Chisato Naruse - For Friends?

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I have no idea why the book’s title is in question form. “For friends?” was released during Comiket 76 along with another illustration doujinshi, Mizutama. Mizutama had too many spreads with too few pages, so I went with this one.

My attraction to Chisato Naruse’s art work was re-kindled this past summer, when I finally bought her commercial art book Fabriese. After a quick search, I found her doujin circle, Tanpopo-ya and was able to check out her releases. “For friends?” is 20 pages, but only if you include the covers. I notice that Chisato Naruse also includes the covers in her count and has it listed as 20 pages on her website.

The theme for the art work is that they’re all characters/classes from the Final Fantasy XI game. I never played that one because it was online with a system I didn’t have at the time. But the art work still appeals to me! I always enjoy the medieval-look of fantasy RPG characters.