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>Guin Saga (グイン・サーガ, Guin Sāga) is a best-selling heroic fantasy novel series by the Japanese author Kaoru Kurimoto, in continuous publication since 1979. A record 100 volumes were originally planned,[4] but the final total stands at 147 volumes and 26 side-story novels, with the last seventeen volumes (+ five side stories) published posthumously.[5] She was working on the 130th volume of Guin Saga up until May 23, 2009, after which point she became too ill to write.[6] After the 100th book in the series was published in 2005, an event to celebrate this was held in Tokyo, with 600 attending.[7] Guin Saga is the longest single-writer's work in the world,[8] with total sales of 30 million copies.[9]

Why isn't this work of historic significance more popular in the West?

>> No.21322168

>>21322157
I'd say there's a solid 98% chance that it's trash.

>> No.21322213

>>21322168
So is stuff like The Iliad, but it's still popular.

>> No.21322226

>>21322213
zoom zoom

>> No.21322286

>>21322157
Five books were translated into English and that's it. They probably sold poorly.

>> No.21322316

>>21322213
>stuff like The Iliad
this website is 18+ only, kid

>> No.21322337

>>21322157
Really difficult to get ahold of well-translated versions of the books. Either learn nipponese or stick to Conan.

>> No.21322519

>>21322157
>Aryan Saga written by a japanese woman
Honorary indeed

>> No.21322540

>>21322337
So are these books like Conan in that it's just a bunch of random, repetitive short stories with no progression?

>> No.21322795
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21322795

Is a mask or he's a cat?

>> No.21322852

>>21322795
It's an actual cat's head.

>> No.21322855

>>21322795
It's a cat's head, but he's a human. He doesn't rememver his pazt so he doesn't know why his head is like that, but it's probably a curse

>> No.21322937

>>21322855
147 volumes and they never explain it?

>> No.21322981

>>21322519
/pol/tard moment

>> No.21323568
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21323568

I like his aesthetic.

>> No.21323690

>>21322855
Ooh like feline Ganesha? Is he chill and honorable like him too?

>> No.21323755

..finish Balzac's human comedy before touching this trash.

>> No.21324882

>>21322213
Based post

>> No.21324890

>>21322519
You can tell she's a white woman deep down since the most iconic character has an animal's head

>> No.21324953

>>21322540
Heavily influenced Berserk, so take from that what you will.

>> No.21325064

>>21322157
Is it even translated?

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21325155

I will never get to read Teito Monogatari.

>> No.21325467

>>21322157
Is it any good?

>> No.21325510

>>21325467
yes

>> No.21325612

>>21322157
Got a translation or do I have to be a nip to read it?