#the english Faust releases are also cool for including Nisioisin stories and take art

[studentofetherium]

wanna see something cool i own?

Faust is a Japanese avant-garde literary magazine. a lot of famous subculture writers have written for it or have even gotten their start in it

in 2007, Del Rey decided to start translating Faust. however, rather than translating each volume directly, they decided it would be an easier sell to collect the most marketable stories and package those together. they only published two volumes

however, the first volume is somewhat interesting for one of the stories included

The Garden of Sinners

Del Rey planned to translate and release the series in full, so this was meant as a teaser for the full release. it includes the entire first chapter, Overlooking View (here translated as A View From Above)

for a while, this was the only officially released translation of Nasu's writing. it's still the only official release of Kara no Kyoukai, as Del Rey immediately started floundering and never released the series like they planned

i find it fascinating that this translation is so old that it refers to the UFOtable movies as "upcoming"