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lucathiaBought myself some new novels! Yu Wo is really coming out with a lot of stuff this summer. More is being released in August. I believe what's on the schedule so far is the YanxYue book (Eclipse Hunter/No Hero), a side story for Illusions-Lies-Truth (might be about the history behind Lu Yang's sword), and the new edition of GOD V3. YanxYue will be available for buying online as well, but the set (novel + art + decorative tape) will only be sold at the CWT convention. Only the novel will be sold online.
ETA: Haha, the Illusions-Lies-Truth side story just got announced! Pretty art. *___* The short story features the bookstore owner, while the comic features naming Lu Yang's sword. Includes a short story, a short comic, a notebook, an accessory, and a bag.
No Hero V9 (end!!!), LSK new edition V5, LSK manhua V5 (end as well...). I visited the LSK manhua's editor's Facebook page to see if I could find out more about the LSK manhua and what happened to it. She said that they stopped publishing the LSK manhua because the Hong Kong publisher got bought out.
Really too bad. The teaser at the end of this volume about the next arc (V5 was published in Hong Kong much earlier, so this volume was pretty much put together before they decided to stop) is really teasing us too much.
The first 1000 or so buyers of these novels from Kingstone and books.com.tw received posters to go along with them. For NHV9, I received a poster of Charles. People who went to the autograph sessions and bought their books there received a poster of Dark Sun. I wanted that one! Since, the image used for that poster isn't anywhere else in the book. =x
I received a poster of Ecilan and Chikus along with my copy of LSKV4. For people who bought the novel from convenience stores, they received a different poster. I think it was either Ecilan and Chikus sitting on the dragon (the chibi picture) or the same as the colored insert mini poster. It's still nice to have a poster of the cover, especially grown-up looking Chikus! I have another poster of this same pic, but Chikus's proportions weren't fixed there yet. XD
Now for more pics of each~. First up is No Hero V9.
The cover.
The mini poster. Such a sweet, simple scene. :') (Ah Ye is back to wearing his vest!)
Next are the three character intros included.
After 9 volumes, Ezart gets his character intro! He looks kind of old here to me.
Dong Fang Lei.
Charles's dad!
The table of contents. Usually, the image used is from the cover or colored insert, and this time is no different. But what exactly is that image? Is it the sky? A never-ending horizon?
The chapter titles are very short, two characters each! A quick translation of the chapter titles (subject to change).
Prologue: E.X.
The End No.1: Thirst
The End No.2: Deception
The End No.3: Arrival
The End No.4: Ruthlessness
The End No.5: Compassion
The End No.6: Family Head
The End No.7: Assistant
The End No.8: Mistake
The End No.9: Heroes
The End No.10: Eternity
Master Butler
That Era
Epilogue
I wanted to write about my reactions to the book, but I'm really blanking out. :3;; It's hard because it's the last book! I'll try to just focus on V9 first, and then maybe talk about No Hero on a whole.
Now for some LSK pics.
LSK V4, new edition! J.U. said she made fixes to Blaze~. For some reason, in the original novel design, Blaze looked like a kid even though he's supposed to be tall. Maybe the design stuck because of Chikus's side story, Truth in Disguise, where we meet him as a teenager.
The cover only has the characters on it. :D
Here's the dragon!
The mini poster included inside. Nice grin there, Chikus~. Roland almost blends into the background. XD Oooh, Grisia's hair is all loose~. (Are you really going to lead everyone with a sword, Grisia?!) Ecilan's sword is so fancy. Lesus is just standing there looking cool.
V4 character intros have to be Ecilan and Chikus, of course. XD;
Ecilan Ice
Title: Ice Knight
Association: Church of the God of Light
Appearance: A cool guy who is cold from top to bottom
Height: 182 cm
Quotes: "..."
Fake personality: Cold and frosty
Unknown hobby: Making sweets
Ecilan, you shrank! Your height was previously given as 185 cm. :'D Sun, how does that sword look like a popsicle to you?
