is a Japanese manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series written and illustrated by Masatoshi Kawahara

Masatoshi Kawahara

is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the author of the long-running series Shura no Mon and its prequel Shura no Toki, for which he won the Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen in 1989.-External links:* at the Ultimate Manga Page...

. The manga was licensed and published in Taiwan by Tong Li Publishing.

Reception

The thirty-sixth volume of Kaiouki was ranked 9th on the Tohan charts. The thirty-seventh volume was ranked 10th. The thirty-eighth volume was ranked 9th. The thirty-ninth volume was ranked 10th. The fortieth volume was ranked 11th.