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The Return of the Roar
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The road to the meadow
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Last request
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On days like this and days like that
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cow
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Smellless sound
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three children
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What kind of muzzle
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To become us
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Deep Night, Human Path
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Monkey across the river
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Zama's heart
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risky operation
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lionesses
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Good news

Author's Note

“If you don’t go on the road, you won’t find the way.”
Wanini's shining journey begins again!
The king's great adventure to the land of humans, risking his life.

The children's favorite adventure story series, 'Blue Lion Wanini', is back with its seventh story.
Volume 7 is the story of Wanini, who leaves the Black Land, the home of his group, and heads to the land of humans in order to fulfill Maisha's will.
The story begins with Maisha, a lioness who left the pride after a conflict with Wanini in Volume 5, coming to find Wanini on the brink of death.
Maisha's request is to find her children wandering the human lands and take them into the Wanini group.
Wanini, along with her two daughters who willingly accompanied their mother on her difficult journey, overcomes perilous crises and ultimately fulfills Maisha's wish.
Wanini's friends who have been with him since he was driven out of the Madiba pride, the cubs he gave birth to after settling in the black land, and the lions who become the new Wanini pride at the end of the story all come together, and Wanini is reborn as the leader of a large pride.
As Wanini, who has returned to the main story after a long time since Volume 3, continues her adventures with a sense of urgency, the complex inner self of the leader Wanini is delicately portrayed, providing a thrilling pleasure to readers who have been waiting for Wanini.

“I had to make it clear to the humans who I was dealing with.”
A stern warning from a lion that shook humanity's path in the dead of night.
A vivid story depicting the reality of the Serengeti plains hit by the climate crisis.

Thanks to Wanini's deep friendship for Maisha, his belief in himself, and the courage and wisdom of his two daughters, he finds Maisha's three children.
One night, as he was returning to the Black Land with his children, swallowing his grief after learning that humans had taken Maisha's life, Wanini came across the scene of a safari vehicle carrying a family of four that had crashed and stopped in the grassland.
The scene where Wanini runs straight into the safari car and expresses his anger with his whole body is a dense portrayal of Wanini's boiling emotions over losing his friend, making the audience sweat.
Meanwhile, this part is interesting because it naturally shows the conflicting worldviews of animals and humans by narrating from the perspectives of Wanini and humans.
The Safari Car family, who criticize hunters who harm animals for fun and point out the wrong desires of humans, are just the same as humans in Wanini's eyes.
Just as a crocodile cherishes its child as if it were its own life, humans also embrace their children first when they encounter a dangerous situation.
For Wanini, being a child is not a reason to keep him alive.
The story of a lion and a human, narrated alternately at a rapid pace, leaves us with a variety of food for thought, such as how to view the different perspectives of animals and humans, and what clues there might be for coexistence.


This work is a manuscript written by author Lee Hyeon immediately after his second trip to the Serengeti. The author keenly captured the signs of climate change in the grasslands, which had changed since his first visit five years ago, and incorporated them into the fairy tale.
Due to global warming, the Serengeti has become more climate-variable, with rain pouring down during the dry season, no rain during the rainy season, or sudden heavy rains.
Scenes such as the safari vehicle getting stuck in puddles throughout the grasslands or the river near the blackened ground swelled by heavy rain, making it difficult for animals to cross, are all based on the author's direct and indirect experiences in the Serengeti, and the vivid descriptions shine through, heightening the sense of immersion.


“They are all children of the Wanini group.
That's how a lioness lives."
Inclusion, forgiveness, respect, and solidarity taught by the leader, Wanini

Wanini, who first met readers in 2015 as a small and weak one-year-old lioness, is now an eight-year-old leader leading a large pride.
During this time, Wanini learned the truth that life is full of joys and sorrows, just as clouds come and go over the meadow and dry and rainy seasons come and go. She also realized that anger and hatred toward others are tormenting herself.
Among the children of Maisha that Wanini brought with him on this journey were the children of Napende, the lioness who had injured Wanini's pride.
To his friends who cannot accept it, Wanini convinces them that all children are equally precious and that they should be embraced as a group of Wanini.
Wanini's leadership, which unites the group through forgiveness and reconciliation and helps them grow as a whole, deeply resonates with long-time readers of the series, and inspires hope that the Black Land will be reborn as a land of hope.
With much anticipation surrounding how the second half of the series will unfold, we are pleased to announce that the musical premiere of "Blue Lion Wanini," which continues to be a success thanks to the support of our readers, has been confirmed for 2026.