Nakayoshi 60th anniversary CCS new edition: volumes 5 & 6 covers
Volumes 5 and 6 are scheduled to be released in less than 24h in Japan, and here are the first previews of the covers, from Kodansha website:
I was actually genuinely surprised:
1-Kero&Yue are vol06's cover instead of vol05 like it was expected (meaning there was really no error in the pamphlet included in vol03-04, they were indeed advretising for vol06), since vol05 content is about the Last judgement in which both characters appear in their true forms for the 1st time
and 2-a whole cover was actually dedicated to...Mizuki sensei! Not that she isn't an important character, but I expected her to appear with Eriol or not at all, not for her to have her own stand alone cover~ This is the very first artwork showing Sakura x Mizuki ever made since the creation of the series!!!
Also, the cover's layout changed as expected: we went from Moon to Star in the bottom, from Sun to Star on top, and from little stars to a little monn and sun on the sides! I also suspect the back cover switched from Clow's magic circle to Sakura's magic circle~
There are now 3 covers left: vol07-08-09 : vol09 is definitely Sakura X Syaoran, no mystery here, also the pencil sketch revealed on Ohkawa's birthday a few weeks ago is now definitely either vol07 or vol08 cover, and since the only characters left are Spinel and Ruby, they will either both appear with Sakura in a cover, or be included together with the one with Eriol? Well, there are still questions about the last 3 artworks I guess? ;)
[this post will be updated with better previews when available]
EDIT [from RAKUTEN] (click on thumbnails to enlarge)
LAST EDIT, best previews: (click on thumbnails to enlarge)
I was actually genuinely surprised:
1-Kero&Yue are vol06's cover instead of vol05 like it was expected (meaning there was really no error in the pamphlet included in vol03-04, they were indeed advretising for vol06), since vol05 content is about the Last judgement in which both characters appear in their true forms for the 1st time
and 2-a whole cover was actually dedicated to...Mizuki sensei! Not that she isn't an important character, but I expected her to appear with Eriol or not at all, not for her to have her own stand alone cover~ This is the very first artwork showing Sakura x Mizuki ever made since the creation of the series!!!
Also, the cover's layout changed as expected: we went from Moon to Star in the bottom, from Sun to Star on top, and from little stars to a little monn and sun on the sides! I also suspect the back cover switched from Clow's magic circle to Sakura's magic circle~
There are now 3 covers left: vol07-08-09 : vol09 is definitely Sakura X Syaoran, no mystery here, also the pencil sketch revealed on Ohkawa's birthday a few weeks ago is now definitely either vol07 or vol08 cover, and since the only characters left are Spinel and Ruby, they will either both appear with Sakura in a cover, or be included together with the one with Eriol? Well, there are still questions about the last 3 artworks I guess? ;)
[this post will be updated with better previews when available]
EDIT [from RAKUTEN] (click on thumbnails to enlarge)
LAST EDIT, best previews: (click on thumbnails to enlarge)