confused on the manga >.

[kuchikirukia55.livejournal.com]

I love watching the Scrapped Princess anime and recently found out that tokyopop has released 3 "light novels" of the series. I also heard that there are 13 volumes out in Japan. So are these made by the same person? Are they similar to the anime or what are their differences? I also wanted to know where I can read the Japanese ones online...the ones that were not released here. Sorry for all the questions...I'm relativley new here...

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[oneill]

Welcome to the comm. :) Don't ever worry about asking too many questions--that's what we're here for.

-The novels were written by Sakaki Ichirou first, and then came the manga, which was also written by Sakaki-sensei but drawn by . . . wossisname . . . Yabuki Gou? There was also a second manga series released under a Junior imprint whose mangaka I can't recall at the moment. Then Bones released the anime.

-I would say the anime is a streamlined version of the novels since the novels tend to be much more disturbing and much more humorous by turns. There are also a number of differences re: characters' personalities and relationships for reasons I can't quite fathom. All in all, though, the anime follows the general flow of the novels much more closely than the manga.

-The series is technically complete at thirteen novels, but sensei went on to write five supplemental novels with subject matter ranging from events that took place during the Genesis War to life after the end of the series.

-I don't know of any place you can read the novels online. I just bought them from jamazon for . . . I think around 500円 a pop (not counting shipping).

[kuchikirukia55.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

So wait, you have all 13 novels? Are they in English or Japanese?

[oneill]

In Japanese, and it actually ended up being 18 with the supplements. I used to write up random, half-assed translations/summaries back in 2005, but once rumors of an official release started circulating, I stopped. Again, I am LAZY. XD;

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

I wish I could read Japanese T.T. But it's way too hard to learn. Lucky lucky lucky.

Don't spoil me!! I wanna read them all as they come out!