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lucathiaBeen sick this past week. Still a bit out of it. :') But the fever and cough have finally gone away! \o/ (and now I can take pics of stuff, but my coherency is not guaranteed)
The new Illusions-Lies-Truth bundle that was sold in February was called "Luke Hunter: Wild Imagination of the Future." It came with a 59 page short story about Lu Yang, and a Lu Yang blanket (pictured above). A blanket?! Well, now I have a towel of the Ice Emperor and a Lu Yang blanket, hahahaha. Maybe I should add a pillow to the collection one day. I also bought myself a copy of the 1/2 Prince 10th Anniversary Artbook. It's already been over 10 years since 1/2 Prince was first published.
2015 was 1/2 Prince's actual 10 year anniversary. This celebration artbook was published this year. Came with some postcards. The Lu Yang blanket makes a pretty nice backdrop. Can give my carpet a rest. XD; There was also a really cute Meatbun and Fire Phoenix charm being sold at the convention. I wasn't able to get my hands on that though~
The Luke Hunter side story was a nice length. Some of the ILT side stories are super short.
Lu Yang has been the main character of several side stories so far, I think? The side story was pretty fascinating... if only it wasn't just a dream! DDDD: Given the title of the story, "Wild Imagination of the Future," I figured it wasn't actually the future future. But it would've been pretty cool if it had been because we get to see Lu Yang and Ziya about to graduate, and the two of them were even working together with Lin Zhixiang. Ziya even learned how to fight. Somewhat. :') Oh, and Lu Yang speaks English! XD; Outsider's POV on them too. Outsider POVs are fun.
Pretty cover.
1/2 Prince 10th Anniversary! Several artists involved. The front cover is by the artist of the pocket edition, 戰部露 (Zhan Bulu). This artist seems to specialize in drawing chibi art. :3 She also draws chibi art for Sunken Moon. I guess this technically isn't an artbook, but it's a nice hardcover celebration book.
The back cover was drawn by J.U.
Take the slip cover off, and there's some more art by Zhan Bulu.
Not new art, but still cute~
I wondered what the inside would be like. It's a pity that the artwork is all shrunk to fit because it means we can't see any details, but we do get a nice overview of all the different editions of 1/2 Prince. If not shrunk like this, I guess we'd get a very thick book (not that I would have minded). This first one is the very first edition of 1/2 Prince with art by Yasha.
I'm not too sure where this one is from. :3;;
This was the pocket edition with art by Zhan Bulu. I have this edition of the novels.
This was the third edition of the novels, with art by Xiao Qiang. I also bought this version. There are also two artbooks of the art used in this edition.
Pictured on the right is anime-styled art of 1/2 Prince, with the caption "April Fools." :'D I'm not familiar with the artist, 嵐月 (Lan Yue). Pictured on the left is Kill No More vs 1/2 Prince. What, there's actually an illustration for it?? I think Liola and Prince have switched clothes here? Art by Cubic.
Then we have the manhua edition! I finished collecting this one too. Art by Cai Hong Zhong, who is working hard on drawing Human Doll Contract at the moment.
Here is a showcase of new art drawn for the anniversary. To the right are Line stickers by Zhan Bulu. I bought them. :') They're quite cute and can be purchased here. She also has 4 versions of Sunken Moon line stickers. Left top is art by 硝子 (Xiaozi), which was used on pin badges, and the bottom left is art by 許瑞峰 (Xu Ruifeng), who drew the new 10th anniversary manhua included in this book.
On the top right is the simplified Chinese version of 1/2 Prince. Interesting covers! The pocket edition features each of the characters with their online and RL selves. To the bottom right is the Thai version. Thai version of 1/2 Prince has its own covers. I wonder if the Thai versions of any of Yu Wo's other series also have new art...? To the left we have various random special art.
The rest of the book is a short story, half in manhua form, half in text form. It takes place after the sequel. The Dictator of Life is imprisoned within Second Life, so the gang gathers together to free him. Xiao Lan and Gui are helpless in daily life (can't even use the phone or open doors) without him in their lives. :')
It was a fitting story for the anniversary, but kind of more of the same so that we could see (most of) the gang again. I think I'd have liked a story that focused on fewer characters.
