#13号

[haradoki]

夏場は蚊にかまれまくりそう。

[anamon-book]

NHKウイークリーステラ 2020年 3/13号 2020 3/7（土）→3/13（金） NHKサービスセンター 表紙＝おしりたんてい アニメ〈おしりたんてい〉大人も楽しめる!?「おしりたんてい」入門～7つの謎を追え!!

[silverwoodwork]

ドラゴンボール 以前のレッドリボン軍のキャラクター略歴と、人造人間21号/ヴォミとゲロの家族についての詳細を2ページにわたって掲載！

ギュス/人造人間13号、ゲヴォ、エメットやノム（ヘドの両親）、エージェントSといった新キャラクターに注目。

[katoyoko]

[ladysbike]

今回の巻頭特集は、レディスバイク恒例となった“カッコいいライダー”です。多くのバイクレディにとって永遠のテーマともいえる“カッコよさ”とは？ “どうすればカッコよくなれる？”のギモンに答える最新号Vol.92は本日、3月13日発売です！

https://www.l-bike.com/information/42655/

[haradoki]

心は金メダル(なんのこっちゃ)

[anamon-book]

NHKウイークリーステラ 平成30年 4/13号（2018年） 2018 4/7→4/13 NHKサービスセンター 表紙＝渡辺謙 大河ドラマ〈西郷どん〉島津斉彬役・渡辺謙 インタビュー

[doufudanshi]

ON GHOSTS AND DEMONS: Wei Wuxian's "demonic" cultivation?

There are a few big misconceptions I have repeatedly seen in English-speaking fandom about things that are fundamental to the story of MDZS. One of them is this—

Wei Wuxian is not a demonic cultivator.

To prove this, let's take a deep dive into the original Chinese text of MDZS.

(Adapted from my original gdoc posted on Twitter on May 27, 2022. All translations my own unless otherwise stated.)

Demon vs. ghost

Let's start from the very basics. In addition to orthodox cultivation using spiritual energy and a golden core, there are two other forms of cultivation that are mentioned in the novel:

魔道 (mó dào), or “demon cultivation/path.”

鬼道 (guǐ dào), or “ghost cultivation/path.”

To be clear, 魔 mo "demons" and 鬼 gui "ghosts" (and thus their respective cultivation/paths) are not interchangeable because of the in-universe worldbuilding within MDZS. Using the characters in the term 妖魔鬼怪 "monsters," MXTX created four distinct categories of beings, each of which has a strict definition in the novel. From chapter 4 (jjwxc ch 13):

妖者非人之活物所化; 魔者生人所化; 鬼者死者所化; 怪者非人之死物所化。 Yāo (妖) are transformed from non-human living beings; mó (魔) are transformed from living people; guǐ (鬼) are transformed from the deceased; guài (怪) are transformed from non-human dead beings.

And of course, WWX hoards all the ghost-type pokemon monsters at the Phoenix Mountain tournament, and he only exerts control over corpses, spirits, and the like (aka people who have already died). (As opposed to Xue Yang, who appears to have been actively trying to make 魔 "demons" out of living people with those "living corpses" of his, perhaps.) (And, ironically, in order to avoid showing necromancy / zombies on screen, CQL technically does show WWX practicing demon cultivation because everyone is "supposedly alive" even when they're corpses? Which is, funnily enough, far worse morally in the MDZS universe, lol.)

So, intuitively at least, we know that WWX must be practicing ghost cultivation—now let's look at some concrete examples from the book.

Running the numbers

1) 魔道 (mó dào) means “demon cultivation.” As such, it must use living humans.

魔道 appears one (1) time in the novel.

Yes, once. The only time it appears is in the term 魔道祖师 modao zushi, or the namesake of the novel, in chapter 2. This is a title the general public has given him through rumors:

魏无羡好歹也被人叫了这么多年无上邪尊啦、魔道祖师啦之类的称号，这种一看就知道不是什么好东西的阵法，他自然了如指掌。 Wei Wuxian wasn’t called titles like “The Evil Overlord,” “The Founder of Demon Cultivation,” and so on over the years by others for nothing—he knew these sorts of obviously shady formations like the back of his hand.

2) 鬼道 (guǐ dào) means “ghost cultivation.” As such, it must use dead humans. 

鬼道 appears 12 times in the novel.

