Qwan

Qwan
Cover to volume 2 of Qwan, English version.
怪·力·乱·神 クワン (Kai·Riki·Ran·Shin Kuwan)
Genre	Fantasy, Historical
Manga
Written by	Aki Shimizu
Published by	Media Factory
English publisher	NA Tokyopop
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Monthly Comic Flapper
Original run	2002 – 2008
Volumes	7

Qwan (怪·力·乱·神 クワン, Kai·Riki·Ran·Shin Kuwan, literally Confused Spirit With Mysterious Powers Kuwan) is a seinen manga by Aki Shimizu, published in Japan by Media Factory. It was also published in the United States by Tokyopop, in France by Soleil Productions, in Hong Kong by Jade Dynasty and in Taiwan by TongLi Comics.

Qwan, a strange boy who can eat demons, travels through Eastern Han Dynasty China with his winged companion Teikou, looking for the sutra known as the Essential Arts of Peace which he knows for certain will reveal who he is and what his purpose in life is. But there are other people interested in the sutra, like Yuushi, who will ambush him and try to stop him.

Some characters in Qwan's story were portrayed from real figures in Chinese history. For example, Aman (aka. Cao Cao), Cao Jie, Jou Kai and Chin Ban.

Aki Shimizu has drawn a collection of sidestories about the Three Kingdoms's other people, and named it Foreign Grass (異郷の草). The stories are about Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Zhong Hui, the infamous campaign of the south where Zhuge Liang had famously captured and released Meng Huo and his wife Zhurong seven times.