Art Volume Cover and Official Art Thread

[FKS]

I will only post the early first chapter. Here's the link.

I can do the summary though: We see Percy coming out of a steep mountain where he was living with his mother and brother. He then sees a village in the distance and shouts, disturbing a nearby fox's sleep. They converse, and Percy says he wants to become a Holy Knight. They walk to the village where the fox says there is a Holy Knight. By the way, since the fox didn't give their name during the introductions, Percy calls him Punnuko (derived from punsuko, a SFX for being mad, pouty with steam coming out of two or three sides, probably mixed with neko for cat). We see people training to be Holy Knights under the guidance of Pelliot. Percy comes and is told there is a selection examen to be a Holy Knight next month. He says he wants to pass it and has to do the long talk to convince them, so they have no choice but have him fight one of them in a three-point match against Gordon. We see their match unfolding which Percy lost. Pelliot asks the boy why he didn't use magic, and Percy says he doesn't have it, prompting the guy to say anyone who doesn't have a magic power doesn't have the right to take the HK exam. We see Percy wander and being told by the fox that his sword skill is crude but not all that bad. Then he looks everywhere for some magic power that might have been dropped so that he picks it up and challenge the guy again. Some people feel a bit bad for the buy when suddenly someone clad in armor arrives, leaving them unable to breathe. The dude's flame magic has no effect on him. Percy comes to fight him. The knight introduces himself as Bertilak, a Chaos Knight at the service of Arthur. He says that erasing air isn't the only thing his magic can do. Percy is badly hurt but gets back up. We then see his magic finally activating for the first time, and it's called Hope. He uses it to send his oppponent flying. But to no avail, and his magic is gone. Bertilak says he is more exactly an apprentice hunter than a Holy Knight one, that he is looking for the Four Knights of the Apocalypse that would bring Arthur to his doom, and kill them. Sin butts in, and the knight attacks him only to receive a kick in his face. We see someone stepping on his face, and it is Lancelot. He tells Percy to come with him as a bait to lure people like the knight out. And so, the two go on a journey.

 

[Rey151203]

The visuals and sound effects the anime used for Ironside's magic didn't seem like wind magic to me. Chion said that life spirits are "among" the loftiest of all spiritual creatures, so there could be some other higher tier spirits as well. Spirits of light and dark could be a decent option given Ironside's use of Chaos magic back when he created the house monsters in Sistana.

It is possible that ironside cutting magic comes from a high rank spirit, It would be cool for some characters to have strong spirit powers, it will look like Jojo with stands lol

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WHAT? BERTILAK? THE GREEN KNIGHT?

 

[Demonspeed]

Bertilak had the same armor design as the current Ironside. I guess it means he definitely exists in the final product but with a different design and was probably among the Chaos Knighrs we have already seen.

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The main characters weren't the only ones to receive some big reveals. Nakaba drawing attention to Nasiens's race is an interesting move, especially since it's not really clear what this could lead to. Back when Nasiens was introduced there was speculation about him being either King&Diane's son or Zeldris&Gelda's son. I think we can safely rule out the latter at this point, but the former could still be possible. I feel like Nasiens is way too weak to be the child of two of the Sins though, and he also hasn't displayed any of the two races' physical features or racial magics. I suppose he could be a druid given his similarity to Hendy, but ideally I'd want for him to be a (half-)vampire just to explore that clan more. There was even that gag about Nasiens getting excited and biting his lip to the point he drew blood, which made him look like a vampire.

His abilities are definitely more similar to Fairies. If he was a Druid he would have light magic.

Lastly for some miscellaneous comments. Pellegarde is confirmed to be one of the Four Perils as pretty much everyone expected. I hope we see Thetis in action with her Change magic at some point, perhaps when Monspeet's reincarnation shows up. Meliodas's magic is listed as Full Counter instead of whatever destruction thing he was supposed to have. I guess Nakaba really wants to move past that silly retcon, which is fine by me. Ironside being a spirit mage is a cool reveal and explains his role in Percival's creation. I'm also curious if some kind of spirit shenanigans could have contributed to Arthur turning evil.