Here is the first instance that 鬼道 appears, which I believe is the first time Wei Wuxian's method of cultivation is properly introduced. From chapter 3 (jjwxc ch 8):

蓝忘机 […] 对魏无羡修鬼道一事极不认可。 Lan Wangji […] had never approved of the fact that Wei Wuxian practiced ghost cultivation.

Here's another quote from chapter 15 (jjwxc ch 71) for funsies:

蓝忘机看着他，似乎一眼就看出他只是随口敷衍，吸了一口气，道：“魏婴。” Lan Wangji looked at him as if he saw through his half-hearted bluff. He took in a breath, then said, “Wei Ying.” 他执拗地道：“鬼道损身，损心性。” He stubbornly continued, “Ghost cultivation harms one’s body, and harms one’s nature.”

3) 邪魔歪道 (xiemowaidao) means heretical path/immoral methods/evil practices/underhanded means/etc—e.g., lying, cheating, stealing, bribery, and so on.

It appears ~24 times in the novel.

I mention this last term because it is often used to refer to Wei Wuxian's cultivation, but as a pejorative. Every instance of 邪魔歪道 is said by or to quote someone looking down upon Wei Wuxian’s cultivation (Jin Zixun, Jin Ling, etc.) and referring to it derogatorily, whereas every instance of 鬼道 guidao/ghost dao is said by someone discussing it neutrally and/or factually (Lan Jingyi, Lan Wangji, Wei Wuxian himself, random cultivators at discussion conferences, the narration, etc.). Here is a pertinent example with Jin Ling (derogatory) and Lan Jingyi (neutral) in chapter 9 (jjwxc ch 43):

金凌怒道：“是在谈论薛洋，我说的不对吗？薛洋干了什么？他是个禽兽不如的人渣，魏婴比他更让人恶心！什么叫‘不能一概而论’？这种邪魔歪道留在世上就是祸害，就是该统统都杀光，死光，灭绝！” “We are discussing Xue Yang,” Jin Ling said angrily. “Am I wrong? What did Xue Yang do? He’s scum that’s lower than a beast, and Wei Ying is even more disgusting than him! What do you mean ‘don’t make sweeping generalizations?’ As long as those practicing this kind of demoniac, heretical path are alive, they’ll continue to bring disaster. We should slaughter all of them, kill all of them, annihilate them once and for all!” 温宁动了动，魏无羡摆手示意他静止。只听蓝景仪也加入了，嚷道：“你发这么大火干什么？思追又没说魏无羡不该杀，他只是说修鬼道的也不一定全都是薛洋这种人，你有必要乱摔东西吗？那个我还没吃呢……” Wen Ning shuffled around. Wei Wuxian gestured at him to stay still, only to hear Lan Jingyi also cut in loudly, “Why are you getting so riled up? It’s not like Sizhui said Wei Wuxian shouldn’t have been killed. All he said was that people who practice ghost cultivation aren’t necessarily all like Xue Yang. Do you have to go around breaking things? I didn’t even get to eat any of that yet…”

Tl;dr—Wei Wuxian does not 修魔道 practice demon cultivation. When Wei Wuxian’s craft is discussed in a neutral and factual manner, it is referred to as 鬼道 ghost dao. 

In fact, Wei Wuxian’s imitators are also referred to explicitly as 鬼道修士 ghost cultivators.

魏无羡早就听说过，这些年来江澄到处抓疑似夺舍重生的鬼道修士，把这些人通通押回莲花坞严刑拷打。 Wei Wuxian had heard a while back that over the past few years, Jiang Cheng had gone around snatching any ghost cultivator suspected of being possessed or reborn, detaining them in Lotus Pier to interrogate them using torture.

So why the confusion?

Of course, there is the matter of the novel's title, which I will get into in a second. But the real issue is a matter of translation.

The idea that WWX uses "demonic cultivation" is a misconception in English-speaking fandom due to issues with the translation of terminology. Of note, EXR actually did translate 鬼道 guidao as "ghostly path" most of the time, though there were at least 3 instances of "demonic" and 1 instance of "dark," especially regarding the first few.

However, this misconception was perpetuated (and arguably worsened) by 7S's official translation, which not only mistranslated additional terms as "demonic cultivation/path" (at least in book 1), but also consistently mistranslated every instance of 鬼道 as "demonic cultivation/path."

So why is this book called 魔道祖师, commonly translated as "Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation?"

