By EuAfter eight years and 18 volumes, Sai Yukinowill end The Story of Saiunkoku (Saiunkoku Monogatari) light novel series on Thursday. In this fantasy set in Saiunkoku (an empire inspired by ancient China), a poor yet noble family’s daughter named Shuurei rises through the ranks of the imperial palace.
The light novels have 6 million copies in print, and they inspired a manga series (by novel illustrator and Angelique character designer Kairi Yura) and two television anime series between 2006 and 2008.
Weeks before an official news was released, the cover was already leaked. I’m just hoping that Shuurei will have a happy ending. Afterall, she deserves it. ^^
EDIT:
Thanks to natsumi for posting the link of the spoiler for chapter 17 and 18. You can now finally read it here: http://himeyasha.blogspot.com/search/label/Manga%20%2F%20Novels
it was a wonderful story..although i saw till half of the season 2 of its anime version..when i read the spoilers of the novel and found out what would happen,it broke my heart and i didnt have the courage to watch further….sigh..sigh,,i loved each and every characters..
I haven’t finished the season 2 either. ;w;
You got me curious to what happened. XD I really hope everyone one of them will have a good ending.
How did the light novel end? I am dying to know please tell me :)!
Sorry I won’t be able to answer this. ^^;;
I think you should refer to this blog http://saiun.wordpress.com/. Hope that helps. :))
Where can I read the complete manga version of Saiunkoku Monogatari?
I’m sorry but I don’t know…and I don’t think the English version is already complete. I’m not entirely sure though. ^^;;
Does anything happen to shuurei in the last chapter of the last volume?
I’m sorry. I don’t have an answer for this. D: I haven’t seen it myself.
im getting upset already n hav a feeling its gonne be a tough ending! :'(
spoiler for chapters 17 and 18 here http://himeyasha.blogspot.com/search/label/Manga%20%2F%20Novels
Thank you!! Will edit this post now. 🙂
the anime is great..season 1 & 2 are pretty good..but what hurts most is the spoiler that i have read..its so sad!!.i never thought that it would end like that,as written in the light novels..:((((
I just bought the final volume of The Story of Saiunkoku (the manga version). I thought that it would have a ending but it did not. I was so upset 🙁 and when I read the summary of the final novel of the light novel series, I cried. It is so sad and I am so disappointed. What a waste of time and money. I wanted a happy ending.
I tried to avoid spoilers about the ending but now I’m curious. Was it a cliffhanger?
Where did you buy the manga version? Is it in English?
I think shurei must marry seiran because he is eldest brother of ryuuki shi,also he has developed some feelings fr shurei which he did not reveal
There is a petition going on for it to be translated into English please support it
https://www.change.org/p/viz-media-please-translate-the-saiunkoku-monogatari-light-novels-into-english
Signed! 🙂 Will tell my friends about it. 😀
I already signed the petition few days ago however I’ve downloaded the copies of the last 2 volumes and as expected, they were published in original version. The summaries from the blogs for 17 and 18 were okay however I’m hoping that I could read the details of what really happened to the story
I could only find summaries before too. 🙁