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[intrepid-fictioneer-7]

How to read the Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Light Novels

I was recently reminded that there is a lot of people who simply don’t know that they can read the Case Files light novels, and that there are people who do know but have no idea where to find them. This is especially a problem when these people have only watched the anime and want to know where they can find more of the story. Since it kind of requires you to go through some hoops (not a whole lot but still), I decided to take a page out of @humbertozero​‘s excellent Fate/strange Fake resource post and make one for my other favorite Type-Moon Fate spinoff, the dossiers of El-Melon.

Read the First Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.1 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Second Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.2 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Third Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.3 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Fourth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.4 (PDF) (EPUB1) (EPUB2)

Read the Fifth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.5 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Sixth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.6 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Seventh Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.7 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Eighth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.8 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Ninth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.9 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Tenth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.10 (PDF) (EPUB)

Important note!

It should be noted first that I am just the compiler here. I am neither the translator nor am I the files’ creator. So all credits go to...

Credits

Credits and thanks to TwilightsCall on the Beast Lair forums (from which the majority of the other creditors originally posted their contributions) for translating the first 4 volumes and some of volume 5, thus getting the ball rolling. Further thanks to azwhoisverybored for translating the rest of the series from volume 6 onwards, and thanks to Kneenaw for starting the translation for the rest of volume 5. Thanks to Dotelias for making EPUBs for volumes 1-3, thanks to  cereal_ for making EPUBs of volume 4, thanks to u/confusedkuratowski on Reddit for making EPUB of volume 6, and thanks to ProtoformX for making PDFs and EPUBs for volumes 5 to 10 as well as for Adventures volume 1!

And big thanks to Makoto Sanda for writing Case Files in the first place!

Further explanations

Anime

The anime adaptation of Case Files, with the mouthful of a title that is Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note, is particular to use as an entry-point in the series, because it only partially adapts the series. See, the author, Makoto Sanda, said in interview that the two first arcs/cases in the series didn’t quite work as scripts for anime episodes, so the anime only adapted the third case/arc, Rail Zeppelin, which is more action oriented than the more mystery focused first arcs. But because they still needed to explain stuff like Gray, Reines, El-Melloi’s students, etc., many of whom are relevant characters to the arc, the first half/six episodes of the anime is about introducing them.

So to the question “where do I start reading after the anime?”, the answer is unironically to restart at volume 1. And then you may skip volumes 4-5 since they are the Rail Zeppelin arc and there are not much differences besides some characters not being present during that arc. This is why I think you can watch the anime first if that’s more your speed (I have my problems and criticisms of the anime but that’s irrelevant to this post).

And you can’t start with the anime and start reading with volume 6, the first 3 volumes have characters and plot points that come back for the final arc, so you’re gonna be incredibly lost if you think to consume the series this way.

Weirdly enough, despite being original episodes, the anime originals are most likely canon in some ways. Episode 0, the original OVA, is an expansion of an anecdote Gray mentions in the first volume’s prologue, and Episode 1 takes place during Waver’s travels before the story starts and is an actual story, one of the 3 incidents Sanda has in mind for Waver’s journey before he returned to London. Episodes 2 to 6 take place during the one month period between volume 3 and volume 4, and finally the special OVA take place on Christmas also in between arcs.

Manga

The manga has gorgeous art, but, at the time of writing, it is unfortunately only translated up to the second case right now. Still, go check it out.

The Adventures of El-Melloi II

The sequel series currently ongoing, started a year after the first Case Files ended in 2019. You might know it as “the (other) series where Rin shows up grown up and also a pirate”. @reignsan has been compiling pretty thorough chapter-by-chapter summaries of the volumes by @kaibutsushidousha if you don’t mind being spoiled. Or you can be patient and wait for azwhoisverybored to finish translating them on Beast Lair in this thread.

At the time of writing (27/07/23), the first volume of Adventures has been completed and compiled into PDF and EPUB forms.

Lord El-Melloi II Case Files material

This is absolutely not required reading in any shape or form, those lore books are usually of interest only to dumb nerds like me lol. A timeline of the Clock Tower? An explanation of its politics? Yes please. But it also has insights into the characters by the author that aren’t in the books proper, as well as behind-the-scenes explanations for some decisions (for example, why it’s Gray with the American spelling instead of Grey with the British spelling). Only the glossary/encyclopedia is translated, but give it a look...after you read the series, because it assumes you did and has some big spoilers.

Drama CD

What’s that? You heard something about a Buzzfeed quizz about the most handsome Clock Tower teachers and how it’s somehow a plot point? Look no further than one of my only posts that did numbers. Read the summary, it’s hilarious.

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[and-studio]

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[syrupmancer]

I remember you posted a drawing of snake once with like pen and markers but couldn’t find it in your archive did you take it down? I wanted to see it again

Is it this one?? It took a long time to find on my twitter bc turns out the media tab doesnt show all the media

I only thought about this one bc i don't post a lot of traditional art... But if it's not this one it might still be buried on tumblr since im pretty sure i've never deleted any snake art though

#also twitter has a grid layout for media now... its so much better but ig they have yet to properly show old stuff in it now #solid snake #my art

[ejbcya]

TECHNOLOGY OF ORRE

Fictional blueprints of technology from Pokemon Colosseum — my contributions to SNAGGED! a 20th anniversary zine (@colosseumzine).

and some early wips. embellished most text boxes with personal headcanons about how the tech might function and had the fun idea of the game's protag doodling their own notes over some blueprints.

