Guin Saga
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Guin Saga

Alternative Titles

Japanese: グイン・サーガ
English: The Guin Saga
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Information

Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Sep 30, 1979 to ?
Genres: Adventure Adventure, Fantasy Fantasy
Serialization: None
Authors: Amano, Yoshitaka (Art), Kurimoto, Kaoru (Story), Godai, Yuu (Story), Yohino, Yume (Story)

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Score: 7.481 (scored by 204204 users)
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Ranked: #30762
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Popularity: #9654
Members: 1,924
Favorites: 24

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Synopsis

In a single day and night of fierce fighting, the Archduchy of Mongaul has overrun its elegant neighbor, Parros. The lost priest kingdom's surviving royalty, the young twins Rinda and Remus, hide in a forest in the forbidding wild marshes. There they are saved by a mysterious creature with a man's body and a leopard's head, who has emerged from a deep sleep and remembers only his name. Guin.

(Source: Vertical Inc.)

Background

Guin Saga is the longest-continuing single-writer's work in the world with a total circulation exceeding 33 million worldwide. The series has inspired many other Japanese fantasy works such as Kentarou Miura's Berserk or Aquaplus' Utawarerumono.

Following her diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in 2007, Kaoru Kurimoto continued work on the series up until May 23, 2009, when she became too ill to write. She died on May 26, 2009. In November 2013, the series resumed publication, with authors Yuu Godai and Yume Yohino alternating between penning the new volumes.

The first five volumes of the series were published in English by Vertical Inc. from June 1, 2003, to May 13, 2008.

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Reviews

Mar 18, 2024
Preliminary (518/? eps)
Note that this review is mainly for the first 5 novels. While that might sound like a tiny portion out of the over hundred ones, this is because only those are properly translated. The rest is currently only available through machine translation.

When I picked up the first volume, I was a bit disappointed at first. It felt just like a very generic fantasy novel with nothing much interesting. However, after the first third or so of the volume, the more intriguing part of the story and worldbuilding started coming. So at the very least I would suggest finishing the first volume if you ...

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Recent News

Guin Saga Novel Wins the 30th Japan Sci-fi Taisho Special Award

According to Mainichi, the late Kurimoto Kaoru's novel Guin Saga won the special award of the 30th Japan Sci-fi Taisho. The incomplete final volume 130 "Th...read more

Guin Saga Novel Author Kurimoto Kaoru Passes Away [Updated]

Imaoka Kiyoshi announced in his blog that his wife Kurimoto Kaoru passed away on May 26th. She was 56 years old and had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. Source...read more


Recent Forum Discussion

Volume 5 Discussion
abystoma2 - Dec 3, 2023
0 repliesby abystoma2 »»
Dec 3, 2023 1:14 PM
Really wish to see this get translated either by fan or official
keragamming - Sep 30, 2017
17 repliesby kihel »»
Jun 22, 2023 5:48 PM
Subreddit
2adon - Feb 20, 2023
0 repliesby 2adon »»
Feb 20, 2023 12:55 PM
Has anyone here read it?
berial6 - Mar 4, 2019
23 repliesby LampsAndMugs »»
Dec 12, 2022 3:18 AM