After rereading the final arc I have come to terms with that. Seems like his true Magic was the "Demon King" form he sacrificed to destroy the Commandments. Now that he has lost it he only has Full Counter... Yes, that was really silly.

No, that can't be the case. Donny was 16 when he met Percival some days after Percival turned 16. Donny's birthday is on June 10th which was less than 2 months away, so he'd be 17 now if the journey had taken more than that. What's even weirder is that Lancelot's birthday is exactly 2 weeks after Percival's, because that means that either:
A) Lancelot was 15 when he met Percival and turned 16 during the events of the manga
B) The journey from chapter 1 to the most recent chapter took less than 2 weeks
C) Lancelot is currently 17 contrary to what the fanbook claims

I don't think it's the case either, but this date is odd.

 

[Redpercy]

A theory I heard about Tristan's magic (Nova):

About supernova : one of the main causes of a supernova are binary stars. Binary stars are two stars that orbit the same point. When one of the stars is a white dwarf, composed of carbon-oxygen, it steals matter from its companion star. With the accumulation of excess matter, the white dwarf could reach a critical point and trigger an explosion. Perhaps Tristan's magic got its name because of his two natures (darkness and light) that occupy the same body, when they collide the accumulation of energy should trigger an explosion. We already saw a glimpse of this during Tristan's fight against the Testament Beast, the "annihilation" perhaps being a weaker version of the Nova.

 

[Tristan]

A theory I heard about Tristan's magic (Nova):

About supernova : one of the main causes of a supernova are binary stars. Binary stars are two stars that orbit the same point. When one of the stars is a white dwarf, composed of carbon-oxygen, it steals matter from its companion star. With the accumulation of excess matter, the white dwarf could reach a critical point and trigger an explosion. Perhaps Tristan's magic got its name because of his two natures (darkness and light) that occupy the same body, when they collide the accumulation of energy should trigger an explosion. We already saw a glimpse of this during Tristan's fight against the Testament Beast, the "annihilation" perhaps being a weaker version of the Nova.

There is also the fact that a Supernova is the cosmic event that causes "Black Holes"; a very dense point/area where EVERYTHING is being Annihilated.

 

[Vortigern]

The original pilot chapter is not too dissimilar to what we got in the actual manga. Percival still lived in isolation and then descended down to meet Lancelot in fox form. There's still the encounter with an Ironside lookalike and Percy still has Hope magic. Percival living with his mom is actually more faithtful to the legends, so I guess that's what Nakaba was originally going for before opting for a 'Star Wars'-esque premise instead. The fact that Percival's brother was a thing from the start might suggest that Diodra will play an important role at some point. Bertilak's ability to erase the air around him was given to Chion in the final product, which when combined with the reveal that Ironside also has spirit magic means that Nakaba presumably always intended for Percival's nemesis to have an association with spirits. The goal behind the change may have been to drive home the fact that life spirits are different from the basic elemental spirits, or perhaps to give Percival an "ally" (I simply must use quotes here) who can info dump some spirit lore for the good guys.

Overall I think the final product is better than the first draft, which is to be expected I suppose. Percival searching for his father to avenge his grandpa is a much more compelling premise than Percival acting as bait in a conflict he just randomly stumbled into. Lancelot's identity being revealed in chapter 1 would have connected the sequel to NnT right off the bat, but it would have also made it necessary to maneuver around Lancelot's ridiculous strength the entire time, unless he was originally supposed to be much weaker. In the final product he at least had the excuse of not wanting to blow his cover.

A theory I heard about Tristan's magic (Nova):

About supernova : one of the main causes of a supernova are binary stars. Binary stars are two stars that orbit the same point. When one of the stars is a white dwarf, composed of carbon-oxygen, it steals matter from its companion star. With the accumulation of excess matter, the white dwarf could reach a critical point and trigger an explosion. Perhaps Tristan's magic got its name because of his two natures (darkness and light) that occupy the same body, when they collide the accumulation of energy should trigger an explosion. We already saw a glimpse of this during Tristan's fight against the Testament Beast, the "annihilation" perhaps being a weaker version of the Nova.