One possibility is one posed in Chinese-language meta online, which often cites that WWX himself is a sort of 魔 demon. While this may be true—after all, he can hear the voices of the dead—it doesn't quite explain the fact that the title sets him up to be the 祖师 or "founder."

My take is that this novel is very much concerned with hearsay vs. truth. This is one of the many monikers WWX is given by the public, who collectively view him as evil. (Also of note is that the non-cultivator public is not aware of all the nuances that cultivators learn re: distinctions between the 妖魔鬼怪 monsters.) In the quote from earlier, note that the first title we're given is actually 无上邪尊 “The Evil Overlord,” then 魔道祖师 "The Founder of Demon Cultivation." Like, what can that be other than MXTX telling us, "please take both of these with a HUGE grain of salt, lol."

(And not only the title, but the very first line—"魏无羡死了。" / "Wei Wuxian is dead."—is a lie.)

I think the title is genius, honestly. It intentionally makes readers come into the novel with preconceived notions that Wei Wuxian practices 魔道 demon cultivation and evil techniques—just like the public in the novel. What better way to tell a story warning about the dangers of how easy it is to fall for misinformation and jump to incorrect conclusions?

(Though, in our case, perhaps it worked a little too well.)

[katoyoko]

[genoskissors]

Sprite Names: Kokichi Oma

The translated English and original Japanese names of Kokichi's 43 DRV3 sprites (provided via artbook). The names of the sprites are ABOVE them, not below.

1. Normal / 通常

2. Normal and Uneasy / 通常・焦り

3. Normal and Serious Face / 通常・真顔

4. Normal and Serious / 通常・真剣

5. Frustrated / 悔しい

6. Excited / わくわく

7. Pointing Out / 指摘

8. Question / 疑問

9. Irritation / イラつき

10. Surprise (Small) / 驚き (小)

11. Surprise / 驚き

12. Surprised Tears / 涙驚き

13. Interested / 興味

14. Opinion / 意見

15. Sweating Profusely / 汗ダラダラ

16. Shouting Tears / 涙叫び

17. Shouting Tears with No Tears / 涙叫び・涙なし *No clue why they didn't just call this shouting but whatever.

18. Shouting and Angry / 叫び・怒り

19. Frustrated Tears / 悔し涙

20. Intense and Angry / 迫力・怒り

21. Intense and Poison / 迫力・毒

22. Assertion / 主張

23. Assertion with Smile / 主張・笑み

24. Wailing / 号泣

25. Anxiety / 不安

26. Pale Face / 青ざめ

27. Pale Face 2 / 青ざめ 2

28. Disappointment / 落胆

29. Eyes Down / 目を伏せ

30. Sleep / 寝る

31. Noh Mask / 能面 *Masks worn in Japanese theater

32. Bluff / ブラフ

33. Bluff with Shadow / ブラフ・影

34. Madness with Smiling Face / 狂気・笑顔

35. Madness / 狂気

36. Madness (Strong) / 狂気 (強)

37. Smiling Face / 笑顔

38. Smiling Face and Bloody / 笑顔・血まみれ

39. Hazy and Bloody / 朦朧・血まみれ

40. Call Out / 声がけ

41. Smiling Face 2 / 笑顔 2

42. Question / 疑問 *Yes, this one and number 8 share a name

43. Boredom / 退屈

[ydotome]

YoRHa 9-gou S-gata “9S, Nines” (ヨルハ9号S型) - NieR:Automata Ver1.1a - Episode 13

[koch-snowflake-blog]

豊島 心桜（とよしま こころ、2003年9月25日 - ）は、日本の女優、グラビアアイドル。新潟県五泉市出身。アービング所属。

スリーサイズはB82-W62-H88。かつては洋服を購入する際に胸が入らずあきらめるなど、巨乳がコンプレックスで知らず知らずのうちに隠そうと猫背になっていた。また、SNSに写真を公開する際にはボディーラインが出る服を着ない、横向きのものは加工ツールで小さくするなど、胸を目立たなくなるよう逆加工していた。かつては削ぎ落としたいとまで思い詰めており、これを活かせるグラビアの仕事をしていなかったら確実に要らないと思っていたという。なお、巨乳については祖母や叔母に似たと自己分析している。

