Liar-soft Steampunk Series/What a Beautiful Series
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Introduction
What a Beautiful Series (Also called or more officially called the Steampunk Series) is a series of visual novels and other related works created by Hikaru Sakurai and published by Liar-soft since 2006 starting with the release of Souten no Celanaria ~What a Beautiful World~.
The series contains themes and elements of the Cthulhu Mythos as well as characters named and based after both people from real life and those fictional such as Sherlock Holmes, James Moriarty, and some of those from Lovecraft's Mythos Circle (main to even extended) that exist such as Nyarlathotep and the Great Old Ones existing in the series. Said series primarily is set in two worlds, that of Earth (also called Seikyo) and Kadath (Land from Lovecraft's works).
As of 2018, the series has gone through 7 visual novels released with the latest being Shunkyoku no Tyrhhia ~What a Beautiful Dawn~. There is also multiple forms of content that has been in between that expand upon the series's events, characters, and the like such as the exclusive Liar-soft fanclub magazine short stories, visual novel fandiscs, a few light novels connected to or independent from the main series, and short stories from doujinshi's that Sakurai had a hand in writing for one or more of their artists.
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Main Series Content
Inganock of the Brightest Flames ~What a Beautiful People~
Official Website
- Characters
- Keywords
Inganock Webnovel - (Tales of Inganock & After the Inganock)
(NOTE: This translation was originally done by the translation group, Amaterasu Translations. Originally posted/linked from their website, it has since been taken down for unclear reasons and thus not conventionally available to find on the internet. However, this wayback machine allowed it to be archived from around the time it was up and so as a way for everyone to read more content of the series, this will be up on my blog for easier access and awareness that it still exists even in this form. Naturally, all credits of the translations goes to Amaterasu Translations and for all of the hard work and time they put into this plus that of the visual novels themselves)
Liarsoft Monthly Magazine Short Stories
Sharnoth of the Deepest Black ~What a Beautiful Tomorrow~
Sharnoth Webnovel - (The Ashen Funeral of Nyhargo)
(NOTE: This translation was originally done by the translation group, Amaterasu Translations. Originally posted/linked from their website, it has since been taken down for unclear reasons and thus not conventionally available to find on the internet. However, this wayback machine allowed it to be archived from around the time it was up and so as a way for everyone to read more content of the series, this will be up on my blog for easier access and awareness that it still exists even in this form. Naturally, all credits of the translations goes to Amaterasu Translations and for all of the hard work and time they put into this plus that of the visual novels themselves)
Liarsoft Monthly Magazine Short Stories
Kaned Fools Doujin Stories (Shikkoku no Sharnoth)
~Other~
Sona Nyl of the Violet Shadows ~What a Beautiful Memories~
Caution: With the localization release of Shiei no Sona Nyl from Mangagamer, much less that being the Refrain version which has additional story content, it is imperative and mandatory that you finish that one (Sona Nyl/Refrain) first before reading any of these both to make better sense of the content and for greater reading experience.
Sona Nyl Webnovel (The Red Tears of Huitzilopochtil)
(Translator Note: The "Sona Nyl: Refrain" content has the majority of the Webnovel intact but has left out two more additional chapters to its 4th and final chapter. The addition of these chapters from the WN are done and translated here for the purpose of content expansion that is missing from the official localization)
Steampunk Engine Dictionary
- Main Story (~Dream Wandering~)
- Unknown Author Story
- Chronology (Engine Dictionary)
Lily the Silhouette
Liarsoft Monthly Magazine Short Stories
Kaned Fools Doujin Stories (Shiei no Sona Nyl)
黄雷のガクトゥーン～What a shining braves～
Gahkthun of the Golden Lightning ~What a shining braves~
~Ourai no Gahkthun: Novel Anthology~
(Link to Official Website Descriptions)
Dreaming Larva ~The Sleeping Beauty~
Writer: Kanokt | Illustrator: Maki Akiri
Winter of 1908. Depicts a story of an Art incident involving a pair of brothers visiting the Speculative Detective Club.
Writer: Funasato Nogi | Illustrator: Kiryuu Mina
Spring of 1906. Depicts a story of the Disciplinary Police Force's role that dared them to confront the Illegal group spreading corruption in the Academic City with the power of Moonshine.
Vermillion Prelude
Writer: Molice | Illustrator: Ayakura Juu
1905. Depicts a story of the truth about the pleasant crime-type repeated terrorism that will later come to be known to the Academic City as the “53 People Committee Incident”.
Writer: Haganeya Jin | Illustrator: Lem
1908. Depicts the battle between a Vigilante and Villain that unfolds behind the scenes of “Ourai no Gahkthun”.
Deceptive Dragon
Writer: Sakurai Hikaru | Illustrator: Senmaiba
April of 1909. Depicts a story of Nikola Tesla and Neon Scalar struggle over the Urban Information Network System Wallace, which was implemented in the Academic City in cooperation with the French Government.
Other (Anthology)
Glossary Column (Official Blog)
Liarsoft Monthly Magazine Short Stories
- CAT's
- All Hallow's Day/Halloween
- Seven Wonders of the Academia/Disciplinary Police Committee Chairman
- Summer Cuisine
- A Day with Him
Ourai no Gahkthun: Shining Night (Fandisc Sequel)
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Miscellaneous Content
Karashrer of Ashes ~What a Beautiful Sanctuary~
Author: Hikaru Sakurai
Illustrator: AKIRA
Publisher: SEIKAISHA
Summary
The world ended on the day when the gigantic, distorted Mega Engine Clock stood across the planet like a tombstone.
