Saiunkoku Monogatari aka Tale of Saiunkoku

Although Shurrei's father has a high status, her family is very poor due to a war eight years ago. As a result of her poverty, she accepts a request for her to become a High Consort and tutor to the current Emperor, who has no motivation whatsoever to be a good leader. And so begins their story...

kinda...

Saiunkoku Monogatari was originally a novel, then an anime, and now there is the manga.

The anime is 39 episodes long.
The manga... who knows... its been scanslated up to Ch. 3 by VampireKnight.

The art is beautiful... lots of bishies ^^

Has anyone seen/read it?




*credits to the official site: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/anime/saiunkoku/*

*More pix to b posted*

hi pinkblossom425! Finally found someone who posted on this series!

I love the artwork & appreciate the female protagonist who is such a delightfully intelligent & beautiful lady.

I'm so torn between the Emperor and her "guardian" who both love her so deeply...

Do you like this series? I've not seen the anime because it takes so long to download but I've bought the Mandarain-translated novels. Haven't read because I'm not proficient.

Being based as novels, the storyline is very intricate with loads of plot development...

I've seen the manga (not novels) for 1st 3 chapters. Wonderful stuff!

Cheers

This is a really awesome series!! I love the complexity and the characters are all very unique. I have been reading the manga and following the anime. I'm glad that it's a longer series (something I've been crazing since Juuni Kokki was taken off air).

jem i luv this series! i watch the anime off YouTube cuz yeah.. d/l takes too long...
Seiran and Ryuuki are both hawt!!! And i luv how Shurrei is different from the other manga females... she's a lot more independent ^^
Hm... i should check and see if therez a korean-translated version of the novel...

masala_chai_tea yay!!! another fellow reader/viewer! gotta luv the weird characters

hahaha! Definitely. Some of them have really strange characteristics, but that's what makes them that much more unique.

it looks like fushigi yuugi. i think i i will take a look at it on Youtube later...

It reminds me of FY too^^ only i think the girl is not so ditzy^^

ive seen that comparison a lot.. between FY and SaiMono... but then again, i cant really say much cuz i only read FY Genbu Kaiden and not FY...

im guessing SaiMono's female character is slightly more mature cuz SaiMono is josei and not shoujo?

^ ya i think so too. FY is really nice except that i hate the main female character. =X she really gets on my nerves...

i wanna kno how the anime ends >_<
i cant seem to find any sources beyond ep 16
i dun want it to haf a vague ending like fruit basket

I totally agree^^ I just watched episode 9 subbed on Youtube today and can't wait till they sub episode 10^^

the drawing seems kool but the story seems a little boring haha it reminds me of FY too

my post got eaten!

anyway this series is nothing like Fushigi yuugi so please don't say they are similar when you haven't watched it. It has a great storyline, nothing weird supernatural and cliched romances. THe pace is tight and good and the character development is really nice. you discover more and more secrets as you watch every episode.

Please watch before you comment on it's goodness

it's not like FY... It has a lot of political intrigue and lots & lots of character development.

Hardly shoujo...

ya when i first saw show the first impression that came to me was FY. but when i watched it, it is totally different, no where near FY. The story is brilliant and the protaganist does not annoy you and she deserves people to like her. haha cannot wait for the show to end, pretty wierd when the anime hasn't even passed episode 10. do you know where to find the manga for this. please msg me bout it. thanks so much

i dunno about the actual raws for the manga... i'm assuming you could buy it at any online book store...
or for japanese raws, I guess you could check out fileshares...

as for scanslations, Vampire Knights Scanslation are doing em ^^

oOo this is one of the last anime series i have been watching... i dunno about the manga buh i think the anime is great i find it interesting nd im loving the opening (song) i have been watching the episodes in youtube. very nice ^-^

yeah i love youtube too!!!!!

^^^ XD




i luv da OP!!!! Hajimari no Kaze~~~
it sounds different from other japanese songs... it sounds kind of... chinese?
i had trouble determining if it wuz Chinese or Japanese XD cuz i didnt kno Japanese had the "z" sound in their alphabet...

it's definately japanese^^
I love the opening and ending too^^
it's so catchy and i can't wait till they subb episode 11^^

this anime is good... better than what i've imagined.

i'm watching it on youtube now. too bad the subs are so blur. =( i think i shall find a way to download the good quality ones.

yay! a faster subber has appeared

i love this anime...Shuurei is so much less annoying than miaka from FY

^^^ omg i kno!!! shadow dreams is subbing em now!!! itz awesome~~~

yeah... they sub a lot faster and now i'm dying to know what happens next ^^

really where ?? i find raw clips onlinek not subbed ones

it's on youtube^^ That's where I watch it^^

i wish i understood japanese...
i watched part of ep 19 just for the heck of it... and Ryuuki and Shurrei seem so closeee~~~
i haf no idea wutz going on tho ;;

I know 0
i'm hoping they'll sub 17-19 soon

I want to get my hands on the opening song so much. XD anyone know where I could get it? It's such a nice song.

