" or "What is this power?"
Panel of character B whooshing somewhere, presumably toward character A.
Panel of character A blocking and going "ugh."
This goes on for dozens and dozens of pages - and STILL the fight isn't over. Because the characters have to take turns getting beat up and almost losing and then randomly powering up. You know they have powered up because the character design suddenly gets exponentially more stupid looking, and because it's the other character's turn to have a jillion panels of blocking and going "ugh" and getting whaled on and wondering, "what is this power?" - until it's THEIR turn to power up - and on and on we go. Makes DragonBall Z look like Vagabond.
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 It is becoming super repetitive...   
Rating: N/A
by mlat26
December 16th, 2016, 2:25pm
The fights are so similar and they are soooooo long..Plus whats with the one panel per page? The plot is becoming so thin, barely any dialog and if you put all the panels in one chapter together they would make around 5 pages. Its that due to the scanning or is the author stratching it to make more pages confused I looooved this manga but it has become a chore to read it lately.

... Last updated on December 16th, 2016, 2:26pm
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 Cliche but fun enough   
Rating: 8.0 / 10.0
by okigen
November 11th, 2016, 9:25am
I read all comments first, so had pretty low expectation. Johnjimco's review below is (hilariously) spot-on. i guess anyone will get annoyed after following such repititive plot for 8 years. But I was only looking for a couple hours of fun reading now and then, and I jumped back and forth from volume 1 to 7 without any difficulties in understanding the plots (they are practically the same). That was enough for me.
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 ehh   
Rating: N/A
by DrManga
September 26th, 2016, 3:20pm
@Johnjimco review is pretty accurate. Worth a read for the first two arcs. It's had me in stitches then it just kept recycling the same formula. Had great potential but lets you down. The humour is what keeps it going.

Few things the rub me the wrong way. The good guys are super handsome while many of the bad guys are "ugly" or just look plain evil looking.
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 Great character interaction and humor, but an outrageously repetitive plot along with for the most part boring fight scenes drags this Manhwa down.   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by Johnjimco
September 25th, 2016, 5:24am
This manhwa had great potential. When I first started reading I was very excited to see where it went. The characters were funny, interesting, and mysterious. The fight scenes were passable and fresh enough to interest me. The villains managed to be intimidating even though the main character could destroy them without a second thought.

The main characters are still funny and interesting, but scratch everything else.

Every arc is practically the same (Saying practically is being very generous). I'll lay out how almost every arc after the first few go.

1: Bad guys come for nefarious reasons.

2: They kidnap people, most often the useless kids that hang around Rai.

3: M-21 and Friends go to rescue them.

4: They are beaten after giving it their all and lamenting how weak they are.

5: Stronger person comes to save everyone. Most often Frankenstein, but sometimes others.

6: They do well but still can't beat them.

7: Rai shows up and it's over.

There you go. If you aren't interested in the character interactions or humor that go on during and between arcs then this manhwa has nothing to offer you.

The villains are extremely boring as there are almost no consequences to anything they do. Most of them have the same copy and paste personality. As the series goes on the designs get increasingly stupid, culminating in a blueberry colored Majin Buu werewolf thing that made me exclaim "Wow this is dumb". Here's a few lines you'll hear from just about every villain in the series.

"Haha you think you could possibly defeat me!?"
"Hey you're not bad!" (There's seriously one guy that said this like 10 times in the same fight unironically)
"How could I be losing against someone like you!!!1!"

Then they die.

This may seem harsh but it's annoying to read something and know exactly what will happen next without fail.

Give this manhwa a try, you'll probably really like the first few arcs like I did, but try not to expect much more than that.
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 Depends on what you're looking for   
Rating: N/A
by Andrez-ssi
July 19th, 2016, 12:12pm
If, no matter what, you need a good plot to enjoy a story, Noblesse is not for you. The plot's cliche, repetitive and sometimes I even doubt it has been thought out at all. BUT it has its strengths. The characters are very well-rounded and jump off the page, each of them has their own unique personality and quirks, and their interactions with each other feel natural and fluid. The comedy is excellent as well, and is the reason I keep reading. Noblesse offers its own brand of humor that bursts my stitches everytime, and that is relatively hard to find (for me). So, if you're planning to try it, I'd suggest you at least read it till the ramen joke, as that was what sealed the deal for me.
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 Exact same formula for every single arc   
Rating: 9.3 / 10.0
by kLuTz243
July 13th, 2015, 12:23pm
Noblesse has never been known to have a story with much depth. However, the simplicity of it, along with the great art and awesome displays of power, is what makes it such an enjoyable read. Unfortunately, the simple formula that they use repeatedly in every arc, although entertaining at first, gets old. I don't think I need to elaborate because anyone that reads this webtoon knows what I am talking about. It is still definitely worth a read, but do so with low expectations in plot and depth. Be ready to see some repitition!
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 Oh~ Noblesse   
Rating: 10.0 / 10.0
by Ginny
July 8th, 2015, 10:12pm
Noblesse! Noblesse! How I love thee so! Noblesse wherefore art thou so good? Putting aside my horrible Elizabethan English ( it's been too long since I last read any books from olden times) Noblesse is one of the best. Rai 4ever

... Last updated on July 8th, 2015, 10:13pm
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 It's okay...   
Rating: 5.0 / 10.0
by faex
June 30th, 2015, 5:56pm
This series is not bad--in fact, it starts out pretty well: there's just the right balance of humor and fan service (for girls), along with some decent action sequences. The main character is mysterious, and everyone is generally likable.

BUT, soon, everything becomes the same thing repeated without an end. @Moonmystery describes it pretty well. So, this manga is not that great, but it's not that bad either. Give it a try if you're bored, but don't have high expectations.
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 Dropped   
Rating: 6.0 / 10.0
by Sami_chan
April 18th, 2015, 12:25am
I dropped this at chapter 120. I did try very hard to keep reading cause I dont like doing things halfway, but the characters, story, art... are just mediocre at best and plot holes all over the place that makes me think this is a webtoon for children or housewives somehow. I dont even find it that funny, like sure it made you laugh a little the first time the joke was shown, but after being repeated a thousand times, how can you still find that funny? I just dont understand.
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