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I finally saw the Ghost Sweeper Mikami movie in the last year or so too. I wish you luck in finding it.

The main story about Okinu in the manga, you know, the one that reveals how she became a ghost and all. It's also a story about her own hard work, and some of the characters cried during the making of the film at the end of it. As for the manga, there is Okinu-chan's main episode and another story that makes me cry. I love the comedic line... “Yokojima-san, where do you want to fall?” And.

I think one of the more expensive doujinshi (fan-made) Slayers is the one Arakawa wrote for Fullmetal Alchemist before he became a professional manga artist. I've never seen the actual thing.

Ghost Sweeper Mikami, the movie version, incidentally, is based on a light novel story, not a manga.

The story of Okinu-chan is the main episode of the manga one, the one that makes you cry.

Like you said, the doujinshi isn't defined as a fan-made work.
Dragon Ball: That's when I was reincarnated as Yamcha!” is not a very good example, since it is not that famous and the original idea is by Toriyama Makira. When talking to others, I think it would be easier to understand if you were talking about a manga artist who is somewhat well-known.

The pattern I used as an example, though, I didn't bother to name the manga artist or anything,

(1) The pattern where the author or illustrator himself draws the doujinshi of the work.
Arina Tanemura, Yukiru Sugisaki, Fumi Yoshinaga, Yuki Amamiya + Yukino Ichihara, Fuyumi Ono, Rui Araizumi, Masaki Kajishima, Yumi Tamura
(2) A pattern in which only the cover of the magazine is of the artist's own work and the contents of the magazine are of another artist's work.
CLAMP
(3) Pattern in which the couple draws the back story of their own work and illustrations of their partner's work.
Togashi & Naoko Takeuchi
(4) Pattern of drawing parodies of friends' works
Kazuhiko Shimamoto
(5) Pattern in which animators and staff draw illustrations of works they were involved in
Animators of Naruto, Gegege no Kitaro, etc.

In some cases, there is a pattern where the contents of the doujinshi are included directly in the manga books that are legitimately and normally sold.

I'm reading this in normal Japanese, but it doesn't say anything about a “novel”. I also checked the detail tag of the work just to be sure, but it didn't say anything about a “novel”. Must be a translation error. So it's an illustration + manga. I know how much it costs for shipping, because I've sent it to the US a few times. Well, I want the other doujinshi as well, especially since you don't seem to want them, so I'll just get on with it and order the books I want by the end of the week.

Maybe I can find a freelance translator. Surprisingly, I think onomatopoeic expressions and such are a habitual part of the text, so I'm not sure I'd prefer a proper translator rather than someone who is just doing it as a hobby. I've personally translated a light novel once, and it was quite stressful for the translator as well.

The second novel, or fan-made novel, by the way, was uploaded to a posting site before last summer. I think it was a few years ago. It's not Slayers, by the way.

Doujinshi also includes things that are drawn by the original author himself. Or, rather, there are some patterns in which the author himself draws the doujinshi of the work, some patterns in which only the cover is his work and the content is another work, some patterns in which a couple draws the back story of their work and illustrations, some patterns in which they draw parodies of their friends' works, some patterns in which animators and staff draw illustrations of works they were involved in, and so on... There are some. Fans are not the only ones drawing.

I think Rui Araizumi's work this time is a pattern of illustrations and manga of Slayers and other works.

The music of Slayers? I've listened to all of them, and the soundtrack CD, but I'm not particularly particular about it, because when I hear the background music, I'm just happy to know that it's Slayers.

I think the reason the actual song titles aren't on the links is because they're taken from the soundtrack CDs without permission. If the official authorities file a report for copyright infringement, they'll turn it off.

Personally, I loved the CD with the character songs on it. I liked the English version of Give-A-Reason, the Xelloss song, and SLAYERS 4 the future with the four of us singing together.

Mikami's voice, by the way, is the voice of Bulma from Dragon Ball...maybe you noticed that too.

Rui Araizumi's book at Comic Market isn't a novel. I think I saw a sample image on there, but he doesn't write novels. It's a compilation of manga and illustrations from his past fanzines. I wonder why you thought it was a novel when there were even sample images in the book.

Hmmm, if you can't read Japanese at this level, it must be quite difficult for you to translate Japanese to read a novel.

No, I didn't write it myself. I've only written one derivative work, a short story on the Internet, but I've never printed it as a doujinshi in a booklet and distributed it. Perhaps the expression like I wrote a book is a translation error.

As for Slayers, I occasionally buy doujinshi of second novels, and those who are good at it are really good. There was a time when I was online, at one point, reading all the Zeros and Lina stories because I loved them so much. I don't update it anymore, but I still have a favorite fiction site.

