New books
Didn't participate in yuletide again this year. I'm still on the pinch hit list though, and the pinch hits are flooding in. XD; I've saved a few letters that interested me, but I'm still busy catching up on stuff. So, likely no writing on that front.
Got some new books last month. Finally some time to post pics~
Legend of Sun Knight new edition V6, GOD new edition V3 (the artist changed, so it came with covers for V1 and V2 as well), and Key of the Sunken Moon season 2 V1-V2. Finished rereading GOD V3. Saimi's character is changed a bit so that he's more responsible as a king, and there's a bit more on 剋星(bane).
New edition of LSK V6. Lesus is featured on the cover, with Grisia in the background.
The cover is see through, with the characters on the transparent cover. What I don't get is why the characters are printed on the cover too. In the previous volumes, the background is on the cover, while the characters are on the transparent outer slip cover. Characters and background were separate. Not so for V6. Is this an error? D: I feel it's a printing error.
I mean, look at that! With the characters on both the transparent outer cover and the cover itself, when they don't match up exactly, the result is blurry. Anyway, Stephen and Charlotte on the back cover. Interesting that this edition spread the four characters out more. I think the simplified version had them all squished on the front cover. Same for V5.
I suppose the version underneath is different in that there's no text on it. At least, the back cover one doesn't have text. The front cover still has text on it.
Pull out insert art. J.U. said that the publisher published the wrong version of the picture. Above was the picture she submitted for the poster. This was the version she wanted printed in the book.
V6 character art! Aivis Stone~. That is one huge sword. I like his ponytail.
Title: Stone Knight
Association: Church of the God of Light
Appearance: A gentle, good knight
Height: 188 cm
Quotes: "I'm not at all stubborn."
Fake personality: Stubborn. He will never change his mind after making his decision.
Unknown hobby: Easy to speak and get along with.
Charlotte.
Title: Shadowpriest
Association: Cathedral of the Shadow God
Appearance: A cute girl with short hair
Height: 165 cm
Quotes: "Where is the Sun Knight?"
Fake personality: A shy priestess
Unknown hobby: Madly in love with the Sun Knight
The two in V7 will probably be Laica and Vival. I hope we get Adair in V8. (It can happen, right??)
Grisia and Lesus on their stools with a bucket of water between them. :D
Of course J.U. would illustrate the one scene Neo shows up in. With Aldrizzt to the side. XD; I'm betting that we'll see Neo illustrated in V8 as well. Maybe even in V7 during that one scene where Grisia visits him. This is the scene when Neo tells Grisia that he's leaving to take care of the land of darkness, while Grisia is thinking to himself that he doesn't know what to do. Don't leave, Teacher!
Grisia meets Charlotte and Stephen at the water fountain.
Grisia encased in the crystal.
Awww, they were both really cute at that age.
Demon King Roland!
The book came with a free postcard.
Here's the limited edition poster that came with the purchase. Depicts "The Wrong Choice" chapter~
New version of GOD v3! On the cover is Dan and his uncle. I really never thought Dan would look so smug and confident. Not how I imagined him.
Saimi~~~.
Character art of Dan. Dan was my favorite character when I first read GOD. Upon rereading, and now with this character art, I get a Nan Gong Zui feeling from him. XD;;; Usually not my type of character.
Gender: Male
Race: Half demon
Profession: Swordmage
Age: 150
Personality: mature, steadfast guy
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite food: None
Least favorite food: None
Most scared of: Death
Weapon: long sword
Hopes: Protecting Bai Saya
Saiximili, nicknamed "Saimi." Saimi is pretty adorable. He kind of gives me a feeling of the Pope though. Since he's the character who explains a lot of the stuff, like what the Pope does in LSK.
Gender: Male
Race: Winged people (is there a fancier sounding version of this? XD;;)
Profession: Stargazer part-timing as the king
Age: 38
Personality: a seer who likes to pretend to be mysterious
Favorite color: white
Favorite food: fish
Least favorite food: chicken
Most scared of: snakes
Weapon: crystal orbs
Hopes: winning against the stargazer of Beginnings
The artist of the new edition changed, so V3 came with slip covers for V1 and V2 to make up for that. Don't know what happened. The new art is nice though. Oh, I think I never took a picture of V2... But here was the first new edition art of V1.
Slip cover for V2. It's so wrinkled... ): Bad packaging!
And now for some Sunken Moon.
Key of the Sunken Moon season 2 V1. Haven't read it yet, just the teasers Shui Quan had on her website. Season 2 seems to be about visiting a whole different world, the world that's connected to the other side of the tunnel where new residents show up from. It also seems to be related to another of Shui Quan's series?
Inside.
The artist for KSM is pretty amazing. Always drawing so much for these novels!
The other side.
New character (pictured on the right) seems cute.
There's even a comic at the end~
Back cover of V1.
Volume 2.
Inside.
Pull out art.
Backside of the pull out art.
Fan Tong, what are you doing to your kouhai!
I kind of wish I'd gotten the poster of this image. Back cover of V2. It was also available as a limited edition poster.
I did get one poster though~.
By the way, Shui Quan's new doujin novel to be sold in February's CWT. A bodyswap story between Ie and Naerxi. I still can't get over the fact that Shui Quan writes doujinshi of her own stuff, and the official artist (who is a guy) is even drawing the art for it. And the stuff he's being asked to draw, lol. Those last two drawings on that page...
