Japanese MWT books answered....
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queensthiefOkay, I was really confused for a bit...
I found this page
http://home.att.net/~mwturner/
Which listed the Japanese version of The Thief and QoA as being published by Akane Shobo publishers. I took the title of the books shown on the page, Toushinden, and typed it into their search engine... AND FIVE BOOKS SHOWED UP. 0___o
Such pretty cover art!!!
They say written by MWT, Translated by Kanehara Mizuhito and Miyasaka Hiromi.
Here are the blurbs for each book in case anyone's interested:
Book 1 reads "The thief Gen makes a journey to procure a stone refered to in the legend of 'Hamiathes' which grants immortality and the right to rule a country"
Book 2's description is "Gen, the thief working for the Queen of Eddis, is captured in the neighboring country of Attolia. In order to obtain harmony and love, Gen crawls up out of the depths of despair and hopelessness..."
Book 3 says "For the sake of harmony, persistantly struggling Gen makes a serious profession of love to the Queen of Attolia。Despairing after being betrayed by the gods, Gen discovers hope at the very end..."
Book 4 says "Eddis' Thief, Gen, has finally become King of Attolia. However, before he becomes an absolute ruler, a conflict is brewing..."
Book 5's description says "After the assassination attempt, Gen is feeling more and more intensely isolated as he tries to accept his new environment. At the end, who will the gods smile on?"
So Im guessing KoA is split in two parts over books 4&5. Same for QoA over books 2&3... Makes sense to break them up if you want to translate small parts at a time and get them published quickly.
"Toushinden"... The title for the series of these books is a made up word using the three characters for "Thief", "Gods", and "legend", according to my coworkers. I like it!
Pretty pretty pretty... Debating whether I would be willing to try and read through them in Japanese. haha...
I found this page
http://home.att.net/~mwturner/
Which listed the Japanese version of The Thief and QoA as being published by Akane Shobo publishers. I took the title of the books shown on the page, Toushinden, and typed it into their search engine... AND FIVE BOOKS SHOWED UP. 0___o
Such pretty cover art!!!
They say written by MWT, Translated by Kanehara Mizuhito and Miyasaka Hiromi.
Here are the blurbs for each book in case anyone's interested:
Book 1 reads "The thief Gen makes a journey to procure a stone refered to in the legend of 'Hamiathes' which grants immortality and the right to rule a country"
Book 2's description is "Gen, the thief working for the Queen of Eddis, is captured in the neighboring country of Attolia. In order to obtain harmony and love, Gen crawls up out of the depths of despair and hopelessness..."
Book 3 says "For the sake of harmony, persistantly struggling Gen makes a serious profession of love to the Queen of Attolia。Despairing after being betrayed by the gods, Gen discovers hope at the very end..."
Book 4 says "Eddis' Thief, Gen, has finally become King of Attolia. However, before he becomes an absolute ruler, a conflict is brewing..."
Book 5's description says "After the assassination attempt, Gen is feeling more and more intensely isolated as he tries to accept his new environment. At the end, who will the gods smile on?"
So Im guessing KoA is split in two parts over books 4&5. Same for QoA over books 2&3... Makes sense to break them up if you want to translate small parts at a time and get them published quickly.
"Toushinden"... The title for the series of these books is a made up word using the three characters for "Thief", "Gods", and "legend", according to my coworkers. I like it!
Pretty pretty pretty... Debating whether I would be willing to try and read through them in Japanese. haha...
