Things from earlier comic issues that were never released
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Inspired by some other old posts tracking FAKKU release rates (including a lot of sadly-deleted spreadsheets) I spent a little time going through comic issues to see what material was never released at all. I generally didn't include any missing stuff from around the last year or so since there's a bit of a long tail where the last few bits of an issue take a while to come out, but they do usually make it out eventually.
I also didn't really consider any of the bits of things that FAKKU never releases like ads, filler pages with the comic logo, tables of contents, and so on. The point was more to list all of the things that normally get released, but never did.
In Kairakuten 2016-02 through 2016-05 there was a "from the archives" story that was included as part of a Kairakuten anniversary thing. One could argue that they shouldn't count, since the were re-releases from much older issues and not truly a part of the issues FAKKU was releasing...but in the 2015-06 through 2016-01 issues FAKKU did include those re-releases. Not quite sure why they stopped.
The final "Cover's Comment #195" in Kairakuten 2019-07. This specific one was a bit of a weird one since it was less of a behind-the-scenes on the 2019-07 cover and more of a two page retrospective of on Range Murata's covers, but it was still a Cover's Comment so it seems a bit weird to just not release that one. I guess this one also technically violates my "only older than a year" rule but it stood out to me because FAKKU has released a bunch of "Cover Girl's Episode" (which replaced "Cover's Comment") since then, so the gap stands out.
The sketch half of the pin-up art in X-Eros #44. This was something usually included in other pin-up art releases, but not in the #44 one.
Sayori's story from Shitsurakuten 2016-05. AFAIK this was technically was released at one point but then got pulled over rights issues, so I don't really expect that to come back. Which is disappointing since unlike the other things I'm listing here it was an actual story (and a full-color one at that!) but I guess there's not much one can do but be sad about it.
Pin-up art from Bavel 2017-10, 2017-11, and 2018-02. Now, these were special cross-collab pin-ups and not the usual ones, but some of the later releases (for example https://www.fakku.net/hentai/anim-x-bavel-special-bonus-pin-up-by-narumi-suzune-english) did include them.
And that's all I could dig up. There's other occasional bits one could argue they should include, for example there's sometimes extra story preview pages which kind of straddle the border between being an advertisement and being a part of the story. But I just tried to stick to the things that are normally released but never were.
I also didn't really consider any of the bits of things that FAKKU never releases like ads, filler pages with the comic logo, tables of contents, and so on. The point was more to list all of the things that normally get released, but never did.
In Kairakuten 2016-02 through 2016-05 there was a "from the archives" story that was included as part of a Kairakuten anniversary thing. One could argue that they shouldn't count, since the were re-releases from much older issues and not truly a part of the issues FAKKU was releasing...but in the 2015-06 through 2016-01 issues FAKKU did include those re-releases. Not quite sure why they stopped.
The final "Cover's Comment #195" in Kairakuten 2019-07. This specific one was a bit of a weird one since it was less of a behind-the-scenes on the 2019-07 cover and more of a two page retrospective of on Range Murata's covers, but it was still a Cover's Comment so it seems a bit weird to just not release that one. I guess this one also technically violates my "only older than a year" rule but it stood out to me because FAKKU has released a bunch of "Cover Girl's Episode" (which replaced "Cover's Comment") since then, so the gap stands out.
The sketch half of the pin-up art in X-Eros #44. This was something usually included in other pin-up art releases, but not in the #44 one.
Sayori's story from Shitsurakuten 2016-05. AFAIK this was technically was released at one point but then got pulled over rights issues, so I don't really expect that to come back. Which is disappointing since unlike the other things I'm listing here it was an actual story (and a full-color one at that!) but I guess there's not much one can do but be sad about it.
Pin-up art from Bavel 2017-10, 2017-11, and 2018-02. Now, these were special cross-collab pin-ups and not the usual ones, but some of the later releases (for example https://www.fakku.net/hentai/anim-x-bavel-special-bonus-pin-up-by-narumi-suzune-english) did include them.
And that's all I could dig up. There's other occasional bits one could argue they should include, for example there's sometimes extra story preview pages which kind of straddle the border between being an advertisement and being a part of the story. But I just tried to stick to the things that are normally released but never were.
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YQII
FAKKU Translator
Thanks for bringing these to my attention. I don't have a whole lot to comment on each of these, so I'll keep it brief:
Those chapters predate our partnership, and were never meant to be published. We were sent the data for the first few by mistake, and while those were allowed to stay up on the site, we didn't do the rest of them. I think we addressed this at the time.
I'll have someone look into these.
Removed due to complications between the artist and the Japanese publisher. Ultimately the artist has the final say in these things.
These were probably not uploaded as they were thought to have been ads (which they are). I'll see if we have the data for them.
explosio wrote...
In Kairakuten 2016-02 through 2016-05 there was a "from the archives" story that was included as part of a Kairakuten anniversary thing. One could argue that they shouldn't count, since the were re-releases from much older issues and not truly a part of the issues FAKKU was releasing...but in the 2015-06 through 2016-01 issues FAKKU did include those re-releases. Not quite sure why they stopped.Those chapters predate our partnership, and were never meant to be published. We were sent the data for the first few by mistake, and while those were allowed to stay up on the site, we didn't do the rest of them. I think we addressed this at the time.
The final "Cover's Comment #195" in Kairakuten 2019-07. This specific one was a bit of a weird one since it was less of a behind-the-scenes on the 2019-07 cover and more of a two page retrospective of on Range Murata's covers, but it was still a Cover's Comment so it seems a bit weird to just not release that one. I guess this one also technically violates my "only older than a year" rule but it stood out to me because FAKKU has released a bunch of "Cover Girl's Episode" (which replaced "Cover's Comment") since then, so the gap stands out.
