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Kingdom Earns Guinness Record For Manga Written by Most People
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The Yasuhisa Hara's manga.
A total of 1,087 people participated in the campaign, Etsuko Yakushimaru also participated. Each participant redrew one of the approximately 1,000 s from the volume.
The entire redrawn volume is available to read for free on the campaign's official website.
The official certificate for the record will be on display at the Kingdom booth during the Makuhari Messe event hall from December 22-23.
The manga's story begins with Xin and Hyō, two boys without families in the Warring States Period when China has been embroiled in war for five centuries. Despite living like slaves, the boys strive to realize their dream of becoming warlords.
Hara's manga has been running in Shueisha's simulcasting the series in North America as it airs.
Sources: Oricon, Comic Natalie
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