H2SO4’s Tropical Nights Doujinshi6 min read
Reading Time: 3 minutesH2SO4’s Tropical Nights doujinshi is a B5 sized collection of color and monochrome art works. And unlike H2SO4’s Shiroi Hanabira, there are no guest art works in this one. The illustration above is also the cover illustration, and it’s good that it gets re-printed inside since the cover of this glue-bound volume has a shimmering, metallic finish.
Tropical Nights is 32-pages in length, with half in black and white, and half in color. The new doujinshi that H2SO4 released at Comiket 77 is a 34-page compilation of the previous illustration doujins Last Summer Vacation, First Snow, Tropical Nights, and Shiroi Hanabira. It only includes the color illustrations, but it’s not like I bought these for anything else -_-;
So that’s the main complaint I have with collecting doujinshi. It’s rare that I’ll buy an art book that has a lot of the same content as another, but it’s a fairly common thing with doujinshi. And, you also have to consider that eventually, when a commercial art book is released, much of the art work from those small, expensive doujins will be in it. That’s one reason I’ve sworn off buying Ito Noizi’s doujin items, no matter how desirable. With the rate she releases art books, it’ll be available commercially in a year.
Some gorgeous Fate/Stay Night fan art by H2SO4. They were illustrated for a F/SN fan book by Team Avalon. I love the embellishments on their clothing, especially in the picture with Saber wearing the crown.
The last few color illustrations in the book are more fan art illustrations, ranging from the ladies of Biohazard 4 (Resident Evil), and even a small one of Juliet from Romeo x Juliet. The black and white illustrations are printed on different paper from the color ones, and the images range from finished pieces to rough sketches.
Normally, I’d recommend this collection, as there are some really beautiful pieces in it. But if H2SO4’s new collection Island of Horizon Selection has all the same illustrations that are in Tropical Nights, I’d just say just get that one, as it would be easier to find with a more complete collection to boot! And if you’re on the lookout for even more new H2SO4 art work, check out the latest issue of GELATIN magazine.
