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Saiunkoku Monogatari
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¦¦ Titles are translated from the Japanese release. ¦¦
Each of the titles are sayings.
Other names:
  • 彩雲国物語
  • The story of Saiunkoku
Saiunkoku Monogatari
1. Sweet words always hides a catchgroup
2. A frog in the well knows not the ocean
3. The shrewd hawk hides its talons
4. Buried treasure can't be put to good use
5. A genius can't better a hardworking man
6. Lacking the finishing touch
7. Even good swimmers still drown
8. To borrow a cat's paws
9. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
10. Good things come to those who wait
11. There's no cure for lovesickness
12. Discretion is the better part of valour
13. From a gourd springs a horse
14. On a rock for three years
15. Children know not their parents' hearts
16. There are no devils in this world
17. Poking bushes draws out snakes
18. Don't cover your head & leave your bottom exposed
19. If you love your child, let them go on a journey
20. Flowers blooming from dead wood
21. The wise know when to approach danger
22. Where there is life, there is hope 23. It's the company that makes travel unpleasant
24. Water on a sleeping ear
25. A chance resemblance
26. A raven in the moonless night
27. The prettier the flower, the higher the branchShuurei
28. Giving birth is easier than thinking about tit
29. Every moment feels like an eternity
30. Judge women by their courage
31. A diamond in the rough
32. A woman's word is her bond
33. No point crying over spilled milk
34. Fight poison with poison
35. Meeting is the beginning of parting
36. All is right in the world
37. Tears fall like rain from heaven
38. There is no today after today
39. Inscrutable are the ways people are brought together
Saiunkoku Monogatari second series
1. There's no place like home
2. The ups and downs of life
3. Birds of a feather flock together
4. If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
5. Love is not stingy
6. A bolt from the blue
7. One's zeal can cut through stone
8. Use the means and God will give a blessing
9. Be a godsend in one's distress
10. The awaited person finally arrives
11. The husband is always the last to know
12. Without justice, there is no heroism
13. Hurrying leads to mistakes
14. Entering the tiger's den
15. A short amount of time
pair 16. Light before the wind
17. Up and down seven times
18. A long way after dark
19. Don't count your chickens before they hatch
20. All is lost that is given to a fool
21. A frog's child is a frog
22. An insect in a lion's body
23. Misery loves company
24. One good turn deserves another
25. Even with trouble, youth is sufficient enough to pay
26. Even the wisest will flee when they are fools
27. It is better to wait than to be waited for
28. Peaches & chestnuts in three years, persimmons in eight years
29. The further you are, the more I think about you
30. The silent firefly's body consumed by love
31. One reaps what one sows
32. A painful reluctance
33. As the seasons change, so does the mind
34. Bluer than indigo
35. Crossing a dangerous bridge
36. Recap fortune is where one finds it
37. The eye is the mirror of the soul
38. Close friendship
39. Destined partners cannot be separated Top of page
SYNOPSIS
From vk scans, mostly:
The setting is a fantasy version of medieval China, called Saiunkoku or "Land of Many-Colored Clouds." The heroine Shuuri is the daughter of a high-born family that has become poor. She plays the erhu and earns money for the family, but is frustrated by their poverty as well as her limitations to be a scholar because she is a female. One day she is invited to the palace to be a tutor to the new young king. Beautiful young men in elegant robes abound. The female lead is a rare one, beauty and brains who makes greats buns too! She's a kind person that possess a great deal inner virtue, stubbornness, and intelligence. Her trials will be many as she strives for her dreams.
MORE INFO
mangaSai Yukino wrote and Kairi Yura illustrated the 12-volume novel series that the anime is taken from. After the novels, Yura also was involved in the release of the manga. To date, 8 tankoubon have been released, with book 5 due in January 2010. Both series are published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten.
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