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- From: hsu@ecf.toronto.edu (HSU TITUS HENG-HSUEH)
- Subject: Re: Narumi Kakinouchi, part 2
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- Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:49:45 GMT
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- In article <rec.arts.manga.921123040938_76366.2125_EHJ29-2@CompuServe.COM> Howard Tom <76366.2125@compuserve.com> writes:
- > First off, my thanks to everybody who tossed in their answers to
- >help me out. That includes C Ma, Iain Sinclair, Albert wang, Titus Hsu,
- >Kunio Muto and Paul Aoki.
- >
- > I ended up buying the VPM manga and the "New VPM" volume as well,
- >sight unseen, and am quite impressed with the artwork and story. The NVPM
- >volume did come with a band around the cover advertising her other works
- >from Akita Shoten, and I note that there is something listed as a "Comic
- >Novel" of VPM. Does anyone know exactly what this format is like?
- >
- As I have mentioned in my previous posting, I omitted "Mermaid Trip" in the
- reply to your original question. Kakinouchi and Hirano worked on this
- book together, and just the book itself is worth the money. The book comes
- in such a cute size with a beautiful cover, it's definitely worthwhile.
-
- I think the book in my hand is the 'Comic Novel' you're talking about.
- It's basically a Miyu novel, with several illustrations by Kakinouchi.
- I remember there are five short stories in the novel, but I can't be sure
- right out of the top of my head. The prologue in the book describes the
- last scene in the first manga, so I suppose the stories come after the
- manga. Oh, yes. The book is written by Kakinouchi herself. The book
- is rather odd because you read quite a bit about Miyu's human character
- (Attending a disguised party with Larva, etc.). As a bonus, the last
- part of the book is a chapter of manga. I think this is the 'pilot'
- installment of Miyu, and I think the book says something about this
- chapter was never published before.
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