[ART1] Card Game Art Works: Libromancer

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TL note: If you want to learn more about the Libromancer lore, you can check our VBEX3 article.

Libromancer Firestarter (final color scheme) & Geek Boy
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Headphones:

Right: “The headphones are orange”
Left: “One horn on each side”

Illustrator’s comment:

“A duo with a look similar to my beloved American comics. The feeling of ‘americaness’ in me comes from San Diego when I attended a Comic-Con a long time ago. I drew ‘Libromancer Fire’ thinking about how a hero from American comic books would suddenly appear in the real world and had to hurriedly procure some clothes. I also created ‘Libromancer Bonded’ by proposing [a scene where] the hero he admires has been heavily wounded and he breaks into tears. Because Boy wears prescription glasses, I paid a lot of attention to make sure that in the illustrations where his eyes are big, the inside of the lenses is warped. I draw this kind of glasses characters every now and then.”

Libromancer Magigirl & Mystigirl
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Back view:

Neck accessory:

Translucent wings:

Ring in her middle finger:

Somewhat loose hair:

Shorts:

“Spent some days researching an angle where the shorts would not be visible”

Libromancer Agent & Doombroker
Full art:

Doombroker’s description:

“The protagonist lost a person dear to him, and in order to avenge that, he requested body modifications from a mad scientist to become a super-human that can release copper lines from his fingertips. This is a hard-boiled novel where the protagonist, Doombroker, brings judgment to those that the law cannot judge as a vigilante while he keeps pursuing his revenge.”

Agent’s drooping eyes:

Agent’s favorite book:

Agent’s remaining notes:

TL note: Unfortunately, these notes are too blurry to read reliably.
The top note says “he’s still pursuing his revenge for his former partner on his own”
The character on the right is listed as a “new partner”
Her thoughts towards Agent seem to be “seems like he’s hiding a secret”

Muffler:

“Muffler that hides his facial features”

Power-up:

“As a result of the fusion, his physical abilities also power up, and because his sight also improves, he does not wear glasses”

Libromancer Fireburst
Full art:

Description and visor:

Left: “This is not the Libromancer, but the original [comic book] character”
Right: “80% visor”

Horns attached to the visor:

Description #2:

“Actually, he’s just a human pretending to be a super-human”

Libromancer First Appearance, villain design proposal
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Libromancer Fireburst #2
Full art:

Appearance:

Left: “His clothes have some components from Boy’s [clothes], but it also keeps some of the impression of the clothes that he obtained in this world”
Right: “Sport glasses”

*Sounds of scrubbing tears away*:

“One More Punch”:

After the fight:

Left: “Fireburst, after a narrow victory, having his wounds treated by Mystigirl”
Fireburst: “Ooouch”
Mystigirl: “*Frequency noises from her magic*”
Doombroker: “*Sighs* Good grief…you are so reckless…”
Doombroker’s left: “*Adjusting glasses sound*”
Doombroker’s right: “*Adjusting glasses sound while not wearing glasses*”

Thanks to our anonymous contributors for the scans