English Title: Kieli
Japanese Title: ã‚­ãƒ¼ãƒª â€“ “Kieli”
Author: Yukako Kabei
Illustrator: Shunsuke Taue
Translator: Alethea and Athena Nibley
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Original Run: February 2003 – April 2006
English Run: July 2009 – September 2013
Japanese Publisher: Dengeki Bunko (MediaWorks)
English Publisher: Yen Press
Volumes in Japanese: 9 (Completed)
Volumes in English: 9 (Completed)
Average Price Per Volume: Paperback $11 — Kindle $8 — Nook $8

• English Website — Japanese Website
• MAL Entry — Forum
• Baka Updates — LNDB.info — Novel Updates

Synopsis: Kieli is a reclusive girl isolated by her ability to see ghosts. Her only friend is her “roommate,” Becca, the precocious spirit of a former student still residing in Kieli's dorm. Everything in Kieli's life changes suddenly when the girls meet the handsome but distant Harvey who, like Kieli, can see ghosts. He also turns out to be one of the legendary Undying, an immortal soldier bred for war now being hunted by the Church. When Kieli joins Harvey on a pilgrimage to lay to rest the spirit of a corporal possessing an old radio, as unlikely as it seems, she feels she may have finally found a place where she belongs in the world. And in Kieli, Harvey may have found a reason to live again.

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Volume 1 – The Dead Sleep in the Wilderness
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Released July 14, 2009 — ISBN-13: 978-0759529298

Volume 2 – White Wake on the Sand
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Released March 23, 2010 — ISBN-13: 978-0759529304

Volume 3 – Prisoners Bound for Another Planet
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Released September 28, 2010 — ISBN-13: 978-0759529311

Volume 4 – Long Night Beside a Deep Pool
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Released April 26, 2011 — ISBN-13: 978-0759529328

Volume 5 – The Sunlit Garden Where it Began (Part 1)
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Released September 20, 2011 — ISBN-13: 978-0759529335

Volume 6 – The Sunlit Garden Where it Began (Part 2)
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Released April 3, 2012 — ISBN-13: 978-0759529342

Volume 7 – As the Deep Ravine’s Wind Howls
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Released September 4, 2012 — ISBN-13: 978-0759529359

Volume 8 – The Dead Sleep Eternally in the Wilderness (Part 1)
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Released April 23, 2013 — ISBN-13: 978-0759529366

Volume 9 – The Dead Sleep Eternally in the Wilderness (Part 2)
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Released September 24, 2013 — ISBN-13: 978-0759529373

Reviews of Kieli

• Loli Salad: Vol 1 — Vol 2 — Vol 3 — Vol 4 — Vol 5 — Vol 6 — Vol 7 — Vol 8 — Vol 9
• English Light Novels: Vol 1 (Cho) — Vol 2 (Cho) — Vol 3 (Cho) — Vol 4 (Cho)

Manga Adaptation
MAL Entry — 2 volumes — Published December 2005 – August 2006 (English release by Yen Press)
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Note: Adapted the first volume of the light novel series

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• Thoughts on Chapter One of Kieli (Vol 1)