Gundam Unicorn

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Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (機動戦士ガンダムUC(ユニコーン), Kidō Senshi Gandamu Yunikōn?) is a novel written by Japanese author Harutoshi Fukui and serialized in Kadokawa Shoten. There are 10 volumes in this series, and 7 OVAs have been released. In 2012 Harutoshi Fukui wrote an additional stand-alone novel (Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn - The war after the war) which was to serve as a prequel to the Unicorn light novel series.

Story Synopsis

The series begins in U.C. 0001, at the very beginning of human space colonization, when a space colony called Laplace is destroyed during a ceremony hosted by the Federation's Prime Minister ushering in the Universal Century dating system. The main story takes place in UC 0096.

The story revolves around Banagher Links, a seemingly normal boy living and going to school in the space colonies. His life changes one day when he meets a girl named Audrey Burne, as the encounter brings him into contact with a new Gundam and its connections to an item called "Laplace's Box."

Introduction

O this is the beast who does not exist.

They didn't know that, and in any case

--with its stance, its arched neck and easy grace,

the light of its limpid gaze --they could not resist

but loved it though, indeed, it was not. Yet since

they always gave it room, the pure beast persisted.

And in that loving space, clear and unfenced,

reared it's head freely and hardly needed...

to exist. They fed it not with grain nor chaff

but fortified and nourished it solely with

the notion that it might yet come to pass,

so that, at length, it grew a single shaft

upon it's brow and to a virgin came--

and dwelled in her and in her silvered glass.

Rainer Maria Rilke 'Die Sonette an Orpheus', Part 2, 4th poem. Translation courtesy of Robert Hunter.

Translation

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Format Standards

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Updates

• 31 January 2012 - Volume 1 Prologue completed.
• 13 February 2012 - Volume 1 Chapter 1 completed.
• 10 March 2012 - Volume 1 Chapter 2 completed.
• 1 May 2012 - Volume 2 Chapter 2 completed.
• 17 May 2012 - Volume 2 Chapter 3 completed.
• 25 November 2012 - Volume 3 Chapter 2 completed.
• 6 December 2012 - Volume 3 Chapter 3 completed.
• 13 December 2012 - Volume 4 Chapter 1 completed.
• 27 December 2012 - Volume 4 Chapter 2 completed.
• 18 January 2013 - Volume 5 Chapter 1 completed.
• 4 February 2013 - Volume 5 Chapter 2 completed.
• 6 February 2013 - Volume 5 Chapter 3 completed.
• 18 February 2013 - Volume 6 Chapter 1 completed.
• 16 March 2013 - Volume 6 Chapter 2 completed.
• 24 March 2013 - Volume 6 Chapter 3 completed.
• 19 May 2013 - Volume 7 Chapter 2 completed.
• 26 May 2013 - Volume 7 Chapter 2 completed.
• 31 May 2013 - Volume 7 Chapter 3 completed.
• 10 July 2013 - Volume 8 Chapter 1 - 3 completed.

Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn by Fukui Harutoshi

  Volume 1 - Day of the Unicorn (Part 1) ユニコーンの日(上) - (ePUB/MOBI)

Novel Illustrations 0001: Prologue Prologue 0096/Sect 1: Day of the Unicorn Chapter 1 Chapter 2

  Volume 2 - Day of the Unicorn (Part 2) ユニコーンの日(下)

Novel Illustrations Chapter 2 (Continued) Chapter 3

  Volume 3 - The Red Comet 赤い彗星

Novel Illustrations 0096/Sect 2: The Red Comet Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

  Volume 4 - Palau Capture Battle パラオ攻略戦

Novel Illustrations 0096/Sect 3: Palau Capture Battle Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

  Volume 5 - The Ghost of Laplace ラプラスの亡霊

Novel Illustrations 0096/Sect 4: The Ghost of Laplace Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

  Volume 6 - In the Depths of a Gravity Well 重力の井戸の底で

Novel Illustrations 0096/Sect 5: In the Depths of a Gravity Well Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

  Volume 7 - Black Unicorn 黒いユニコーン

Novel Illustrations 0096/Sect 6: Black Unicorn Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

  Volume 8 - The Sky and the Stars 宇宙と惑星と

Novel Illustrations 0096/Sect 7: The Sky and the Stars Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

  Volume 9 - Over the Rainbow (Part 1) 虹の彼方に(上)

Novel Illustrations 0096/Sect 8: Over the Rainbow Chapter 1 Chapter 2

  Volume 10 - Over the Rainbow (Part 2) 虹の彼方に(下)

Novel Illustrations 0096/Final Sect: Beyond the Rainbow Chapter 3 Epilogue

  Volume 11 - Phoenix Hunting 不死鳥狩り

Kidou Senshi Gundam Unicorn: Sengo no sensō by Fukui Harutoshi

• Before Game
• After Game

Project Staff

• Supervisor:
• Project Manager: Teh Ping

Translators

ACTIVE

• Teh Ping

Editors

• TheWonko
• Denbo786

Series Overview

• Volume 1 - Day of the Unicorn (Part 1) September 26, 2007 ISBN 978-4-04-713969-5
• Volume 2 - Day of the Unicorn (Part 2) September 26, 2007 ISBN 978-4-04-713970-1
• Volume 3 - The Red Comet December 26, 2007 ISBN 978-4-04-715003-4
• Volume 4 - Palau Capture Battle April 26, 2008 ISBN 978-4-04-715060-7
• Volume 5 - The Ghost of Laplace July 26, 2008 ISBN 978-4-04-715084-3
• Volume 6 - In the Depths of a Gravity Well October 25, 2008 ISBN 978-4-04-715112-3
• Volume 7 - Black Unicorn December 26, 2008 ISBN 978-4-04-715143-7
• Volume 8 - The Sky and the Stars April 25, 2009 ISBN 978-4-04-715229-8
• Volume 9 - Over the Rainbow (Part 1) August 26, 2009 ISBN 978-4-04-715286-1
• Volume 10 - Over the Rainbow (Part 2) August 26, 2009 ISBN 978-4-04-715287-8
• Volume 11 - Phoenix Hunting March 26, 2016 ISBN 978-4-04-103921-2