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Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose's Catastrophe at 16 light novel #1

終わりのセラフ1 一瀬グレン、16歳の破滅 [Owari no Serafu: Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Hametsu 1]

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世界が滅亡し、地上が吸血鬼に支配される直前の──最後の春。一瀬グレンが入学したのは、渋谷にある呪術師養成学校だった。学校にいるのは呪術世界では有名な家系のエリート子女ばかり。身分の低い分家出身のグレンは、胸に大きな野心を抱きながらも、クズだと嘲られながら過ごす。だがそんな中、遠い昔に約束を交わした少女の、婚約者を名乗るクラスメイトが現れて――。滅び行く世界で、少年は力を求め、少女もまた力を求めた。

292 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 4, 2013

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Takaya Kagami

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Also known as 鏡貴也.

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387 reviews5 followers
November 12, 2021
Da ich eine Idee zu einem OC habe, wollte ich unbedingt die Vorgeschichte von Guren Ichinose wissen :D

Ich feier Norito Goshi schon seit dem Anime xD und mein OC wird was mit ihm wohl haben~

Es ist sehr interessant, wie es zu Seraph of the End gekommen und das die Welt davor natürlich komplett normal war.
Ich werd mir die anderen Bände auch holen
4 reviews
November 4, 2022
I read Seraph of the End - Guren Ichinose Catastrophe at Sixteen volume 1 by Takaya Kagami. It follows Guren and his retainers, Sayuri and Shigure, trying to manage being in a new school where they are bullied and looked down upon. Guren's end goal is to take down the Hiiragis and build a better life for the Ichinoses. Mito Jujo, Norito Goshi, and Shinya Hiiragi quickly try to befriend him. Guren pushes back their attempts but is quickly forced to work with them. During an attack on the school, he finds out that the world is going to end in December. I would recommend this book to people who like Seraph of the End, but the writing of the book itself isn't very good. This applies especially to the women. They are written in ways akin to a Wattpad fanfiction. Guren is also incredibly annoying to read at times. The writer repeats that he's strong and is purposefully hiding constantly, it quickly becomes very repetitive and not fun to read. On the bright side though, I like reading the bits with Shinya a lot. It adds a lot of depth to Mito and Norito's characters. The dynamic between the main characters is fun to read. Overall, the book isn't great but it's a good read for fans of Guren. Its a solid 3/5 book.
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320 reviews1 follower
October 12, 2016
¡Primera light novel que leo y quiero más!

A ver, supongo que me di la oportunidad de leer por primera vez de esta forma porque todo lo que se refiere a Owari No Seraph, esta historia como tal, me tiene enamorada, y Guren Ichinose en el manga es un personaje tan enigmático, contradictorio, problemático; conocer a fondo sus más oscuros deseos o aspiraciones me da mucho que analizar, yo aún no se que pensar de él; y pretendo leer todo lo referente a esta historia. Hubo cosas en esta novela que no pude evitar deducir por lo anteriormente leído en el manga y acerté, pero eso no hace más que avivar mi curiosidad. Y oh, por Dios, es un bebé, a veces el ponerme a pensar que todo lo que pasó lo hizo para ser más fuerte, para demostrar su verdadera virtud, es maravilloso y a la vez tocó mi corazón de una forma que no se expresar. Sin duda seguiré con los demás tomos, ¡necesito más!. Y túúú Takaya Kagami tienes un lugar especial en mi corazón con esto que haces sabes, me tiene completamente obsesionada (donde quiera que estés te amo).
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602 reviews54 followers
April 10, 2016
I love this series so much.

Owari no Seraph own big part of my anime heart and reading this is giving me so many feels!

I'm loving knowing more about things before the apocalypse. Seing the characters all so young, all of them meeting each other.

Guren Squad is forming!!!

Shinya my babe.. <3

Gurenshin is real and don't even try to fight me on that.

And Mika!!! My sweet, innocent, adorable baby.

I'm really really enjoying this!

On to the second book!!
323 reviews
August 6, 2020
I haven't read Seraph of the End itself, so my only knowledge is through seeing the anime in Netflix (pretty good in my opinion).

I like the story of the anime, but i actually thought while seeing it that if there was a character i would want to know more about, that would be Guren.
So, upon learning that these light novels existed i decided to read them before actually reading SotE.

As to this first volume.
I do like the story and i do think Guren is a really great character with depth and all, so i did like the book a lot, but the first person narrative falls short at times.
I mean, i get it that probably it might have to do with the audience it is destined but sometimes the descriptions just feel flat without enough depth, just because i person may be telling their own stories can't they just describe scenery and situations with more details?

Anyway, i do have that complaint but that didn't detract from the fact that Guren is really a pretty good character and getting to know how be got to be a bit of an ass is damn entertaining (and dark and kind of sad).
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7 reviews
July 27, 2025
i mean, no it’s not a well-written story. however coming to ca16 (soon res19) from the manga is actually pretty fun. i had a fun and whirlwind kinda time reading it given the fast pace and character contrasts, plus the emotional nostalgic factor also added in to that. Shinya i love you 🪦

this book does make me see mahiru in a different light, though. Not a good one. not even remotely positive. but different and more human! which is weird and ironic but also very gratifying since her character is flat as hell in the manga in my opinion.

not bad not good, just right i guess

however kagami is one weird freak (derogatory)
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65 reviews2 followers
January 16, 2022
Si distacca di gran lunga dalla storia orginale di Seraph of the End, ma sono molto felice di avere un’intera light novel su uno dei personaggi che più mi intrigano della vicenda.
L’estetica dei disegni è lievemente diversa da quella della prima serie, ma rispecchia benissimo il contesto in cui vivono i personaggi dello spin off.
Apprezzatissimo il fatto che attraverso questa storia secondaria si possano comprendere meglio alcuni passaggi che sfuggono o non vengono raccontati dalla principale.
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292 reviews61 followers
October 21, 2020
This is my first light novel ever and I enjoyed it a lot. It was surprising how much I loved it.
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April 10, 2021
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370 reviews5 followers
February 2, 2023
La primera novela visual que leí. Es sencilla de entender. Guren es un gran personaje y Shin'ya es "my little meow meow did nothing wrong".
Estoy perdiendo la cabeza
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122 reviews18 followers
January 1, 2024
MAHIRU WHEN I SEE YOU MAHIRU WHEN I SEE YOU
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185 reviews2 followers
January 22, 2024
Not really what I was expecting for a prequel I guess???? I’m just glad to see shinya again, my sweet angel. Hope next’s volume is a little more entertaining.
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58 reviews
October 18, 2024
Look, I enjoyed the book a lot. However it is pretty badly written and if I see the word ‘mongrel’ again I will do unspeakable things.
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93 reviews
June 13, 2015
four stars

Glen is adorkable, Mito is a tsundere, Goshi is a jerk, Shigure is a badass, Sayuri is as boring as hell and Mahiru is a bloody mary-sue aka Glen's waifu-goddess and love interest. also, she's worshipped by everyone in the school. urgh.
seeing their younger versions is fun, but all the high-school drama is a bit annoying.

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Shinya (amore mio ♥︎) is fabulous and witty as always. i hate the fact he's soooo underrated since Glen always hogs all the screen time, but i like their relationship. yaoi feels everywhere. i have to repress the fangirl inside of me.

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56 reviews20 followers
August 13, 2016
The story's has beautiful story telling I feel like I am reading J.K Rowling.
Or it's the fact that my Imagination is great.
This books make you want to read what happens next ,every time you flip the page. Well for me it did .
I want to get the rest of the books.
Six in total but take my money.
I hope they translate all the books.
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September 12, 2015
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