Saviour

Description

In the middle of an infinity of worlds, which respect the rule of non-interference, there lives a Savior in the city, who protects the people. Holding his guitar, he has a mission: save each world from its own crisis. Almost every time he succeeds, but always feels a little more gloomy. One day, a shooting star brings an illness to the city which turns people into zombies...

(note: Chinese zombies and Western zombies are quite different).

Type

Manhua

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Jiushizhu

Jiùshìzhǔ

Savior

The Savior (Jiu Shi Zhu)

救世主

Groups Scanlating

Colourful Abyss

Illuminati-Manga

Latest Release(s)

c.Oneshot by Illuminati-Manga 12 years ago

v.1 c.2 by Colourful Abyss 14 years ago

v.1 c.1b by Colourful Abyss 14 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)
Oneshot (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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User Rating

Average: 7.1 / 10.0 (44 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.77 / 10.0

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Last Updated

April 12th, 2025 9:09am PDT - 3 weeks ago

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Genre

Drama Psychological
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Artist(s)

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Original Publisher

Kodansha

People's Literature Publishing House [Add]

Serialized In (magazine)

Mandala ()

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #767

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Monthly Pos #1747

(-147)

3 Month Pos #2292

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6 Month Pos #4515

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Year Pos #7313

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List Stats

On 94 reading lists

On 208 wish lists

On 89 completed lists

On 7 unfinished lists

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Interesting social commentary, but...

by calstine
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

In terms of social commentary, Saviour beats most manga I've read (the chapter about war was especially brilliant), but the execution is frankly terrible, because this manhua is the epitome of "tell, not show." The illustrations -- while skilfully drawn and gorgeously coloured -- are practically superfluous; the entirety of the plot, including the moral of each tale, is starkly spelt out on the page itself. There's abundant narrative and minimal dialogue, to the point where I wonder why Benjamin didn't simply write a short essay on the subject and be done.

I've read only one other manhua, Ya San, which was another unique storyline suffering from this self-same flaw. Now, don't get me wrong -- I love wordy manga and am a reader of both novels and non-fiction, but there's something I expect from a manga/manhua/manhwa, specifically, that Saviour fails to deliver. It's especially disappointing because if the author had allowed the artwork and the dialogue to tell the story, this could have been one of my favourites in the psychological genre. As it is, I opted to not rate, as I'm reluctant to give it a mediocre score but can't in good conscience rate too high, either.

... Last updated 10 years ago

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One of a kind

by KuroiTenshi
14 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I have to say that I wasn't sure whether to even start the series with such... let's call it well used plot by other artists, but I was pleasantly surprised. The art is truly magnificent, to the point one of the pages is my wallpaper right now (good bye cherry blossom). The story is also one of my favourite; not cliché, fresh and gripping. It suited the art, or rather complemented it, because it is the centre piece of the manhua. You probably will not like it if you like the usual candy and sugar shojo genre, but even then you should look at it, because it will just change your perspective on manga for ever (I mean my favourite mangakas look like amateurs).

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Eye candy

by Dille
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

As with all Benjamin's works the visuals greatly surpass the value of it's story. But that's not a bad thing, cause coming up with a story that could leave art like that in it's shadow should be nearly impossible. lol
Images are gorgeous, sketchy and with vibrant colors. The story is depressing... it's not bad, but I doubt that I'll read it ever again. Though I'll probably open it up a couple more times and gaze at the pretty pictures.
Would love to have a hard copy of this one cause the available scans aren't doing justice to Benjamis art style.

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#Im14AndThisIsDeep-tier writing.

by sweetdevil
2 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

I used to be a big fan of Benjamin's art back in the day, but this ain't it, chief. My eyes are seared by all the magenta and red and wet brushstrokes (it is pretty in illustrations but gets tiring after having to stare at it in manga form). And if that weren't enough, the flimsy plot is spoonfed to you. No subtlety, just "world bad, humans shallow". Oh, and something about art fixing people but artists bearing the weight of the "truth" of it and not being able to fix themselves. Yawn.

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by dreamer00013
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

The art style is beautiful. But it doesn't matter. I'll stop reading this series. Even if I like the characters very much and can't help staring at the monitor looking at the art.... it's too depressing. If there's a positive, sweet element, it turns dark afterwards.
And everything is completely subjective, all only from the perspective of the protagonist who prefers thinking of the world as something that's all but sweet and lovely. The message "Saviour" carries is too heavy, too negative. And that's exactly the reason I'll stop reading it.
Yes, even though I like the art style and the characters and even though there's nothing else to complain about. Actually "Savior" is the first work I read by Benjamin. It will also be the last, I don't want to imagine what "Orange" is like.

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