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I hate to ask again...
But the books that are NOT Suikoden 3, where would one purchase the others/?I found a place that Sells the one called ' Brunch '
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Son Michael, the Suikoden III manga (not novels) are available in English and should be available up to Volume 7 in July. The translation is still in progress (a new book comes out every 2-3 months), and the final volume is supposedly a Volume 10.
Kitphiroth, the three manga pertaining Suikoden I/II are not available in English, but you should be able to get them from import stores. The best place I know to get them is amazon.co.jp. Lookup their ISBN numbers there, which are available in HowlingVoice's list on the first page of this topic. (The three manga are Alliance, Brunch and Caravelle). Keep in mind that they are nothing like the Suikoden III manga. There are more like collections of light-hearted one-off comic strip(s) using characters from the earlier games.
Kitphiroth, the three manga pertaining Suikoden I/II are not available in English, but you should be able to get them from import stores. The best place I know to get them is amazon.co.jp. Lookup their ISBN numbers there, which are available in HowlingVoice's list on the first page of this topic. (The three manga are Alliance, Brunch and Caravelle). Keep in mind that they are nothing like the Suikoden III manga. There are more like collections of light-hearted one-off comic strip(s) using characters from the earlier games.
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I unfortunately can't give confirmed answers for that.
If I'm not mistaken, the Japanese volumes are coming out at a similar frequency, so they're keeping up with that. With no confirmed deadline set (it was expected to have only 7 volumes originally, now even a 10-volume deadline seems dodgy), they might end up running out of volumes to issue out if the production run is done at a faster speed than those in Japan.
Or, it's just Tokyopop's production policy to have one volume per 2-3 months. It's not translation burden per se, but careful planning of release dates is quite critical to the business as a whole, I'd imagine. A handful of their other manga series are also released at a similar frequency as well.
If I'm not mistaken, the Japanese volumes are coming out at a similar frequency, so they're keeping up with that. With no confirmed deadline set (it was expected to have only 7 volumes originally, now even a 10-volume deadline seems dodgy), they might end up running out of volumes to issue out if the production run is done at a faster speed than those in Japan.
Or, it's just Tokyopop's production policy to have one volume per 2-3 months. It's not translation burden per se, but careful planning of release dates is quite critical to the business as a whole, I'd imagine. A handful of their other manga series are also released at a similar frequency as well.
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Aki Shimizu is too busy.
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This is the only book available in English.
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Which 1 is the last?
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Probably the 9th volume is the last one. Atleast there hasn't be new volumes in Japan for a while. 9th volume was released in there March 23rd according to Amazon Japan.Jowy Atreides wrote:What's up with the Suikoden III manga? Does Volume 8 clear everything up and conclude the series, or has the 9th volume been delayed or something?
And looking at the Tokyopop's release date history, the english version of the ninth volume will be released on January.