lostotaku wrote:Ayame wrote:yay, another KnS avatar!
Ive been thinking of changing mine to one for a while, just trying to find a good one
EDIT: Thanks Illustrations of Ignition 3
its kazuma in the picture isn't I cant really tell
Warning spoiler ahead!!
Yeah, that's Kazuma alright but the Kannagi version. It depicts my favorite anti-hero right after Tsoi Rin died, he awoke his power and he was saved by a Sannin/Hermit (the guy in the background) who came to the sacrifice site to kill Erwin. Alas, he was too late, Erwin was already gone. Kazuma became his disciple and when he felt strong enough (before he became a Contractor) he left the Hermit to kill Erwin, which he did. The hermit also gave him the Yagami surname.
Btw I have all Kaze no Stigma art-books so I'll post some awesome pictures for avatars that didn't hit the Internet. Unfortunately I don't have a scanner so the quality won't be the best.
jeffjeff wrote:I'm so disappointed the author passed away. Really enjoyed reading up to chapter 6
Out of curiosity, I noticed most of ignition was published after the original 1-6. Does that mean ignition is a sequel type, or are they purely just side stories?
I ask because I'm quite surprised the author spent ~3 years publishing side stories since the majority has their isbn date after vol 6
Yes, from and including volume 2 of Ignition, all stories are post volumes 5/6 but not all stories allude to the main series. They are mainly Ayano/Kazuma exorcisms and various extremely funny interactions. I'm also a bit baffled by the way the author handled the story but you must remember that by the time the anime came out/volume 6 + 4 volumes of ignition he was already really sick so I suppose he didn't have the energy to dedicate himself to a longer plot.
The highlight of the series is the relationship between Kazuma and Ayano and perhaps he didn't want to waste time on secondary villains too much. But the author really liked to make Ayano squirm
and that was Kazuma's main amusement.
And no, the story doesn't end with volume 6. At the end of Ignition 6, titled A secret relationship, there is a tiny bit of novel 7, the way the editor found it after the author's death which continues three days after the lap scene with Kazuma recovering in one of Kannagi's hospitals but it's extremely frustrating to read because it ends in the proverbial mid-sentence. There are so many speculations going through my head and it feels very frustrating that they will never be confirmed or denied.
The reason for not translating anymore was because I was a bit disappointed by the lack of views on BT and if there aren't many people who read it I'm pretty much redundant. On the bright side I just saw Kaze no Stigma on the top 30 popular novels so maybe the situation is not so bleak. I'm thinking about what to translation-wise because the story and characters are to die for - no pun intended.