Amazon.com have revealed that Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories The Novel will be released in English for the first time ever on September 22, 2015. Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories The Novel will include all three volumes from the original Japanese release translated into English by Yen Press. It will cost U.S $15.48. When the cover artwork is released we'll let you know. You can pre-order it here.

 

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I want this one even more than the first. 

This really is the year for Kingdom Hearts!

This really is the year for Kingdom Hearts!

D@mn right. 

But the wait will be a killer..

Still..6000 pages, that's like a Stephen King novel thick. 

^ That's like a Harry Potter novel thick.

*wonders if Axel will be as creepy in the novel as he is in the game*

 

No, "badassery" is not a word I'd use in this context. You know I'm right.

Can someone tell me the difference of the mangas and the novels or are they the same?

Can someone tell me the difference of the mangas and the novels or are they the same?

The novels are not drawed, but only text. While the manga focuses more in gags, comical relief and telling the story, the novels focus in some fights, and specially, character development and personalities

 

For example: in the novel of BBS, we know much of it from Vanitas perspective, how he felt when he was born, when Unversed started spawning and him destroying them, which made him feel a lot of pain, growing birth to more unversed. This continued until Xehanort told him that the only way to be out of his misery is to form the X-Blade, which he agreed also becauses he feels lonely and wants to be with Ventus again

Short answer: The novels are Awesome

Edited January 26, 201510 yr by Fenrissychros

^ That's like a Harry Potter novel thick.

Well, IT was 1,056 pages...so it's half that size. Harry Potter Year 7 was 1,000+ pages....

So...

Roughly year 6 thick. 

^ You know your Potter well.

^ You know your Potter well.

*Dweebalert* Dweebalert*  

Yeah, I do. I remember how long year 7 took me to read: about a week. T.T So many pages, so heavy a book

I grew up reading the series.

I read some of the volumes, and DAMN I have to say the manga does a way better job at telling the Kingdom Hearts story than the games do! I adore almost everything about the mangas as far as I've read.

 

What catches my eye the most is that they aren't afraid to say stuff like "Shit, hell, and ass" every now and then. And when they do, you better bet you can feel the emotion from the characters!

What catches my eye the most is that they aren't afraid to say stuff like "Shit, hell, and ass" every now and then.

 

That's just the scanlators going overboard.

 

What catches my eye the most is that they aren't afraid to say stuff like "Sh1t, hell, and ass" every now and then. And when they do, you better bet you can feel the emotion from the characters!

Woa, when did THAT happen? 

Woa, when did THAT happen? 

 

The official translations have no such thing.

Oh wow, this is pretty great!  So wait, are all the Kingdom Hearts games receiving novelized adaptions?  If so, I'm going to make it my goal to collect them all!

The official translations have no such thing.

Are you serious? I read the ones on kh13 and I see those words be used pretty often, especially in the Roxas parts of the manga. And, a particular scene I like is when Sora is about to fight Marluxia and says "I'm gonna kick your ass!!". Like, you can seriously feel the emotion from the characters that way. I guess maybe it was just the translator's choice of words?

 

I actually preferred it when they used those words, as weird as it sounds

Are you serious? I read the ones on kh13 and I see those words be used pretty often, especially in the Roxas parts of the manga. And, a particular scene I like is when Sora is about to fight Marluxia and says "I'm gonna kick your ass!!". Like, you can seriously feel the emotion from the characters that way. I guess maybe it was just the translator's choice of words?

 

I actually preferred it when they used those words, as weird as it sounds

 

I already mentioned that. Fan scanlators often go overboard in that regard. The Japanese view of "profanity" doesn't really translate well into English, it's more of a consequence of how their language/society/culture is structured. The way you talk/words you use typically imply different politeness levels (or lack of).

September! For firetrucks sake, that's like 8 months from now.

 

Edit: Now that I think about it, I suppose they don't want to release these books to close to each other. That might hurt sales.

Well, IT was 1,056 pages...so it's half that size. Harry Potter Year 7 was 1,000+ pages....So...Roughly year 6 thick.

If you go by the HC Harry Potter books, it's much more comparable.

Very interesting. Didn't know they made novels. I have to get them now, haha.

The novels are not drawed, but only text. While the manga focuses more in gags, comical relief and telling the story, the novels focus in some fights, and specially, character development and personalities

 

For example: in the novel of BBS, we know much of it from Vanitas perspective, how he felt when he was born, when Unversed started spawning and him destroying them, which made him feel a lot of pain, growing birth to more unversed. This continued until Xehanort told him that the only way to be out of his misery is to form the X-Blade, which he agreed also becauses he feels lonely and wants to be with Ventus again

Short answer: The novels are Awesome

 

Wow....and I thought the mangas were amazing....

 

 

I need the novels, NOW! DX

september...... 

If you go by the HC Harry Potter books, it's much more comparable.

That's what I was refering too 

That's what I was refering too

Year 7 was about 730 pages HC in North America.

Edited February 12, 201510 yr by Andrew Rowland