Kingdom Box Set 2: The Battle of Bayou & the Sanyou Campaign - Yasuhisa Hara

Kingdom Box Set 2: The Battle of Bayou & the Sanyou Campaign (キングダム BOXセット 2 馬陽防衛戦・山陽攻略戦) is the second box set of Kingdom, the manga by Yasuhisa Hara published by Shueisha in the Young Jump Comics line. It brings together volumes 11 to 23 in a single case, covering the defence of Bayou and the Sanyou campaign. It belongs to the series of box sets that Shueisha launched in 2026 to celebrate the manga's 20th anniversary.

Zhao invades Qin, and Wang Qi, one of Qin's Six Great Generals, takes command of the defence at Bayou. Xin, now leading a hundred soldiers, receives the name of his unit from Wang Qi himself, and this battle marks the first appearance of Li Mu, the strategist of Zhao. Later, under the command of general Meng Ao, Qin launches an offensive against Wei to conquer Sanyou. There Xin competes for military merit with Wang Ben and Meng Tian, two young commanders of his generation, against the troops of Lian Po, the legendary general who once served Zhao and now fights for Wei.

Contents: volumes 11 to 23 (13 volumes, 2,770 pages in total), B6 format. The case features colour illustrations and scenes from the included volumes.

Recommended level: Advanced (JLPT N2–N1). Military and strategic vocabulary abounds, with the names of generals, ranks and places of ancient China written in kanji, in the formal register typical of historical drama.

Original Japanese version, without furigana.