Japanese: 伯爵カインシリーズ
English: The Cain Saga
Synonyms: Earl Cain, Count Cain, Wasurerareta Juliet, Forgotten Juliet, Shounen no Fukasuru Oto, The Sound of a Boy Hatching, Kafka, Akai Hitsuji no Kokuin, The Seal of the Red Ram, The Boys Who Stopped Time, Double, Ellie in Summer Clothes
Type: Manga
Volumes: 5
Chapters: 25
Status: Completed
Published: 1992 to 1994
Genres: Mystery, Historical, Horror, Shoujo
Mangaka: Yuki Kaori (Story & Art)
Serialization: Hana to Yume
Synopsis: Delve into the tortured past of Earl Cain C. Hargreaves, charismatic heir to a wealthy family full of secrets, lies and unthinkable crimes. The prequel to the Godchild series, The Cain Saga follows the young Cain as he attempts to unravel the secrets of his birth, all the while solving each new mystery that comes his way.
Baka updates:
1) Wasurerareta Juliet
Includes 2 oneshots:
i) The Boys Who Stopped Time -
England, year 1918. Rupert enrolls to his new school just a few days after the murder of a maid called Noelle. He's the type that just can't sit still, so when he meets Noelle's sister, he's determined to help her find out who murdered her sister...
ii) Double -
When they were children, Ren helped his friend Emilio start his career as an actor. But when Ren didn't have any news from Emilio for two years, he decided to go to New York to look for his friend...
2) Shounen no Fukasuru Oto
3) Kafka
Includes 1 one-shot: Ellie in Summer Clothes
4) Akai Hitsuji no Kokuin
5) God Child
Related Series
God Child (Sequel)
Groups Scanlating
Celestial Scans
Sakura-Crisis
Licensed in English
Viz Media (5 Volumes - Complete)
Note: Hakushaku Cain Series was published as The Cain Saga by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat imprint from October 3, 2006 to June 5, 2007. Volume 4 was split into two parts.
Status in Country of Origin
Hakushaku Cain Series - 13 Volumes (Complete)
6 Volumes (Bunkoban - Complete)
Parts 1-4: Count Cain - 5 Volumes (Complete)
Part 5: Godchild - 8 Volumes (Complete)
Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates, Bato.to
Side notes: Although this manga has been labeled as Shoujo and there is no red flagging for it in Bato.to I decided to add R17 warning (that doesn't include all the chapters/ stories) as there is also pretty dark themes used (> incest). Still this can be a bit overreacted but it depends how one sees the stories and their contents. The art is on good level but old fashioned (age of the manga!) so it's not like many readers of today are used to see. I liked the stories that I had time to read so at least those first stories aren't totally bad to read thous as for rest I'm still reading.XD
Main characters
Cain C. Hargreaves (カイン・C・ハーグリーヴス)
Cain is a young English nobleman who is also known as the Earl/Count of Poison for his fondness in collecting and storing different kinds of poisons which he calls his "children". Cain's childhood was filled with both physical and mental abuse inflicted by his father, Alexis. He was whipped on the back daily because Alexis claimed that Cain is a cursed child and this is the only way he could be forgiven by God. Cain's mother, Lenora, tried to kill him because he was the illegitimate child of her husband Alexis and Alexis's sister, Augusta. Cain became Count at the age of twelve after killing his father (Cain is named after the biblical figure, Cain, for the fact that he was the first human to kill a relative, though, in this case, a brother named Abel). He has green-gold eyes (they're actually green but the gold in them comes because he is a child born of the incestuous relationship). To outsiders he seems like a wealthy incorrigible playboy. The only people he trusts are his head butler Riff and Mary Weather, who people consider to be his half-sister through Alexis's relationship with a maid. The manga based his physical appearance on British actor Rupert Graves. Cain is considered so beautiful that he can pass for a woman.
Riffael Raffit (リフェール・ラフィット)
Cain's valet. Riff dresses Cain and ties his shoes for him, which Yuki considers "a form of communication between the two of them because they've been together so long that they're almost like father and child."
Mary Weather Hargreaves (マリーウェザー･ハーグリーヴス)
Cain's ten-year-old half sister. After her mother commits suicide to protect her from her obsessive suitor, Mary lives on the streets of London as a fortuneteller. Cain believes that she is his half-sister, and adopts her. Outgoing and strong-willed, she is often annoyed by Cain's relationships with women. She does not like how Cain shelters her, but accepts it because she believes that it eases his suffering. One of Cain's friends, Oscar Gabriel, becomes her self-proclaimed fiancé to win back his father's attention.
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