Owari no Seraph: Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe
Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose - Catastrophe at Sixteen
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Synonyms: Owari no Seraph: Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Hametsu
Japanese: 終わりのセラフ 一瀬グレン、16歳の破滅〈カタストロフィ〉
English: Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose - Catastrophe at Sixteen
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Type: Light Novel
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 46
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 4, 2013 to Dec 2, 2016
Genres: Action Fantasy
Theme: Vampire Vampire
Serialization: None
Authors: Kagami, Takaya (Story)

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Score: 8.051 (scored by 24242,424 s)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #6842
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2486
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Favorites: 253

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Synopsis

"Hey, Guren? Do you think... when we grow up, we can still be together like always?"

Just before the world fell to ruin because of mysterious virus that appeared on Earth which killed every infected human over the age of 13. Vampires conquered the surface—in that one last spring.

Ichinose Guren had entered a Sorcery Training School in Shibuya. This school was full of elites from famous families in the world of sorcerers. As he himself was of modest origin, Guren held a great ambition in his heart, even despite being labelled as trash. But among his classmates, a girl appeared who introduced herself by the name of the fiancée he had traded vows with a really long time ago... In that world slated for ruin, the boy sought power; and the girl sought power as well. A magic academy fantasy story begins!

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Owari no Seraph: Ichinose Guren, 16-sai no Catastrophe was published in English as Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose - Catastrophe at Sixteen by Vertical Inc. as omnibuses from January 26, 2016 to September 25, 2018.
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Ichinose, Guren
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Hyakuya, Mikaela
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Hiiragi, Shinoa
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Sep 13, 2020
Zev___
Recommended
This is technically a prequel to the Seraph of the End manga/anime. The story follows Guren and the trials and tribulations he must endure due to the Hiragi clan and how he seeks to overcome them.


The story really humanises Guren a lot more than what you see in the manga - where he barely shows any emotion - and overall made him not only more relatable, but a much better and in-depth character than Yu. You also get much more acquainted with his team that he slowly starts to form over the seven chapters and their various outlooks on the current situation they find ...
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Apr 26, 2021
Atomicferid
Recommended
Keep in mind that I have given these novels a 10/10 because I am extremely biased (ONS is my main interest), so if I were your average reader, I would give these novels an 8/10.

Catastrophe at Sixteen is a prequel to the main story and shows Guren’s life in his freshman year of high school right before the catastrophe that ended the world (with flashbacks to his childhood). You watch him as he makes friends (who we know as the Guren squad), experiences love, heartbreak, grief, and the start of the loss of his humanity. These books give a lot of background to his friends, ...
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Feb 19, 2025
asurei
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'It was only a few years later I found out what happened on that day.
About the Hiiragi girl- Mahiru Hiiragi- and Guren-sama.
And when I first heard about it, my heart hurt so much I couldn't sleep.'

The illustrator for the author's previous series is married to a woman called Mashiro Hiiragi. I don't know what possessed him to do this, as I don't have a personality disorder. I would recommend this series only if you enjoy pointing and laughing at people who publicly embarrass themselves for a living. Don't expect to find any story worth reading here- the fictional elements exist because his unedited diary entries ...
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