Rakujitsu Hika
core novel 1987 The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki)
Record
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  JA |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.22 (23 ratings, collected 2026-11-01) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9784041665039 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Arslan and his companions leave Pars for the neighbouring kingdom of Sindhura. There they are drawn into a struggle over the royal succession, in which Prince Rajendra seeks the crown from his half-brother. Arslan weighs the chance of an ally for his own war against the Lusitanians against the danger of taking sides in a foreign quarrel. Narsus plans the strategy while Daryun faces rival champions, and the matter is to be settled by a formal trial by combat before the gods. Meanwhile word of events at home reaches the prince, and the cost of leaving Pars behind grows clearer.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki)
- Series: The Heroic Legend of Arslan core; position 3 of 16 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Yoshiki Tanaka
Notes
- Japanese title 落日悲歌. English title: The Sunset Elegy. Part One of the series (volumes 1-7).
- From the series record (The Heroic Legend of Arslan): Sixteen novels following Crown Prince Arslan of Pars from the fall of his kingdom to his reign as king.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Heroic Legend of Arslan: position 3 of 16: previous Ōji Futari (1987) · next Kanketsu Kōro (1988)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Japanese Wikipedia: アルスラーン戦記
- Kadokawa product page (vol 3)
- Arslan Senki Wiki (fan wiki)
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