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Shaman King is a manga series by Hiroyuki Takei.

Shaman King manga cover

Shaman King is a manga series by Hiroyuki Takei. Yoh Asakura, the protagonist of the series, is a shaman - a medium between the words of the living and the dead. The story follows him as he tries to become a Shaman King by winning a Shaman Fight - a competition which is held between shamans once every 500 years.

The original manga was very popular, selling over 22 million copies in Japan as of 2007, while the new volumes are are also very popular both in Japan and in the US.

Other media (besides the manga and its anime adaptation) include thirteen video games, soundtrack CDs, and a trading card game.

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Why do sword owners tap them with a fluffy ball on a stick?

In many shows characters poke their Japanese swords with a soft-looking ball on a stick. It seems that swordsmen in real life did that too. What's the purpose of that? Here's one example from Shaman king E02:
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Who is Tao Ren's wife?

In the original Shaman King, in the ending chapter, grown-up Ren already has a kid, named Men. Who is the mother? As when Lyserg wants to reveal it, because it's obvious from the kid's hair color and name, but Ren doesn't allow him to.
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Why Didn't Anna Enter The Shaman Fight?

According to the Shaman King Wiki, Anna's Furyoku level at the start of the series was 3 times Yoh's at the end. She would have made a good addition to Yoh's team. Why did she not enter?
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Is there a reference to Zenki in Japanese mythology? Or did Shaman King intentionally reference Zenki (anime/manga)?

In the Shaman King series, Hao (and later Anna) used to take control of two beasts named Zenki and Goki (or Kouki), which look like this: This immediately reminded me of Zenki and Goki from "Zenki": So: Is there a relation between both series?…
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