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Culgan

Don't forget. Today is the last day to read chapter 3 of the Star Leap manga as chapter 4 is releasing tomorrow.

19 hours ago | [YT] | 44

Culgan

Chapter 4 of the Soul Eater novel is up. Don't allow the thumbnail of Kanaan and Grady to fool you. This chapter plays out very differently than it did in the game. Upon arriving in Rockland, Tir and his group find the village under attack from the Mt. Seifu Bandits, with Grady's mansion on fire and Grady and Kanaan taken prisoner.

1 week ago | [YT] | 14

Culgan

The video covering Chapter 3 of the Suikoden 1 Soul Eater novel is up. This chapter covers the events of Magician's Island. It plays out a little differently than the game, and it includes a small new scene with Leknaat and Luc.

1 week ago | [YT] | 15

Culgan

The video covering Chapter 2 of the Suikoden 1 Soul Eater novel is up. Chapter 2 covers from Teo's departure up until Tir meets Futch before travelling to Magician's Island. Teo's departure scene is expanded on, and Tir's first meeting with Kraze plays out differently than it did in the game.

Chapter 3 will be up tomorrow. Chapter 3 covers the events of Magician's Island. It includes a new scene with Leknaat and Luc.

I'll aim to have chapter 4 and 5 up within a week. They cover the events of Rockland and the Mt. Seifu Bandits. That portion of the story plays out completely differently in the novel and it's like a whole new event. They're long chapters, they'll be 20 - 30 minutes each.

1 week ago | [YT] | 17

Culgan

Chapter 1 of the Soul Eater novel is up. Chapter 1 takes place at the beginning of the game and covers up until the banquet before Teo departs. It includes a brand new scene of Tir and Ted hunting for rabbits for the banquet.

1 week ago | [YT] | 19

Culgan

If you haven't seen it yet, I've started uploading coverings of the Suikoden I Soul Eater novel. I'll be covering the story one chapter at a time. There are many new scenes in the novel that didn't happen in the game, and the novel also expands on many scenes from the game.

The prologue chapter takes place before the game begins, and focuses entirely on Leknaat and Luc.

Chapter 1 includes a brand new scene involving Tir and Ted before Tir goes to the palace with his father for their audience with Barbarossa.

Chapter 2 and 3 are already recorded and uploaded. They're scheduled to go live on the 22nd, and the 25th. Gives me a little time to get working on chapter 4.

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 45

Culgan

Here's an image many people may never have seen before. It's the symbol of Harmonia, inspired by the Circle Rune. It comes from the long defunct official Suikoden III flash site from back in the day. This image probably would've been lost if not for the Gensopedia preserving it.

The Sindarin text reads 'The Holy Harmonia Kingdom'

gensopedia.org/w/Main_Page

2 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 95

Culgan

Would you guys be interested in some videos covering the Suikoden 1, 2, and 4 novels? I'm thinking about making some videos covering the differences between the novels and the games.

I probably won't make in depth coverings of the entire novels like I did with the short story books though. The novels are quite chunky and each games novelisation is roughly the same length as all of the short story books combined, and I'm not exactly itching to make 6 - 8 hour long videos.

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 179

Culgan

At long last, all 24 short stories across the 4 Genso Suikoden Short Story Collection books have now been covered!

Which stories were your favourites? Which were your least favourites?

Looking back, I don't think I done Genshu or Zamza's short stories justice. When I started making videos on the short stories my intent was to provide short 5 - 6 minute condensed summaries of the stories, but then I got carried away and started doing more detailed coverings. The videos on their stories were around 6 minutes each, but they could've easily been around 20 minutes each if I gave a more detailed covering of them. I might circle back to theirs at a later point and redo those two.

Short Story Collection 1

Gremio - Axe of the Oath - https://youtu.be/8djsFhYESow

Alen & Glenshiel - Amidst the Confetti - https://youtu.be/HwxCCypRru0

Milich Oppenheimer - A Not-So-Graceful Day for Master Milich - https://youtu.be/kHleqwLAXUY

Varkas & Sydonia - Silver Ending, Golden Beginning - https://youtu.be/uWRYXNEOnLk

Meg & Gadget - The Sky, the Smoke, and the Ferns/Mainspring - https://youtu.be/bOAtb4rxHd8

Viktor - Ghostly Signposts in the Dark - https://youtu.be/xtmzTAQsCs4

Short Story Collection 2

Flik & Odessa - The Moment of Thunder - https://youtu.be/hB-FMLWt8D8

Humphrey Mintz - Dragon Awaiting the Wind - https://youtu.be/Uji_yrcHYI4

Sasuke - Chronicle of the Young Ninja - https://youtu.be/chhNNRIGPzo

Valeria - The Star Sword's Radiance - https://youtu.be/DdN2eIwKPdo

Viktor & Celestial Sword - Crisis of Lord Celestial Sword - https://youtu.be/x1_M45Gf7w8

Apple - Where Tomorrow Takes Us - https://youtu.be/7H5USbnKgD0

Short Story Collection 3

Camus & Miklotov - Emblem of the Oath - https://youtu.be/MXpgV6V1sG4

Kinnison & Shiro - Poetry of the Forest - https://youtu.be/zexzI4Fi6Ts

Klaus Windamier - Hope in the Darkness - https://youtu.be/HDW0OB-xGI8

Templeton - Indelible Footprints - https://youtu.be/tKHMkm4VL98

Hai Yo - Battle to the Death on Black Dragon Island - https://youtu.be/w1rLVQPcYiQ

Luca Blight - Critical Point - https://youtu.be/DuEU8I1j6Bc

Short Story Collection 4

Clive & Elza - Return ~Cursed Guns~- https://youtu.be/N9Ee0m5yD0A

Sheena - Star Chaser - https://youtu.be/oy_1uTdDzD0

Genshu - Killer - https://youtu.be/ciulMX-oe6I

Zamza - Burning Iron Fist! - https://youtu.be/ZZ3EzKgeKuM

Richmond - Lavender Village Murder Case - https://youtu.be/vTPY2H4fJuo

Chaco & Sid - Under the Mask - https://youtu.be/eRo_L1b65fU

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 126

Culgan

Sorry for the delay. I've finally gotten around to writing up the summary of Gremio's short story. The video is going to be around 70-80 minutes long. Fingers crossed I'll get it recorded and uploaded this week.

It's the last short story in the collection to cover and once it's up we can finally focus on other topics. What those next videos will be I don't know. So drop some suggestions.

1 month ago | [YT] | 94