Arcana

Description

From Tokyopop:
Inez is a young orphan girl with a special gift that allows her to communicate with all creatures. A great destiny awaits her, the nature of which she is yet unaware.

As our story opens, Inez is traveling with an old wizard named Kaager and a faithful dog named Zode. Her country is about to plunge into its first winter in one hundred years and ominous signs abound concerning the return of a demon-race which threatens the country's fragile peace.

Can little Inez- via a magic amulet - bring back her country's ancient dragon protector in time?

Type

Manhwa

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Аркана

圣传少女银娜斯

아르카나

Groups Scanlating

Evil Flowers

Latest Release(s)

v.11 c.23 (end) by Evil Flowers 13 years ago

v.11 c.22e by Evil Flowers 14 years ago

v.11 c.22d by Evil Flowers 14 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

11 Volumes (Complete)
23 Chapters in parts - 62 total (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 7.8 / 10.0 (175 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.58 / 10.0

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Last Updated

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Genre

Adventure Drama Fantasy Gender Bender Romance Shoujo
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Author(s)

Li So Yeong

Artist(s)

Li So Yeong

Year

2003

Original Publisher

Daiwon

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Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

Tokyopop (canceled/9 vols)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #732

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Monthly Pos #1697 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3381 (No change)

6 Month Pos #5050

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Year Pos #6811

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Different

by Bebe~
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

Revised 2010 comment: Read this back in 2010 and remembered that it was super intricate but sort of convoluted when it came to the story/world building. I felt like the creator wanted to do so much with the number of panels she's given to work with, that it got too confusing to follow. You honestly need to binge this rather than reading a few chapters at a time; definitely not a light read.

For those who wish to know

she ends up with Yulan , however, I wish she could have had both haha. Worth a read if you're into world building, politics, but not for those that want a romantic fantasy. It was one of my favorites 10 years ago, but not sure I would want to reread now that there's so many colored Korean webtoons out there.

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I don't know how I feel...

by Truthfulyume658
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

I read this in the small hours of the day. Fully awake and alert yet it's still somewhat confusing. Some parts didn't flow together for me to understand.im also left with one question did they all die are they in a type of heaven? This wasn't clear to me. Above all when it did end it had me feeling that we followed the story of the villan all along for she orchestrated the whole thing except some deviations others made but she was still the center for the reason people died. In an unrelated note, usually I have one person I gravitate towards when I ship but I had two kyrette and yulan. Yulan was... Like falling in love with a rock. Showed no emotion,sturdy,unmoving but I went with it because that was the direction the story rolled on and then there was the sweet moment with Inez that were adorable. Then there's kyrette had interesting banter with Inez then there was their "history" together that made it seem sweeter but had little part to play over all. Enil was so devious and uncaring that I felt the romance doesn't matter anymore. In the end it felt like it twisted off from how I originally saw it because every thing changed by the end earning it in my book a five it wasn't bad but my confusion for it has earns it this place.

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Good :)

by Ginny
12 years ago

Rating: 9.5 / 10.0

OKAY SO, I didn't understand half the plot. I thought it was because I was reading it at 3am, but it appears others were also confused. We couldn't have all been sleep deprived and had to wake at 6am. ANYWAY, despite the confusion I liked it. It...is...good. Absolute Witch is better, though.

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Confusing

by Lucifel
13 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

The shoujo art style is pretty but everyone looks the same and with so many people being other people inside and out of dreams plus the expanse of time and constantly shifting perspectives, it's damn near impossible to follow who you're with at any one time without people boldly stating their names. It's easy to understand the thrust of the story, it is incredibly simplistic, but it's trying to figure out who is in each panel that is the problem. I'm sure tons of detail and nuance is passing me by because every pretty boy character looks the same.

Put simply it's like I'm reading this series out of order with randomly missing and incomplete chapters.

... Last updated 13 years ago

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Lots of Magic and Confusion

by kuroXin
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

The beginning was tolerable, it started out with a fresh sense of adventure and full of mysteries, but it started to get very confusing later on. All those time skips and dimensions made my head spin. I had to reread several chapters and read interpretations on the web in order to understand what was going on. I wish the author cleared things up for the readers.

