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Dawn of the Arcana (manga)

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Alternative title:
L'arcane de l'aube (French)
Reimei no Arcana (Japanese)
黎明のアルカナ (Japanese)
黎明的阿爾卡納 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres: romance
Themes: tragedy
Plot Summary: Princess Nakaba of Senan is forced to marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming a hostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive, telling Nakaba outright: "You are my property." With only her attendant Loki at her side, Nakaba must find a way to cope with her hostile surroundings, her fake marriage... and a mysterious power.
Ratings: 48 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 4 votes (Eng:4)
 Excellent: 10 votes (Eng:10)
 Very good: 14 votes (Eng:13, others:1
1 english & indonesian
)
 Good: 8 votes (Eng:8)
 Decent: 5 votes (Eng:5)
 So-so: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Not really good: 3 votes (Eng:3)
 Weak: 1 vote (Eng:1)
 Bad: -
 Awful: 2 votes (Eng:2)
 Worst ever: -
Seen in part or in whole by 119 s, rank: #714 (of 6966)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.292 (Good+), std. dev.: 2.0912, rank: #2615 (of 7832)
Weighted mean: 7.098 (Good), rank: #3367 (of 7832) (seen all: 7.49 / seen some: 7.37 / won't finish: 4.50)
Bayesian estimate: 7.143 (Good), rank: #2311 (of 3540)
Number of tankoubon: 13
Number of pages: 192
Vintage: 2009-05-26
Release dates: We have 52
Reviews:
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    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 1) 2011-12-06 (from $9.69)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 2) 2012-02-07 (from $6.28)
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    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 10) 2013-06-04 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 11) 2013-10-01 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 12) 2014-04-08 (from $7.99)
    Dawn of the Arcana (GN 13) 2014-09-02 (from $9.99)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Story & Art: Rei Tōma
(none)
Japanese companies
Publisher: Shogakukan
English staff
English cast
Translation: Alexander O. Smith (Vol. 1-2)

Adaptation:
Ysabet Reinhardt MacFarlane (Vol. 8-13)
Cover Design: Yukiko Whitley (Vol. 9)
Design:
Yukiko Whitley (Vol. 1-8, 11-13)
Editing: Amy Yu
Interior Design: Shawn Carrico (Vol. 9)
Lettering: Freeman Wong
Touch-up Art: Freeman Wong
(none)
English companies
Adaptation: Kajiya Productions (Vol. 3-7)
Licensed by: Viz Media
Online Distribution: Viz Manga
Translation:
Kajiya Productions (Vol. 3-7)
French staff
French companies
(none)
Publisher: KAZÉ
French cast
(none)
Italian cast
Italian staff
Translation: Giulia Ponti
(none)
Italian companies
Publisher: Flashbook Edizioni
German staff
German companies
(none)
Publisher: Carlsen Comics
German cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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