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The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II Summary Navigation Masterpost

The Adventures of Lord El-Melloi II is the sequel series to Lord El-Melloi II's Case Files. It is set in 2007, three years after Case Files and Fate/Stay Night, and adds two new main characters to Waver's group: Rin Tohsaka, and an amnesiac young man named Ergo. The plot of the series is about Ergo's past and the Divine Spirits inside of him, as well as hopefully finding a way to cure Gray of her saberfication. Also we explore the magical world outside of London, learning about mage organizations and styles of magecraft in places like China, Japan, and India.

These summaries are provided by Comun (@kaibutsushidousha) on Beast's Lair. I'm just gathering them all in one place for ease of reading.

Also, the novels are slowly but surely being translated by Azwhoisverybored here.

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Dungeon Meshi Adventurer's Bible - Character profiles and points chart

Timelines Naming notes

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oneshotprincess

13 years later we must all admit, nothing fucks as hard as the dragon age inquisition tarot cards

gaydiantdawn

Some cozy Tellius background images for the soul.

tossawary

One of the things that I really enjoyed about the "Epic of Gilgamesh" is that Gilgamesh is a shitty person. Like, he's a king and two-thirds divine and all that, a warrior among warriors, his experiences could not be more different from the average person, and yet none of that saves him. I think the messages about grief and mortality hit as hard as they do because he's so selfish and privileged and awful at the beginning, before being irreversibly changed by friendship and love and loss and regret. He has all of this classical "greatness" and that does not spare him. He has been changed and chooses to change, and there's no miraculous reward for that. None of the widespread pain he's caused and is still capable of causing his subjects spares him either. There's something striking and even cathartic in seeing this greedy, cruel, mythologically "heroic" figure be so deeply humbled by a universal tragedy; to see him essentially crying out, "Not even me?" and receiving the firm answer of, "No, not even you."

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How to read the Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Light Novels

I was recently reminded that there is a lot of people who simply don’t know that they can read the Case Files light novels, and that there are people who do know but have no idea where to find them. This is especially a problem when these people have only watched the anime and want to know where they can find more of the story. Since it kind of requires you to go through some hoops (not a whole lot but still), I decided to take a page out of @humbertozero’s excellent Fate/strange Fake resource post and make one for my other favorite Type-Moon Fate spinoff, the dossiers of El-Melon.

Read the First Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.1 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Second Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.2 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Third Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.3 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Fourth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.4 (PDF) (EPUB1) (EPUB2)

Read the Fifth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.5 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Sixth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.6 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Seventh Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.7 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Eighth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.8 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Ninth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.9 (PDF) (EPUB)

Read the Tenth Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.10 (PDF) (EPUB)

Important note!

It should be noted first that I am just the compiler here. I am neither the translator nor am I the files’ creator. So all credits go to…

Credits

Credits and thanks to TwilightsCall on the Beast Lair forums (from which the majority of the other creditors originally posted their contributions) for translating the first 4 volumes and some of volume 5, thus getting the ball rolling. Further thanks to azwhoisverybored for translating the rest of the series from volume 6 onwards, and thanks to Kneenaw for translating the rest of volume 5. Thanks to Dotelias for making EPUBs for volumes 1-3, thanks to cereal_ for making EPUBs of volume 4, thanks to u/confusedkuratowski on Reddit for making EPUB of volume 6, and thanks to ProtoformX for making PDFs and EPUBs for volumes 5 to 10 as well as for Adventures volume 1 and 2!

And big thanks to Makoto Sanda for writing Case Files in the first place!

Further explanations

Anime

The anime adaptation of Case Files, with the mouthful of a title that is Lord El-Melloi II’s Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note, is particular to use as an entry-point in the series, because it only partially adapts the series. See, the author, Makoto Sanda, said in interview that the two first arcs/cases in the series didn’t quite work as scripts for anime episodes, so the anime only adapted the third case/arc, Rail Zeppelin, which is more action oriented than the more mystery focused first arcs. But because they still needed to explain stuff like Gray, Reines, El-Melloi’s students, etc., many of whom are relevant characters to the arc, the first half/six episodes of the anime is about introducing them.

So to the question “where do I start reading after the anime?”, the answer is unironically to restart at volume 1. And then you may skip volumes 4-5 since they are the Rail Zeppelin arc and there are not much differences besides some characters not being present during that arc. This is why I think you can watch the anime first if that’s more your speed (I have my problems and criticisms of the anime but that’s irrelevant to this post).