Yokojima, the Ghost Sweeper Mikami, is a character that grows on me quite a bit in the manga, and I actually like him a lot more than I thought I would. In the anime, he ends before he grows up. Also, Father Karasuma is based on a real-life manga artist.

Well, it's not unusual for a character to take on any job for a price. I see such characters from time to time.

The game was fun. I was lucky to be able to enjoy it without any spoilers. It's worth playing. The story is divided into three parts, from the anime NEXT, to the novel, to the anime, to this game. Also, the design of Zelos' boss, the Beast King, is all different.

The graphic novel has, what, both left-to-right and right-to-left patterns? Hard to read. Comiket books are usually available at certain stores because they have mail order at a later date. didn't you see the announcement on twitter? I'm sure you can buy the popular circles' books at a later date through mail-order. I confirmed that they already have them in stock. I think there are several places that sell them, but I'm thinking of buying them here, since they have some of my past books in stock.

https://www.melonbooks.co.jp/circle/index.php?circle_id=114236

The book I put out last summer was usually still in stock, so I think you just didn't look hard enough. I was willing to buy it and send it to you if you would be willing to pay for it after properly calculating the shipping and other costs.

Yeah, I'd be happy to buy it and send it to you if you'd pay for it. Naga's illustrations, I think a lot of people uploaded them in the new year this year, so you can check them out and see.

I don't know about Captain Yazima. I'm sorry I didn't get into it after you introduced it to me. Thunderbirds is more like a puppet show. I remember the anime version wasn't that interesting.

Happy New Year!

Ghost Sweeper Mikami, I see you've already started watching. By the way, it is an anime adaptation of only the beginning of the manga. The first time I saw it was the tennis episode.

Well, the Slayers RPG also had a character who appeared at level 80+ and didn't follow instructions.

I did a search for graphic novels and got a hit. I haven't seen this one over here...I can't read a novel Slayers with pictures that aren't by Rui Araizumi. I'm not sure if I'll buy it or not, since the new Comiket book is a compilation and it looks like it has a lot of color pages.

Speaking of which, since this is the Year of the Snake, I think a lot of people have written Naga in Slayers for their New Year illustrations and posted them on twitter, so you should take a look.

I tried looking at Captain Yazima, but it wasn't funny at all. Maybe my sense of humor is very different from yours. I don't really like black jokes and stuff like that. I liked Thunderbirds for this kind of puppet show kind of thing.

Something tells me that if there is an actual fighting game, they could use minor characters.... I'm sure we could even use demon characters if certain conditions are met.

What graphic novels do you have and what are they? I'm a little confused as to what it's about. You don't mean that it's the wrong film book, do you?

Oh, also, some people get into this and some don't, but I'd recommend it, because usually people who get into it after seeing Slayers have also seen this one before that and got into it.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/2400/GS_Mikami?q=GS&cat=anime

Yeah it's not at the top of my preferences either but at the very least it doesn't come off as typical furry trash. I can make an exception for Holo. As for where to find the remake, it's on CR but you should be able to find it even if you sail the seas. Speaking to the romance aspect, it doesn't get deep into it until a bit later. When the original series aired the novels were still in their infancy so there wasn't a lot to adapt. Because of this a few things were changed to be anime original and the ending was purposely left ambiguous. Be advised that while the remake is indeed faithful to the source, it still only covers the first 4 volumes of the LN so far. So even if you watch it you'll still be waiting for a while before such a thing happens. That's honestly great though as 5-6 episodes per volume is very generous in a world where we're lucky to get 3 eps per volume.

If you want my advice, read the LN or manga. The LN is the best way to go but it isn't done publishing. If you want something satisfying with a conclusion, he manga is done and covers up to volume 17 which was a good spot to end even if the story didn't continue past there. Meanwhile it's just a matter of waiting for the continuation of Passione's adaptation.

On the topic of adaptations, you might also consider checking out Helck. As a Slayers fan, I definitely think you'd dig it. Great manga and it had a pretty decent anime adaptation (so far) as well. A second season hasn't been announced yet but I'm still hoping.

I think most secondhand bookstores have games, so I'd be surprised if they didn't.

It's an old software, and I think Slayers Wonderful is region-locked. I don't think there will be any more Slayers video games. That said, they do sometimes collaborate with smartphone app games. I think it was a puzzle game.

Well, I think RPG is the best work, but I'd like to see it as a fighting game. By the way, the Super Famicom version is set as a continuation of the second part of the novel. So, the story after the second part is actually divided into three parts: novel, anime, and game.

I think the manga version of "Higaeri quest" is harder to get. Even when it was released, I didn't see the manga version in secondhand bookstores very often. The main Slayers novel has been reprinted, so I think it's relatively easy to get.

It's fine to collect the special novels little by little, but it's a pain, so I think it might be easier to just buy the whole set at once. But there's just no way I'd have the space on my bookshelf.

