The Ending Chronicle

The Ending Chronicle
Cover of the first light novel volume, featuring Sadagiri Shinjou
終わりのクロニクル (Owari no Chronicle)
Genre	Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Science fiction, Romance
Light novel
Written by	Minoru Kawakami
Illustrated by	Satoyasu
Published by	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Magazine	Dengeki Bunko Magazine
Original run	June 10, 2003 – December 10, 2005
Volumes	14

The Ending Chronicle (終わりのクロニクル, Owari no Chronicle^?, literally Chronicle of the End) is a light novel series written by Minoru Kawakami (川上 稔) and illustrated by Satoyasu (さとやす). It had 14 volumes published from 2003 to 2005 by Dengeki Bunko. It takes place in the past of Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere, another of Kawakami's light novel series. The series takes place in the second era of a six-stage universe, with Kawakami's other works (including Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere) encompassing the other five.

1945 - The end of the World War II. It was a year that would be forever engraved in human history, but it was also the year when another war that does not have a special place in the pages of history ended. Those who knew of it named it the Concept War (概念戦争, Gainen Sensou^?).

Sixty years later, 2005. After the death of his grandfather, the high school student Mikoto Sayama, vice-president of the Taka-Akita Academy's Student Council, is suddenly summoned by the giant corporation IAI. There, he is informed of the existence of the UCAT institution and his grandfather's deep involvement with it and the Concept War. His grandfather and UCAT fought against ten alternate worlds called Gears (G/ギア, Gia^?) that existed separate to this one. These worlds were not parallel, they existed in multiple phases atop each other like a planetary orbit. They could approach each other and interact and affect each other on a set cycle, so when this fact was discovered, they began an all out war among themselves to destroy each other. With the world at stake, his grandfather took part on this war in order to destroy other worlds. Therefore, sixty years ago, Sayama's grandfather and his comrades destroyed all the Gears from the 1st to the 10th and at the end only this world, the world known as Low-Gear, survived.