Chikus Blaze
Title: Blaze Knight
Association: Church of the God of Light
Appearance: Tall and strong
Height: 185 cm
Quotes: "Sun, are you planning something again? Let me do it."
Fake personality: A brash and unrefined knight
Unknown hobby: Unconditionally supporting the Sun Knight
Wait, Blaze was given even more of a growth spurt! He has been stated to be 183 cm before this. Now he's even taller!
(The height plurk)
It's almost like their heights got switched around. :3;;
The chibi pic that is also featured on the back cover. Poor dragon. XD
Title page!
Table of contents. The rest of the book also has the same background. It's very pretty.
The scene where Lesus and Roland find the Divine Sun Sword without its owner.
Scarlet leading Grisia to Whitey.
Grisia using Chains of Darkness on Ecilan.
The scene where Chikus almost hurt Grisia.
Last insert illustration! Ecilan asking for help! Grisia, help them!!
Now for some pics from LSK manhua V5. This is the Taiwan edition. The Hong Kong edition has a different cover. V4 and V5 placed side by side form a long illustration. I wonder if V6 would have continued this image? (V1, V2, and V3 formed one illustration, so this picture could have been 3 covers long too)
That's Grisia's shoulder on the left. XD;
The inside has a few color illustrations from covers of what was sold at the conventions.
Poor Chikus. His face is divided in half. For some reason, Ceo isn't with the warm faction. He's featured with the cold faction. Of course, Demos is nowhere to be seen.
Laica~.
No Lesus. ): I guess that cover would have possibly been included in V6.
Ceo on the back cover~.
Also, Human Doll Contract manhua chapter 2 & 3 are now available on Tongli's ebook site. It'll be available for three months. Chapter 2 covers Xiao Xue Part 2 – Yu Shu, Xiao Xue Part 3 – Twins, and part of Jiang Jiang Part 1 – Those Things that Can’t be Remembered from the novel. Chapter 3 covers Jiang Jiang Part 1 – Those Things that Can’t be Remembered and part of Jiang Jiang Part 2 – Those Things that Can’t be Seen. Pacing slows down a little.
ETA: Haha, the Illusions-Lies-Truth side story just got announced! Pretty art. *___* The short story features the bookstore owner, while the comic features naming Lu Yang's sword. Includes a short story, a short comic, a notebook, an accessory, and a bag.
No Hero V9 (end!!!), LSK new edition V5, LSK manhua V5 (end as well...). I visited the LSK manhua's editor's Facebook page to see if I could find out more about the LSK manhua and what happened to it. She said that they stopped publishing the LSK manhua because the Hong Kong publisher got bought out.
Really too bad. The teaser at the end of this volume about the next arc (V5 was published in Hong Kong much earlier, so this volume was pretty much put together before they decided to stop) is really teasing us too much.
The first 1000 or so buyers of these novels from Kingstone and books.com.tw received posters to go along with them. For NHV9, I received a poster of Charles. People who went to the autograph sessions and bought their books there received a poster of Dark Sun. I wanted that one! Since, the image used for that poster isn't anywhere else in the book. =x
I received a poster of Ecilan and Chikus along with my copy of LSKV4. For people who bought the novel from convenience stores, they received a different poster. I think it was either Ecilan and Chikus sitting on the dragon (the chibi picture) or the same as the colored insert mini poster. It's still nice to have a poster of the cover, especially grown-up looking Chikus! I have another poster of this same pic, but Chikus's proportions weren't fixed there yet. XD
Now for more pics of each~. First up is No Hero V9.
The cover.
The mini poster. Such a sweet, simple scene. :') (Ah Ye is back to wearing his vest!)
Next are the three character intros included.
After 9 volumes, Ezart gets his character intro! He looks kind of old here to me.
Dong Fang Lei.
Charles's dad!