I hope I'm not raining on anyone's parade, but a nova and a supernova are actually two different things. A nova is when a star suddenly becomes brighter, typically due to drawing in matter from another nearby star, while a supernova is a very massive star essentially exploding at the end of its life. Both phenomena involve an increase in luminosity, but mechanism is different and a supernova is orders of magnitude brighter, hence the prefix. Annihilation is something completely separate from the two from a physics point of view, but Nakaba probably isn't much of a physicist so he could of course take all kinds of liberties with this stuff. In fact he could have also just mixed up a nova with a supernova like you did since the distinction might not be apparent unless you have some knowledge of astrophysics. I bring up this distinction because a nova is something that could be spun into a distinct magic ability as well. In a way, a star suddenly becoming brighter for a (relatively) short time is kind of like the star receiving a "power-up".

 

[Tristan]

The original pilot chapter is not too dissimilar to what we got in the actual manga. Percival still lived in isolation and then descended down to meet Lancelot in fox form. There's still the encounter with an Ironside lookalike and Percy still has Hope magic. Percival living with his mom is actually more faithtful to the legends, so I guess that's what Nakaba was originally going for before opting for a 'Star Wars'-esque premise instead. The fact that Percival's brother was a thing from the start might suggest that Diodra will play an important role at some point. Bertilak's ability to erase the air around him was given to Chion in the final product, which when combined with the reveal that Ironside also has spirit magic means that Nakaba presumably always intended for Percival's nemesis to have an association with spirits. The goal behind the change may have been to drive home the fact that life spirits are different from the basic elemental spirits, or perhaps to give Percival an "ally" (I simply must use quotes here) who can info dump some spirit lore for the good guys.

Overall I think the final product is better than the first draft, which is to be expected I suppose. Percival searching for his father to avenge his grandpa is a much more compelling premise than Percival acting as bait in a conflict he just randomly stumbled into. Lancelot's identity being revealed in chapter 1 would have connected the sequel to NnT right off the bat, but it would have also made it necessary to maneuver around Lancelot's ridiculous strength the entire time, unless he was originally supposed to be much weaker. In the final product he at least had the excuse of not wanting to blow his cover.


I hope I'm not raining on anyone's parade, but a nova and a supernova are actually two different things. A nova is when a star suddenly becomes brighter, typically due to drawing in matter from another nearby star, while a supernova is a very massive star essentially exploding at the end of its life. Both phenomena involve an increase in luminosity, but mechanism is different and a supernova is orders of magnitude brighter, hence the prefix. Annihilation is something completely separate from the two from a physics point of view, but Nakaba probably isn't much of a physicist so he could of course take all kinds of liberties with this stuff. In fact he could have also just mixed up a nova with a supernova like you did since the distinction might not be apparent unless you have some knowledge of astrophysics. I bring up this distinction because a nova is something that could be spun into a distinct magic ability as well. In a way, a star suddenly becoming brighter for a (relatively) short time is kind of like the star receiving a "power-up".

But we already know after ch.123 that Tristan's Nova has to do with "exploding stars", hence the name. Astrophysicists named the phenomenon of Star Explosion as "Super Nova" for obvious reasons; that it is a Nova, but on a greater scale and power. The sudden brightness emitted by a Star during a Nova is probably caused by internal combustion (explosions) within it, so they are pretty much the same as far ar their nature is concerned.