Got some new books last month. Finally some time to post pics~
Legend of Sun Knight new edition V6, GOD new edition V3 (the artist changed, so it came with covers for V1 and V2 as well), and Key of the Sunken Moon season 2 V1-V2. Finished rereading GOD V3. Saimi's character is changed a bit so that he's more responsible as a king, and there's a bit more on 剋星(bane).
New edition of LSK V6. Lesus is featured on the cover, with Grisia in the background.
The cover is see through, with the characters on the transparent cover. What I don't get is why the characters are printed on the cover too. In the previous volumes, the background is on the cover, while the characters are on the transparent outer slip cover. Characters and background were separate. Not so for V6. Is this an error? D: I feel it's a printing error.
I mean, look at that! With the characters on both the transparent outer cover and the cover itself, when they don't match up exactly, the result is blurry. Anyway, Stephen and Charlotte on the back cover. Interesting that this edition spread the four characters out more. I think the simplified version had them all squished on the front cover. Same for V5.
I suppose the version underneath is different in that there's no text on it. At least, the back cover one doesn't have text. The front cover still has text on it.
Pull out insert art. J.U. said that the publisher published the wrong version of the picture. Above was the picture she submitted for the poster. This was the version she wanted printed in the book.
V6 character art! Aivis Stone~. That is one huge sword. I like his ponytail.
Title: Stone Knight
Association: Church of the God of Light
Appearance: A gentle, good knight
Height: 188 cm
Quotes: "I'm not at all stubborn."
Fake personality: Stubborn. He will never change his mind after making his decision.
Unknown hobby: Easy to speak and get along with.
Charlotte.
Title: Shadowpriest
Association: Cathedral of the Shadow God
Appearance: A cute girl with short hair
Height: 165 cm
Quotes: "Where is the Sun Knight?"
Fake personality: A shy priestess
Unknown hobby: Madly in love with the Sun Knight
The two in V7 will probably be Laica and Vival. I hope we get Adair in V8. (It can happen, right??)
Grisia and Lesus on their stools with a bucket of water between them. :D
Of course J.U. would illustrate the one scene Neo shows up in. With Aldrizzt to the side. XD; I'm betting that we'll see Neo illustrated in V8 as well. Maybe even in V7 during that one scene where Grisia visits him. This is the scene when Neo tells Grisia that he's leaving to take care of the land of darkness, while Grisia is thinking to himself that he doesn't know what to do. Don't leave, Teacher!
Grisia meets Charlotte and Stephen at the water fountain.
Grisia encased in the crystal.
Awww, they were both really cute at that age.
Demon King Roland!
The book came with a free postcard.
Here's the limited edition poster that came with the purchase. Depicts "The Wrong Choice" chapter~
New version of GOD v3! On the cover is Dan and his uncle. I really never thought Dan would look so smug and confident. Not how I imagined him.
Saimi~~~.
Character art of Dan. Dan was my favorite character when I first read GOD. Upon rereading, and now with this character art, I get a Nan Gong Zui feeling from him. XD;;; Usually not my type of character.
Gender: Male
Race: Half demon
Profession: Swordmage
Age: 150
Personality: mature, steadfast guy
Favorite color: Purple
Favorite food: None
Least favorite food: None
Most scared of: Death
Weapon: long sword
Hopes: Protecting Bai Saya
Saiximili, nicknamed "Saimi." Saimi is pretty adorable. He kind of gives me a feeling of the Pope though. Since he's the character who explains a lot of the stuff, like what the Pope does in LSK.
Gender: Male
Race: Winged people (is there a fancier sounding version of this? XD;;)
Profession: Stargazer part-timing as the king
Age: 38
Personality: a seer who likes to pretend to be mysterious
Favorite color: white
Favorite food: fish
Least favorite food: chicken
Most scared of: snakes
Weapon: crystal orbs
Hopes: winning against the stargazer of Beginnings
The artist of the new edition changed, so V3 came with slip covers for V1 and V2 to make up for that. Don't know what happened. The new art is nice though. Oh, I think I never took a picture of V2... But here was the first new edition art of V1.
Slip cover for V2. It's so wrinkled... ): Bad packaging!
And now for some Sunken Moon.
Key of the Sunken Moon season 2 V1. Haven't read it yet, just the teasers Shui Quan had on her website. Season 2 seems to be about visiting a whole different world, the world that's connected to the other side of the tunnel where new residents show up from. It also seems to be related to another of Shui Quan's series?
Inside.
The artist for KSM is pretty amazing. Always drawing so much for these novels!
The other side.
New character (pictured on the right) seems cute.
There's even a comic at the end~
Back cover of V1.
Volume 2.
Inside.
Pull out art.
Backside of the pull out art.
Fan Tong, what are you doing to your kouhai!
I kind of wish I'd gotten the poster of this image. Back cover of V2. It was also available as a limited edition poster.
I did get one poster though~.
By the way, Shui Quan's new doujin novel to be sold in February's CWT. A bodyswap story between Ie and Naerxi. I still can't get over the fact that Shui Quan writes doujinshi of her own stuff, and the official artist (who is a guy) is even drawing the art for it. And the stuff he's being asked to draw, lol. Those last two drawings on that page...