I've translated most of the book; I have to finish one of the short stories, and then finish up with the text that's in gothic font. But it's a very interesting artbook to look at and read. I've never read something like this before in print, as several different approaches (writing, painting, photos...) are used. And the question-answer section at the back of the book gives some insight to Nheira's thinking and inspirations.


You is still my favorite poem in the book.

I can't read neither German nor Japanese. Boo-hoo. ):

And I know I'm not patient enough to translate everything. ><

I got the German version recently, it's really beautiful.
Haven't gotten around to translating any of it yet, though. Busy busy.

Just received the German version. 8D

Surprise surprise! There are actually more piccas of N in the German one (and quite a number of them didn't appear on the Japanese vr), since there are multiple pics on some pages. When I was skimming the German vr, looking for differences, I was surprised when I saw N doing a '8D' expression on one page. xDDDD I was like...... hey. I didn't see that before. xDDD

Though in the Japanese vr, the pictures are larger as they occupy the entire page. And a few of them didn't appear in the German one either. So German = more pics, some of them smaller; Japanese = less but larger pics.
Also the Japanese one has a book jacket.

I also noticed that the German one is more saturated, especially evident on his artworks. But content-wise, it's essentially the same (save for the pics stated earlier). The Japanese text layout is also more pleasant to look at (for me anyway) than the other, as the latter is chunked in wide paragraphs.

I can finally understand the texts. ; - ;

_{P.S. I've said this a lot even way before, but I really hate Tokyopop's logo. :/ Especially its inherent ability to ruin beautiful covers. Dx}

I tried getting the German version last Tuesday, it should arrive in two weeks time. I'll note the difference on the Japanese version as soon as I get it. ^^

But I really think the content difference would be minimal, judging from the number of pages according to the book info. o: I dunno though, we'll see.

Ughhhhhhh.... I can't wait for the academic year to end. >< I still have so many things to attend to, until the next 5 or 6 weeks. Only then I can give my full attention~ ""o(__ __ )~o