After that it changes from a clever war manga into Ninja Scrolls.

I've discovered that you can rarely go wrong with historical manga like this as long as it is researched properly. Bokko does not disappoint in this sense, you can tell the author/s put a lot of work into it, the action is good, most of the strategies are sound and most of it is realistic as far as I can tell.
However, there are some parts of this manga that are so strange that it feels like the author/s went out of their way to research strange happenings in this age in order to illustrate them. Here are some examples:

Also, this is just my personal opinions but while this manga manages to pull off some touching moments, over-all the one-on-one human interaction is kind of poor.
Realistic (mostly) action and strategy with lots of blood and guts set in ancient China is basically what you get with this manga.

great read. end-to-end this afternoon. i'd like to build a shrine to omanga. everything they touched was worth spending a summer's day in. did i waste my childhood by not reading this earlier?

It's historical, realistic, bloody and action-packed. Main character is a professional fortress defender so most of the time it's him planning defense plans and enemies planning their offenses. It has it's share of intrigues and character interactions but it's mostly action-oriented. People fight, people die, survivors start again tomorrow, there're no heroes, only numbers and strategy can bring victory (and ancient chinese were pretty resourceful when it came to sieges). Certainly recommended.

... Last updated on May 3rd, 2011, 1:58am

at first it doesn't seem that impressive however you get caught by the intelligence of the plot and how he main character manages to outsmart the attackers, really good manga, different in the sense that the lead is not really an attractive guy but that wont really matter much when you get into the story

I liked the strategic approach this manga tried to take to battles. It made reading about combat unusually exciting.

What made me drop the score was the characters, they fit their backgrounds but are uninteresting. A story focusing on one person that you don't really care about is hard to keep interest in.

Art was good, nothing that stood out as either good or bad. A bit gory at times, but it is seinen.

The plot was a bit dull as well, there was a plot, it plodded forward to suddenly burst into the next plodding part.

well i just started reading this one and i was surprised to discover that they already have made a movie out of this one..i forgot the title but it is an asian movie and it is not carbon copy but the general flow of the this manga was there..they just added a better looking hero and a hot female warrior to spice things up..otherwise its practically the same..

on the other hand i'm glad that the manga is longer a lot more complicated or serious than the movie..more characters and more conflicts..love it!

Had a very hard time stopping when I was reading this one. Been a long time since that's happened...

Action packed, and interesting storyline with an historical pre-Imperial China as a backdrop. The strategies and tactics from both sides are well-thought out and researched the technology of the era correctly.

Detailed artwork and character driven. Most, if not all, the historical prose is real.

One of the best of all-time.

... Last updated on May 5th, 2011, 1:39am

haven't had a manga since this one for long, if you start you won't stop