mostly traced over the in-game model of the hoverbike with lots of clipstudio paint ruler tool lines. mark 2004 being the game's release date, and bike mass the same as koraidon.

ended up drawing an exploded view of some internal parts for this p★da later. undecided whether the sticky note doodle would've been drawn by game protag or companion rui.

also used different paper textures for each final blueprint to distinguish them a bit more.

i mostly used the same template for each blueprint, but i wanted this snag machine blueprint to be more distinct, being developed by the in-game antagonists. so i used a different font and had black out text over some words.

a bit off model, but i spent a long time rotating the snag machine in my mind trying to imagine how to draw the the curves of the gauntlet and pauldron at different angles.

i did leave some numbered components unidentified but to fill up some space in the final blueprints, i added a fictional script based on the pokemon sword & shield games. the text is just a copy of the english words that overlays it, but i did left-justify the fake script, to differentiate the languages.

#my art #pokemon #pokemon colosseum #zine #fan zine #had lots of fun drawing these #tried to imitate a bona fide blueprint layout with the grid border and title block and a friend even shared their engineering notes to help

[tinkedits]

. ୧ omg sun jing and qiu tong . . . © !!

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[ungodly-icons]

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side note: original headers are not mine, credit to creators.

#rp #psd headers #collage headers #layouts #grid headers #psd #coloring #aesthetic layouts #random headers #soft headers #anime headers #dark headers #purple headers #blue headers #pink headers

[sunflyss]

Sunghoon moodboard: Don't forget to like and follow my page!

#sunghoon #sunghoon moodboard #enhypen #sunghoon messy icons #sunghoon messy layouts #enhypen moodboard #inside f1 2023 pre season testing in bahrain as lewis hamilton and mercedes aim to bounce back and new racers join grid

[chinzhillas]

. ୧ tinngun headers . . . © !!

#my school president #my school president headers #tinngun #tinngun headers #my school president icons #msp headers #msp icons #tinngun icons #bl headers #messy headers #grid headers #layouts #my school president layouts #symbols headers #boys love #boys love headers #boys love icons #thai series #bl series #bl icons #fourth nattawat #fourth nattawat headers #geminifourth #gemini norawit #gemini headers #gemini norawit headers #geminifourth headers #purple headers #green headers #gmmtv series

[garadinervi]

Jos Houweling, (5), (mounted on cardboard), 1975 [Centre Pompidou, Paris. © Jos Houweling. Photo: Georges Meguerditchian/Centre Pompidou]

#art #collage #visual writing #notation #handwriting #grid #layout #jos houweling #georges meguerditchian #centre pompidou #1970s

[velcryons]

" Though melancholy by nature, Aegon III found a source of light in his young queen, Daenaera Velaryon. The pair had five children in seven years; Daeron the Young Dragon, Daena the Defiant, Baelor the Blessed, Rhaena, and Elaena."

with @halfyearsqueen

#ooc ; #my edits ; #visage; daenaera #the initial pyramid layout i had in mind for this looked ugly so #typical 6 grid it is #mutuals can interact but only kore can reblog

[uncuteartist]

New planner format DONE. FINALLY.

Each day is a different color in rainbow order, except I have teal instead of indigo because I like teal and dislike indigo.

Printing the first week now. Unfortunately I can't do automatic duplex because I'm printing to the edge, but I've got the process for a manual two-sided print down (and more importantly written down) so we're good.

Next up:

Adding pictures for 8 more weeks worth of daily pages

Altering the month pages slightly to be a tad narrower

Making the cover

Printing, trimming, and punching everything

Hopefully I can finish tomorrow.

#planner spread #planner #THIS TOOK SO LONG #both pics by me. i need to work in color more #yeah i do page layouts in a spreadsheet program. nice grid and makes dates easy #hm. I have noticed a mistake™

[and-studio]

#graphic design #typography #grid #layout #poster #minimal

[otaku553]

Do you have Instagram?

Sure do! Kind of,,,,,

I have almost the same username on every platform so I shouldn’t be too hard to find! My insta’s not very updated and I don’t think I’ve posted much of my recent work? I greatly greatly dislike Instagram lmao

#feel like it should be said that Instagram is terrible for my mental health. to a worse degree than twitter somehow #granted I haven’t been in any drama on any platform or anything it’s just that Instagram feels so hostile??? #like they show your follower count and your pictures in a grid so people immediately can judge the consistency of your layout or your clout #and then the algorithm is shitty and never really favors you #unless you’re posting at such a high volume that they have to feature at least one of the 5 posts you put out in a week #also because so many young artists that get popular find specific ways to game the algorithm such as #drawing the same anime girl with the same pink pop color aesthetic 100 times #this is not to say the platform is like. end all be all terrible tho #it’s just very much not for me

[dexaroth]

guy who hates rounded corners cant help but admit rounded corners look good in the current celestial sky themed layout design. 0 dead 1 injured

its very slowly coming along.. idk what to do about the header tbh. looks wrong without one too

#i was also gonna have all the panels overlapping but turns out that looks kinda bad compared to a tidy grid layout like this #dextxt #wips

[tinkedits]

. . . c4td0g.LOVER 🍃🍥 layouts !!

#messy headers #grid headers #aesthetic headers #cat icons #cat aesthetic #dog icons #dog aesthetic #cute cats #cat headers #dog headers #twitter layouts #twitter packs #animals icons #blue headers #pink headers #pink layouts #pink packs

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