Ranking of Kings

Ranking of Kings (王様ランキング, Ōsama Rankingu) is a Japanese fantasy manga series written and illustrated by Sōsuke Tōka. It has been serialized online via Echoes’ user-submitted Manga Hack website since May 2017 and has been collected in thirteen tankōbon volumes by Enterbrain. An anime television series adaptation by Wit Studio aired from October 2021 to March 2022 on Fuji TV’s Noitamina programming block.The title of the series refers to a same-named system by which a committee, acting in absentia for a race of powerful magical beings known as ‘Gods’, ranks the power and prosperity of the mortal world’s many kings. The king that is bequeathed the number one ranking is entitled to a boon from the ‘Divine Treasure Vault’, a fabled stronghold brimming with untold riches and holy artifacts. While not all kings seek this power in earnest, the existence of the ranking and the ambitions of those who strive to sit atop it form the driving force of the narrative.The story is about a little prince named Bojji who is deaf but above all nive, because despite many criticisms from his people about his accession to the throne, he does his best and dreams of becoming the greatest of kings. One day, he meets Kage (Shadow), a survivor of a wiped-out assassin clan, who understands his words despite Bojji being unable to speak due to his disability. The story follows the pair as they navigate the world and all of its adventures and darkness.Ranking of Kings Season 1 Download

The inciting incident of the series’ first arc is the death of Bojji’s father, King Bosse, a legendary giant warrior who, in his prime, was widely renowned as the strongest man in the world. While Bojji’s right to succession is affirmed by Bosse on his deathbed, there are those among the royal court that believe that Bojji’s physical shortcomings make him unfit to rule and that his arrogant (but physically capable) younger half-brother, Prince Daida, is more suited for ascension. Chief among these dissenters is Bosse’s widow and Daida’s mother, Queen Hilling, who calls for a vote to circumvent Bosse’s will and forgo Bojji’s right to succession. The vote is passed and Daida is placed upon the throne.