Oh Gurazeh, If Only You Knew.

Oh Gurazeh, if only you knew.

I really love how Arslan's confidence grew! Seeing him take immediate command like this is very nice. My son 🥹

Is it just me or is his hair really longer than it was before this arc????

Niiiiice. Farangis looks fantastic, Jaswant's Staring, Gieve has a shit-eating expression that makes me want to Whap him in the head, and what is Daryun doing?

They're sleeping on you, my man *badum-tss*

I'll see myself out.

Not gonna lie, the collar/lapel thing is really throwing me off. It looks like ones you'd find on a modern coat?

He's charming, ngl, I'd want to be his friend.

Now I'm sad because I haven't found a way to get Gurazeh and Gilan involved in Wolfpack! He's so great! Unfortunately Team Gorgan is in the Far North™ and he's in the Far South™ and it doesn't help that even in canon Gilan was pretty isolated from the rest of the narrative :(

Why does his beard remind me of Vahriz.

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TEAM ARSLAN PRAYER CIRCLE. I AM SO SCARED.

Hello! I just got into arslan senki and I stumbled upon your wonderful blog! Since I’m very new to the series, I can’t figure out where exactly the (2013) manga is in relation to the novels. I don’t want to get spoiled so I was hoping you could tell me!

Hello hello! It's always so lovely to hear from other fans of the series! I totally get wanting to avoid spoilers, especially with Arakawa's manga adaptation being in its final stages.

As of now (Chapter 125) we are part way through Book 7, Chapter 4, part iv. The scene with Tahamenay and Arslan feels as though it's concluded, albeit slightly differently to the novels, but the confrontation between Andragoras and Hilmes still isn't over. There may be a little more Arslan content covering a plot point from that novel chapter, or it may be that this has been altered in the manga, but I can't say for sure until the next chapter comes out.

For reference, Book 7 has five chapters in total and is the last book of the first half of the novel series. After this, there is a three year timeskip, but given the changes that Arakawa has been making and the fact that the manga was referred to as approaching its 'final decisive battle' not so long ago, it seems pretty certain that the manga will not cover the novels beyond Book 7, but will feature a modified ending to tie up any loose ends.

I hope that answers your question! And welcome to the fandom, by the way! If you feel like sharing I'd love to hear your thoughts on the story so far, favourite characters, ships (if that's your thing), etc.

(For anyone who is avoiding spoilers, let me just add that I do use the tag #arslan senki novel spoilers on any posts that contain them, and I believe so do most others? However, sometimes discussion in the comments of other posts may touch on novel spoilers so please tread carefully.)

Running a village is hard work and sometimes these two brothers will disappear for a few hours where no one can find them to take a break.

BONUS:

Their little compatriot.

Sorry, there was some technical difficulties and I couldn’t turn on the laptop at home for a few days.

Here, have an inktober Arslan.