本好きの下剋上ふぁんぶっく

本好きの下剋上ふぁんぶっく #1

by Miya Kazuki, 香月美夜, You Shiina (Illustrator)

『本好きの下剋上』ファンに捧げるファンブックが電子書籍版で登場！
(1)椎名優先生描き下ろし表紙イラスト
(2)単行本カラーイラスト集
(3)単行本カラーイラストのラフ集
(4)単行本未収録のキャラクター設定資料集
(5)香月美夜先生書き下ろしＳＳ
(6)香月美夜先生Ｑ＆Ａインタビュー
(7)鈴華先生描き下ろし漫画
(8)椎名優先生描き下ろし四コマ漫画

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Fiction, Manga, Comedy, Ebooks

91 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 20, 2016

About the author

Japanese author (香月美夜)

Kazuki started writing novels when she was in her second year of junior high school. After taking an entrance exam, she entered into a national university before graduating and becoming busy with work, stopping her from writing. Once she was married and her child entered kindergarten, Kazuki had more free time, which she used to start writing again. From 2013 onwards, she started publishing her novel Ascendance of a Bookworm on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō which saw success. In 2015, she officially debuted with said series under the T.O. Books imprint.

Reviews

[Lu · Rating 3 out of 5]

很喜歡這本封面的彩圖！
可惜內容本身真的蠻短，且多是之前的彩圖

作者QA非常有趣，看到了很多角色的名字由來，也更加瞭解一些設定的細節

看起來作者的連載之路也是非常勞碌呀，看到作者家人的反應怎麼感覺好像看到梅茵XD

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

For being a skinny book, quite a bit was fit into it.

While none of the color illustrations are new, it's still nice to have a gallery of them. The sketches were also cool to see, and it amazes how much detail is put into something so rough. Oh, and then there's the cover. I absolutely love it. I'm currently caught up with the physical print of the main series, so it's nice to see such a happy/unreserved picture of Myne. I also love how many different items were thrown onto the cover, yet it adds to the fun rather than feeling crowded.

My one complaint illustration-wise is the map of the temple. It's kind of confusing. It does make a bit more sense after reading the short story that accompanies it, but too many details were left off of it. It just seems like an odd choice to leave details off of a map that is supposed to help clarify things.

As for the short story that accompanied said map, it's told from Nicola's POV, and it really does give a lot of insight to the changes going on from Rozemyne becoming the High Bishop and the adopted daughter of the archduke. It's nice to not only get a tour of the temple, but to see how things are changing for Nicola and Monika. Plus, it gives a bit of insight to the blue robe priests and shrine maidens, which the main story really doesn't focus much on.

This is followed by the character design sheets, and I absolutely love this section. It's interesting to see how many designs were spot-on from the first go and to see the tweaks made to others. This sketchy style is really cute, too. The High Bishop's inspiration for his design is quite interesting, considering he's a villain.

Then there's a manga story. Because of how the rest of the book is laid out, it makes this bit a little awkward in that the pages are left-to-right but the panels are right-to-left, but it's not hard to get a hang of. This has a different art style than the main books and the anime, and I assume it's the style used in the manga adaptation (haven't read that yet). The characters have some differences to their designs, the style a little less cutesy, but it still works well. The story was a funny one, and it's nice to see a different perspective to an early event (Gunther's).

This is followed by a long Q&A from the author, though it's a pretty quick read. Some of the questions are ones I know the answer to just from reading past this point in the series, and some questions have been answered in various short stories (I assume some of these questions were asked before the short stories were written/published). Still, there's plenty of new and interesting information, and some answers help to clarify things.

Then there's the questions regarding the author's writing process, and just... wow. She and I are about as opposite as you can get when it comes to our writing processes. As such, it blows my mind how much work she did before she started to write the actual story. It's also interesting that some of my favorite characters were later additions simply because she needed new characters to fill in some of the gaps.