Some of the stories were in the magazines they were serialized in, so I have a hazy memory of which volumes I've read. But I still remember the covers of the volumes I've bought.

Special, wow, you were able to buy several volumes! I have volumes 15, 17 and 22. I think fewer people are buying the later volumes so they might be harder to get hold of. Which volume do you have?

Slayers REVOLUTION-R” Oh, that reminds me, there was one like that... I don't dislike it, but it was too late to make it into an anime...

Yeah, I kind of understand what you mean, because sometimes when I translate using a translation site too, I make mistakes in translation.

The bonus book isn't 98 pages long, I think it was more like 10-20 pages. I don't bother to check it though, because the book deteriorates after many touches. It's just an extra. Not that many pages. During the movie's release, they also sell pamphlets of the film, so people who would like a guidebook usually pay for that.

Some of the recent bonus booklets for anime movies actually have 98 pages, though.

I know Hajime Kamisaka participates in the anthology, because I read it properly without your explanation. The page count, though, was short.

Well, the game software itself is hard to buy because the console itself is old. I know that some people have played “Sailor Moon,” which is a more major game than Slayers, using an emulator or something to translate the translated version.

Having said that, I found the game software and the novel at a used bookstore where I went out on Sunday, so I bought them... Incidentally, I also found the entire “Higaeri Quest” manga, which is very difficult to obtain, at the stock warehouse where I was allowed to enter. I bought the manga that was next to it, though. I also saw a manga and some other short stories based on Hajime Kamisaka's original work. I think that was the first time I saw that one.

I guess I'm not interested in that scene, because I watched it several times and don't remember the jellyfish and sea cucumber fight at all...

Basically, only Japanese voice actors come to mind when I'm reading a novel... sometimes I read the manga first, and then when it's adapted to anime, I feel uncomfortable because the anime casts someone who is not the voice actor I imagined in my brain. As for Slayers try, I really wanted to know what would happen next, so even though I couldn't see the real-time broadcast of the anime, I bought an anime magazine and read the commentary and predictions. It's fun, even outside of Slayers, to not be able to predict the ending or the flow of the story at all. Lately, I've been reading manga and light novels first, so I know what's going to happen.

The Rui Araizumi version of the manga was pretty easy to find at the time I got it and sold it. I figured if I wanted to read them again, I could just buy them. Now, though, they're harder to find.

There are no magazine covers in the photos. I threw away all my magazines. For the magazine, it has the title of the serial magazine, Dragon Magazine. I explained it properly and I explained the “special” to you many times, but it's sad that you don't get it.

Second photo.
Top row, far right: the booklet that was distributed as a bonus with the advance ticket for the Slayers movie or to those who were admitted to the movie.
Middle of the top row: first edition of the light novel of Slayers vs. Orphen
Left end of the top row: Slayers Delicious

As I've said many times, the “special” is not the main story, but an outside story. It refers to the series of light novel novel novels in which Naga appears. Maybe, and I've said this many times, you should read Wikipedia properly if you don't understand it.

So,
From the right side of the second column, volumes 15, 16, and 17 of the main Slayers series (first edition, with obi) Next to that is the Slayers anthology (with Naga, Gaurii, and Lina on the cover), and next to that are Slayers Specials 22 (G Hunter Volks) and 17 (Little Dark Melody).

The bottom row is all about Orphen the Magician.

The anthology has Naga, Gaurii, and Naga on the cover, but they weren't the novels that appeared in the trio at the same time. To begin with, since it's an anthology, almost all of the book's stories are drawn by people other than Kazu Kamisaka. I don't think there were any novels that came out at the same time, or I've never read one. The one where they appear as a trio is, I think, more impressive in the Sega Saturn game. Well, the Super NES game can also have three people in a battle party at the same time by combination.

Higaeri Quest is a good one, you should check the details properly. I didn't think I'd be asked such a rudimentary question... The manga is in volume 7 and the light novel is in volume 4. MAL also properly registered the light novel in volume 4. Look carefully!

Indeed, he was a rather handsome fishman. Lovely legs.

https://myanimelist.net/anime/2966/Ookami_to_Koushinryou [Original, has anime original content]
https://myanimelist.net/anime/51122/Ookami_to_Koushinryou__Merchant_Meets_the_Wise_Wolf [Remake, follows the novels]

So aside from swords & sorcery being one of if not my favorite genre, I'm also a sucker for romance and Spice and Wolf is probably my favorite overall. It has some economics elements to it as well and involves quite a bit of dialogue so if that's not your thing you may not like it. Before the remake aired earlier this year I'd gotten into the habit of watching the original once a year usually around the Fall season. All differences from the source aside, it's still quite good. And I've read the manga 3 or 4 times.