I really like how they drew the guys in this anime, totally hot!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/o7cjx4
Hajimari No kaze<Full version>

i think i'll try this anime. i hope it good. are there a lot of romance?

there's a lot of intrigue and politics........ me like!

ahaha...i think this anime is soo kawaii.

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true true..she was really annoying i didn't like her(miaka). will hopefully it doesn't give us a crapy ending.

couple times people mentioned miaka and im guessing fy was mentioned somewhere i didnt read. I loved fushigi yugi my most favorite anime of all time and when i saw this anime i was like hmm similar, but i know there was an anime reli reli reli like identical to fushigi yugi in japan dont remember the name.

This series is cute watched up to 16 than from there.. no subs so.. lol yea

subs from 15 to 20 are out already

I really like this manga
And I wanna read the novel (but is kinda imposible for the moment)

And I'm watching the anime
But I have to say that the manga is more mature and better than the anime
(That's my point of view)

Awesome story

i love this anime!!
i love shuurei's character
shes so cool
i love people who dont like to give up and are so carefree!!! ^__^
koyuu is so cute...and i like seiran too!!! >_<

^gosh..i love them all...

well I guess no one is posting on this thread and I just found it. Just watched the end of the first season. Acording to somewhere I read, there is going to be a 2nd season. So far the anime doesn't have some of the things that shadowdreams says is in the novels. I think the novels are still coming out. I like how the lead character matured through out the show. Very realistic to live.

I LOOOOOOVE THIS ANIME
it doesnt seem that popular but its one of the best i've seen so far..and there's few cus i barely watch anime : D
i havent finished the first season yet. does anywun know how much the second season will have?

I watched it half way and got bored. Is there any romance later on?

Man, I'm done with watching the first season today. ^o^
There's not much love-scenes and such, and those little
moments get to you so bad. Y_Y

I really like the anime and all the handsome guys! They ALL are very HANDSOME.
Though a few are very feminine-like, such as Sa Sakujun. LOL.

So many times that I was torn between Shi Ryuuki and Shi Reisan. lol.


I love this anime. Not much love stuff, but it's always good to have some anime
focusing on some politics-ish and women rights and whatnot.

all the guys are hot but i think the hottest guy is that eccentric dude who calls that girl his soul friend or something like that. I forgot his name. Anyways, he is definitely the hottest lookin one. I somehow dont want her to end up with the emperor though...

season 2 is really good. i wonder how many ep are there to this series.

I love this anime so far, I'm currently watching it~ ^-^

Currently watching this anime too! It's getting quite popular, I think, because now the subs are all out and you can get all the eps in a batch torrent.

I love the story and the main character, not to mention all the bishies. The OP and ED are nice too, rather unconventional songs which are catchy nonetheless.

This will certainly be an anime I finish watching! Haha. If I watch an anime that bores me I usually just give up halfway.

I'm on episode 29 of this and i love it!! even though each character is like intellectually gifted, they all have weird characteristics which make them all lovable (ex: Li Kouyuu being the genius that he is yet always getting lost xD, or Shuurei's uncle, Kou Reishin, and how he gets upset when Ryuuki was gonna argue with that kid that he was gonna marry Shuurei and that fan flew at Ryuuki >_<). I'm usually not into historical animes but the characters keep me at it. ^0^ I really want Shuurei and Ryuuki to hurry up and get together...and I hope it ends like that. Unfortunately, seeing as how Shuurei values her dream over romance, I have a hunch that it's not gonna end like that. Hopefully, I'm wrong though.

I love this anime and I'm currently reading the manga (through scanlations). Too bad the second season got licensed. >_<

But nevertheless, omg, I am in love with the story's plot with all this historical-ness (I think. XD)! Shuurei's so funny and she's so lucky to be surrounded by all these guys.

The drama and action really puts a lot more into this series. =)

Has anyone read the novels?