Konomi – ArtWorks (Kadokawa, 2022) – My Comment

Konomi’s most popular illustrations are the covers of the Liar Liar light novel. In the reviewed artbook there was no absence of material depicting the heroines of this title. In addition, we can see also here the original works of the creator, as well as the heroines of another light novel – Cross Connect (interesting fact – with a similar theme as Liar Liar). Many publications from the Touhou universe have also come out from under Konomi’s brush. Some works were also included in the described publication.

The artbook has 128 pages in A4 format. The whole is divided into five chapters. Presented consecutively – works from light novels, unspecified publications, doujins, Touhou and bishoujo games. The last part is a special section with a corssover of Liar Liar and Cross Connect in the form of a short light novel chapter. Of course – in Japanese. At the very end a very short interview with the author. In each chapter, the illustrations include captions where exactly they came from (in Japanese only).

The overall print quality is absolutely stunning. The colors are vibrant and the amount of detail is literally amazing. Not all illustrations take up an entire A4 page. Occasional black and white works can also be found, although those in full color definitely prevail.

Konomi – ArtWorks is the perfect entry in the collection for enthusiasts of cute illustrations with lots of details. Personally, I’m not a big fan of Liar Liar or Cross Connect, but the design style of Konomi’s characters just really appeals to me and simply couldn’t miss this artbook in my collection.

Konomi – ArtWorks (Kadokawa, 2022) – Show Off

Before moving on to the gallery, where you will be able to see some photos of the contents of the artbook, it is appropriate to show how it looks from the outside.

This is how artbook Konomi – ArtWorks looks in the wrapper:

Whereas this is what it looks like without:

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