 

[Redpercy]

I hope I'm not raining on anyone's parade, but a nova and a supernova are actually two different things. A nova is when a star suddenly becomes brighter, typically due to drawing in matter from another nearby star, while a supernova is a very massive star essentially exploding at the end of its life. Both phenomena involve an increase in luminosity, but mechanism is different and a supernova is orders of magnitude brighter, hence the prefix. Annihilation is something completely separate from the two from a physics point of view, but Nakaba probably isn't much of a physicist so he could of course take all kinds of liberties with this stuff. In fact he could have also just mixed up a nova with a supernova like you did since the distinction might not be apparent unless you have some knowledge of astrophysics. I bring up this distinction because a nova is something that could be spun into a distinct magic ability as well. In a way, a star suddenly becoming brighter for a (relatively) short time is kind of like the star receiving a "power-up

You are somewhat right, and I know that nova are much less powerful explosions compared to supernova, and their physically composition is somewhat different, as a nova is considered the result of a runaway nuclear reaction in which the hydrogen nucleus fuses to form helium, while a supernova is a catastrophic explosion in which elements heavier than iron and nickel are produced, and after the nova explosion, the white dwarf gradually returns to its original stage, but after the supernova explosion, the remains turn into a black hole or neutron star.


But what I thought about is that the SuperNova might be the pinnacle of Tristan's magic. I mean like he uses his nova magic and develops it to access what might be his most powerful attack/technique, which is the supernova.

I might be wrong, but I think it's a theory that can be looked into.

 

[Tristan]

Both Nova and SuperNova are caused/triggered by what Physicists call "Thermonuclear fusion reaction". The only difference is that one happens many times during a star's life and is less intense, whereas the other one happens at the end of a Star's life and is exponentially more intense.

 

[FKS]

Alright, here are the main differences between the serializaiton and the volume release.
Minor ones include adding background or shading, or even finishing Gawain in some panels in ch116.

 

[Demonspeed]

Discussions about Tristan's powers really revolve around physics and stuff now .

 

[Tristan]

Discussions about Tristan's powers really revolve around physics and stuff now .

Spoiler

 

[FKS]

Britannia map with locations of the places.

1 - God's Finger
2 - Village of Paysan
3 - Dragon Spine
4 - Echo Gorge
5 - Town of Sistana
6 - Post town Cant
7 - Dalflare Range
8 - Demon Village
9 - Crystal Cave
10 - Entangled Forest
11 - Liones Kingdom
12 - Camelot Kingdom (former site)

 

[Yakkun]

There is also the fact that a Supernova is the cosmic event that causes "Black Holes"; a very dense point/area where EVERYTHING is being Annihilated.

Bro call NASA see who cares

 

[Zerodx]

Britannia map with locations of the places.

1 - God's Finger
2 - Village of Paysan
3 - Dragon Spine
4 - Echo Gorge
5 - Town of Sistana
6 - Post town Cant
7 - Dalflare Range
8 - Demon Village
9 - Crystal Cave
10 - Entangled Forest
11 - Liones Kingdom
12 - Camelot Kingdom (former site)

Damn Liones is far from Dalfare if the Talisman didn't attack then it will take like 50-60 to reach Liones. I currently re read the manga, it said it took 4 days to reach Liones side in Dalfare range but from the map, the distance is very far between them

 

[Mighty Escanor]

As for Varghese's Magic it probably just enhances his physical abilities.

As of now I prefer to think that Dawn, although related isn't the Grace. It makes things more interesting if it's the case as well.

There is a chance that this ability is reflected in his sword Ouroboros as well! Hope we get to see that magic in action in a flashback or side story.

I actually like it if there are differences between Dawn and Sunshine. Like Gawin's "Passionate Sun", Dawn even seems to have an element of opposition to Escanor's grace. I look forward to what MnYK will tell us about Sun and Rhitta from a new POV.

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Both Nova and SuperNova are caused/triggered by what Physicists call "Thermonuclear fusion reaction". The only difference is that one happens many times during a star's life and is less intense, whereas the other one happens at the end of a Star's life and is exponentially more intense.

There are some scientific references in the name and design of Tristan's magic, but when an author puts Moon near the Sun and some Stellar phenomena, I can't take those kind of references seriously.

Nova might be chosen as the name of his magic because it happens in binary systems and Tristan's magic needs the two aspects of his magic to interact (/unify). Physics might be a source of inspiration for Nakaba, but we are yet to know the importance of scientific explanations within MnYK universe.

