Solatorobon 3!

Hey guys! I happened to have some spare time today; so here's another small review/preview!

Before I get started though, I want to make it clear: this book is out of print, and pretty much impossible to get new. I was very lucky to find one last copy floating on the internet for its original retail price. Currently, the only copies out there I know of are pretty much being sold by kind-of scalpers for like 80-100USD! O_o

That being said, I will actually do my best to show you most of this book - DO NOT PAY RESELLERS SO MUCH MONEY.

Anyway, here it is - Solatorobon 3!



Like Solatorobon 4, this came with a few extra goods as well. The first is this "clear" folder:


(Front and back, respectively - littered with little silly chibis of everyone!)


(The colored characters are on the front layer, while their outlines are on the back layer. The effect is pretty neat.)

Also included is a set of post-it notes:


(Front and back respectively - Elh and Chocolat on the back look too sweet~)


(When opened up, Transe Red is inside! Also, more chibi faces of Elh, Red and Chocolat are printed on each post-it note)

Anyway! Let's dive into the book itself! This is a summer edition, so expect-


(-SWIMSUITS DURR HUU HURR. But in all seriousness, the art variety is good - we have calm and vibrant pieces here...)


(...and Alicia with her sisters from Tail Concerto get a nice cameo~ DURR HURR.)


(Here's a very stylish piece - the water colors work well with the setting.)
(The page binding made it very hard for me to take a good pictures, though...apologies...>/////<)



(Next is...I don't even want to know what's going on in the third page. OwO")


(Next is another piece~ Snazzy)


(And of course, a full spread of the cover art! It was difficult to take in full...><")


(A strange 4koma depicting what happens when Red runs out of chew-bones - Chocolat up on the clouds is also hilarious)


(A regular guest's artwork - it looks great, if not slightly messy...)


(And, um...oh my. O///w///O I'll leave you two alone, then...)

Next up is the ONE PAGE that motivated me to stupidly hunt down this book...I saw a blurry preview on some tumblr and got too annoyed to leave it at that. Here it is in full, iPhone, high resolution glory~ (you can always click on the images to zoom in, by the way...)


(The art alone is really nice~ But the comic itself is actually funny - Red discovers the advantages of summer...)


(This next piece looks slightly kiddy; but it's very pretty, as well~!)

That was the guest section, anyway! Next up is the staff section, which is a little shorter...

We start off with the resident artist, WAKA!

His art seriously made this worthwhile, by the way!


(It's always nice to see the official artists do an alternative take on their characters' designs~! The team don some summer gear!)


(Next is a three-page comic by Mamesuke, making some references to a mobile game that was released after Solatorobo...)


(Cham never fails to make the gang look like kitty cats and puppy dogs again~)


(This piece is what the folder is based upon~! Everyone looks so derpy...>///w///<)


(There's a small selection of extra art - this one's of the two announcers who show up from time to time~!)

Next is the omake segment, where the creators basically screw around with alternative character designs...


(Cocona, Flo and Gren have their species switched between felineko and caninu; Meanwhile, Noir and Blanc get gender-swaps~)


(On the next page - Red, Chocolat, Elh, Merveille, Beluga, Opéra and Calua get species-swapped as well!)

Alright guys! That's pretty much all! I left just a few pages that were really not important...personally, I feel quite bad that no one can really get these anymore...>///M///<"

...but I hoped you all enjoyed it! If you ever want a closer look at some of the pages, just drop me a PM, yeah?

Peace out!
-Galajo