The Sword of Shibito

The Sword of Shibito (Japanese: しびとの剣, Hepburn: Shibito no Ken) is a manga series written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Missile Kakurai (加倉井ミサイル). It was serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Comic Birz from 1998 until 2002.^[1][2] The Sword of Shibito was also licensed in English by Central Park Media and in French by 12 Bis.^[3]

The Sword of Shibito
Cover of the first Japanese volume
しびとの剣 (Shibito no Ken)
Genre	Fantasy
Manga
Written by	Hideyuki Kikuchi
Illustrated by	Missile Kakurai
Published by	Gentosha
English publisher	NA: Central Park Media
Magazine	Comic Birz
Original run	1999 – 2002
Volumes	8

The manga takes place in the Edo period of Japan.^[4]

Reception

Mania.com's Jarred Pine criticises the manga for its art, which is "a horrible mess".^[5] Animefringe's authors agreed and noted that "the cover art looks great and you get two pages in the manga that look excellent so it’s upsetting to see this".^[6]