Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (Mitsuki Oosawa manga)

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War is one of the manga adaptations of the game with the same name.

Technical information
This manga is written and illustrated by shoujo manga author Mitsuki Oosawa, and it's published from 1999 to 2001 by Media Factory. It reaches until Episode 10 of the game, and it has 16 volumes as well as an artbook named "Gekka Ginyu" published in 2000.

Volumes
Author: Mitsuki Oosawa Illustrator: Mitsuki Oosawa Publisher: Media Factory Volumes (ISBN):


 * Vol. 1: 23rd October 1999 (4-88991-732-2)


 * Vol. 2: 23rd October 1999 (4-88991-733-0)


 * Vol. 3: 23rd October 1999 (4-88991-734-9)


 * Vol. 4: 23rd October 1999 (4-88991-735-7)
 * Vol. 5: 23rd October 1999 (4-88991-736-5)
 * Vol. 6: 23rd October 1999 (4-88991-737-3)
 * Vol. 7: 23rd October 1999 (4-88991-738-1)
 * Vol. 8: 24th January 2000 (4-88991-746-2)
 * Vol. 9: 24th April 2000 (4-88991-748-9)


 * Vol. 10: 23rd July 2000 (4-88991-754-3)
 * Vol. 11: 23rd October 2000 (4-88991-764-0)
 * Vol. 12: 23rd February 2001 (4-88991-774-8)


 * Vol. 13: 23rd April 2001 (4-88991-783-7)


 * Vol. 14: 23rd July 2001 (4-88991-789-6)


 * Vol. 15: 23rd September 2001 (4-88991-797-7)


 * Vol. 16: 31st October 2001 (4-8401-0405-0)
 * "Gekka Ginyu" Compilation: 23rd August 2000 (4-8401-0131-0)

Differences from the game

 * Characters like Holyn and Beowulf were excluded from this manga. Oosawa allegedly admitted that she didn't include Beowulf because he was her least favorite character. She still included artwork of both of them.


 * On the other hand, Aless's mother Grahnye is written out of the story, and replaced by an expy named Iria with different looks but a similar background. She is, however, portrayed in an extremely unsympathetic manner, as a very clingy and cruel woman who is deathly jealous of Eltshan and Rackesis's closeness.


 * A good part of the story is driven by the consequences that the fighting among nobles and military has on the common people. Many scenes show the commoners being abused by their evil or apathetic lords, specially in the Silesia arc where a little girl is fataly injured by a soldier to try prove a point, despite Ferry's desperate attempts to help her.


 * Diadora is given a larger role and characterization than in the game. She is portrayed as being very confident in her magical abilities, and even managing to win a fight almost by herself (against Clement). The scene in which she is kidnapped and brainwashed is expanded as well, and she's caught by Manfroy while trying to protect Shanan from him.


 * Sigurd's character is also greatly changed. While he remains honor-bound and compassionate, he has a far more hot-blooded and impulsive side, which is portrayed as an almost fatal flaw. In example, in the fight with Sandima he's consumed with revenge due to Noish and other knights being on the brink of death due to the Fenrir spell, so he commits critical mistakes that almost cost his life, with Prince Jamka's timely intervention being what saves him.


 * In the game, it's mentioned that Viktor (Alvis and Azel's father) hung himself after learning of Cigyun and Kurth's affair. In the manga, however, he is seen laying on a dark pool on the floor, therefore it's not clear if he either drank poison and thus vomited blood and other fluids as he died, or if he stabbed himself and said pool is his own blood.


 * In game, Ira's fate is not clear. The manga states, however, that she is almost sure to be dead, having survived the Battle of barhara but apparently dying after trying to fight her way back in.


 * While the romantic couples in the game can be sorted by the player's tactics, Oosawa made them set on stone in the storyline. Here are some of the match-ups: Sigurd and Diadora, Adean and Jamka, Lex and Ira, Azel -> Adean, Azel/Tailto, Sylvia -> Levn, Levn -> Mahnya, Ferry/Levn, Eltshan/Rackesis (doomed due to the circumstances), Fin/Rackesis. Curiously, Sylvia's portrayal is extremely sympathetic, in an odd contrast of what was done to Eltshan's wife Grahnye/Iria.


 * The subplot among Eltshan and Rackesis's incestuous feelings for each other becomes much more blatant. They do have strong romantic vibes for each other, to the point that right before he confronts Chagall, Eltshan does openly tell Rackesis that he loves her in a non-brotherly way. He refuses to have sex with her when she offers him her virginity, however, but gives her a last kiss before leaving. When he dies, Rackesis temporarily falls into despair and self-harm, ultimately getting better and then hooking up with Fin.