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How to read Kara no Kyoukai/The Garden of Sinners

Kara no Kyoukai (literally translated The Boundary of Emptiness, officially translated The Garden of Sinners) is a light novel series by Kinoko Nasu, of Tsukihime and Fate fame. It was Nasu's first published work, originally published online in the 90s. You might know it most for the ufotable movie adaptations, or for the main character Shiki being playable in FGO.

This series predates Nasu's better-known Tsukihime and Fate series, and you can see inklings of ideas he'd reuse and refine in those works. Most prominent of these is the character of Shiki Ryougi, whose name, multiple personalities, and Mystic Eyes of Death Perception would all inspire Shiki Tohno of Tsukihime. This is also the series where Fate's famous Counter Force was first introduced.

The Kara no Kyoukai novels were Nasu's first published work, but have had a rough history in terms of translation to English. There have been bad and just straight up inaccurate attempts, and a publishing company that wanted to put them out officially went under before it had the chance, but now all these years later the series is finally completed in English!

Kara no Kyoukai is a supernatural mystery series set in Tokyo in the 1990s. Each chapter is an individual story (barring two-parters), but they all come together to tell a larger tale. It is written in anachronic order, not chronological order. As you read and skip through the timeline of Shiki and Mikiya's life, the story all starts to come together.

Translators:

Volume 1: Baka-Tsuki

Volume 2: ShikiRyougiAdmirer, KMP, Yusuke, Manolo, Dullahan

Volume 3: QualityMistranslations/YHK

Volume 4: Serouzo

Formatting: ProtoformX

Without further ado, the novels:

Volume 1 (PDF / EPUB) contains:

Overlooking View Murder Speculation (Part 1) Remaining Sense of Pain The Hollow Shrine Paradox Spiral (Part 1)

Volume 2 (PDF / EPUB) contains:

Paradox Spiral (Part 2) Oblivion Recorder Murder Speculation (Part 2) The Boundary of Emptiness

Volume 3 (PDF / EPUB) contains:

Future Gospel

Volume 4 (PDF / EPUB) contains:

Final Record

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The Assorted TYPE-MOON Collection (as of 7/20/24)

Here is a link to Fate/stay night with the Ultimate Patch.

Here is a link to Fate/hollow ataraxia with the Ultimate Patch and the Fate PSP games.

Here is a link to various other TYPE-MOON games and manga/novels such as Kara no Kyoukai, Tsukihime, Melty Blood, and more Fate.

Some things to note:

ALL GAMES ARE PC GAMES EXCEPT THE FATE/EXTRA SERIES AND UNLIMITED CODES, WHICH ARE PLAYED ON THE PSP

– Kara no Kyoukai: the Garden of sinners, Tsukihime, and Fate are all part of the same metaseries penned by Kinoko Nasu (Witch on the Holy Night is as well, but it is not included in this collection since only the enhanced version is translated which can be bought on current generation consoles and PC)

– Fate/stay night Ultimate Patch has many settings to customize your experience of the game, please play around with them and set them to your liking, but some of my recommendations are **Display > Quality > High (x2.0) [higher resolutions not included due to much larger file sizes with diminishing returns] **Language > English ReTrans (2nd beta) **Patch > [ANY] Content > [Choose "Classic" for a first playthrough if you want a more faithful experience or "Mixed" for a faithful experience with some Vita additions, but might be best for a second playthrough] **Patch > Censorship > check "Show mature content" + "Show Ecchi & Hentai + Fan-made Demosaic" for the full eroge experience or keep "Show mature content" unchecked for the all-ages experience **Patch > Movie Playback Options > check Display subtitles in movies + Movie Quality > High **Patch > Route Lock > Automatic **Patch > Title menu style > Automatic

– Fate/hollow ataraxia Ultimate Patch has many settings to customize your experience of the game, please play around with them and set them to your liking, but some of my recommendations are **Display > Quality > High (x2.0) [higher resolutions not included due to much larger file sizes with diminishing returns] **Patch > Censor > check "Decensor H content" for the full eroge experience or keep "Censor H content" checked for the all-ages experience **Patch > Vita Additions > uncheck "Play Vita OP in-game" and "Vita Ending Credits" to see the original versions of each for a first playthrough **Patch>Movies>check Display subtitles in movies

– Fate PSP includes Fate/Extra, Fate/Extra Perfect Patch+ (the same game as Fate/Extra but patched to include subtitles for all Japanese voice lines, fixes some of the original translation to better match Fate canon, and bug fixes), Fate/Extra CCC (a sequel to Fate/Extra that takes place during that game), and Fate/Unlimited Codes (a fighting game based around Fate/stay night with a few characters from Hollow Ataraxia and Zero)

– Tsukihime series goes Tsukihime > Tsukihime PLUS-DISC (contains Alliance of Illusionary Eyes) > Kagetsu Tohya

– Melty Blood is a series of fighting games featuring the cast of Tsukihime (ReACT is an expansion for the original Melty Blood)

Many more games are available for purchase on PC and current generation consoles such as Witch on the Holy Night, Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-, Melty Blood: Type Lumina, the Fate/Extella series, Fate/Samurai Remnant, and upcoming games such as Fate/stay night REMASTERED, and Fate/Extra Record

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Aozaki Touko ; The Garden of Sinners ☆ Alter

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