Tenchi wo Kurau

Tenchi wo Kurau
Cover of the first volume of Tenchi wo Kurau
天地を喰らう
Manga
Written byHiroshi Motomiya
Published byShueisha
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Jump
DemographicShōnen
Original runJune 7, 1983 – August 21, 1984
Volumes7

Tenchi wo Kurau[a] is a Japanese manga series by Hiroshi Motomiya. The storyline is set in the Three Kingdoms period, when Western Shu, Northern Wei and Eastern Wu battled to conquer all of China.

Plot

Liu Bei is a descendant of Liu Sheng, prince Jing of Zhongshan of the Han dynasty. Cao Cao is the adopted grandchild of Cao Teng, a eunuch in the palace. Sun Jian is the governor of Jiangdong. The three show their marvelous leading-role to divide China to three states: Shu, Wei and Wu.

A significant difference is the use of fantasy elements; for example, many villains in the beginning are monsters as opposed to humans. Liu Bei meets a beautiful giant heavenly being in heaven, and she gives him the power to conquer the country. He meets and swears to be brothers with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

Video games

The manga has the following video game adaptations by Capcom:[1]

Arcade video games

Famicom/NES games

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: 天地を喰らう, "The Devouring of Heaven and Earth"

References

  1. ^ "Tenchi o Kurau Games". Giant Bomb. Retrieved 2024-09-12.