No issues with the pose itself really. It's a very faithful recreation in that regard. But yeah it's the talismans and the newer pauldrons since she didn't have them yet. Way to call out the thing she's sensitive about though! lol

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To answer your question, I guess the picture on the cover of the book. I rarely choose by title. Also, I sometimes choose authors I've read before, somehow.

Oh, and here's my favorite first Slayers movie.
https://myanimelist.net/anime/536/Slayers__The_Motion_Picture

When I read a novel, I imagine I'm reading it with the voice actor from the Japanese anime. If I had read the novel first and watched the anime, I'm sure some of the voice actors would have been uncomfortable...

I guess that's the difference between what I like about anime and novels. I think I like the anime a little more comedic elements. I like the novels to be a bit more serious. And as for the anime Tri, I rented and watched the video at the time because it was a story that wasn't in the novel. It was funny because I couldn't predict how it was going to turn out.

I have read the manga of Slayers written by Rui Araizumi. I've already sold it, though. I can't read the ones not written by Rui Araizumi because the drawings are different or uncomfortable.

The Lost Universe novel I have at home was a version with a new cover for the anime adaptation.


I also found two copies of Supesharu on the bookshelf when I thought it was missing. I think the booklet on the left side of Slayers vs. Orphen was a movie pre-sale or a bonus you could get the same day. The smaller one on the right is Delirious, of which I only had one copy.

I think it just comes down to localization. Kinda like how in the west the Slayers Special OVA is just called The Book of Spells or Explosion Array. I forget when I found that out about Perfect being a synonymous name but it was long before I joined MAL. Probably just fansite browsing.

Yeah at one point she does get clocked but if we're going by percentages she bodies everyone for the better part of the ep. I think his father was terrified of her too.

I can't 100% recall without going to look but I swear that my memory is telling me there was an illustration page that showed Noonsa being eaten in the novel. Might be worth going back to double check for the sake of my sanity. Nevermind, I did go look. Yeah he just disappears. It was funny in the anime though. And now that you mention it yeah Wizer coming after her for the crime of being Lina Inverse was a bit funny. Good callout to Seigram too. I feel like neither he or Zuuma were done real justice in the animes. Same with the way Zanaffar was changed from its more wolf-like silver beast form. I'd like to say it'd be nice to get a remake that follows the novels more closely like we did with the recent Spice and Wolf series but then the questions are, would the original crew be able to do it and if not, who could possibly replace them? If anyone but Lisa and Megumi were to voice Lina in EN/JP I don't know if my heart could handle it.

Also since we brought it up, here's a cool fanart of Lina doing her original Dragon Slave pose. Great pic but if we're being true to source and it's based on her from the first season, it has an error that I wonder if you can spot.

Sure am. Just as I have been every season for about the past 10 years.

Hmm. I don't know that I'd pick based on a scale of favoritism as much as I would how memorable they are so I'd probably just go with some that are most memorable to me. To name a few though I could start with Slayers Perfect since it was my first experience with the series. The first Dil Brand/Explosion Array gets me every time. Also the scene where they're fighting the "such and such strongest guys" on Mipross Island. The King being too touchy and getting drop-kicked is a good one. I'd have to say the best is when Lina in her dream tells Rowdy to hurry up and then he takes over the sky with his face and asserts his authority. That shit kills me.

Continuing with the Special series, in the Specials OVA it was funny to me every time someone badmouthed Jeffrey and his mom popped out of nowhere and owned everyone. Also love it when Lina and Naga are mirrored and don't know what to do with themselves. In Slayers Great everything from the moment when Lina is sealed in the Lina-chan golem is pretty funny.

In the main series...hummmm. In season one there's the very first Dragon Slave of course. The entire "that time of the month" exchange between Lina and Gourry. Noonsa getting eaten. The first Giga Slave. Gourry and Zangulus fighting on a log while floating down a river. The cloning incident with all the mini-Linas and mini-Gourrys. Lina remembering to pay back Sylphiel for bonking her head while she was out of action. In NEXT all of the first episode is really great. Amelia remembering Lina and Gourry causing mischief while they're causing mischief right next to her. The way Zelgadis instantly switches sides when he realizes he's been bamboozled. The first Dragon Slave again. Lina wanting to do the pec flex. Lina blowing everyone up after the Maiden's Prayer. Lina faking her death to get the drop on Kanzel. The horse costume Dragon Slave. Auntie Aqua being an instigator trying to get Lina to be true to her feelings. In TRY I gotta shout out Filia threatening Lina with Luna's message. The balancing temple episode was pretty funny too. Jillas getting the last word with his missile was one of the crowning moments of the season though.

REvolutionR was okay but doesn't really stand out that much to me. For me as a fan it was great after so many years to have more Slayers but it just didn't feel like it captured the magic of the original run. Maybe that's just nostalgia goggles but I also didn't really like the way it adapted Zuuma. He felt like way more of a threat in the novels.