Shaman King

A relaxed shaman transfers into Manta's class and communes with spirits, introducing the supernatural world through an unusually easygoing central personality.

Synopsis
The Anime Lad

Manta Oyamada's class welcomes a transfer student named Yoh Asakura. Yoh comes from Izumo and is training as a shaman, which means gods, spirits, and the dead are available for conversation. Manta is about to receive a much broader education than the school timetable advertised.

Super Eyepatch Fox

Welcome a new transfer student. Learn that Yoh comes from a tradition of shamans who commune with gods, spirits, and the dead. Manta's ordinary school life now sits beside a supernatural practice his classmate treats as completely real. The lesson begins immediately.

Gigguku

Yoh arrives as a new transfer student with the ability to commune with gods, spirits, and even the dead! His relaxed presence makes that enormous supernatural idea feel strangely approachable. Manta is about to discover that one calm classmate can open a much wider world!

Father's Basement

The ordinary student meeting a gifted supernatural transfer is familiar setup, and the premise announces itself plainly. Yoh makes it work. His easygoing manner contrasts with a shaman's extraordinary connection to gods, spirits, and the dead, giving the introduction a human center.

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)

What defines it

The original adaptation of the supernatural shounen classic. Fun and formative.

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