The table of contents. Usually, the image used is from the cover or colored insert, and this time is no different. But what exactly is that image? Is it the sky? A never-ending horizon?
The chapter titles are very short, two characters each! A quick translation of the chapter titles (subject to change).
Prologue: E.X.
The End No.1: Thirst
The End No.2: Deception
The End No.3: Arrival
The End No.4: Ruthlessness
The End No.5: Compassion
The End No.6: Family Head
The End No.7: Assistant
The End No.8: Mistake
The End No.9: Heroes
The End No.10: Eternity
Master Butler
That Era
Epilogue
I wanted to write about my reactions to the book, but I'm really blanking out. :3;; It's hard because it's the last book! I'll try to just focus on V9 first, and then maybe talk about No Hero on a whole.
Now for some LSK pics.
LSK V4, new edition! J.U. said she made fixes to Blaze~. For some reason, in the original novel design, Blaze looked like a kid even though he's supposed to be tall. Maybe the design stuck because of Chikus's side story, Truth in Disguise, where we meet him as a teenager.
The cover only has the characters on it. :D
Here's the dragon!
The mini poster included inside. Nice grin there, Chikus~. Roland almost blends into the background. XD Oooh, Grisia's hair is all loose~. (Are you really going to lead everyone with a sword, Grisia?!) Ecilan's sword is so fancy. Lesus is just standing there looking cool.
V4 character intros have to be Ecilan and Chikus, of course. XD;
Ecilan Ice
Title: Ice Knight
Association: Church of the God of Light
Appearance: A cool guy who is cold from top to bottom
Height: 182 cm
Quotes: "..."
Fake personality: Cold and frosty
Unknown hobby: Making sweets
Ecilan, you shrank! Your height was previously given as 185 cm. :'D Sun, how does that sword look like a popsicle to you?
Chikus Blaze
Title: Blaze Knight
Association: Church of the God of Light
Appearance: Tall and strong
Height: 185 cm
Quotes: "Sun, are you planning something again? Let me do it."
Fake personality: A brash and unrefined knight
Unknown hobby: Unconditionally supporting the Sun Knight
Wait, Blaze was given even more of a growth spurt! He has been stated to be 183 cm before this. Now he's even taller!
(The height plurk)
It's almost like their heights got switched around. :3;;
The chibi pic that is also featured on the back cover. Poor dragon. XD
Title page!
Table of contents. The rest of the book also has the same background. It's very pretty.
The scene where Lesus and Roland find the Divine Sun Sword without its owner.
Scarlet leading Grisia to Whitey.
Grisia using Chains of Darkness on Ecilan.
The scene where Chikus almost hurt Grisia.
Last insert illustration! Ecilan asking for help! Grisia, help them!!
Now for some pics from LSK manhua V5. This is the Taiwan edition. The Hong Kong edition has a different cover. V4 and V5 placed side by side form a long illustration. I wonder if V6 would have continued this image? (V1, V2, and V3 formed one illustration, so this picture could have been 3 covers long too)
That's Grisia's shoulder on the left. XD;
The inside has a few color illustrations from covers of what was sold at the conventions.
Poor Chikus. His face is divided in half. For some reason, Ceo isn't with the warm faction. He's featured with the cold faction. Of course, Demos is nowhere to be seen.
Laica~.
No Lesus. ): I guess that cover would have possibly been included in V6.
Ceo on the back cover~.
Also, Human Doll Contract manhua chapter 2 & 3 are now available on Tongli's ebook site. It'll be available for three months. Chapter 2 covers Xiao Xue Part 2 – Yu Shu, Xiao Xue Part 3 – Twins, and part of Jiang Jiang Part 1 – Those Things that Can’t be Remembered from the novel. Chapter 3 covers Jiang Jiang Part 1 – Those Things that Can’t be Remembered and part of Jiang Jiang Part 2 – Those Things that Can’t be Seen. Pacing slows down a little.
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Date: 2015-09-21 01:34 am (UTC)