Gaiden (外伝 Pronounced 'Guy'den?) (a Japanese-language word often translated as "side story" or "tale") is used to refer to an anecdote or supplementary biography of a person. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities A side story in fiction is a form of narrative that occurs alongside established stories set within a fictional universe For other uses see Anecdota. For a comparison of anecdote with other kinds of stories see Myth legend fairy tale and fable. The term gaiden is commonly used in popular Japanese fiction to refer to a spinoff (canonical or otherwise) of a previously published work that is not officially considered a sequel nor a prequel. A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work A prequel is a work that portrays events and/or aspects of a previously completed narrative but is set prior to the existing narrative However, some gaiden are retold stories in the perspective a different character, similar to that of a flashback. In history film television and other media a flashback (also called analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current
Works that includes the use of the word gaiden in their titles include Fire Emblem Gaiden, Kakashi Gaiden (a set of chapters of the Naruto manga which tells the story of the "Great Ninja War", an event occurring decades before the actual series), Ten no Haō Hokuto no Ken Raō Gaiden (spinoff of Fist of the North Star, which is told through the eyes of Kenshiro's brother, Raoh), Gensō Suikogaiden (spinoff of Suikoden), Albert Odyssey Gaiden (released in English as Albert Odyssey: Legend of Eldean) and Seiken Densetsu: Final Fantasy Gaiden (released in North America as Final Fantasy Adventure and in the PAL region as Mystic Quest). is the second installment in the Fire Emblem Tactical role-playing game series developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo This is a list of chapters of the Naruto Manga, covering the first two hundred and forty-four chapters of the series is an ongoing Japanese Manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto with an Anime adaptation also known as Ken the Great Bear Fist, is a Japanese Manga series that was originally serialized from 1983 to 1988 in the Japanese magazine Weekly or, is a fictional character and the central antagonist of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara 's Fist of the North Star Manga is a two volume series of Spin-offs from the Suikoden series of Console role-playing games Suikogaiden Volume 1 Swordsman of Harmonia is the first installment of the Suikoden series by Konami. It is a Console role-playing game developed and published by Konami Albert Odyssey Legend of Eldean, originally released in Japan as is a role-playing video game developed by Sunsoft for the Sega Saturn The PAL region is a Video game publication territory which covers Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and varying European countries In addition, the word gaiden has been used in English titles as well such as Ninja Gaiden (story told in the super ninja, Ryu Hayabusa from DoA's perspective) (the American title for the Japanese series Ninja Ryūkenden) and Resident Evil Gaiden (a European-developed spinoff of the Japanese Resident Evil franchise) as well as Super Robot Taisen ALpha Gaiden, which tells a future that would happen without the heroes fighting at the time of need. is a series of Video games by Tecmo featuring the Dragon Ninja, Ryu Hayabusa. Resident Evil Gaiden is a Resident Evil Video game featured on the Game Boy Color handheld console and is the only one in the series For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Resident Evil (known in Japan as) is a Survival horror Video game series and Media franchise consisting of Comic books novelizations