The Kingdom of Caliburn

[MangaDex]

 

[Drifter]

It takes a few chapters to get into it but I'm liking this so far.

 

[Harry_Dong]

That cover though...a very different art-style from the contents, to say the least...almost feel like I'm being catfished on an online dating site.

 

[blackbunii]

what's with the cover and content art?? I thought it was a manga? The format is like webtoon 🤔

 

[shinratensei16]

So this series is gonna be incorporated into Yoruhashi's ongoing manga The Kingdoms of Ruin'. https://mangadex.org/title/37015/the-kingdoms-of-ruin

 

[Winchan]

It started from MS Paint to Ibis Paint X to Medibang Paint Pro to ClipStudio Paint (on another manga, the kingdoms of ruin)

 

[Kakai910]

OK so, I have been following this manga for many years. The art for the current cover is different because she/he drew that few years after the series begun (basically her/his art improved) and one or two years later, she/he remake the first chapter so that's why it looks really different from ch.1 to ch. 2. I think some people read Kingdom of Ruin, but they're literally the sequel of this series and there was so many references that I actually screamed. The author wasn't able to finish this series (because the company she/he was in was just terrible and did not have any human rights) but as far as I read, they have a really cool world building, and I really recommend this manga. Hopefully someone will pick up again because the plots get deeper as it go through the series.

 

[aikara]

wow, Yoruhashi's art improvement is cool 😯 they've come a long way in their latest work

 

[hausen]

Word of the streets that this is good, 201 chapters already completed yet no one picked it up lol

 

[Veart]

Dorothea why alwasy Dorothea

 

[Coppered]

I actually like this

 

[RegisNyx]

the cover image looks nice, but the actual art is really trash, like its made with ms paint, lol

 

[Ayuka]

Can someone give link to raw? withoit paywall

 

[Dzrian]

It's too bad I didn't find this earlier on.
Raws are hard to get and I hear that you still can get it if you have a Japanese phone number.

I do have some clips of the ending which i kinda find to be heartbreaking because the once kind girl, will become the evil queen in the next universe, the cycle repeats.
I'll put it in with my summarization below.

The Queen

She is Dorossel, the witch of love, there is 1 in each universe, like how there are specific witches as shown in the story. Iirc, the witches' powers are exclusive. She was the first witch to pull out the holy sword, Caliburn, and claim the throne.

Alfred/Zirconia

Zirconia was the mentor witch that was killed(?), she had found Alfred when he was a baby. They had friends and all, they were rebels against the tyrannical Queen Dorossel. Their happy days didn't last any longer as eventually, they all sacrificed themselves to help each other escape from pursuers, leaving only Alfred and Zirconia. Then, she too had to sacrifice herself. Her last words to him, "I love you." This man sets out for revenge just like our story.

Dorothea

Dorothea was on a journey to rescue her father or lighten his sentence after being arrested. I don't exactly remember much about her, but we get to know more later on. She is, indeed, the Queen that we know of now in The Kingdom Of Ruin.

1) The Story

The story begins with these two meeting and have their journey due to circumstances.

At first, just like our Kingdom of Ruin, these two were like fire and water. Alfred on his path of revenge while Dorothea, probably somewhat like the fmc we know of, like Doroka. Eventually, they get to know more about each other on their journey.

(Skipping some stuff of their journeys)

2) The truth

Queen Dorossel wasn't actually the one who pulled out the sword. It was because of the baby in her womb. This baby inherited the power of the witch of love. (You may have been thinking, "but a witch's power is exclusive," well, the answer would be that the Queen is from a parallel universe, her child is the real witch of love for this universe). By now in the story, you should know who else is the witch of love, Dorothea. She is actually Dorossel's child. A child Dorossel had no choice but to have because of her plans.

Alfredo realizes that the girl he has been traveling with is the daughter of his sworn enemy. But, he still travels with her, guess he's already attached to her at this point.

(Also, iirc only a witch/woman(?) can kill the queen)

3) Finale

They reach their destination.

"We've finally made it this far."

"This is all her fault... my real mother."

Alfred stands close to Dorothea, trying to protect her from the people who look at her with fear and anger. Dorothea declares that she will restore the world to its former state.

Alfred looked back on their journey so far, and told Dorothea how her kindness had saved him so many times.

The two finally come face to face with Queen Dorossel.

The Queen looks at Alfred with an ecstatic expression and says that her whole life, even giving birth to an unwanted child, was all for the sake of getting her loved one back.

4)The End

Dorothea opposes the Queen, who is wielding the love spell "Armament (Ruin)," with the same love spell "Binding (Mandrake)."

However, Dorothea is defeated, and Queen Dorossel leaves with Alfred's head.

https://imgur.com/a/kil76O4

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Alfred believed that Dorothea would now be freed from his revenge and would bring kindness to the world.

https://imgur.com/a/stf29xI

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Alfred, who is now only a head, gently sheds tears. Dorothea wails and calls him a liar.

After obtaining Alfred's head, Dorossel heads to the Headless Knight seated deep inside the castle.

As she gently placed the incarnated head on that body, Alfredo's red hair turned pure white, and her beloved, unaware knight was brought back to life.

The knight calls Dorossel a princess, embraces her, and gently lifts her up.

Dorossel happily tells the knight that she has had a "little adventure," and the knight smiles kindly at Dorossel.

https://imgur.com/a/ifcGweD

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Having lost Alfred, Dorothea embraces his headless body and makes a vow.

https://imgur.com/a/5h3LJEO

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She was going to bring him back to life no matter what.
Even if it means killing him in another world.

The end.

I don't know if I should even sympathize. Especially knowing that the Queen was once a kind girl too. She lost her loved one and turned evil just to bring him back, mercilessly manipulating the world. Then the Queen's happiness when reunited, leaves a feeling of panging, we get to see some longing expressions. It's a happy and sad ending that carries on to the next. For the cycle to break, one of them will have a full bad ending.