Here's what the text pages looked like.
And one more comic page~. Happy 10th anniversary, 1/2 Prince!
The new Illusions-Lies-Truth bundle that was sold in February was called "Luke Hunter: Wild Imagination of the Future." It came with a 59 page short story about Lu Yang, and a Lu Yang blanket (pictured above). A blanket?! Well, now I have a towel of the Ice Emperor and a Lu Yang blanket, hahahaha. Maybe I should add a pillow to the collection one day. I also bought myself a copy of the 1/2 Prince 10th Anniversary Artbook. It's already been over 10 years since 1/2 Prince was first published.
2015 was 1/2 Prince's actual 10 year anniversary. This celebration artbook was published this year. Came with some postcards. The Lu Yang blanket makes a pretty nice backdrop. Can give my carpet a rest. XD; There was also a really cute Meatbun and Fire Phoenix charm being sold at the convention. I wasn't able to get my hands on that though~
The Luke Hunter side story was a nice length. Some of the ILT side stories are super short.
Lu Yang has been the main character of several side stories so far, I think? The side story was pretty fascinating... if only it wasn't just a dream! DDDD: Given the title of the story, "Wild Imagination of the Future," I figured it wasn't actually the future future. But it would've been pretty cool if it had been because we get to see Lu Yang and Ziya about to graduate, and the two of them were even working together with Lin Zhixiang. Ziya even learned how to fight. Somewhat. :') Oh, and Lu Yang speaks English! XD; Outsider's POV on them too. Outsider POVs are fun.
Pretty cover.
1/2 Prince 10th Anniversary! Several artists involved. The front cover is by the artist of the pocket edition, 戰部露 (Zhan Bulu). This artist seems to specialize in drawing chibi art. :3 She also draws chibi art for Sunken Moon. I guess this technically isn't an artbook, but it's a nice hardcover celebration book.
The back cover was drawn by J.U.
Take the slip cover off, and there's some more art by Zhan Bulu.
Not new art, but still cute~
I wondered what the inside would be like. It's a pity that the artwork is all shrunk to fit because it means we can't see any details, but we do get a nice overview of all the different editions of 1/2 Prince. If not shrunk like this, I guess we'd get a very thick book (not that I would have minded). This first one is the very first edition of 1/2 Prince with art by Yasha.
I'm not too sure where this one is from. :3;;
This was the pocket edition with art by Zhan Bulu. I have this edition of the novels.
This was the third edition of the novels, with art by Xiao Qiang. I also bought this version. There are also two artbooks of the art used in this edition.
Pictured on the right is anime-styled art of 1/2 Prince, with the caption "April Fools." :'D I'm not familiar with the artist, 嵐月 (Lan Yue). Pictured on the left is Kill No More vs 1/2 Prince. What, there's actually an illustration for it?? I think Liola and Prince have switched clothes here? Art by Cubic.
Then we have the manhua edition! I finished collecting this one too. Art by Cai Hong Zhong, who is working hard on drawing Human Doll Contract at the moment.
Here is a showcase of new art drawn for the anniversary. To the right are Line stickers by Zhan Bulu. I bought them. :') They're quite cute and can be purchased here. She also has 4 versions of Sunken Moon line stickers. Left top is art by 硝子 (Xiaozi), which was used on pin badges, and the bottom left is art by 許瑞峰 (Xu Ruifeng), who drew the new 10th anniversary manhua included in this book.
On the top right is the simplified Chinese version of 1/2 Prince. Interesting covers! The pocket edition features each of the characters with their online and RL selves. To the bottom right is the Thai version. Thai version of 1/2 Prince has its own covers. I wonder if the Thai versions of any of Yu Wo's other series also have new art...? To the left we have various random special art.
The rest of the book is a short story, half in manhua form, half in text form. It takes place after the sequel. The Dictator of Life is imprisoned within Second Life, so the gang gathers together to free him. Xiao Lan and Gui are helpless in daily life (can't even use the phone or open doors) without him in their lives. :')
It was a fitting story for the anniversary, but kind of more of the same so that we could see (most of) the gang again. I think I'd have liked a story that focused on fewer characters.
Here's what the text pages looked like.
And one more comic page~. Happy 10th anniversary, 1/2 Prince!
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