“Shokatsu Koumei”, also known as Zhuge Liang. Among the few heroes that decorated the Annals of the Three Kingdoms, it was once a prestigious name. An account of “an ingenious tactician”, the thousand-year-old story of the “God of Stratagem”. It is said… “in a country torn by factions and transformed into a devastating and cruel hell, the heavens sought peace by sending a composed, well-loved young man of impeccable and divine virtues.” Well, well. In truth… He is a childish man.

2300 years ago in China there existed a clan called the men of Bokk trained to aid and defend threatened cities with their lives. Kakuri, one of these men, is summoned to the little city of Ryo. Distrusted and even hated, Kakuri eventually gains the trust of Ryo's citizens as Tcho empire's vast army sets their camp on the other side of the river.

Bokko won the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1995.

A depiction of the story of Joan of Arc.