A Sci-Fi/SF doujinshi by Fumio (sometimes Tomio) Sakamoto (坂本富実雄), an illustrator who collaborated with Makoko Kobayashi. Based on Makoto's personal accounts, he was 19 years old when he was brought on board to illustrate Tomio's ideas but stopped after book 3. The story follows an intergalactic war and a matriarchal society, spanning the cosmos with tons of world building.
Documentation by Makoto: https://x.com/makomako713/status/1417019613984956416
My conversation with Makoto: https://x.com/makomako713/status/1853642421827252605
Additional information from Makoto Kobayashi:
-When I was 19 years old and invited by Koichi Kamiyama, the president of this doujinshi, to join, Sakamoto had only written Gundam parodies. Kamiyama wanted to somehow turn it into a book, so he wrote everything down. It seems that if the book sold well, he would be motivated to continue, but this is a typical tragedy of 'it's
pointless to follow someone else's success. ' Kamiyama wanted to turn it into a book somehow, so he wrote it all down. It seems that he got motivated to continue after the book sold well, but it's a common tragedy of "there's no point in following someone else's success."
-All the text was typed at home and is full-sized. I didn't want to shrink it and have the lines get squashed. Also, the letters LOUVRE KNIGHT STORY and BARTLONEO ONE are printed in gold. The copies that were
released afterwards were not gold. -All the text was typed at home and is full-sized. I didn't want to shrink it and have the lines get squashed. Also, the letters LOUVRE KNIGHT STORY and BARTLONEO ONE are printed in gold. The copies that were released afterwards were not gold.
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The last image is one of the many hand drawn illustrations by Tomio Sakamoto, done in ballpoint ink on paper. The date corresponds to the release of this book exactly.