History Literature / TheGoldenDemon

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: At least one English translation of the book spells Kan'ichi's name as "Kwanichi".

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Wanibuchi is killed when the mother of a man he wronged set his house on fire as revenge.

* BastardBoyfriend: Kan'ichi can come off as an entitled "nice guy"; his girlfriend is kind of a GoldDigger and is on the verge of leaving him without telling him, but that hardly justifies ranting at her about how he's the only one who can make her happy and kicking her so hard she can't stand up, then running off to become a hardened criminal. Despite this, he still gets another hot girl all over him, and in the end [[spoiler:gets back with the first girl.]]

''Konjiki Yasha'' (金色夜叉), best known in the English-speaking world as ''The Golden Demon'', is a novel by Kōyō Ozaki serially published on ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' newspaper from January 1, 1897 until May 11, 1902 when it was CutShort when the author DiedDuringProduction in 1903. It tells the story of diligent orphan student Kan'ichi Hazama set to marry the beautiful DudeMagnet Miya Shigisawa, whose family is generous enough to let him live under their roof. The affection is mutual, though Miya also harbors a desire to marry someone well-off… then along comes Tadatsugu Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son with a penchant for unabashed wealth-flaunting, whose riches get Miya's parents to break off her betrothal with Kan'ichi so she can marry him instead. This leads to a tearful breakup where a heartbroken Kan'ichi decides to put an end to his squeaky-clean diligent student path and renounce his humanity. Fast-forward 4 years later, the novel follows the exploits of Kan'ichi, now a ruthless LoanShark, and Miya, now ''Miyako Tomiyama'', who leads a miserable marriage with an [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] and unfaithful Tadatsugu, and the two's reunion…

* TragicDropout: Having crossed the DespairEventHorizon from his broken betrothal, Kan'ichi quits school, gives up the good education and career path he's been working on, and becomes a LoanShark.

''Konjiki Yasha'' (金色夜叉), best known in the English-speaking world as ''The Golden Demon'', is a novel by Kōyō Ozaki serially published on ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' newspaper from January 1, 1897 until May 11, 1902 when it was CutShort due to DiedDuringProduction in 1903. It tells the story of diligent orphan student Kan'ichi Hazama set to marry the beautiful DudeMagnet Miya Shigisawa, whose family is generous enough to let him live under their roof. The affection is mutual, though Miya also harbors a desire to marry someone well-off… then along comes Tadatsugu Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son with a penchant for unabashed wealth-flaunting, whose riches get Miya's parents to break off her betrothal with Kan'ichi so she can marry him instead. This leads to a tearful breakup where a heartbroken Kan'ichi decides to put an end to his squeaky-clean diligent student path and renounce his humanity. Fast-forward 4 years later, the novel follows the exploits of Kan'ichi, now a ruthless LoanShark, and Miya, now ''Miyako Tomiyama'', who leads a miserable marriage with an [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] and unfaithful Tadatsugu, and the two's reunion…

''Konjiki Yasha'' (金色夜叉), best known in the English-speaking world as ''The Golden Demon'', is a novel by Kōyō Ozaki serially published on ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' newspaper from January 1, 1897 until May 11, 1902 when it was CutShort due to AuthorExistenceFailure in 1903. It tells the story of diligent orphan student Kan'ichi Hazama set to marry the beautiful DudeMagnet Miya Shigisawa, whose family is generous enough to let him live under their roof. The affection is mutual, though Miya also harbors a desire to marry someone well-off… then along comes Tadatsugu Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son with a penchant for unabashed wealth-flaunting, whose riches get Miya's parents to break off her betrothal with Kan'ichi so she can marry him instead. This leads to a tearful breakup where a heartbroken Kan'ichi decides to put an end to his squeaky-clean diligent student path and renounce his humanity. Fast-forward 4 years later, the novel follows the exploits of Kan'ichi, now a ruthless LoanShark, and Miya, now ''Miyako Tomiyama'', who leads a miserable marriage with an [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] and unfaithful Tadatsugu, and the two's reunion…

* CutShort: The original novel only had its sixth volume out [[AuthorExistenceFailure when Ozaki died]]. His student Fūyō Oguri wrote the last volume.

* AllThatGlitters: The biggest Aesop of this book as a warning about the consequences of letting the pursuit of wealth trump human relationships.

* DistractedByTheLuxury: The major theme of the novel and it majorly screws up the lives of characters involved. Tomiyama disrupts a new year game by simply being there, drawing everyone's attention to the expensive ring he wears. Miya's case of this sets the plot in motion – she loves Kan'ichi, but her underlying desire to marry a rich man causes her to not object to her parents' decision to wed her to Tomiyama. Mitsue is even worse – she didn't like her ArrangedMarriage at first until her husband's wealth blinds her and she becomes just as bad a LoanShark as the others.

* BastardBoyfriend: Kan'ichi can come off as an entitled "nice guy"; his girlfriend is kind of a GoldDigger and is on the verge of leaving him without telling him, but that hardly justifies ranting at her about how he's the only one who can make her happy and kicking her so hard she can't stand up, then running off to become a hardened criminal.

* TragicDropout: Having crossed the DespairEventHorizon from his broken betrothal, Kan'ichi quits school, gives up the good education and career path he's been working on, and becomes a LoanShark.
* YourCheatingHeart: Kan'ichi accuses Miya of this once the news of their broken engagement reaches his ears. Tomiyama is this ''big time''.

''Konjiki Yasha'' (金色夜叉), best known in the English-speaking world as ''The Golden Demon'', is a novel by Kōyō Ozaki serially published on ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' newspaper from January 1, 1897 until May 11, 1902 when it was CutShort due to AuthorExistenceFailure. It tells the story of diligent orphan student Kan'ichi Hazama set to marry the beautiful DudeMagnet Miya Shigisawa, whose family is generous enough to let him live under their roof. The affection is mutual, though Miya also harbors a desire to marry someone well-off… then along comes Tadatsugu Tomiyama, a wealthy banker's son with a penchant for unabashed wealth-flaunting, whose riches get Miya's parents to break off her betrothal with Kan'ichi so she can marry him instead. This leads to a tearful breakup where a heartbroken Kan'ichi decides to put an end to his squeaky-clean diligent student path and renounce his humanity. Fast-forward 4 years later, the novel follows the exploits of Kan'ichi, now a ruthless LoanShark, and Miya, now ''Miyako Tomiyama'', who leads a miserable marriage with an [[DomesticAbuse abusive]] and unfaithful Tadatsugu, and the two's reunion…

* DistractedByTheLuxury: The major theme of the novel and it majorly screws up the lives of characters involved. Tomiyama disrupts a new year game by simply being there, drawing everyone's attention to the expensive ring he wears. Miya's case of this sets the plot in motion – she loves Kan'ichi, but her underlying desire to marry a rich man causes her to not object to her parents' decision to wed her to Tomiyama.

!!The Golden Tropes:

* TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest: Beautiful Mitsue Akagashi is helplessly head-over-heels for post-breakup Kan'ichi, but due to his disastrous relationship with Miya, he's lost interest in women entirely.