The sketch half of the pin-up art in X-Eros #44. This was something usually included in other pin-up art releases, but not in the #44 one.
The sketch half of the pin-up art in X-Eros #44. This was something usually included in other pin-up art releases, but not in the #44 one.
I'll have someone look into these.
Sayori's story from Shitsurakuten 2016-05. AFAIK this was technically was released at one point but then got pulled over rights issues, so I don't really expect that to come back. Which is disappointing since unlike the other things I'm listing here it was an actual story (and a full-color one at that!) but I guess there's not much one can do but be sad about it.
Removed due to complications between the artist and the Japanese publisher. Ultimately the artist has the final say in these things.
Pin-up art from Bavel 2017-10, 2017-11, and 2018-02. Now, these were special cross-collab pin-ups and not the usual ones, but some of the later releases (for example https://www.fakku.net/hentai/anim-x-bavel-special-bonus-pin-up-by-narumi-suzune-english) did include them.
These were probably not uploaded as they were thought to have been ads (which they are). I'll see if we have the data for them.
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Well, if this turns into any additional material getting released at all that's a nice bonus. I was mostly just aiming for "here are some inconsistencies I found, please make a note of it".
It might have been mentioned, I just didn't do a great job of searching through forum history. Your explanation is basically what I thought was the case, I was just confused because they showed up in so many previous releases before being cut.
That would be great! Regarding the X-Eros #44, my notes where basically just wondering why https://www.fakku.net/hentai/x-eros-44-pinup-english only includes the full color version, while other pin-up releases like https://www.fakku.net/hentai/x-eros-45-pinup-english also include the line art. If I had to pick only one I'd be happy to just get the full-color bits, but the lack of consistency in #44 compared to the other issues is what led me to call it out.
Indeed, when I was skimming through everything I initially assumed they weren't included because they were ads. Then I found that they were included in some later releases, which led to my confusion and mentioning them here.
That said, they are pretty borderline. Most of the advertising tends to include more text, whereas these pages are just a single full color pinup with a single stamp with the group, magazine name and artist. That's not really any different than the normal pinups, the only real difference being that they also mention a third party.
YQII wrote...
Those chapters predate our partnership, and were never meant to be published. We were sent the data for the first few by mistake, and while those were allowed to stay up on the site, we didn't do the rest of them. I think we addressed this at the time.It might have been mentioned, I just didn't do a great job of searching through forum history. Your explanation is basically what I thought was the case, I was just confused because they showed up in so many previous releases before being cut.
YQII wrote...
I'll have someone look into these.That would be great! Regarding the X-Eros #44, my notes where basically just wondering why https://www.fakku.net/hentai/x-eros-44-pinup-english only includes the full color version, while other pin-up releases like https://www.fakku.net/hentai/x-eros-45-pinup-english also include the line art. If I had to pick only one I'd be happy to just get the full-color bits, but the lack of consistency in #44 compared to the other issues is what led me to call it out.
YQII wrote...
These were probably not uploaded as they were thought to have been ads (which they are). I'll see if we have the data for them.Indeed, when I was skimming through everything I initially assumed they weren't included because they were ads. Then I found that they were included in some later releases, which led to my confusion and mentioning them here.
That said, they are pretty borderline. Most of the advertising tends to include more text, whereas these pages are just a single full color pinup with a single stamp with the group, magazine name and artist. That's not really any different than the normal pinups, the only real difference being that they also mention a third party.
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JohnFNSeiler
Resident Flatscan
Hey!
So we found the Bavel pin-ups so we'll get to those when we can. As for the X-Eros Pin-Up and Kairakuten Cover Comment, we don't have the data for those and we'll try and see if we can get them. No guarantees that we can, but thanks for letting us know what we were missing!
So we found the Bavel pin-ups so we'll get to those when we can. As for the X-Eros Pin-Up and Kairakuten Cover Comment, we don't have the data for those and we'll try and see if we can get them. No guarantees that we can, but thanks for letting us know what we were missing!
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JohnFNSeiler wrote...
Hey!So we found the Bavel pin-ups so we'll get to those when we can. As for the X-Eros Pin-Up and Kairakuten Cover Comment, we don't have the data for those and we'll try and see if we can get them. No guarantees that we can, but thanks for letting us know what we were missing!
Also, while on the topic of those special Bavel pin-ups, I just thought I'd mention that there was also one of those in the 2019-11 issue. I didn't originally mention it since that's such a recent release, but since it seems like a lot of these pin-ups were overlooked and AFAIK it's the only thing still missing from that issue maybe that one was also missed.
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I would also like to point out that:
I happened to see a page in Comic Happining Vol. 2 that was a character data sheet about the cover girl similar to the Weekly Kairakuten Key-Visual Collection. I’m wondering if this is something FAKKU can verify and upload here if it exists?
It would also be good to here if any of the above bullet points are already being worked on or will be worked on in the future.
- Kairakuten 2020-01 is missing the Kairakuten Heroine TODAsan by Reco.
- Kairakuten BEAST 2019-08 is missing the 48+ Sex Positions pin-up
- Kairakuten BEAST 2019-09 is missing the Cover Girl pin-up
- Kairakuten BEAST 2019-11 is missing the Cover Artist page
- Kairakuten BEAST 2020-01 is missing the Cover Artist page
I happened to see a page in Comic Happining Vol. 2 that was a character data sheet about the cover girl similar to the Weekly Kairakuten Key-Visual Collection. I’m wondering if this is something FAKKU can verify and upload here if it exists?
It would also be good to here if any of the above bullet points are already being worked on or will be worked on in the future.