New Testament Novel 「.hack」 (Novel)

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新約小説「.hack」 New Testament Novel 「.hack」
Languages	Japanese
Publications	CyberConnect2
Release Dates	2017 June 20 ~ 2017 October 17
Author	Yano, Masayuki
Artist	Hoshi, Itsuki Shimako (CC2 Staff) Ankate (CC2 Staff) Oiji (CC2 Staff)

Synopsis

Chapters

Associated Game Events	Chapter #	Summary
Infection	1	History Chapter: December 24 2005 Pluto's Kiss Events
	2	Kite's Player introduced. Transferred to new school, meets Yasuhiko.
	3	Kite's Player's family introduced. Yasuhiko invites him to play The World.
	4	History Chapter: The founding of the Internet, the Cold War, Sputnik 1, The Moon Landing, ARPANET
	5	Kite meets Orca in The World. They encounter Aura and Skeith. Both players lose consciousness.
	6	History Chapter: Hackers. Explanation of motivations behind why people hack.
	7	Kite's player wakes up at his desk, disoriented. The next day at school, he learns that Yasuhiko has been hospitalized. Kite posts the "coma" thread on the BBS.
	8	History Chapter: Brain, the first computer virus. Slightly fantastical compared to the real-life historical virus.
	9	Kite comes to the conclusion that the key to saving Yasuhiko is in The World. Meets BlackRose, goes to Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground, encounters Balmung and receives the Bracelet.
	10	History Chapter: Yankee Doodle (1991 virus)
	11	Kite gets email from Helba. The "Coma" post is deleted from the BBS. Kite and BlackRose level up a bit and learn more about data drain.
	12	History Chapter: Hello, WNC (Virus)
	13	Kite encounters Mia and Elk
	14	History Chapter: Deadly Flash
	15	Kite encounters Balmung, they speak about Orca. Afterwards, Helba appears and warns Kite about Lios.
	16	History Chapter: June 1990, a Boston company called “Games & Publishing” is targeted by two students who felt wronged after not receiving a poster. They were sentenced to 4 years in prison and two years in probation.
	17	Kite meets Linda, who reveals that Balmung and Orca were the Descendents of Fianna.
	18	History Chapter: 1980-1988, a hacker named Martin Mitnick (Based on the real-life Kevin Mitnick.)
	19	Kite and BlackRose invite Balmung to fight Skeith (deviating from the Games.) Cubia appears. Its roar blows the party away. Kite loses consciousness.
Mutation	20	History Chapter: The Complications of Cybercrime
	21	Kite's player wakes up the next morning. Yasuhiko still hasn't woken up, even though Skeith was defeated. Kite's player runs into Mr. Tokuoka.
	22	Harald comes from Berlin to visit Emma's grave in Nuremberg.
	23	Disjointed stream of consciousness narration by Harald.
	24	Kite's player and Mr. Tokuoka speak at an internet café. Tokuoka is surprised to learn that Kite defeated Skeith, and alludes to Minase Mai saving him from falling into a coma when they encountered Skeith.
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Outbreak	43
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Quarantine	56
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Production

Release Dates

Release Date	Chapter #s
2017-06-20	1 ～ 7
2017-06-27	8 ～ 11
2017-07-4	12 ～ 15
2017-07-11	16 ～ 19
2017-07-18	20 ～ 22
2017-07-25	23 ～ 27
2017-08-1	28 ～ 31
2017-08-15	36 ～ 39
2017-08-22	40 ～ 42
2017-08-29	43 ～ 45
2017-09-5	46 ～ 48
2017-09-12	49 ～ 52
2017-09-19	53 ～ 55
2017-09-26	56 ～ 59
2017-10-3	60 ～ 63
2017-10-10	64 ～ 66
2017-10-17	67 ～ 69