Ciel: The Last Autumn Story (씨엘) is a fantasy Korean manhwa

Manhwa

Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...

 written by Rhim Ju-yeon

Rhim Ju-yeon

Rhim Ju-yeon is a comics writer from South Korea, the creator of the manhwa President Dad and Ciel. Rhim debuted in 1999 after she won an accessit from the fourth Manwha contest held by "ISSUE", a manwha magazine for girls' readers. The awarded work titled "Confession of a Corrupted Public...

. It began serialization in 2005 in Daiwon C.I.

Daiwon C.I.

Daewon C.I. , short for Daewon Culture Industry, is a subsidiary of Daewon Media founded in 1991. This South Korean publisher releases domestic and imported comics, Newtype Korea Magazine, children's books, and light novels. With Haksan Culture Company and Seoul Cultural Publishers, Daewon C.I...

Issue manhwam agazine. The first bound volume was released in December 2005 in South Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

; as of 2010, fourteen volumes have been released. It follows a young girl named Yvien Magnolia as she escapes her hometown and enrolls in the prestigious Lowood Institution for Witches and Wizards. The manhwa has been licensed for release in German by Tokyopop

Tokyopop

Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...

 under the title Ciel - Der letzte Herbst. Tokyopop

Tokyopop

Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...

 licensed the manhwa to be released in English however it became postponed in 2008 along with many other Tokyopop

Tokyopop

Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...

releases.

Plot

A bright young girl named Yvien Magnolia escapes her hometown and enrolls in the prestigious Lowood Institution for Witches and Wizards. Despite her beauty and warmth, she is struggling emotionally. Will she be able to find happiness?

Characters

Yvienne Magnolia

Yvienne is a beautiful girl from a small village who was forced to escape to a magical academy after the lord of the manor tried to marry her. Yvienne met January Lightsphere in the train to Newton and Lariatte at the academy and they became close. Throughout the story, she is trying to find ambition and happiness. Her love interest is Krohiten, her teacher as well as her father's. Her element of field is the sky; time travel.

Lariatte KingDiamond

Descendant of a family which is proficient in martial arts. Becomes Yvienne's familiar as she saves her from life-threatening situation. Her element of field is the water; dimension travel.

January Lightsphere

A gentleman from the Lightsphere family; a family with a dark history and even darker secrets. He meets Yvienne in the train to Newton. His magic is unknown as he repeatedly refused to take magic lessons.

Daughter

A fellow ex-student at who lives at Lowood as Krohiten's aide and January's roommate and best friend. He lived at Lowood since he is a toddler.

Krohiten

A professor at the academy. He has a laziness disease which forces Daughter to be his aide. His late wife is Carola Everett, Marion Everett's daughter back in 300 years ago. He also is the Heaven's Arc Dragon.