Black Haze Fanblog

Side blog dedicated to Black Haze! (블랙 헤이즈)

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Black Haze has been released with 11 episodes!

블랙 헤이즈 | 카카오웹툰

오래전, 다른 세상과 통하는 「문」이 열리고 「표식」과 함께 특별한 능력을 얻은 자들을 「마법사」라 부르기 시작했다. '그날'의 사건 이후 큰 유명세를 치르고 있는 오피온의 1급 마법사 「블로우」. 어느 날, 아주 특별한 의뢰를 받게 된다. 그것

블랙 헤이즈

오래전, 다른 세상과 통하는 「문」이 열리고「표식」과 함께 특별한 능력을 얻은 자들을「마법사」라 부르기 시작했다.'그날'의 사건 이후 큰 유명세를 치르고 있는 오피온의 1급 마법사 「블로우」.어느 날, 아주 특별한 의뢰를 받게 된다.그것은 바로 「마법

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Holy- 11 EPISODES?!

I was here expecting the prologue plus a couple at best- do they all debut with a full 11 these days?! Does this author ever sleep?!

I was here ready to wait as long as need be to get the first arc but instead we were given it all in the first go.

Author must've really wanted to reward us for our patience, haha

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I keep seeing and liking characters with dark blue eyes in other media because they remind me of Blow, only to remember that he has light blue eyes now. I want to bash my head into the wall. Can I bash my head into the wall? I want to bash my head into the wall.

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GUYS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND-

WHAT DO I DO WITH MY COLLECTION OF DARK BLUE EYED ANIME BOYS NOW?!

HOW DO I EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE I LIKE THEM SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY REMIND ME OF A CERTAIN CHARACTER WHEN SAID CHARACTER NO LONGER LOOKS LIKE THIS-

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The idea that Rood, Miss Ren, Tessi, Ash and Duchess Dayner are taller than me...

We don't know how tall Anna is, but seeing her standing next to Chevel, I can tell she's very tall.

A sad reality.

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Imagine the only person in BH's current cast shorter than you is Yuti. 🥀

(Un)fortunately for me I do not have to imagine, it is my reality.

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@necodraws

Happy birthday, Neco!

Sir Lispen and I have something for you; we hope you like it.

Last year I couldn’t draw anything because I’d forgotten to make a note of your birthday, but I'm too lazy and didn’t want to rush a drawing that day, so this year I’ve made sure I’m prepared!

Happy birthday!

I hope you have a great day!

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I fear you may have blinded Neco with the sun at midnight posting at this time over there. I know it confused me the next day to see it when I logged on and go "ah, but I thought the sun rose already...?"

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Awww.

Our lovely sun has dazzled you. 😍

Don’t worry, you won’t have Lispen at your door; look forward to Mikel-nim on your birthday.

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THAT'S EVEN WORSE THAN LISPEN NOOOOOOOOOO-

I think I'm going to die on my next birthday turning into stone.

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Ah~, some things never change.

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It’s funny that in both illustrations Chevel says, “Don’t touch him!”

In the first one, Chevel says, “H, he’s… Are you crazy?! Don’t touch him!”

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I remember seeing the illustration on the author's blog and thinking it was a shame we didn't see it in the series... now we do. XD

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I’m pretty sure we saw this in the previous version, including the first image I showed.

It just didn’t click until I saw it again in the remake; I remember that conversation between Chevel and his friends and this very scene with Rood and Dio.

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That's strange, I can't seem to remember it at all and instead recall wishing we got more scenes of Hereis interacting with Chevel in regards to Rood after the identity reveal the whole time I was reading and when I saw the sketch on YY's blog years later I thought "Yes, just like this!"

But I'll take your word for it since you'd remember any Rood + Chevel interactions way more than I would loooool.

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Yeah, don’t take my word for it either. Remember that last year I mixed up a scene from a fanfic with an event from the previous version. 🤣

Although I’m sure it did happen, I don’t think the second scene with Rood and Dio had an illustration of the encounter with the other Hereis, but I can’t say for certain either; after all, even this funny scene, which was there before, was changed (Sik).

It’s possible there wasn’t a similar illustration before...

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We're both truly hopeless in our memory without being able to refer back to the old version in some way to check, lol XD

I'd better find some way to do it, or it will remain a mystery to us forever hahaha.

It is clearly paramount to confirm that Chevel suffered at the hands of his peers due to Rood in both versions. 👌

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OMG!!!

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I did NOT expect to see him this soon and was quite incoherent for a while, almost forgetting to read the rest of the chapter

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I was also surprised to see him so soon. 🫨

Yeah!

In the previous version there was only the dialogue; that illustration wasn’t there because the king hadn’t been shown to us yet.

Isn’t the king not supposed to appear until Blow sees him in the midst of his trance after his encounter with Ruby?

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Yup!

It was also very ambiguous who or what he was, appearing like that in Rood's subconscious. With the similarity to his awakened form, he could've been anything from his late demon father to a previous life of his or even a visual manifestation of his powers to an immaterial being possessing him.

It remained ambiguous until the end of the arc when Dio officially tells Rood about the Demon King, with a flashback panel to him.

In the remake it's at least revealed that this is a separate and distinct person that Dio is acquainted with, making it clearer what kind of being he could be (likely a demon from the past).

At the very least, it should make things easier to understand in the remake, because I remember being thrown a whole bunch of new and chaotic information in the old version which made it a confusing arc to get through. Now at least, we have this titbit to keep us anchored when we see him again and go "Ah, it's you!" instead of "Oh, and who are you?"

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I keep seeing and liking characters with dark blue eyes in other media because they remind me of Blow, only to remember that he has light blue eyes now. I want to bash my head into the wall. Can I bash my head into the wall? I want to bash my head into the wall.