And you can’t start with the anime and start reading with volume 6, the first 3 volumes have characters and plot points that come back for the final arc, so you’re gonna be incredibly lost if you think to consume the series this way.

Weirdly enough, despite being original episodes, the anime originals are most likely canon in some ways. Episode 0, the original OVA, is an expansion of an anecdote Gray mentions in the first volume’s prologue, and Episode 1 takes place during Waver’s travels before the story starts and is an actual story, one of the 3 incidents Sanda has in mind for Waver’s journey before he returned to London. Episodes 2 to 6 take place during the one month period between volume 3 and volume 4, and finally the special OVA take place on Christmas also in between arcs. And then two characters original to the anime show up in Fate/strange Fake (go read it to find out who!).

Manga

The manga’s translation used to be on hiatus for a long time, but it has fortunately been picked up by the team doing the UBW and HF mangas. As of the time of writing (02/08/25), it has been translated up to the Atlas Contract arc, meaning if LNs aren’t your thing, you can experience the first two arcs that weren’t adapted in the anime in manga form and keep going for at least one arc It has really gorgeous art so definitely check it out.

Shame about the mangaka being a right-wing idiot though.

The Adventures of El-Melloi II

The sequel series currently ongoing, started a year after the first Case Files ended in 2019. You might know it as “the (other) series where Rin shows up grown up and also a pirate” and, as of recent volumes, “that one series where Shirou comes back spending the entire time half-naked”. @call-me-noa has been compiling pretty thorough chapter-by-chapter summaries of the volumes by @kaibutsushidousha if you don’t mind being spoiled. Or you can be patient and wait for azwhoisverybored to finish translating them on Beast Lair in this thread.

At the time of writing (14/10/24), the first and second volume of Adventures have been completed and compiled into PDF and EPUB forms:

First Volume: The Man Who Devoured God (PDF)(EPUB)

Second Volume: The Demon of the Wandering Sea I (PDF)(EPUB)

Lord El-Melloi II Case Files material

This is absolutely not required reading in any shape or form, those lore books are usually of interest only to dumb nerds like me lol. A timeline of the Clock Tower? An explanation of its politics? Yes please. But it also has insights into the characters by the author that aren’t in the books proper, as well as behind-the-scenes explanations for some decisions (for example, why it’s Gray with the American spelling instead of Grey with the British spelling). Only the glossary/encyclopedia is translated, but give it a look…after you read the series, because it assumes you did and has some big spoilers.

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What’s that? You heard something about a Buzzfeed quizz about the most handsome Clock Tower teachers and how it’s somehow a plot point? Look no further than one of my only posts that did numbers. Read the summary, it’s hilarious.

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Fic Rec | LevYaku

Haiba Lev/Yaku Morisuke (LevYaku)

note: please mind the tags when you click on the links, some are rated E for explicit.

Firsts by eeveestho

Lev has a lot of firsts when it comes to Yaku.

Yaku and the Beanstalk by Mysecretfanmoments ★

Yaku Morisuke is many things: a libero, a caretaker, a good student. He's also about to find Lev Haiba stuck in a vending machine.

(In which Yaku accidentally recruits Lev to the volleyball team and can't get rid of him after.)

All the Small Things by Chibs ✿

The silver haired man whipped around with frightening speed to fix piercing green eyes on the newcomer. Yaku was slightly disturbed by how still Lev was as he seized him up. After a moment he walked up to the shorter man and Yaku couldn’t help but think holy fucking shit how is anyone allowed to be this TALL?? His expression didn’t falter as he stared up into the model’s eyes. Lev grinned.

Black Coffee for Shorty by xxxbookaholic

Yaku just wanted some coffee, but Lev seemed to be determined to make the process as difficult as possible.

the bursts of the starts (they are in your eyes) by AM_ERTA

In which Lev clings unto promises, Yaku thinks he knows a bit about love, and Kuroo calls him a big, dumb idiot.

get your hands off my bf so i can put them on him instead by madelynaddell

Lev did not like this.

He did not like this at all.

Go On and Tell Me That You Love Me by Umbrella Martial God

A series of vignettes following Yaku Morisuke and Haiba Lev from the moment their fingers first intertwined to the day one of them gives the other a cheap plastic ring.

