August 7, 2023

A collection of F&B short stories

Flesh&Blood外伝 女王陛下の海賊たち contains four short stories set in the Flesh&Blood universe, previously printed in the publisher's 小説Chara magazine (brief summaries spoilered for those who want to go in blind):

  • ミニアと呼ばれた男 (originally published in 小説Chara vol. 9) - Covers Nigel's first voyage with Geoffrey on the Catherine
  • 女王陛下の海賊たち (originally published in 小説Chara vol. 17) - Covers Kit's first meeting with Geoffrey and Nigel
  • 妖精の分け前 (originally published in 小説Chara vol. 19) - Covers Nigel's first encounter with the ブッカブー
  • 船出 (originally published in 小説Chara vol. 21) - Covers Geoffrey becoming captain of a ship for the first time

All four of these stories take place before the main Flesh&Blood narrative, featuring Nigel as the viewpoint character for three and Kit for one. They're great for those interested in learning more of Geoffrey and Nigel's pasts and how they eventually got to their current positions by the start of Flesh&Blood 1; that said, while they could work as standalone reading, you're definitely getting more out of them if you're familiar with the source material.

If you wanted to read these as early as possible in your Flesh&Blood journey, I would recommend starting after having finished F&B vol. 4 so that you're familiar with the important characters. If you want to read them in between books as they were originally published, I would recommend:

  • ミニアと呼ばれた男 - after finishing volume 6
  • 女王陛下の海賊たち - after finishing volume 10
  • 妖精の分け前 - after finishing volume 11
  • 船出 - after finishing volume 13

My one minor regret is that these are almost in chronological order; 女王陛下の海賊たち takes place after all the others, but is printed second due to its publication order.

If you've been reading the main F&B series before these, then you should be well-prepared for the grammar and vocabulary used here. I did think these stories felt tougher on an individual level than reading through F&B chapters (especially when reading from Kit's POV), but not unusually so.

As with the other F&B books, illustrations are not included in the digital versions of this book; they are present in the physical.

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harder than幻惑の鼓動 1L29
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similar in difficulty toFLESH & BLOOD 1L35
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