This manga is probably one of the best I have ever read.  The story is (loosely?) based on the famous Chinese novel "Feng Shen Yan Yi".  It's greatest asset is definitely it's main character and hero Taikoubou.  Not only is he smart and crafty, but he knows when to be funny and easy-going and when to be serious.  The antagonists are also extremely well developed, especially Bunchuu who is a masterly character and great foil to the protagonists.  His showdown with Buseiou is one of the most heart-wrenching scenes I have ever read.  I would recommend this manga to anyone.

It's a nice series, perhaps one of the best shounen in 90s. But I feel like the climax was the fight with bunchuu and after he died the stories went down...
Anyway it's so cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute

I must say....very intriguing.....It's kind of like DBZ plus some weird dream. Totally different style from normal Manga. Good to see some manga that stays on one main theme. I believe most characters in the manga are actually from some Chinese Mythology. However, the manga is a little different from the original myth. In the original myth, the character was a Demi-God whose an old man. I would definitely recommend this. I must say, The story and character development far surpass most manga. PM me if the info I provided is incorrect.
[Note: There were no aliens in the Chinese Mythology. ]

You MUST read it. It's a MUST.

... Last updated on February 12th, 2007, 3:02pm

First off, I'm going to announce that, yes, I am indeed Asian. However, that is not the reason giving this manga such a high rating. It deserves the rating because, it is indeed an incredible manga. This manga has everything expected of a shounen manga: action, suspense, etc. It includes comedic situations and characters. Although this is a shounen/action/fantasy manga, it also has an admirable amount of tragedies. Times where you can't help but to feel sad for the characters that were involved. As for the lack of romance, I mean come on... this is a shounen/action/fantasy/comedy manga, what you'd expect? (Not that shounen manga's don't have any romance, but seriously...)

this was an awesome manga series, with lots of action and loveable characters. Being someone who read the actual book (literature), this manga was still enjoyable and followed it pretty well (for the first few chapters...) i started getting annoyed because of the stupidity in trying to incorporate "robots" and high tech stuff... the usage of "Paopei" literal translation, precious thing... really gets on my nerves. What i was truly disappointed though, was the lack of a true heroine, [edit by mod, possible spoiler alert] although the last friggen page suggests something goin on between dakki and taikoubou, this needs some real romance... since it really bugs me if its just about a guy who battles, and battles, and battles...

I absolutly love this manga, I first knew about it when I watched it's anime, I thought it was pretty cool with really good music. After I got a decent internet connection, I started looking for mp3 of the animes I liked and found without noticing it's op&ed. But they weren't named Soul Hunter(first I name I knew about this series), so I decided to take a peek at the manga and I just got hooked to it and became my favorite. It's got comedy and action if not more, so I really recomend it. This is based on the chinise tale of the same name.