A young man and a girl, Kyrie and Gene, are the last "people" in a world that has become silent due to the rising groans of the Cyber Zombies that devour the last of the few remnants of life.
The two of them stand by and travel with one another side-by-side, continuing on their journey to find a Sanctuary at the end of the world...
A "Beautiful Dystopia" written by Hikaru Sakurai of the "Steampunk Series".
Main Characters
Kyrie
A quiet young man who wears a decaying coat.
Of the seven parts of the body, the left arm, upper torso, and left leg have become machines similar to the traits of the Cyber Zombie, and he fights by transforming his body to a machine. He encounters and grows closer with Gene who he met in this dead world, continuing his journey with no end.
Genevieve
A girl wearing a shabby-looking lab coat.
Her Nickname is Gene. She is an intelligent girl who knows a lot and teaches Kyrie things that he doesn't know about. She acts as Kyrie's temporary friend, mother, and sister.
Table of Contents
Appendix
OTHER
Steampunk Series Reborn! Short Stories
Fukayami no Celephais ~What a Beautiful Apocalypsis~
Steampunk Series World Guide 1
- Introduction
- Kingdom of France
- Characters of France
- Glossary (France)
- All in the City of Flowers (Under update/clean-up rework)
- United States of America
- Characters of USA
- Glossary (USA)
- Traveling Woman, Traveling Girl (Followed by "Lily the Silhouette")
Ulthar Thoughts (Mushoku no Ulthar - END of the Shining World)
(Note: These are partial stories and concepts related to the conceptual unreleased/undeveloped story of Mushoku no Ulthar, not the actual story itself as it may be different for the assumed final project)
- Short Stories
- Door to the Moon World (Ulthar Thoughts 1)
- Magician
- Kadath's Moon
- Door to the Moon World
- Pinkerton Detective Agency (Ulthar Thoughts 2)
- Senior Detective
- Academia
- Moon Beast
- Characters
- Easy Guide
- Setting
- List of Shintai
- Supplement Thought
Hikaru Sakurai Twitter Archive (TOGETHER)
- Maddened World Machine
- Pinkerton Detective Agency (Records)
- Michael Teal
- Hans Selma D. Hendrix
I had some scan for steampunk series (like all the monthly Magazine Short Stories for Shikkoku and Shiei, for example), would you like to take a look?
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DeleteSorry if I didn't see your comment earlier. I usually never see my blog often cuz of doing other things...that and unless I got a translation post in progress to do.
DK why I didn't see yours here...sorry.
And oh? You got like a PDF or something for these?
Also, you hear about Sona Nyl finally coming after 7 (86) years of translation hell progress? That's some GOOD stuff owo
Well, not PDF, but individual scan image packed in Zip or RAR files.
DeleteI had all monthly Magazine Short Stories for Shikkoku, Shiei, Gahkthun, Hikari and Souten.
Additionally, I got the official sourcebook for Souten, manga with short story in book nameed "妄想碩学毒本THECINEMA" (belong to Gahkthun), “ヴァルーシアの歩き方” (containing short stories and some materials for Hikari, and I believe this book itself is bonus for purchasing Hikari at specific store in Japan), “Steampunk Tribute” and "ネロリア" (a doujinshi for Gahkthun).
I did not own these books, but one of my chinese friend "星宫草莓是Q娃" purchased these and scaned them. I am allowed to share it with his consent.
If you want to take a look on thse material, I had upload them into MEGA. Here are those Link:https://mega.nz/folder/I3kUSLxR#7Lj7k0t3KiocmWyQKKATMA
Also, the link include some scans of the magazine "ジャイアニズムVol.4" that related to the steampunk. Though the scan quality is not that good. But my friend told me that he prepare to rescan that later.
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DeleteAh, that too is fine actually. And NOICE! Tell them I appreciate it a lot for going through the trouble in getting all of these xD
I would have eventually planned on getting all of them, but damn, your friend is a real trooper lol. But yes, tell them I thank them a whole lot in providing these and even sharing them.
And that's fine. They can take their time with it later when they have the chance.
Hm, you omitted out Sekien it looks like but I guess that's fine? I have the magazines with the two major stories related to it myself but anything else I don't have or your friend don't have, I could probably get those on my own later. It's all good.
DeleteIf by chance your friend DOES get it, all the same.
For Sekien, my friend actually did not purchase them.
DeleteBeacuse there is a steam version of Sekien which support Chinese lanuage, and more importantly, its had a Digital Visual Fanbook DLC which include all the short stories like web stories and monthly Magazine Short Stories. And all of these short stories had been translated into Chinese.
Here is the link for Chinese version of Sekien: https://store.steampowered.com/app/982400/_Fullvoice_ReBORN/
Ahhh.
DeleteMmm, that's fine without them. Again, give my thanks and regards for them in sharing all of these.
Forgot that I even did this, but two of the Sharnoth short stories I got WERE from Chinese based booklets and I still did those.
DeleteBut just to say this, it's really up to your friend if they also were to purchase that and...do all of this on the scan gathering. They don't have to if they don't want to, especially since most of my other works here are evidently from Japanese.
Even so, it's all good. They've done quite enough in gathering everything else.
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