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I see that the new Tomodachi Life game for the Switch is making its due rounds in the fandoms. I do have the old game for the 3DS where I made some BH characters with interesting results.

I wonder if I should try post some of the screenshots? But I'll first have to figure out how to transfer them to my computer...

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The characters I'd made were Shicmuon, Tessiana, Yuti, Rood, Lin, Ruby and Lispen.

I was tryna get my ships Shicmuon x Tessiana and Rood x Lin to happen. I made Ruby and Yuti bc I wanted the princesses to become friends. I made Lispen to torment him.

My plan was to make Lidusis, Iel, and Dio next, since I could ship Iel with either one of them better than with Rood loooool. But getting Rood x Lin to happen was looking as impossible as it is in canon so I was just taking ages to get there.

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I see that the new Tomodachi Life game for the Switch is making its due rounds in the fandoms. I do have the old game for the 3DS where I made some BH characters with interesting results.

I wonder if I should try post some of the screenshots? But I'll first have to figure out how to transfer them to my computer...

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It’s my birthday so I get to Edith post (as though I don’t do it whenever I feel like it anyways)

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Now we're getting Edith saga even BEFORE we get to the related part of it in BH, we're eating too well this day~

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@necodraws

Happy birthday, Neco!

Sir Lispen and I have something for you; we hope you like it.

Last year I couldn’t draw anything because I’d forgotten to make a note of your birthday, but I'm too lazy and didn’t want to rush a drawing that day, so this year I’ve made sure I’m prepared!

Happy birthday!

I hope you have a great day!

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I fear you may have blinded Neco with the sun at midnight posting at this time over there. I know it confused me the next day to see it when I logged on and go "ah, but I thought the sun rose already...?"

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The newly employed responsible and trustworthy professor at Helios! But the shadow behind him is casting an interesting shape...?

@necodraws a Lispen for you!

Since I didn't have time to prepare and made something simple last year, I wanted to see how I'd do if I actually spent more time on drawing him!

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New readers: Omg this new character looks so dark and mysterious, I can't wait to find out more about them!

Ladies, let me destroy your delusions at the door from day one and tell you that this is all you are getting:

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Ok you can kill me now. 🔫

We know the only thoughts in his head were whatever Meredith and Lil happened to pre-install in there, don't lie.

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Tumblr recommending the "best blogs about BH".

You might as well say "the only four abandoned people that are still posting about BH".

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Proud to be part of the clique looool XD

I get pretty happy whenever I make this list, since by the time I made my blog the series had already been on hiatus a good while so I don't have as many views as the ones that were active during its heyday do and tumblr tends to bury me for it sometimes. 🥀

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I’m honestly surprised that there are people (new readers coming from Charlotte) who think BH and CAH5D are set in the same world, or that BH is a sequel to CAH5D.

Not to mention that BH has been around for 14 years; from the very first episode of BH, you can see they’re not the same, given the different origins of the magic and the system used.

The mere fact that there are two moons in BH makes it different; why would there be two moons in Canthiol but only one in Mabel and Klaus? It doesn’t make sense.

Even if they were related or set in the same world, CAH5D would make more sense as a sequel than a prequel, or existing at the same time.

In BH there are no Swordsmen/Sword Masters nor "Aura", only mages/sorcerers. In BH there are no races other than humans and demons (nor do they coexist peacefully).

In BH, there is at least one major school of magic where future mages are trained until they receive their mark (which is quite different from CAH5D). Furthermore, you cannot use mana freely without a charged mana stone, or unless you have already awakened and received a mage’s mark. There are essential requirements to become a mage, unlike in CAH5D, where you simply need an affinity for mana and to study/train with a good mentor or on your own, whilst continuing to seek knowledge and grow stronger.

Nor is there a title as prestigious as ‘Grand Sorcerer’ in BH.

Because, if CAH5D were a prequel, where did all the other races go? Did they become extinct? Why would magic suddenly disappear, and why would they have to be on the brink of extinction for God to descend and grant them powers?

It is more likely that they are parallel worlds, rather than events occurring at the same time or in different timelines (remember the ending of CAH5D; although it is a nod to BH, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to think so).

Furthermore, YongYong, at the start of CAH5D, said this:

"The title of the new work is «Charlotte and Her 5 Disciples», and it is a romance fantasy. Although it features wizards and magic once again, it is set in a different world from «블랙 헤이즈»."

There's the answer – it's as simple as reading the author's blog...

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I assume these are more casual fans who did not look too deeply into anything. They just saw an author they liked make another series with the same kind of art, outfits and architecture, with similar things being utilised such as mages, mana, and magic schools, jumping to conclusions too easily.

It probably doesn't help that the colour scheme and design of Charlotte and Jeffrey resemble that of Iel and Blow and the fans who didn't really do any background check before reading end up thinking that the two have some kind of correlation. Guys, they do not. The author just has a type, lol.

I even remember seeing one comment talking about a Black Haze "novel" in the English fandom but at least that got shot down quick by anyone who did a quick search and found nothing.

But I assume getting a sudden influx of CAH5D readers who're making similar assumptions to each other and echoing each other's opinion may have reinforced the idea among the fans unfortunately.

Alas, I fear the author advertising BH at the end of CAH5D but not clarifying that they are not set in the same world there may have confused too many people who aren't looking into supplementary sources.

In a way, I can't exactly get mad at them if they really liked CAH5D and their desire to see more of the world and story filtered their reasoning and made them consider and like the possibility that they were getting what they wanted. I know I might end up doing that with something I like if I'm not careful and only read an author's next work without seeing any of the other information about it.

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New readers: Omg this new character looks so dark and mysterious, I can't wait to find out more about them!

Ladies, let me destroy your delusions at the door from day one and tell you that this is all you are getting: