.hack//legend of the twilight

gatehacker9 · Post by **gatehacker9** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:42 am

Dos anybody know when the next //legend of the twilight is coming out. I just got the 1st book. I read it in 2 hours, and I loved it!

Does anyone have any info?

Balmung · Post by **Balmung** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:23 pm

If Tpop doesn't have the info on their site, other online stores that have it for pre-order should have some rough release date.

Xeno · Post by **Xeno** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 9:28 pm

I heard it was gonna be sometime in May.... But I'm not exactly sure thats true...

Aura_hack · Post by **Aura_hack** » Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:43 pm

.Hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet, Vol. 2 comes out in December.

--Vol 2 cover--

Village Idiot · Post by **Village Idiot** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:19 am

Yup December, where there's supposedly to be an //AI Buster preview in it as well

Heh, maybe if Tokyopop keeps it in it might be a sign that the novels just might get translated and brought over?

Rubedo · Post by **Rubedo** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:27 am

Village Idiot wrote:Heh, maybe if Tokyopop keeps it in it might be a sign that the novels just might get translated and brought over?

That's just wishful thinking, Village Idiot. I really don't think that they would translate something like a japanese novel for the US. Seeing how it would just take to long, to do so.

datadrained · Post by **datadrained** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:50 pm

Like two other people said it's coming out in December.

SA-kun · Post by **SA-kun** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 9:32 pm

Rubedo wrote:
Village Idiot wrote:Heh, maybe if Tokyopop keeps it in it might be a sign that the novels just might get translated and brought over?
That's just wishful thinking, Village Idiot. I really don't think that they would translate something like a japanese novel for the US. Seeing how it would just take to long, to do so.

Um... Hello over there... Both Battle Royale and Ring are Japanese novels that have been translated into English and consequently published. I don't see why a publisher couldn't take the .hack novels and translate and publish them.

Rubedo · Post by **Rubedo** » Sat Sep 27, 2003 10:16 pm

SA-kun wrote:Um... Hello over there... Both Battle Royale and Ring are Japanese novels that have been translated into English and consequently published. I don't see why a publisher couldn't take the .hack novels and translate and publish them.

Battle Royale isn't a novel. It is a manga series. There is a difference. And I haven't heard of the Ring, but seeing how you think Battle Royale, is a novel. The Ring is probably a manga as well.

Cronos · Post by **Cronos** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 5:36 pm

im pretty sure ring is manga

CRtwenty · Post by **CRtwenty** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 6:03 pm

Ring? Is that the book that Ringu was based on? Cause I'm pretty sure that was a novel, not a manga... though there was a manga written later based on the movie, I think.

Cronos · Post by **Cronos** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 6:12 pm

o so it is a novel i guess "or are we still not sure?''

SA-kun · Post by **SA-kun** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 8:37 pm

Rubedo wrote:
SA-kun wrote:Um... Hello over there... Both Battle Royale and Ring are Japanese novels that have been translated into English and consequently published. I don't see why a publisher couldn't take the .hack novels and translate and publish them.
Battle Royale isn't a novel. It is a manga series. There is a difference. And I haven't heard of the Ring, but seeing how you think Battle Royale, is a novel. The Ring is probably a manga as well.

Oh ye of little faith. Here I present an excerpt from each.

Excerpt from Battle Royale
He shrugged. "I'm just telling you how I feel." Then he said, "Shuya's a lucky guy."

She looked over at him. "Hm?"

"Lucky that someone loves him this much."

She smiled just a little. "You got it wrong."

"What?"

"It's unrequited. Shuya likes someone else. I'm nothing compared to her."

"...really?"

She looked down and nodded. "She's really awesome. I don't know how to describe her. She's so strong and beautiful. I'm jealous, but I can understand why he's attracted to her."

Excerpt from Ring
The tape had been rewound. It wan an ordinary 120 minute tape, the sort you could get anywhere, and, as the manager had pointed out, the anti-erasure tabs had been broken off. Asakawa turned on the VCR and pushed the tape into the slot. He sat down cross-legged right in front of the screen and pushed play. He heard the capstans start to turn. He had high hopes that the key to unlock the riddle of four people's deads was hidden on this tape. He'd pushed play fully intending to be satisfied with just a clue, any clue. There can't be any danger, he was thinking. What harm could come from just watching a videotape?

Battle Royale and Ring are both indeed manga. The BR novel was translated and published by Viz. The Ring novel was translated and published by Vertical, Inc. The Ring manga that was done as a movie tie-in is the version that has been acquired by Dark Horse and will be published here soon. (There is a faithful manga adaption of the novel available, but not stateside.)

EDIT: In an attempt to bring this back at least somewhat closer to .hack...

As you can see, there ARE companies out there that are willing to translate and publish Japanese books stateside. I see no problem in bringing the .hack books here if there is a company that is willing to put the work into it as Viz has done with Battle Royale and Vertical, Inc. has done with Ring.

Rubedo · Post by **Rubedo** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 12:38 am

Could you please be more clearer in what you mean, next time, SA-kun? So, this doesn't happen again. ^^;;

But anyway. I wasn't talking about some other company doing the translation for the novels. I was referring to Tokyopop.

SA-kun · Post by **SA-kun** » Mon Sep 29, 2003 1:30 am

Rubedo wrote:Could you please be more clearer in what you mean, next time, SA-kun? So, this doesn't happen again. ^^;;

But anyway. I wasn't talking about some other company doing the translation for the novels. I was referring to Tokyopop.

Personally, I don't really see how much clearer I could have gotten.

And, thinking about it now, well, Tokyopop certainly could do the .hack books if they wanted to. They've released books before.

Well, okay, not translated, but still! They've done books.