Basara

Description

From Viz:
Basara is a post-apocalyptic fantasy adventure series and one of the most popular shôjo manga of the 90s in Japan. It is the story of how a young girl becomes "the child of destiny" and finds the strength to free her people and seek revenge for the death of her brother.

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo in 1992.

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Legend of Basara

Басара

บาซาร่า ศัตรูที่รัก

バサラ

바사라

Groups Scanlating

Lavendar Tinted

MangaONE

MangaProject

Latest Release(s)

v.21 c.78 by MangaONE 16 years ago

v.20 c.Extra by MangaOne 18 years ago

v.20 c.76-77 by MangaONE 18 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

27 Volumes (Tankoubon - Complete)
16 Volumes (Bunkoban - Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

Ends at Vol 5, Chap 19

User Reviews

Basara by PrincessVera

Forum

9 topics, 62 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (1432 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.75 / 10.0

48%

20%

15%

Last Updated

March 30th, 2025 8:45pm PDT - 4 weeks ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Gender Bender Mature Romance Shoujo
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Category Recommendations

Gu Fang Bu Zi Shang (Novel)

Recommendations

Sora wa Akai Kawa no Hotori

Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)

Betsucomi (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (27 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #438

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Monthly Pos #933

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3 Month Pos #1098

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6 Month Pos #1446

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Year Pos #1421

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List Stats

On 1321 reading lists

On 2051 wish lists

On 2716 completed lists

On 195 unfinished lists

On 833 custom lists

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Basara's ending

10 years ago

what is the meaning of BASARA btw??

13 years ago

is it worth reading?

14 years ago

ending and spoilers

15 years ago

Sasara's Mother

16 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

by HaruTheBirds
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I read this manga for the first time when I was in 7 grade, I can't even read it until the end cuz I doesn't like it at all, but, after a few years, about when I in my 12 grade, I read this manga again & I came to love It alot, it's a good manga, I wonder why I doesn't like this before, maybe because I was too young at that time.......
(Sorry for my poor English, I'm really not good at all)

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Worth the read

by xRinko
13 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

A few years ago I started reading Basara only dropping it soon afterward because the art was bothering me a lot..Later on I began reading 7 Seeds and got hooked that's when I decided to read Basara since the scanlations were finished. I would give the story a 8/10. Character development 9/10. Art.. well you get used to it. This manga reminds me of Saver so go check it out if you really liked Basara. I think it's even better in my opinion..I gotta say Ageha was my favorite among all the characters! Oh and the ending could of been better.. you'll see what I mean. The extra stories were a big plus though~!

... Last updated 13 years ago

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touched...

by yuriu
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This manga is best ever what I have read. Even now, when I write this comment, I have tears in my eyes. Sarasa is very strong girl and not only her destiny is very bitter. But my thoughts going to other person: Ageha and this words will never be erased from my mind: "One day ... you´ll meet a woman worth dying for."

... Last updated 14 years ago

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Artwork DATED, Story SUPERB

by turnip head
16 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

It's old, so this style of artwork is to be expected. But the story is so much better than most of the more beautiful, recent work in shoujo. It's like Kanata Kara or Miriam- a good story with art that gets the job done, though I could wish that someone would update portrayals of the more amazing scenes.

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Good enough

by KittyTeea
16 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

I'd say it was good enough, the story caught my attention from the beginning till the end, but the passing was kinda slow (27 volumes, dah). I appreciated the most the character development, the way Shuri and especially Asagi changed was really well made and it shows the author put a lot of thought into it . As for the art, it's not very good at least at the beginning, but it gets better along the way (or maybe I just got used to it).
All in all it's a good read.

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A MUST READ

by IHemmy
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is not your typical shoujo!!! ITS MUCH BETTER 🙂 The female characters were not dimwits but was strong enough to think about the betterment of others. YES the romance ending was happy and it even made me want to cry a little. The only problem was that the epilogue was too fast forward and focused on the minor roles instead of tying up the loose ends.

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good

by lily_kitty15
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

thia was a great manga the ending was good and im glad for the stories afterwards. i usually like to see what happens in the future for the ending so i was happy to see soem extra stories of what happend.

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A must read!

by [deleted member]
20 years ago

Rating: N/A

This is an AMAZING epic that will knock you off your feet. Tamura Yumi weaves the story so successfully that the fantasy world along with its characters are fully believable. The manga is so well told and drawn that it will have you in tears, seriously. Even if you don't usually go for action and adventure shoujo stories, at least give Basara a try. Plus, Tamura's art style is very unique.

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One of the bests!

by walkingstick
14 years ago

Rating: N/A

I personally think that this manga is one of the best because, first and foremost, it was worth reading. Every chapter has different twists, and there's no chapter that left me bored. I was really moved when Shido died but it didn't made me cry, what really striked me the most was when Ageha died, because as the story from the beginning progressed I fell in-love with his character (I really cried you know!). Though he was just a supporting character, he left the biggest mark among all supporting character. The finale was the best, though I was kind of sad that Shuri's arm was cut<spoiler!>. It has the best ending ever!

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One of my favourite mangas

by Miriette Le Fay
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

This is one of the best mangas I ever read. The main character is very strong not like some silly shoujo characters and it's not very dificult to distinguish them. They have all diferent storys and personalitis. Even have something much of the storys doesn't has. A character who we can think "I really really like him"
A character we could see the story only because of him... cough ... *Asagi... cough.
Puting this in part this is a story for all people who love read a something interesant and very deep not like some light brainless mangas.
You must read it...

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