The main characters weren't as deeply developed as I want them to be. But the artwork was beautifully drawn, except the guy's faces (i.e. those thick, pouty lips).

The ending was a positive one, but it didn't end the way I want it to end:

The ending can be interpreted in different ways, but from what I see, it looks like a harem ending. Inez/Enril ends up with 3 different guys (including Yulan) in some paradise/alternate reality.

Anyways, this is what I would call "hard-core fantasy", and it may not be for everyone.

... Last updated 13 years ago

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Beautiful + Flaws

by mashimaro12345
13 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

The art is very beautiful, as the story progresses, and readers can understand the story more only by volume 6 or 7 onwards. Story is not told chronologically, which is why the manhwa is very confusing for some.

I don't really like the main character, Enril, as she is so selfish and cruel, wanting Yulan for herself and all that. Knowing that Kyrette loves her, she took advantage of the situation and used him for her own good. Yeah, in the end, they(Enril, Yulan, Kyrette, Zeyer) lived in a place almost like a paradise for a long time, though it's still unfair for some of them, such as Kyrette and Zeyer who have to watch Enril and Yulan's love affair when all of them are in love with her. But they are all happy in the end, good for them I guess. What happened to grandpa?

Things could have been simplified, but the author dragged on, with a lot of meaningless monologues, which confuse the readers even more. And Yulan should have expressed his love for Enril more openly, not keeping to himself all the time which is so hard to watch him like that.

This story is also quite dark, not like the usual fluffy and full of romance kind of shoujo manhwa. It's different. Which is why I kept on reading, plus the art is so awesome, and readers are swept into this magical world when reading it.

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THIS IS AWESOMELY FRESH

by glygly
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

At first i was having second thoughts whether i should continue on reading this manga all of the consistent flashbacks is making me frustrated and confused. But because of the gorgeous art i hold on to it and i'm glad i did. After i understood the plot twists i simply thought this was genius, it was romantic, thrilling, breathtaking and GREAT! well what can i say i'm really amazed that author did a really good job with this, its definitely one of the greatest manga ive ever read. I just love it even though it gave me hard time at first.

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Needs a diagram...

by ZL11
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

This wasn't bad at all, in terms of drawing style, characters, or action. What was annoying as hell was the sudden changes in perspective that were really difficult to keep track of. A shifting between Enril's personalities, suddenly moving from the internal dialogue from one character to another, the quick shift in place/time, made this a hard read. And I thought Saver was a bitch! Well, over all, the imagination and art pulled me into it. I wish it had been more coherent, a little more straight forward in plot. I understand that it's supposed to be mysterious and questionable until the end, but reading it straight through really gave me a headache. I had to stop several time because I was annoyed at the shifts. Well, that said, I liked Inez and Yulan. I even liked Kyrette quite a bit. It was interesting.

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charming yet confusing

by kujika
14 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

-Deemed the first ever manga to give me a serious headache -

This plot has many charming points, but at the same time it is very confusing. Just think of watching a really weird movie you couldn't get out of your head but yet you didn't really get what it was about either - it's the same with this story.

What furthers the confusion (and makes me a bit sad too) is that some plot points are not very detailed (like their stay in the elven city). It is like they put in only the peak situations from this storyline and left the rest out. Maybe the author ran out of space?

Furthermore it has extremly fast-paced story-telling and skips details but makes clear what happened in between with short dialogues or monologues.
You will get what I mean once you reach volume 5 ^.^

Also it jumps from one POV to another without any warning, causing some confusion.
There are also many substories told, yet they are all connected.

It is very hard to discern whether a character is female or male, "he or she" (at least in the translations).

Otherwise I can only repeat, the story is very charming to follow, but I think the author has to work on her story telling quite a bit (Model was a bit confusing too, though not as bad by far).

... Last updated 14 years ago

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like it but...

by britnh3
15 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I love it but i think it was recently dropped by tokyopop and i really want to know who she ends up with. i found myself switching who i wanted her to end up with over and over...if u miss even one chapter, it gets really confusing. it only appeals to certain tastes so if you don't like it after the first two books, don't bother finishing it.

thanks Bebe~

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