''The Silver Guardian'' () is a Chinese web

manhua () are Chinese-language comics produced in China and Taiwan. Whilst Chinese comics and narrated illustrations have existed in China in some shape or form throughout its imperial history, the term first appeared in 1904 in a comic titled ''Cu ...

created by Zero League and illustrated by Moon Cake. It was published by

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through their ''Tencent AC'' Web Comic service, compiling the series into 237 chapters. A Chinese-Japanese

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television series adaptation produced by Emon and directed by Masahiko Ōkura premiered on

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on 1 April 2017. The series is licensed by

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. A second season premiered in January 2018.

Plot

The story follows a High school student and intense gamer Suigin Riku as he attends the prestigious Shinryou Private Academy, a school for the elite and the wealthy. However Suigin is anything but; in fact, he is very poor and has to work many part-time jobs just to pay for his tuition. One day while he is working a pool cleaning job one of his many jobs, he sees a cat drowning and without hesitation jumps in to save the kitty. To much surprise, it turns out he can't swim either and flails around drowning. Luckily a girl came by, by the name Rei Riku and saves him. He didn't know this but she was the daughter of the game developer that created his favorite game. He also meets another girl a new friend he meets in Dungeon Century, his favorite online RPG. However, when it is announced that the game is scheduled to shut down he is heartbroken to know that his adventures with her are coming to a close. However, after the game is shut down he finds out that she and Rei Riku are the same person. Later he receives a new game to replace Dungeon Century—a tomb raiding game called Grave Buster. But when Rei is suddenly kidnapped, Suigin is pulled inside Grave Buster to save her. ''Gin no Guardian'' follows Suigin as he fights through Grave Buster to save Rei, while uncovering his past.CrunchyRoll
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Characters

Episode list

''Season 1''

''Season 2''

Reception

As of March 2016, the comic had been viewed over 418 million times.

Notes

References

External links

Official Comic websiteOfficial Anime website

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