| The Ending Chronicle | |
Cover of the first light novel volume, featuring Sadagiri Shinjou | |
| 終わりのクロニクル (Owari no Chronicle) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science fiction, Romance |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Minoru Kawakami |
| Illustrated by | Satoyasu |
| Published by | ASCII Media Works |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Magazine | Dengeki Bunko Magazine |
| Original run | June 10, 2003 – December 10, 2005 |
| Volumes | 14 |
The Ending Chronicle (終わりのクロニクル, Owari no Chronicle; lit. "Chronicle of the End") is a light novel series written by Minoru Kawakami (川上 稔) and illustrated by Satoyasu (さとやす). It has 14 volumes published from June 2003 to December 2005 by Dengeki Bunko. It takes place in the past of Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, another of Kawakami's light novel series. The series takes place in the second era of a six-stage universe, with Kawakami's other works (including Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere) encompassing the other five.
1945 – The end of World War II. It was a year that would be forever engraved in human history, but it was also the year when another war that does not have a special place in the pages of history ended. Those who knew of it named it the Concept War (概念戦争, Gainen Sensou).
Sixty years later, in 2005 after the death of his grandfather, the high school student Mikoto Sayama, vice-president of the Taka-Akita Academy's Student Council, is suddenly summoned by the giant corporation IAI. There, he is informed of the existence of the UCAT institution and his grandfather's deep involvement with it and the Concept War. His grandfather and UCAT fought against ten alternate worlds called Gears (G/ギア, Gia) that existed separate to this one. These worlds were not parallel, they existed in multiple phases atop each other like a planetary orbit. They could approach each other and interact and affect each other on a set cycle. When this fact was discovered, they began an all-out war among themselves to destroy each other. With the world at stake, his grandfather took part in this war in order to destroy other worlds. Sixty years ago, Sayama's grandfather and his comrades destroyed all the Gears from the 1st to the 10th and in the end, only this world, the world known as Low-Gear, survived.
Carrying on his back, the phrase "the surname Sayama indicates a villain" and all the hatred, Mikoto Sayama begins the last negotiation with the other Gears' survivors, the Leviathan Road (全竜交渉 (レヴァイアサンロード), Revuaiasan Rōdo), in order to save Low-Gear from a new crisis. What is the crisis that approaches Low-Gear, this world in which the survivors of the other worlds live? And what is the meaning of the Leviathan Road which was left to Sayama Mikoto in order to avoid that crisis? Can this world truly reach a conclusion that will not bring its own end despite having ended so many other worlds? When Sayama Mikoto faces the emotions of those who were once defeated, what answer will he give?
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The Ending Chronicle began as serial light novel series run in Dengeki Bunko Magazine in 2003. When it finished on December 10, 2005, it had 14 compilation volumes covering seven separate arcs published by ASCII Media Works' imprint Dengeki Bunko. By 2008, it was #44 in the overall ranking from 1979 to 2008 of top-selling light novels by series[citation needed] with 1,300,000 estimated copies sold.
A drama CD was released after the main series ended, on March 31, 2006.
A series of music albums were released by Voltage of Imagination and Tenky, named GET SET - TEAM LEVIATHAN CHRONICLE (released on August 25, 2008), AHEAD - TEAM LEVIATHAN CHRONICLE (released on November 5, 2008), BREAK - TEAM LEVIATHAN CHRONICLE (released on April 28, 2009) and GO AHEAD - TEAM LEVIATHAN CHRONICLE (released on August 14, 2009).
The Ending Chronicle ranked two times in the top ten of the Takarajimasha's annual light novel guide book Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, a list of the most popular light novels and their characters according to their readers: fifth in 2006 and seventh in 2007. Between the 2005 and 2007 issues of Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, main character Mikoto Sayama ranked three times, third place in 2005, second place in 2006 and finally he was the No. 1 ranked male light novel character in the 2007 issue.