On a starry night, middle-schooler Manta meets Yoh Asakura, a young shaman who has the ability to talk to spirits, and also has the ability to let them possess him to use their powers. Yoh has a heavy duty on his shoulders: he must become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight, a tournament between shamans that happens only once every 500 years. Joined by his spirit medium fiancée Anna Kyouyama, his personal samurai spirit Amidamaru, and his other friends, Yoh must also face a larger evil: Hao, a powerful man who aims to create a new world with only shamans by becoming the Shaman King himself. (Source: Anime News Network)

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Shamans possess mysterious powers that allow them to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead…and Manta Oyamada's about to learn all about them, because his class just welcomed a new transfer student: Yoh Asakura, a boy from way off in Izumo…and a shaman in training! 
(Source: Kodansha USA)
 
Note: Chapter count includes the 5-chapter short story "Funbari no Uta" as a single chapter, as well as 2 one-shots in Volume 27.
 
This entry is for the original printing of Shaman King. Please see <a href="https://anilist.co/manga/42917/">"Shaman King Kanzenban"</a> for the reprint of the series, which contains chapters not included in this edition.

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