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Ai no Kusabi masterlist - side stories, drama cds, soundtracks, OVA.

This list contains all Ai no Kusabi content that has been released over the years. If you know something that isn’t on this list or you have any corrections, please let me know via PM or reblog. I am unsure about information marked with ??? so if you can confirm it, contact me as well.

Note: This list generally does not contain download links because I don’t want to deal with the legality of it. Most stuff can be found on the usual places.

Latest updates: February 26, 2018, added "Ai No Kusabi: Space Between- Unchained Edition", the dubbed OVA by Anime Works. 

Novel:

1986-1987 Ai no Kusabi (magazine serialization). This is where the story was originally published over 6 issues of the yaoi magazine Shousetsu June. It includes a few illustrations.

1990 Ai no Kusabi (hardcover). The 6 parts that were published in the magazine were slightly reedited and assembled into one hardcover book. This version did not have any illustrations. Translation: A partial fan translation is available here but no longer updated, it was first translated from Japanese to Spanish and then from Spanish to English.

2001-2010 Ai no Kusabi (paperback series). The story was expanded and some parts rewritten and released as a series of 6 paperback books. Each volume includes several illustrations. Copyright issues led to a situation in which the paperback series was released by two different companies in Japan, using different illustrations and covers, and the English version is a combination of both of those releases - read more here. Translation: The series was officially released by DMP manga via their yaoi imprint, Juné, as an 8 volume series. The official English release of volumes 7-8 were found to be very lacking and so there are partial fan translations for important parts: volume 7 misc., volume 8 ch12, volume 8 ch13, volume 8 misc. Additional languages: French (ongoing by yaoi-ouji).

Video (OVA):

1992-1994: Ai no Kusabi (2 parts). A two part OVA released 2 years apart. Translation: A fan translation is available on aarinfantasy. Additional languages: Italian dubbing (official release), French (by yaoi-ouji).

2012: Ai no Kusabi (4 parts). Known as the 2012 remake, 4 Episodes were released out of 13 planned but further production stopped, apparently due to poor sales and lack of funding. Translation: There are 2 official English releases- 2013 edition with English subtitles by Media Blasters and 2018 edition with English dubbing by Anime Works, both can be bought cheap at Amazon etc. Additional languages: French (by yaoi-ouji).

Drama CDs:

1989 Ai no Kusabi audio book (???An audio book released on cassette???).

1993 DARK-EROGENOUS (Covers Riki’s training. Translation: Yes, here. Check the bottom of the page for the subbed visualization).

2000 Shiozawa Kaneto Memorial (???A digitized re-release of the cassette audio book from 1989??? in memory of voice actor Shiozawa Kaneto).

2007 〜DESTINY〜 (Covers Iason and Riki's meeting and Riki in the black market. Translation: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (in progress) by @amoislibrary​).

2008 〜NIGHTMARE〜 (Covers Riki's time in Eos. Translation: None available).

2008 〜RESONANCE〜 (Covers Riki's time in Eos up until his return to Ceres. Translation: None available).

Soundtracks:

Note: Several tracks on these soundtracks contain character monologues but none of them have been translated yet.

1992 Original Soundtrack

1993 Sense of Crisis

1994 Ambivalence

1994 Sympathy

1995 Sound Selections ~Oracion~ (2 CD set)

2001 Music Best ~ Iason

Side Stories:

Note: This section is probably missing some information. Please let me know if you have anything to add.

1996 Midnight Illusion A full length book released in 1996. It's possibly a prequel but not much is known about this yet. Translation: None available.

2010 Illusion Night A short story published to mark the end of the paperback series in 2010. Riki is unsure of his feelings towards Iason after being moved to Apatia. Translation: Yes, translated by  lyrebird.

2012 Daryl short story Included in the special edition of the 2012 OVA remake DVD release. 4 short chapters describing Daryl's life as Iason Mink's furniture. Translation: Chapter 3: Impulse and Chapter 4: The Night of Disgrace were translated by  rainbowfam. Chapters 1-2 have not been translated by anyone yet.

2012 Kizu Included with the Drama CD 〜RESONANCE〜. Bison is celebrating a victory against a rival gang but Riki can't stop thinking about his encounter with a Blondie. Translation: Yes, translated by  lyrebird.

2012 Musk A short story published in Chara magazine Vol. 25. Describes Riki's life after his return to Eos. Translation: The first 4 pages were translated by  rainbowfam and  subaru_san. The rest is not yet translated.