I appreciate your love for science though.

 

[Undina]

So the arrows didn't grow because of Lancelot's Magic. That was King's enchantment.

King has done a lot for his nephew but we have yet to see them interact.

Tristan has quite the gear.

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The names of their Magics at last... So Gawain doesn't have Sunshine?

She has what seems to be a figment of it, much like her Rhitta is a fragment of Escanor's. Also, see, it was Howzer's dad who forged Mael and Estarossa. Love that auntie/big sis Thetis enchanted them tho.

These two weapons are very special and must mean much to Tristan so I doubt they will be replaced in the story.

I think they will, though, once he decides to be honest about his admiration for papa-ue and his overall heritage. For now he's likening himself more with Maelstarossa, but he's not that, not an artificial nephilim. Once he owns to everything he is, he'll likely get the weapon we saw in the prophecy.

How did I miss this. Ironside has the same Magic as Chion. And Chion said that Life Spirits are the greatest. Coincidentally, he is Percival's father.

This will put a spanner in Percy's description as human, cause it's kinda like Elizabeth's situation, who is now defined as goddess. IIRC, Elizabeth was categorised as druid/human early on.

Nice zel got a nebula and Tristan got a nova

For magic names

Mel has Dark Star as one of his strongest attacks, but I'm ready to forgive Zel if his point was "you are not like my brother, you're more like me, heh"

Tristan magic since he never use it due to having Dark and Light magic.

Falling Stars, Twinkling Stars, he doesn't use Ark styled skills, like his mom and the other goddesses, they're just another derivative.

Just here to to ask something…

Since when in a NNT Fanbook the race of a character is questioned on their own profile just because their parents’ identities were not identified at that point?
As far as I know in previous fanbooks, when characters which parents are not known/revealed, there was not a justification to question their origin, and they simply put their respective race, without the “?” thing.

Basically what I say is that Nasiens’ profile and his “human?” race seems very suspicious, as if they try to make the reader wonder if he’s indeed a human or not. Certainly this case is something not usual, at least from what I remember on previous books.

But I would like to know if that “?” on someone’s race has been added before on an old fanbook. Or if @FKS or anyone remember a case very similar to Nasien’s profile on another character.

(Greetings guys )

I think Merlin, Gowther or Hawk Mama had that, but I'm not sure.

The king has the silhouette of a pig. Mild? Wild? Someone else?

Hawk Mama, that was Hawk Mama without the tavern on top.

Dawn is just another name for the Sunshine, or it's something inherently different.

A figment of it, methinks.

Wait a minute why isn't zeldris on Tristan and mels bios hello he's not that much of a spoiler nakaba LOL

Percy and Diodra are missing from Ironside and Morty's too, and Varghese from Ironside's.

A theory I heard about Tristan's magic (Nova):

About supernova : one of the main causes of a supernova are binary stars. Binary stars are two stars that orbit the same point. When one of the stars is a white dwarf, composed of carbon-oxygen, it steals matter from its companion star. With the accumulation of excess matter, the white dwarf could reach a critical point and trigger an explosion. Perhaps Tristan's magic got its name because of his two natures (darkness and light) that occupy the same body, when they collide the accumulation of energy should trigger an explosion. We already saw a glimpse of this during Tristan's fight against the Testament Beast, the "annihilation" perhaps being a weaker version of the Nova.

I merely think we'll see Supernova as a combo skill towards the end, maybe between Tristan and Isolde. Cause things go boom.

Discussions about Tristan's powers really revolve around physics and stuff now .

Remember Maelstarossa, Physics and Biology? Those were fun times too.

Bro call NASA see who cares

Some of us do, don't be mean

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So the arrows didn't grow because of Lancelot's Magic. That was King's enchantment.

King has done a lot for his nephew but we have yet to see them interact.

Tristan has quite the gear.

--- Double Post Merged, Oct 16, 2023, Original Post Date: Oct 16, 2023 ---

The names of their Magics at last... So Gawain doesn't have Sunshine?

