tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post2127155413479118067..comments2023-03-26T00:57:48.542-07:00Comments on Eastern Standard: Zerozaki Hitoshiki no Ningen Kankei: Zaregoto Tsukai to no KankeiAndrew Cunninghamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03423087160541542219noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post-82500263239849877952010-05-05T09:02:38.238-07:002010-05-05T09:02:38.238-07:00The first JDC Tribute was excellent. Haven't r...The first JDC Tribute was excellent. Haven't read the second.Andrew Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423087160541542219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post-78205249241345580842010-05-05T05:45:21.156-07:002010-05-05T05:45:21.156-07:00I guess you mean the order it was published in Mep...I guess you mean the order it was published in Mephisto?<br /><br />Well, the amount of characters and stuff that's still open for possible development kind of shows this more or less typical method of writing found in several novel series... Just write and if there's anything unexplored, write a spinoff. And then a spinoff of the spinoff. Then a prequel. And a prequel of the prequel. Oh and if possible let all your series play in the same universe so there can be crossovers.<br /><br />Still have to read the JDC Tributes and 難民探偵 to see if he can actually write a self-contained book, but with the latter I find it too risky to start reading after all those negative reviews.mousoukyokuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00755066580829504834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post-6336150013556759492010-05-04T20:25:20.759-07:002010-05-04T20:25:20.759-07:00It's a perfectly fine book...well, maybe not t...It's a perfectly fine book...well, maybe not the two chapters with boring characters, but the latter half of it was a fun read. It just should not ever have been released as the LAST volume. If this had been second and Iori had been last I kinda think my opinion would have been been reversed.<br />(Also, Zerozaki's meeting with Suzunashi takes place in the present day, eight years after the Zaregoto timeline, so that whole "he's dying" thing in Iori is even more bizarre. I'm starting to think that was something he was playing with and forgot to revise back out.)<br />Actually, each book has an afterward which gives a different recommended order for reading the four volumes, in case you decide this particular volume should be read last. So clearly he was a bit ambivalent about it himself; the published order is simply the order he wrote them in.Andrew Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03423087160541542219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2616652632706177489.post-88867832745227840082010-05-04T20:21:25.196-07:002010-05-04T20:21:25.196-07:00First I thought 'Come on, that doesn't sou...First I thought 'Come on, that doesn't sound too bad' but your last sentence sums up yout opinion pretty well and I guess I can kind of understand your problem you seem to have with this volume.mousoukyokuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00755066580829504834noreply@blogger.com