Bessatsu Hana to Yume
Written and illustrated by Kaori Yuki, "Earl Cain" is the collective name for "Forgotten Juliet", "The Sound of a Boy Hatching", "Kafka", "The Seal of the Red Ram", and the sequel series "Godchild". The chapters of "Forgotten Juliet" and part of "The Sound of a Boy Hatching" appeared in the Japanese manga magazine "Bessatsu Hana to Yume", beginning with the December 1991 issue; the chapters for the rest of "The Sound of a Boy Hatching", "Kafka", and "The Seal of the Red Ram" were serialized in "Hana to Yume", from the eighth issue of 1993 to the twelfth issue of 1994, with an additional, self-contained chapter published in the seventeenth issue. The chapters of "Forgotten Juliet", "The Sound of a Boy Hatching", "Kafka", and "The Seal of the Red Ram" were published in five "tankōbon" volumes by Hakusensha from July 17, 1992, to October 1994. "Godchild" appeared as a serial in the same manga magazine from the May 2001 issue to the October 2003 issue, and was published by Hakusensha in eight volumes from November 19, 2001, to January 16, 2004. Hakusensha later combined chapters from "Forgotten Juliet", "The Sound of a Boy Hatching", "Kafka", and "The Seal of the Red Ram" into two volumes and published them from December 20, 2004, to January 28, 2005. Hakusensha also re-released the series in six "bunkoban" volumes from July 15, 2009, to March 16, 2010.