YahaKo - Eight Fortune 01

Title: EF 01
タイトル: EF01
Pages: 20 (including covers)
Release date: 12/31/2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Eight Fortune 01, or EF 01 for short, still contains Vocaloid art work like YahaKo’s previous books. However, it moves slowly into original territory with a gorgeous original cover girl, who will be serving as the mascot for the artist’s circle.

EF 01 is an average length doujinshi coming in at 20 pages. But it definitely feels shorter through due to the repeated appearance of the circle’s mascot. The first inside illustration of Blue Night is printed over two pages, and it’s identical to the cover illustration. But there are a variety of other pieces that will keep you interested.

YahaKo delves into Vocaloid territory again with this gorgeous rendition of Black Rock Shooter. But that isn’t the only Vocaloid piece in this book.

The next three pieces are also Vocaloid illustrations, but the styles vary dramatically. Love the Racing Queen Vocaloids, great costume designs for that one. The Megurine Luka one looks a little too real. Guess there’s a dark side to Vocaloids, too?

The rest of the illustrations are guest arts, but they’re all on the Vocaloid theme as well. There are three guest artists in total. Kunieda and Aka were part of YahaKo’s last doujinshi, RE: UNION. Massan is the new entry.

Although technically there aren’t a lot of illustrations by YahaKo in this collection, I’m still quite happy with it, as I just can’t seem to get enough of this artist’s style!