In this post, we take a closer look at the current status of the series “Kemono no Souja Erin”, also known by the following titles:
- The Beast Player Erin
- 獣の奏者エリン
- Kemono no Soujya Erin
- Kemono no Sou-ja Erin
- Erin
Status#
Based on our analysis, the series is NOT FINISHED. ❌
Here’s how we reached that conclusion:
- All related entries are marked as finished on MyAnimeList
- The series is listed as ended on Trakt
- The original source material has not been fully adapted, according to MangaUpdates
Taken together, these points indicate that Kemono no Souja Erin is still ongoing in some form.
Watch order#
Kemono no Souja ↗ ↖
The Beast Player Erin
Summary
Erin is a young girl who lives with her mother in a village which raises war-lizards, called Touda. We see her daily life, which changes as she grows up. Meanwhile, there is growing tension between the two provinces of the country she lives in.Background
Kemono no Souja was first published in 4 tankoubon from November 21, 2006 to August 11, 2009. It was later republished in 8 volumes under the Aoi Tori Bunko label. The first 2 tankoubon novels were published in Swedish as Besttjusaren by Ordbilder from December 18, 2009 to June 9, 2011. The novel was published in English in two books titled The Beast Player and The Beast Warrior by Pushkin Press from February 21, 2018 to July 30, 2020, and by Henry Holt and Co. from March 26, 2019 to July 28, 2020.
Kemono no Souja ↗ ↖
獣の奏者
Summary
Erin is a 10-year-old girl who lives with her mother in the Tai Koh Region. She has a big love for animals, especially the Touda, dragon-like creatures used in the war.Her mother Soyon was originally of the Mist People, an ancient clan whose members have green eyes. Because Erin’s late father was the son of the chief of a village of Touda breeders, Erin and Soyon live there and Soyon is the head Touda doctor.
But one night, the Kiba, the Duke’s strongest Touda, mysteriously die, and Erin’s life will be changed forever, involving her into the fate of the whole country.
The series tells the story of Erin’s life from childhood into adulthood.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Included one-shot: Volume 11: Ryokui no Hito
Background
Kemono no Souja is based on Nahoko Uehashi's novel series of the same title. The series was published digitally in English as The Beast Player by Kodansha USA through K Manga. The volumes have also been published digitally by Kodansha USA since May 14, 2024.
Kemono no Souja Erin ↗ ↖
獣の奏者エリン
Summary
In the land of Ryoza, the neighboring provinces of Shin-Ou and Tai-Kou have been at peace. Queen Shinou is the ruler of Ryoza and her greatest general, Grand Duke Taikou, defends the kingdom with his army of powerful war-lizards known as the "Touda." Although the two regions have enjoyed a long-standing alliance, mounting tensions threaten to spark a fierce civil war.Within Ake, a village in Tai-Kou tasked with raising the Grand Duke’s army, lives Erin, a bright girl who spends her days watching the work of her mother Soyon, the village’s head Touda doctor. But while under Soyon’s care, a disastrous incident befalls the Grand Duke’s strongest Touda, and the peace that Erin and her mother had been enjoying vanishes as Soyon is punished severely. In a desperate attempt to save her mother, Erin ends up falling in a river and is swept towards Shin-Ou.
Unable to return home, Erin must learn to lead a new life with completely different people, all while hunting for the truth of both beasts and humanity itself, with tensions between the two regions constantly escalating.
[Written by MAL Rewrite]
Kemono no Souja Erin Recap ↗ ↖
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