高校時代より『週刊プレイボーイ』からグラビアのオファーがあったが、上記の理由で抵抗感や恐怖感を持っていたために断っており、高校卒業後にオファーを受諾した。母と祖母は最初のオファー時点で乗り気だったうえ、2歳下の弟[注 13]の彼女も応援してくれており、『メジャー感』を購入したことを弟経由で連絡してきたという。なお、祖母はグラビア開始以前に（ドラマやバラエティなどの）出演作品をすべてチェックしており、厳しいアドバイスもくれていたという。また、同デジタル写真集の表紙は『君が獣になる前に』のプロデューサーの目に止まり、それを見せてもらった監督も快諾した結果、千田ミヤコ役への起用につながったという。

高校2年時に校則で禁じられていなかったからとUber Eatsを呼んで学校に激怒された結果、3年時の生徒手帳には「デリバリー禁止」が追記された。また、水泳の授業については「朝から塩素の入った水で髪を濡らしたくない」との思いから体調不良と偽って一度も出なかったため、入学時に購入したスクール水着はタグ付きのままで実家に眠っている。当時はオンライン授業ばかりになるなどのコロナ禍にあり、修学旅行については駄目になった海外の代わりである沖縄へ荷物を送ったが、生徒に新型コロナウイルス感染者が出たことから沖縄も駄目になり、1週間後に荷物が返ってきた。さらには、大阪へ変更された時点で緊急事態宣言が出されたため、すべて中止になってしまったという。

スカウトされて仕事を始める前は社長かキャリアウーマンになりたいと思っていたが、20歳になった後は心境に変化が生まれており、タレントとしてこのスタイルが活かせるかもしれないと思うようになったほか、グラビア撮影の際にスタッフからスタイルを褒めてもらった結果、やっても良かったとの旨を述べている。初披露後の反響は凄く、もっと早くからグラビアを始めていれば良かったとの旨で後悔を滲ませている。

『週刊プレイボーイ』2023年47・48合併号にてグラビアを初披露する際にビキニを着用したが、これは1歳半の時にキティちゃんのビキニを着用した時以来のことだった。なお、初披露に際しての予習では頓知気さきなのグラビアを良いと思っていたところ、掲載号の表紙を彼女が担当していたため、思わずテンションが上がってしまったという。また、通常の『週刊プレイボーイ』を見ておこうと思っていたが、増刊『週プレPREMIUM 2023上半期グラビア傑作選』に多数のグラビアアイドルが掲載されているのを見てこちらを先に買い、後から通常の『週刊プレイボーイ』や何冊もの写真集も買って予習したという。

特技は幼稚園年中から中学3年末まで10年ほど続けたクラシックバレエ。ただし、2019年7月時点で身体は固まって久しく、ストレッチ時に頑張れば開脚ができる程度との旨を明かしてい��。

月に2回は猫カフェへ通うほどの猫好きであるが、上京後は猫アレルギーになってしまい、猫と触れ合う際にはマスクを着用している。

好物にラーメンや麻辣湯（中国語版）を挙げており、前者は週1回、後者は週2回食べている。一方、シイタケが苦手だったが20歳になった後は食べられるようになったという。

「仕事を始めるきっかけとなった憧れの人」には横田真悠を挙げているほか、「私の運命を変えたとっておきのエンタメ作品」には中学生当時に見ていたテレビアニメ『ラブライブ!』を挙げている。

マネージャーはかつて小池栄子を担当していたことからも、豊島には「グラビアもおしゃべりもお芝居もできるようになりなさい」と指示しているという。

本名でもある「豊島心桜」のうち名前の「心桜」は、祖父が好きだったドラマに「桜」の名を持つ人がいたことからその漢字を使いたく、「こころ」か「さくら」にしたいという願望を同時に叶えたものである。

酒については、飲み始めた当時はビールや梅酒のソーダ割りなら飲めるかなという程度だったが、その後は担当編集者と飲みに行かせてもらった際に同じペースで飲んでも自身はまったく顔に出なくなったという。ただ、酒よりもコーラの方が（20歳になる前と変わらず）好きであるという。

　　

[suzuran777]

BL game magazine Cool-B will be ceasing publication this month

After 20 years, BL visual novel magazine Cool-B is publishing its final issue at the end of this month. As someone who was always looking forward to the new information featured in the magazine, I'm sad to see it go, though I do understand the reasoning behind it. Due to rising manufacturing costs, in 2024 Cool-B was re-branded to Cool-B Kiwami, and the publishing schedule was changed to quarterly instead of bi-monthly. So for some time, it seemed like the magazine would continue with this new schedule. However, unfortunately in October 2024, another announcement was made on their social media in which they mentioned that the magazine would end publication in January 2025, as the contract with their publisher was also coming to an end.

