Fiiiiiiire Emblem!
Fire Emblem Awakening, Knights of Iris GET! As well as several other purchases. |D;;
I dropped by my bookstore to buy some manga since there was a 20% sale~. I special ordered Knights of Iris and the Ginga e Kickoff fanbook last month, but they never contacted me to tell me whether they were processing my order or not (and I never followed up on it). I went to the store and asked, and what do you know, the books had already arrived. XD; (I didn't even know they processed my order!!)
Knights of Iris has been out of stock everywhere, so I'm really happy I finally have a copy now. XD; I was hoping for an English release since this artbook includes all of the support conversations and endings (and I'd love to have an English version of that) but then I read the Japanese supports and really adored those too (especially the original Henry x Olivia conversations) so I guess having the Japanese version isn't bad either!
Along with the artbook, I picked up Horimiya v1-2 and Ore to Atashi no Kareshi-sama. My* (masculine) and My* (feminine) boyfriend. So happy to see Horimiya on the shelf!! I also saw the original Hori-san to Miyamura-kun, the 4-koma version by HERO, but I like the art in the Horimiya version more. |D;; Miyamura is just really adorable in this version. As for Ore to Atashi no Kareshi-sama, it is a genderbender, body-swap manga. XD;; I just love this trope too much.
Here's a page from Horimiya!
I love Miyamura to death, ahhhhhh. Super cute megane character. The mangaka Hagiwara Daisuke draws these characters in such an adorable way. Makes me really want to check out the mangaka's other works... but I don't think they've done anything else...
Here's a page from Ore to Atashi no Kareshi-sama!
Brother and sister end up swapping bodies right after the sister confesses to a guy she likes, so now her brother is trying to pass off as her so that "she" can still get along with the new boyfriend. At one point, it really seemed to me that the boyfriend was falling in love with the brother, as that was who he was actually interacting with. XD;; (I was rooting for that to happen, hahaha)
Some sample pages from the Fire Emblem Knights of Iris artbook.
In the front, we have all the character art! Full pages for everyone! So pretty! *____*
Following that, we have concept art. Too bad not everyone had a lot of concept art.
There's also a section for concept art of the NPCs!
The weaaaaapons! (Look, even the tree branch is represented~)
The CGs are also included.
All the confession scenes. XD
Story boards for the cut scenes.
Character polls from Japan.
Character data as well as all of their endings!
Lines from the characters. SO MANY LINES. ALL OF THEM ARE INCLUDED. Lines the characters say at the barracks, what they say when you sell their things, what they say when they level up...etc...
Then, there's a huuuuge section at the back of the book (like 1/3 of the book??) that's dedicated to all of the support conversations. Sooooooo many different conversations! This is making me want an English version all over again.
Past characters you can recruit.
This artbook is super thick. Very worth it. :D
Moving on... the Ginga e Kickoff fanbook! :DDDD
Here's the table of contents. You can click on the image above for a larger version if you'd like to check the table of contents out~
The front has character pages for everyone.
Following that are summaries for the episodes (episodes 1-39, basically the entire series).
Character designs.
Interviews. I look forward to reading KENN and Hosoya's responses. :)
I dropped by my bookstore to buy some manga since there was a 20% sale~. I special ordered Knights of Iris and the Ginga e Kickoff fanbook last month, but they never contacted me to tell me whether they were processing my order or not (and I never followed up on it). I went to the store and asked, and what do you know, the books had already arrived. XD; (I didn't even know they processed my order!!)
Knights of Iris has been out of stock everywhere, so I'm really happy I finally have a copy now. XD; I was hoping for an English release since this artbook includes all of the support conversations and endings (and I'd love to have an English version of that) but then I read the Japanese supports and really adored those too (especially the original Henry x Olivia conversations) so I guess having the Japanese version isn't bad either!
Along with the artbook, I picked up Horimiya v1-2 and Ore to Atashi no Kareshi-sama. My* (masculine) and My* (feminine) boyfriend. So happy to see Horimiya on the shelf!! I also saw the original Hori-san to Miyamura-kun, the 4-koma version by HERO, but I like the art in the Horimiya version more. |D;; Miyamura is just really adorable in this version. As for Ore to Atashi no Kareshi-sama, it is a genderbender, body-swap manga. XD;; I just love this trope too much.
Here's a page from Horimiya!
I love Miyamura to death, ahhhhhh. Super cute megane character. The mangaka Hagiwara Daisuke draws these characters in such an adorable way. Makes me really want to check out the mangaka's other works... but I don't think they've done anything else...
Here's a page from Ore to Atashi no Kareshi-sama!
Brother and sister end up swapping bodies right after the sister confesses to a guy she likes, so now her brother is trying to pass off as her so that "she" can still get along with the new boyfriend. At one point, it really seemed to me that the boyfriend was falling in love with the brother, as that was who he was actually interacting with. XD;; (I was rooting for that to happen, hahaha)
Some sample pages from the Fire Emblem Knights of Iris artbook.
In the front, we have all the character art! Full pages for everyone! So pretty! *____*
Following that, we have concept art. Too bad not everyone had a lot of concept art.
There's also a section for concept art of the NPCs!
The weaaaaapons! (Look, even the tree branch is represented~)
The CGs are also included.
All the confession scenes. XD
Story boards for the cut scenes.
Character polls from Japan.
Character data as well as all of their endings!
Lines from the characters. SO MANY LINES. ALL OF THEM ARE INCLUDED. Lines the characters say at the barracks, what they say when you sell their things, what they say when they level up...etc...
Then, there's a huuuuge section at the back of the book (like 1/3 of the book??) that's dedicated to all of the support conversations. Sooooooo many different conversations! This is making me want an English version all over again.
Past characters you can recruit.
This artbook is super thick. Very worth it. :D
Moving on... the Ginga e Kickoff fanbook! :DDDD
Here's the table of contents. You can click on the image above for a larger version if you'd like to check the table of contents out~
The front has character pages for everyone.
Following that are summaries for the episodes (episodes 1-39, basically the entire series).
Character designs.
Interviews. I look forward to reading KENN and Hosoya's responses. :)