AustNerevar 578 Posted March 27, 2019 Vol 2 of the DQM manga arrived from Amazon yesterday. I'm not quite halfway through but its pretty great. I don't want to spoil anything, but its still worth reading if you're not a big fan of the Monsters series. Sent from my LG-H871 using Tapatalk 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eal 2,265 Posted March 27, 2019 I’m waiting till it’s done publishing. Until then, I’m buying them as they come out. It’s short so I’d rather read it in a couple sittings instead of piecemeal over the course of a year and some change. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YangustheLegendaryBandit 2,991 Posted March 27, 2019 I totally forgot Vol. 2 was out this month. I bought Vol. 1 a while ago and was going to start it once I was finished with Watchmen, but never did. I do want to finish up the side material stuff in my Watchmen book first (the “book,” on Dr. Manhattan, the case study of Rorschach, etc.) but will get to DQM+ soon enough. One thing I appreciate about Vol. 1 when I flipped through the book was that they used the original GBC names for certain locations and monsters. Specifically they left Watabou, Warubou, GreatTree, and GreatLog the same. With those games being my first DQ outings way back when, I was happy to see those. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AustNerevar 578 Posted March 27, 2019 I’m waiting till it’s done publishing. Until then, I’m buying them as they come out. It’s short so I’d rather read it in a couple sittings instead of piecemeal over the course of a year and some change.Yeah it sucks waiting in between releases, but I'd rather not wait for the whole thing. Sent from my LG-H871 using Tapatalk I totally forgot Vol. 2 was out this month. I bought Vol. 1 a while ago and was going to start it once I was finished with Watchmen, but never did. I do want to finish up the side material stuff in my Watchmen book first (the “book,” on Dr. Manhattan, the case study of Rorschach, etc.) but will get to DQM+ soon enough. One thing I appreciate about Vol. 1 when I flipped through the book was that they used the original GBC names for certain locations and monsters. Specifically they left Watabou, Warubou, GreatTree, and GreatLog the same. With those games being my first DQ outings way back when, I was happy to see those.Well they didn't have anything else to draw from since there's no modern localization of those games. They did keep the spell and monster naming conventions from the post DQ8 brand though. Sent from my LG-H871 using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YangustheLegendaryBandit 2,991 Posted March 27, 2019 24 minutes ago, AustNerevar said: Well they didn't have anything else to draw from since there's no modern localization of those games. I know. I’m still glad they used the old localization names. And technically they do have a newer localization name for Watabou. In Joker 2’s English release his new name was Fluffy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burner 16 Posted April 4, 2019 I need a slight hand understanding the climax of volume 2. Spoiler warning, just to be safe. Spoiler Is the teleportal version of Alefgard the original, or just a copy derived from the false DL's memories? It would explain why there were no humans aside from the hero, since you can't expect him to remember everyone but the most important persons. On that note, I assume the hatched Mortamor is just a copy with full access to the original's abilities, hence the jewel of evil he infected Terry with. If I had to hazard a guess, the new Mortamor is using Terry to amass powerful monsters to sacrifice to empower the real one--it looks like the hatched version faded away after making his speech. In any case, an immense thanks to the folks at Seven Seas for localizing this with such care and precision. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 16 Posted September 24, 2019 On 4/4/2019 at 9:12 PM, Burner said: I need a slight hand understanding the climax of volume 2. Spoiler warning, just to be safe. Hide contents Is the teleportal version of Alefgard the original, or just a copy derived from the false DL's memories? It would explain why there were no humans aside from the hero, since you can't expect him to remember everyone but the most important persons. On that note, I assume the hatched Mortamor is just a copy with full access to the original's abilities, hence the jewel of evil he infected Terry with. If I had to hazard a guess, the new Mortamor is using Terry to amass powerful monsters to sacrifice to empower the real one--it looks like the hatched version faded away after making his speech. In any case, an immense thanks to the folks at Seven Seas for localizing this with such care and precision. Spoiler Pretty sure it's created from Dragon Lord's memories. Couldn't the Hero not die? Volume 4 was really good. I like how they incorporated the main line games' stories. How many volumes are there? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 16 Posted January 4 Did volume 5 get delayed or a low print count? Forbidden Planet still hasn't got stock and neither does Amazon (UK). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AustNerevar 578 Posted January 4 Did volume 5 get delayed or a low print count? Forbidden Planet still hasn't got stock and neither does Amazon (UK).It's out in the US. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 16 Posted Saturday at 12:56 PM Amazon UK got it in stock so just ordered from there. They don't always package the books well well and they arrive damaged, but this arrived OK. I'm confused by the ending, it felt rushed and I don't understand what happened. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodus 1,446 Posted 11 hours ago I don't quite know if I understood it either Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