Compared to 20 or even 10 years ago, the BL visual novel market has changed a lot and the number of newly released games is much smaller nowadays. Despite that, Cool-B continued publishing information, working closely with BL visual novel writers and artists to publish short stories and illustrations. The opinions of fans were important to them too, as they would organize yearly popularity polls and included game sales statistics and information about which new games people were looking forward to the most. The magazine's editors always seemed passionate about their work and even in their final statement, they mentioned that they want to find a way to continue, though right now they are unsure how.

Cool-B started publication in 2005, though its predecessor Binetsu Ouji released its first issue in 2002. Around this time, there were several other magazines which published information about BL visual novels, which I've written about in this blog post. All of them were eventually discontinued, which resulted in Cool-B becoming the only BL visual novel magazine. The other day the official Twitter/X account revealed the cover of the final issue, and instead of featuring a single game on the cover, they decided to include all of the previous covers. The text "最終号:BLゲームは不滅です" roughly translates to ''Final issue: BL games are immortal" implying that there will always be BL game creators who are passionate about their projects who will continue making new games in the future. And I think they're right, as earlier this week Parade (known for NO, THANK YOU!!!, Room No.9 and Lkyt.) announced their fourth game "lesson" which is scheduled to be released this year. The cover of the final Cool-B issue also teases a completely new project by Yura from Tennenouji (known for Miracle No-ton, Luckydog1 and Friendly Lab) as well as a completely voiced remake of a BL visual novel that was released in 2001 called Seraphim Spiral. Carnelian's new project Tokyo Gentou (or Tokyo Phantasmagoria) is also scheduled to be released this year, as well as the second part of Ooe which many BL fans are looking forward to, as part 1 was incredibly well received.

Including the final issue, Cool-B published 118 issues of the magazine between 2005 and 2025. They also had their own otome game magazines, Sweet Princess and Bitter Princess. As it's a bit difficult to see what's on each cover in the image above, I uploaded another image which should make it a bit easier to see. I also compiled a list of all the games/game franchises featured on each cover which you can check below. Some official game titles are rather long, so sometimes I wrote the name fans typically use when they refer to these games, but I think you should still be able to find it on vndb (visual novel database) if you want to learn more about these games.

1) Gakuen Heaven. 2) White Shadow. 3) Hanamachi Monogatari. 4) Torus Zero. 5) Lamento. 6) Messiah. 7) Gakuen Heaven. 8) Laughter Land. 9) Messiah. 10) Lamento. 11) Lamento. 12) Kichiku Megane. 13) Magia Mystica. 14) Ore no Shita de Agake. 15) Square na Kankei. 16) Maid★Hajimemashita. 17) Messiah. 18) Fanatica. 19) Togainu no Chi. 20) sweet pool. 21) Messiah. 22) sweet pool. 23) Kichiku Megane. 24) Luckydog1. 25) Hanakage. 26) Luckydog1. 27) Gakuen Heaven. 28) Hanakage. 29) Luckydog1. 30) STEAL! 31) sweet pool/Lamento/Togainu no Chi. 32) Luckydog 1. 33) Gakuen Heaven. 34) Togainu no Chi. 35) DRAMAtical Murder. 36) Gakuen Heaven.

37) Luckydog1. 38) Shingakkou. 39) Luckydog1. 40) Taishou Mebiusline. 41) Luckydog1. 42) DRAMAtical Murder. 43) Luckydog1. 44) DRAMAtical Murder. 45) DRAMAtical Murder. 46) Luckydog1. 47) DRAMAtical Murder. 48) Omertà. 49) DRAMAtical Murder. 50) Gakuen Heaven. 51) Luckydog1. 52) Si-Nis-Kanto. 53) Omertà. 54) Taishou Mebiusline. 55) Luckydog1. 56) DRAMAtical Murder. 57) DRAMAtical Murder. 58) Luckydog1. 59) Tsumi naru Rasen no Ori. 60) Togainu no Chi. 61) Gakuen Heaven. 62) Tokyo Onmyouji. 63) Luckydog1. 64) Luckydog1. 65) Taishou Mebiusline. 66) Luckydog1. 67) Togainu no Chi/Lamento/sweet pool/DRAMAtical Murder. 68) New World Order. 69) Luckydog1. 70) Luckydog1. 71) Taishou Mebiusline. 72) Omega Vampire.

