The Sword of Shibito (Japanese: しびとの剣, Hepburn: Shibito no Ken) is a manga series written by Hideyuki Kikuchi and illustrated by Missile Kakurai (加倉井ミサイル).

It was serialized in the Japanese seinen manga magazine Comic Birz from 1998 until 2002.

[1][2] The Sword of Shibito was also licensed in English by Central Park Media and in French by 12 Bis.

[4] Mania.com's Jarred Pine criticises the manga for its art, which is "a horrible mess".

[5] Animefringe's authors agreed and noted that "the cover art looks great and you get two pages in the manga that look excellent so it’s upsetting to see this".