She has what seems to be a figment of it, much like her Rhitta is a fragment of Escanor's. Also, see, it was Howzer's dad who forged Mael and Estarossa. Love that auntie/big sis Thetis enchanted them tho.

These two weapons are very special and must mean much to Tristan so I doubt they will be replaced in the story.

I think they will, though, once he decides to be honest about his admiration for papa-ue and his overall heritage. For now he's likening himself more with Maelstarossa, but he's not that, not an artificial nephilim. Once he owns to everything he is, he'll likely get the weapon we saw in the prophecy.

How did I miss this. Ironside has the same Magic as Chion. And Chion said that Life Spirits are the greatest. Coincidentally, he is Percival's father.

This will put a spanner in Percy's description as human, cause it's kinda like Elizabeth's situation, who is now defined as goddess. IIRC, Elizabeth was categorised as druid/human early on.

Nice zel got a nebula and Tristan got a nova

For magic names

Mel has Dark Star as one of his strongest attacks, but I'm ready to forgive Zel if his point was "you are not like my brother, you're more like me, heh"

Tristan magic since he never use it due to having Dark and Light magic.

Falling Stars, Twinkling Stars, he doesn't use Ark styled skills, like his mom and the other goddesses, they're just another derivative.

Just here to to ask something…

Since when in a NNT Fanbook the race of a character is questioned on their own profile just because their parents’ identities were not identified at that point?
As far as I know in previous fanbooks, when characters which parents are not known/revealed, there was not a justification to question their origin, and they simply put their respective race, without the “?” thing.

Basically what I say is that Nasiens’ profile and his “human?” race seems very suspicious, as if they try to make the reader wonder if he’s indeed a human or not. Certainly this case is something not usual, at least from what I remember on previous books.

But I would like to know if that “?” on someone’s race has been added before on an old fanbook. Or if @FKS or anyone remember a case very similar to Nasien’s profile on another character.

(Greetings guys )

I think Merlin, Gowther or Hawk Mama had that, but I'm not sure.

The king has the silhouette of a pig. Mild? Wild? Someone else?

Hawk Mama, that was Hawk Mama without the tavern on top.

Dawn is just another name for the Sunshine, or it's something inherently different.

A figment of it, methinks.

Wait a minute why isn't zeldris on Tristan and mels bios hello he's not that much of a spoiler nakaba LOL

Percy and Diodra are missing from Ironside and Morty's too, and Varghese from Ironside's.

A theory I heard about Tristan's magic (Nova):

About supernova : one of the main causes of a supernova are binary stars. Binary stars are two stars that orbit the same point. When one of the stars is a white dwarf, composed of carbon-oxygen, it steals matter from its companion star. With the accumulation of excess matter, the white dwarf could reach a critical point and trigger an explosion. Perhaps Tristan's magic got its name because of his two natures (darkness and light) that occupy the same body, when they collide the accumulation of energy should trigger an explosion. We already saw a glimpse of this during Tristan's fight against the Testament Beast, the "annihilation" perhaps being a weaker version of the Nova.

I merely think we'll see Supernova as a combo skill towards the end, maybe between Tristan and Isolde. Cause things go boom.

Discussions about Tristan's powers really revolve around physics and stuff now .

Remember Maelstarossa, Psysics and Biology? Those were fun times too.

Bro call NASA see who cares

Some of us do, don't be mean


Also, I forgot to mention to all of you, don't stress over Nakaba's chronology, it' s still a mess.

 

[FKS]

I only caught a mistake in the translation of the page on Purgatory creatures just now. I wrote "king called the mother of Chaos" when it should've been "the king who has Chaos for a mother". Sorry for not noticing it until now.

 

[Undina]

I only caught a mistake in the translation of the page on Purgatory creatures just now. I wrote "king called the mother of Chaos" when it should've been "the king who has Chaos for a mother". Sorry for not noticing it until now.

So it's not Hawk-Mama?

 

[FKS]

So it's not Hawk-Mama?

No. Likely Hawk himself. You can even see his shadow above the text.