73) Luckydog1. 74) Togainu no Chi/Lamento/sweet pool/DRAMAtical Murder. 75) Taishou Mebiusline. 76) Luckydog1. 77) Hashihime. 78) Paradise. 79) Luckydog1. 80) Luckydog1. 81) Paradise. 82) Nie no Machi. 83) Luckydog1. 84) Omega Vampire. 85) Luckydog1. 86) Nie no Machi. 87) Luckydog1. 88) Luckydog1. 89) Uuultra C. 90) Tokyo 24-ku. 91) Friendly Lab. 92) Lkyt. 93) Uuultra C. 94) Dystopia no Ou. 95) Uuultra C. 96) Slow Damage. 97) Luckydog1. 98) Tokyo 24-ku. 99) Hashihime. 100) Luckydog1. 101) Luckydog1. 102) Hashihime. 103) Friendly Lab. 104) Suito wa Hakumei. 105) Haiiro no Arcadia. 106) Hashihime. 107) Hashihime. 108) Hashihime. 109) NU:Carnival. 110) Tokyo Satsujinki. 111) Friendly Lab. 112) Luckydog1. 113) Hashihime. 114) Psychic Eclipse. 115) Luckydog1. 116) Ooe. 117) Luckydog1/Friendly Lab/Miracle Noton.

Some additional information which I thought was interesting -There are three games featured on the cover of the magazine that were never actually released and cancelled, which are White Shadow (2), Torus Zero (4) and New World Order (68), so you won't be able to find these on vndb as it unfortunately deletes these entries. I did include all three of them in a previous post about cancelled/unreleased BL visual novels if you want to check them out! (I just noticed all the typos in these older blog posts…please bear with me). Two of these game developers are still around, as Core recently returned as Procyon, and Holicworks still releases games, so perhaps some of their ideas were re-purposed, or scrapped for other ideas. There's actually a fourth game which hasn't been released yet which is Suito wa Hakumei featured on issue 104, though its status is currently unknown.

-In total, 31 of the covers feature characters from the Luckydog1 games, therefore Tennenouji is also the creator that was featured the most on the covers. Friendly Lab also has 3 covers (4 if you include the one with all of the Tennenouji game characters), therefore the total number of Tennenouji covers is 34, which is almost 40% of the covers. I'm assuming that Cool-B staff always worked closely with Yura, but Luckydog1 does have many different games, with the covers featuring Luckydog1, Gian-carlo's LUCKY HAPPY LIFE, Gian no Tame Nara Sekai o Kowasu, Luckydog1 + Badegg, Mr. Giancarlo and the Vita and Nintendo Switch ports of the first game. In the 117th issue, Yura did mention that the series was finished now with the release of the PC version of Mr. Giancarlo, and that she wants to focus on a completely different series now.

-The company with the second largest number of covers is Nitro+CHiRAL, with a total of 20 covers (about 23%). Among the Nitro+CHiRAL, games, DRAMAtical Murder has the most covers, advertising the first game, fandisc, anime and vita port. Of course, Nitro+Chiral is also known for its crossovers between their own games, so there are multiple covers which feature characters from different games together, promoting events such as the Chiral Night. Some of these feature the Chiral Night's mascot Naito-kun as well.

By the way, the magazine would always come with different postcards if you pre-ordered it from a specific website, and these postcards would feature new art from even more games, so fans had a lot of things they could collect. These were limited-edition, but you can still find people selling them second-hand on websites like Surugaya, Yahoo auctions, Mercari and more. Other than publishing magazines, Cool-B also released several artbooks, such as the Hashihime, Uuultra C, and Taishou Mebiusline official artbooks. I'm not quite sure what will happen to the sales of this as other stores like Stellaworth also sell them and they're often out of stock, but only time will tell.

To conclude this, I do hope they will be able to continue publishing information as they're clearly passionate about what they do. I always had a lot of fun guessing what kind of game would be on the next cover, as well as collecting postcards of games I liked. It's kind of sad that any future games won't have this, as the magazine would often publish original short stories and promotional material about these new games too. Even if the development of some games took a long time, it never really felt long as we would usually get updates every two months when Cool-B was released. Cool-B would often publish new chapters of manga too, such as the Paradise and Hashihime manga, so I do wonder what will happen to these and if they will be published somewhere else.