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Kingdom Hearts: Don’t Chase the Dream

Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance by Tomoco Kanemaki

February 21, 2020 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

Another light novel adaptation in the increasingly convoluted Kingdom Hearts series! It will always amuse me that there are technically 3 main games in this series, but if that’s all you played / read then you will be very confused as all of the offshoots are relevant to the plot. This is a novelisation of a game that first appeared on the Nintendo 3DS – which is the entire reason for the name – and which has subsequently appeared on PS4 and Xbox. Story-wise this […]

In which side characters are the real ones

The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life, Vol. 2 (light novel) by Usata Nonhora

February 8, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Light novel 2 in The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life really develops the world and some of the characters. Some darkness is introduced and more history about the status of alchemy and alchemists, and the Labyrinth, is really the focus of the volume. This means both more story and more world building. The biggest problem from book 1 gets a little worse in book 2 though, and that’s Mariela. She’s supposed to be the main heroine, but she’s totally […]

And Kingdom Hearts just gets more complex…

Kingdom Hearts Re:coded by Tomoco Kanemaki

December 9, 2019 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

Back to reading Kingdom Hearts novels for games I never got to play! It’s interesting to me that there are people who are fans of Kingdom Hearts but ignore any game that isn’t a big number – to them it was a 14 year gap between Kingdom Hearts 2 and 3 and then they were confused because they had missed between 8 and 11 games in-between (depending on how you count “remixes”). The original Coded was released in 2008 and remixed in 2010 as Re:coded. […]

The Book with a Long Title but Not Much Depth

The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life by Usata Nonohara, Ox (illustrator), Guru Mizoguchi (manga)

November 24, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I don’t always agree with the reviewers in Otaku USA magazine in fact I often don’t, at least on some big point or another. This time however, they nailed it. I saw a review for The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life, which decided that this was unremarkable, but cute, more about the characters than the story. Then I was off on a business trip and had some time to spare on my way to the hotel and wandered into a […]

Kingdom Hearts: Mickey Mouse kicks ass!

Kingdom Hearts 2: The Novel, Volume 1 by Tomoco Kanemaki

Kingdom Hearts 2: The Novel, Volume 2 by Tomoco Kanemaki

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories by Tomoco Kanemaki

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days by Tomoco Kanemaki

Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep by Tomoco Kanemaki

July 22, 2019 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

Introduction A long time ago (17 years!) Square Enix got together with Disney to create a game that combined characters from Square’s famous role playing games (Final Fantasy) and characters from classic Disney canon. The aim was to get new audiences for both companies work by connecting them via a story featuring a young protagonist (Sora, aged 14 in the first game and still only just about 16 in the latest) and his adventures. That game was Kingdom Hearts and we’re still here 17 years […]

A rare find for me: a good short story collection

The Ancient Magus' Bride The Golden Yarn by Kore Yamazaki et al

March 10, 2019 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

So far I’ve really been enjoying the Ancient Magus Bride in its original manga form; I’ve also liked the anime but haven’t seen the whole thing yet. The general gist is that a Japanese teen, Chise, who has no family who wants her, puts herself up for auction. She is purchased by Elias, a non-human mage who wants to train her/ learn about humans from her. Chise has some magical abilities herself, and she fits in well with the mage’s world. It’s a really sweet […]

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