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Energy cluster proposal:
“It would have been great if they had smell, glow, fumes, etc…but I figured explaining that through the pictures would have been hard, so for now, they are just stones.”Cluster design #1:
Top:“Emblem of the soul of the vanquisher”
Bottom:“Value: Low -> high”
TL note: “Vanquisher” here would be a localization of 闘神 (toushin, battle god) which is the title of the fighter depicted in Rock of the Vanquisher
Cluster design #2:“Flames and DNA”Background:
Color note:“The background is quite colorful”
TL note: The black note says “multiplication”, but it seems to be out of context
Lighting:“I want to make the rim lighting and the highlights colorful”Weapon:
Right:“Weapon: Rocketonfa“
Top:“*Rumbling sounds*”Refrigeration:
Top:“Because the energy clusters are hot, they are constantly refrigerated”
Bottom:“Air bubbles popping up”Lantern:
Top:“Because it didn’t have a base form, I wanted to incorporate the design of a kerosene lamp”
Middle:“A kerosene lamp used to carry energy clusters”
Bottom:“I wanted to include them into something that lights a fire”Illustrator’s comment:
“A unique world setting that revolves around fighting spirit having become matter and (figuratively) burns people. These are dangerous energy clusters, but Razen stores them in rocketonfas. I wonder how he even obtained them. Maybe from some unofficial underground fighting ring. I tried making the background of the monster card look like a cut-in scene from a videogame.”Vanquish Soul Dr. Mad Love
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Description:
Left:“A human-looking demon”
Right:“Left-handed”
Description #2:
“Is investigating magic (unknown energy(ies))”Description #3:
“Is not the type that uses the energy clusters that are full of impurities and are unstable directly, but rather uses the extracted energy with a high level of purity (this is dangerous).
Lost her family and others while extracting [these] from a mine or similar.
She lost her sanity while pursuing love”Backpack:
Middle:“Energy clusters”
Upwards arrow:
“Vaporized energy”
Downwards arrow:“Liquefied energy (uses [this one])”Ice:
“Amazing-looking ice-like things”Grenades:
“Ice cream motif”Mysterious liquid:
Top left:“Contains unstable energy”
Bottom left:“Sticky”
Bottom:“Gel form”
Right:“It’s unknown what can happen with it”Arms:
“The arms function using attachments
They are rearranged depending on the situation”
Arm names:
Mad Love:“They do have names!”
Clockwise from the top left:“Mia”,“Koro”,“Pike”,“Toto”
TL note: The second name in the list could also be coro/colo/kolo.
Hands:
“One click transforms it into this”
“*Clacking sound*”Hand:
Drill:
“All sorts of ice cream designs”Inside of the sleeve:
Squeaky hammer:
*Squeaky hammer noises*Beam gun:
Top:“*Musical noises*”
Bottom:“Ice cream shop”Beam gun #2:
Top:
“*Beam noises*”
Bottom:“When using the massive gun, maybe it’s a good idea she supports it with two hands like this”Hair down:
“If she doesn’t tie her hair, she looks like this”
Mad Love:“What do you want?”Vanquish Soul Pluton HG
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Main body:
“Energy clusters that somehow joined together like bones”Trash:
“Trash that ended up being absorbed”Attack:
“*Various squishy slimy noises*”Appearance:
Left:“It looks like a skeleton and I think it’s cute. I like it”
Right:“Doesn’t really have eyes”Eyes:
“Or rather, if it did have eyes, would something like these be OK?”Blades:
“Maybe it would be somewhat stronger if it used dangerous sharp objects like this one to attack?”Vanquish Soul Caesar Valius
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Hands:
Energy:
“The dragon’s own energy”Chest design:
“Great muscles”Javelin:
“Energy comes out from its chest like a javelin”Javelin design:
Top:“How it looks like with a longer grip”
Bottom:“Javelin created from the dragon’s energy”Illustrator’s comment:
“I drew it in such a way that, while it keeps some Yu-Gi-Oh dragon-ness in its head and other parts, it also gives an impression of a last boss. Because there are lots of human characters among the ‘Vanquish Soul’, I figured Caesar Valius could be seen like a weirdo from its appearance. However, I enjoy drawing quirky characters.”
TL note: The term used for its appearance is 色物 (iromono), which is a secondary role to the main act, for purposes of decoration/spicing up. “Irregular” or “unorthodox” could also be valid translations. Basically, this would be a non-human looking character that looks out of place among a majority-human cast, like Blanka from Street Fighter.
Vanquish Soul JiaolongFull art:
Description:
Left:“Razen’s rival, in the 20-22 year old range”
Right:“Mostly human”Power:
Left:
“Has obtained the power of the Dragon Emperor side”
Right:“While he did obtain it, the power was too strong, and started turning his hair white. Eventually, all of it will turn white”
TL note: 龍帝 (ryuutei) means “Dragon Emperor”, and it’s part of the name of Caesar Valius’ jp name (force-read as “Caesar”).
Heels:“6 centimeter heels”Flames:
“Wields blueish white flames”“Commentary from pro-wrestler P-san”:
Pantera:“Huh? You are asking if Jiaolong is male or female?…He’s a dude, of course. But who cares about that, where is my reference art?”
TL note: Jiaolong is surrounded by “ore”, a distinctively male pronoun.
Thanks to our anonymous contributors for the scans.