The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn
English
269 pages
1: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 1
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First published in the 1980s and 90s, Waki Yamato’s renowned adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu’s 11th-century literary masterpiece is still gorgeous to behold and is considered one of the greatest novel-to-manga adaptations of all time. Prince Genji falls in love with his stepmother, and so begins a forbidden love that will make him suffer his whole life. Genji's love story involves him falling for many women and begins with his love for Princess Fujitsubo—his father's wife, and his stepmother. And Genji will cross that line which he should never cross.
250 pages
2: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 2
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His loves are countless, but the love Prince Genji seeks is never there. Genji betrays his father and the result of his affair with with Fujitsubo is the conception of their child. Then, his own wife becomes pregnant. Genji sees this coming child as a saving grace, but when one of his lovers finds out, she brings torment to his wife ...
260 pages
3: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 3
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One of Prince Genji's lovers is the daughter of his political rival as well as the consort of Genji's own brother. Dangerous love sometimes brings tragedy. Though Genji has now married Lady Murasaki, who's grown up to look just like Princess Fujitsubo, his search for the ideal woman continues. He continues to see Oborozukiyo, his brother's wife, in an ongoing affair, but eventually, they're discovered. Suspected of plotting treachery, Genji is ousted from the political world ...
272 pages
4: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 4
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Prince Genji mourns a lost lover, while unbeknownst to him, his dear wife's heart is in disarray. Having overcome the punishment for his affair, Genji returns to the political sphere. As he spends his time intimately with his beloved wife Murasaki, he thinks back on a woman he loved when he was young, as well as the lover and child he left in Akashi. Meanwhile, the time for his separation with his eternal love comes ever closer...
266 pages
5: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 5
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Prince Genji adopts the daughter of his departed lover, but her beauty causes him to lose his good sense. His welcoming this girl, raising her to be a lady and arranging the best marriage for her was supposed to have been done out of parental affection. But heart swept away by her charm, he crosses a line as her adoptive father...
266 pages
6: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 6
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Genji has reached the heights of worldly glory, but a new young wife begins to drive his life out of order. Living in an estate with his many wives, Genji wields the highest power in the country, but even so he still continues to search for his ideal woman—so he welcomes a young princess as his wife. Did he truly want this woman so badly, he would even hurt his most beloved Lady Murasaki to have her?
260 pages
7: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 7
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So this is his recompense for having betrayed his father when he was young ... the infidelity of his new wife, and her pregnancy. The marriage between Prince Genji and the Third Princess was nothing more than a formality, and knowing nothing of the joy of love, she began an illicit affair with a certain young man. But the price to pay for their affair was too great for this young man and woman ...
262 pages
8: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 8
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Genji and Murasaki's eternal farewell ... Was his most dearly beloved wife happy, at the end? In his final years, Genji showers his love on Murasaki alone and attempts to make their remaining years fulfilling. But now, his dearest one only wishes to be freed from love life. After a long illness, she leaves the world, and Genji, behind.
263 pages
9: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 9
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The descendants of Genji and the sisters from Uji—in the tangle of feelings between these four, love brings about discord. Kaoru, who was raised as the son of the Shining Prince Genji, meets two beautiful sisters in Uji. He falls for the elder, Oigimi, but she means to sacrifice herself for her sister's happiness, and tries to have Kaoru marry her, instead. But then in secret, Prince Nio goes to visit the younger sister... Read this manga to have a good understanding of The Tale of Genji!
383 pages
10: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn 10
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The concluding volume! Despite Kaoru's love, she longs for Prince Nio—even though he's her sister's husband. The sisters of Uji, who so captivated Kaoru and Prince Nio, had yet another younger sister, Ukifune. Kaoru showers her with affection in place of his dead lover, but after just one brief encounter with Prince Nio, her heart is stirred by that moment of passion, leaving her intensely shaken ...
