Run Wild: Sa Ye
撒野 (Sa Ye)
Wu Zhe (巫哲); art: Ding Yue Rong, Tayue Jin (踏月锦)
Sent away by his adoptive family, a teenager moves north to live with his gambling father and meets a quiet local boy his own age.
- Format
- novel
- Status
- completed
- Volumes
- Novel · 6 vols
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Synopsis
Jiang Cheng, seventeen, is sent away by the family that adopted him and lands in a cold, gray northern town with a father who gambles. At the train station he meets young Gu Miao and her older brother Gu Fei, a boy with a musical staff shaved into his hair and a reputation nobody explains. As the two boys become friends, Jiang Cheng starts to see past the rumors.
Good to know before you buy
- The story is complete in 6 volumes, so there is no waiting for the ending.
- Also adapted: manhua Run Wild (Kuaikan; English on Tappytoon ended 30 Apr 2025); Chinese audio drama (MissEvan); live-action Chasing the Light (左肩有你), wrapped 2021, unreleased; donghua announced by Tencent Penguin Pictures.
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English publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment.
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Is Run Wild: Sa Ye completed?
Yes. The English edition is completed.
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