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Synonyms: Nichiyoubi no Solomon Grundy, Hakushaku Cain Series
Japanese: ゴッド チャイルド
English: Godchild
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 8
Chapters: 48
Status: Finished
Published: May 2, 2001 to Oct 4, 2003
Genres: Boys Love Boys Love, Horror Horror, Mystery Mystery, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: Historical Historical
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Hana to Yume
Authors: Yuki, Kaori (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.121 (scored by 71377,137 users)
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Ranked: #5372
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Popularity: #956
Members: 19,990
Favorites: 904

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Deep in the heart of 19th century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society into which he was born. Forced to become an earl upon the untimely death of his father, Cain assumes the role of head of the Hargreaves, a noble family with a dark past. With Riff, his faithful manservant, and Mary Weather, his 10-year-old half sister, Cain investigates the mysterious crimes that seem to follow him wherever he goes.

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Included one-shot:
Volume 5: Nichiyoubi no Solomon Grundy

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God Child was published in English by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat imprint from March 7, 2006 to February 5, 2008.
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Hakushaku Cain Series
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Characters

Hargreaves, Cain C.
Hargreaves, Cain C.
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Disraeli, Jizabel
Disraeli, Jizabel
Main
Raffit, Riffael
Raffit, Riffael
Main
Hargreaves, Mary Weather
Hargreaves, Mary Weather
Main
Mikaila
Mikaila
Supporting
Cassian
Cassian
Supporting
Gabriel, Oscar
Gabriel, Oscar
Supporting
Hargreaves, Alexis
Hargreaves, Alexis
Supporting
Crehador, Dominic
Crehador, Dominic
Supporting
Suzette
Suzette
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13 Recommended
1 Mixed Feelings
0 Not Recommended
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Oct 25, 2008
Chupacabra-Food
Recommended
I only recommend if for those sick people who can stomach the convulted, twisted, vile nature of humanity and still think its one helluva story.

Well then, hello you sick people, this is your manga.

Story:
Basically Godchild (first started in the Cain Saga) is the story of the Earl Cain, a posion collection, who is a noble of the prestigious English family, and finds himself investigating strings of murders involving serious psychologically distrubed people (seriously, they are MESSED UP) in the current decaying society which is London. As the story progresses he begins to find a pattern in these cases all connected to a ...
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Dec 11, 2008
Uniasus
Recommended
I absolutely love this series (and of course, The Cain Saga). I love Kaori Yuki's artwork, and the relationships she constructs between characters is always so involved, complex, and at time twisted. But..it always works out because the feelings of the characters are real. Very very real.

Plus, who doesn't like the feel and look of Victorian London? Who hasn't wondered about the perversive nature of fairy tales and Mother Goose tales? And the chapter titles were so appropriate for the setting of the manga, I can tell Kaori-sama put a lot of research in this.

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Sep 24, 2024
Czarine
Mixed Feelings
I read this back-to-back with Cain Saga. While Cain Saga's storylines were at times hard to follow, I preferred the storytelling there. While it was sometimes melodramatic, the drama ebbed and flowed better.

In God Child, the story is easier to follow, but I found that the tension didn't rise enough to form proper "peaks" to keep me invested. Towards the last volumes, I just wanted to get done with it.

The story felt overall flat, or too mellow. The only point of excitement happened when Riff met with the doctor, but it mellowed down again fast. I was especially disappointed in the villain(s). ...
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