Akatsuki Katoh - SCRAP Vol. 02

Title: SCRAP Vol. 02
タイトル: SCRAP Vol. 02
Pages: 24 (including covers)
Release date: 12/31/2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes

For anyone keeping up with Akatsuki Katoh’s Zanzo Apartment circle releases, SCRAP Vol. 02 seems like a step backwards from previous, more creative endeavors like The Swinging Brompton and Girl Cycle. But as it’s just meant to collect more miscellaneous works rather than art on a theme, that’s just how it is.

SCRAP Vol. 02 is a B5-sized, staple-bound doujinshi that’s 24 pages including the covers. As there isn’t an index, instead placeholder pages are used to provide information for copyrights as well as Akatsuki Katoh’s comments on some of the illustrations.

The first few illustrations in the book were commissioned by RoC Works and look like pretty standard online MMORPG characters. There are seven of those illustrations in total.

This Hatsune Miku illustration was commissioned by Mikumix, as one of the many gorgeous, high resolution Vocaloid wallpapers they have on the site.

The collection ends with more commissioned characters, including some that look like they’re meant to accompany a scary story. They’re a slight change in style from Akatsuki Katoh’s usual works, so they’re some of the more intriguing pieces in the book. Overall, it’s a pretty bland collection, which is probably part of why it took me so long to get around to reviewing it.