Noizi Collection H Specialty 2001-2009

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I always tell myself, I’m not going to buy anymore doujinshi from Ito Noizi at the start of each Comiket. I’ve forgotten the reason why. Oh wait, it’s because no matter what she releases, it will be expensive. Noizi Collection “H” Specialty 2001-2009 wasn’t an exception to that rule, but it was definitely worth it. The 100-page full-color collection is more of an art book than a doujinshi.

This collection is really well-made. It’s paperback, a with a clear plastic slip cover that creates an overlay effect on the cover. The print quality is also exceptionally high, with barely-there noise.

Noizi Collection “H” Specialty gathers the promotional art works from the UnisonShift: Blossom games. These art works from Flyable Heart, Alice Parade, Peace@Pieces, Nanatsuiro Drops and others, have never found their way into the other art books she released. I’d really been hoping for them in the recent Ito Noizi Illustrations SO-U-E-N.

The first game is Flyable Heart, with 18 pages. Nearly all the illustrations occupy a full, B5 sized page. Alice Parade is the next game, with 16-pages of coverage. There is a bit more nudity in this section, considering the source is an H-game.

The display order in Noizi Collection “H” Specialty is chronological, with the newest at the front. You can’t really see any drastic art style changes until you’re into her oldest work like Komorebi ni Yureru Tamashii no Koe or Wasurenagusa Forget-Me-Not. The above works are all from Nanatsuiro Drops. It’s the only one of the games to have an anime adaptation, so there is art work from this series in Ito Noizi’s third commercial art book. None of those illustrations repeat in here.

The Peace@Pieces section of the book was longer than I expected, with 14-pages of art work. Most art works are full page, but there is one page of 6-stacked images. Because of the high quality printing, there is hardly a loss of detail.

The book ends with Komorebi ni Yureru Tamashii no Koe and Wasurenagusa Forget-Me-Not. They cover 12-pages, and 7-pages respectively. Both of these sections have some nudity, though nothing explicit. There are some non-game illustrations in the back. Some of the illustrations are exclusive to UnisonShift. I haven’t seen any of them published in other books before.

I was really happy with Noizi Collection “H” Specialty 2001-2009. It was easily one of my favorite purchases from Comiket 77. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone interested in the promotional art work!