Her writing schedule also sounds insane. I don't see most of this just from the fact I'm reading this series after it's finished (and the only thing to potentially wait on is the physical copies of the English books), but it sounds like she is a highly prolific writer. All her hard work and planning has certainly paid off thus far, though, as it's obvious this series has had a lot of thought put into the worldbuilding.

This fanbook ends with a few bonus comics. I enjoyed them all, but my favorite is 'Seeds.' It's quite hilarious (especially when you first read 'So Much Love').

Overall, there was a lot more to this book than I was expecting, and I love it. I knew from a glance there were the full-color illustrations and some behind the scenes content, but I wasn't expecting the bonus story or the Q&A. It's very clear the author (and illustrator) have put so much heart and soul into this series, and I love learning more about the world and how the series came to be.

[Jennine S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted more art.

Disappointed. The only art included is the covers in color and the covers in black and white sketches. Why? No clue. I wish the book had prioritized or included all the art from the books with additional art. Could have also done without the short story as it doesn't seem to add anything substantive or significant to the story. Could also have done without comic strips about the fan book that also add nothing to the story. I didn't even bother with the Q&A. Maybe I will come back to it if I run out of stuff to read.

[Pieter · Rating 4 out of 5]

For those who likes a a 30 pages of solid colour art, a nice bonus story of some of Mayne's retainers at the Temple, a good Q&A and some sketches on the art development for the various characters in the book, this is the book for you. I enjoyed it and it is what I was expecting.

[Iryna · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Q&A about the writing process of Bookworm is my favorite in this fanbook! There are things I was curious for so long, too. I low-key want to push this fanbook into the hands of other readers who are interested in Bookworm because it provides very interesting insight.

[Te-ge Bramhall · Rating 5 out of 5]

How oh how I wish that Goodreads had a "Select all that apply" option for adding books to your shelf, especially books in a series, especially when there are more than 20 books in that series and you binge-read all of them, not quite in one sitting, but close enough.

[Fumijo · Rating 5 out of 5]

The art in this book is stunning. I hope they release the others in the series. There are at least four more that have been published in Japan.

[Benjamin Valimont · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little short

It is a little short for the price. However if is worth the cost only if you are a completionist

[Laura Naysmith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book. I bought the digital version from J-Novel club and it’s lovely to be able to ‘zoom’ in on details of the hand drawings.

[Jina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Compared to other fanbooks I've read, this has very little material especially considering the price tag.

[Sandra (I don't read, I devour.) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like the question answer section. That's most definitely going to be my favorite part.

[emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

short & sweet

[M. Nión · Rating 5 out of 5]

Las ilustraciones, los bocetos y la entrevista ya hacen que merezca toda la pena.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was short but still fun. I loved all the beautiful illustrations and the Q&A with Miya Kazuki.

[Cell · Rating 3 out of 5]

本書有夠短！
雖然理智上知道是因為包含了各卷封面及卷首彩頁在印刷上比較耗成本
但讀電子書感覺不出來啊
對我來說唯一有閱讀價值的部分只有作者的Q&A

[Nathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Two new stories. I liked the full cover arts and design sketches for various characters.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall a good fanbook mostly adding trivia. The best part is the Q&A section, which held some interesting behind the scenes information which I wish had been expanded on and made it's own feature. A few questions could have been excluded since they were already answered in the main story - save look at page X for answer to reddit please. I also liked the concept sketches of the characters which held some tidbits about how they were changed visually to fit the vision of the author more, though mostly they seems to have stayed the same. There is no new art featured, but since it has all the art from the previous volumes collected I can see this being great for digital readers if they wish to have the art collected in physical form. The short story adds nothing new but explains the layout of the church, that and the manga can be skipped.

[My · Rating 5 out of 5]

Miya Kazuki's answer regarding her writing process was very insightful - no wonder the series is as detailed and thorough as it is. Absolutely love the character sheets too.

[Angel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute!

This is probably just for mega fans like me, but loved seeing the character designs and the q&a was great.