Long story
Saga and long story are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Saga" instead a noun phrase "Long story".
Saga
Saga noun - A narrative telling the adventures of a hero or a family; originally (12th to 14th centuries) a story of the families that settled Iceland and their descendants but now any prose narrative that resembles such an account.
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Two-Part Trilogy: As noted by Michael Moorcock, Peake saw the series as a Saga more than a single long story.
Source: Literature / Gormenghast - Parodied in the Excel Saga manga: several members of the Daitenzin nearly drown (it's a long story) and Iwata is ecstatic at the chance to give the kiss of life to his beautiful co-worker Misaki.
Source: Kiss of Life -
Zero tolerance, in fact.The half-human, half-robot result of Nimrod and Master Mold (it's a long story), Bastion was a high-ranking government operative who initiated Operation: Zero Tolerance in response to the Onslaught Saga and Mystique's assassination of Graydon Creed.
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