Angles by Crollalanza

Yaku Morisuke has to apologise to Haiba Lev. Unfortunately Lev is refusing to reply to his messages and has now skipped practise.

rudjedet

I very genuinely need tumblr to understand that museums are as diverse as historians, egyptologists, archaeologists, and what have you in general. Like from the way people are talking you'd think that only straight white Western men are ever involved in these concepts, because the internet at large just loves to be able to get on their little high horsie about how they are sooo much more morally correcter than the Evil Other

Which is absolutely not a concerning attitude to have, not at all no sir

rudjedet

forgot I'm on the piss on the poor website so I'll spell it out: Western straight white men aren't per definition the Evil Other either

You know where the real danger is? Anti-intellectualism, the concept of moral purity, and opening your damn trap when you don't know shit about fuck

veliseraptor

#also our job market is a hellscape and a lot of us aren't wealthy either and neither are our workplaces #many museums especially have SUCH a hard time affording anything rn #the days of museums as institutions and the humanities being a realm of wealth and prestige are well and truly over #this is a field that is being devalued constantly in a world that would love to believe everything important is digital #or about making money #and that's a fucking problem bc the whole thing of museums is that they offer easily accessible education #HOW is the “go to your local library” website so indifferent or even hostile towards museums#academia (via @veilchenjaeger)

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- cherry wine is about domestic abuse. it’s now called a cute proposal song.

- too sweet is about seizing the day and ignoring healthy habits in favor of having more fun with unhealthy ones. he’s actively critical of himself in the song. it’s now called a song about thinking you’re superior for drinking black coffee.

- take me to church is about worship as a metaphor for sex. it’s called a religious song.

- eat your young is a song about war and political greed. it’s called a song about sex.

- now, the strongly political message of nobody’s soldier is being ignored in favor of calling it a metaphor for hozier’s relationship with his fans.

when are we going to stop simplifying hozier’s music down to cute little cottagecore bogman forest music? maybe you dont want to hear this but i don’t care. quit listening to hozier for the aesthetic. there’s a reason why empire now, foreigner’s god, butchered tongue, etc. songs with unignorable political messages are among his least popular songs.

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i just started listening to hozier (ik, like over a decade late, whatever), but bruh. some of y'all did this dude so dirty. everything i've ever seen of him on here has been like "uwu magical forest man" and so my black ass goes into it expecting white boy indie music, but instead i get this radical leftist irish guy straight up singing the blues, like?? (singing the blues/having a lot of blatantly black musical influences, BUT crediting his influences in the process, which is a an important distinction)

like y'all. has anyone told tiktok what kind of music this man actually makes? bc some of them might be shooketh to find out their precious forest man is actually telling them to dismantle the oppressive institution of colonialism while actively paying homage to artists of color

well, that and also to eat pussy, but same thing tbh

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Hellblazer Reading Order

This is for the original run of Hellblazer 1-300 from 1987-2013 along with all relevant miniseries, one-shots and specials. I wanted to read this for a long time and it’s worth it. There’s a chunk of issues that I disliked, but I’m less mad that they weren’t good and more disappointed at being robbed of 80 or so issues with the character. Reaching the end felt like losing a friend, and now, as a reader watching the title end, I know what it was like for John to see all his friends die around him. So cheers to John Constantine: while there will be reboots and adaptations and alternate versions, there will never be another character like the original. Bold=important parts of the main story Italics=optional (with explanations) Constantine was created by Alan Moore in the pages of Swamp Thing so it feels necessary to add that as an optional start. However, aside from a few quick references in the first few Hellblazer issues you can enjoy that run without this. Still, it’s a good story and a good introduction. Technically he first appeared in ST 32 but that’s a retcon for a single panel of a guy in the background. Like how Jessica Jones “technically” first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man #4 in ‘63 despite not being created until the early ‘00s.

Swamp Thing Volume 2 #37-51 – The main story ends with 50 but Constantine’s exodus happens in 51.

Hellblazer 1-9 – Beginning of Delano’s run.

Swamp Thing 76-77 – The crossover timeline is funky but it works out midway through Hellblazer 10.

Hellblazer 10-13

Annual (1989)

Hellblazer 14-17

Sandman (V2) 3 – John’s in basically the entire issue as he and Dream team up to find Dream’s missing shit. The end of this story is shown in the middle of issue 19, so nowhere you put it will really fit because 18 ends in a cliffhanger immediately picked up in 19. I’d say read it before 18 or after 19, if you decide to read it at all.

Hellblazer 18-40

Shade the Changing Man 42-44 – Not much of a Constantine story as he’s barely in it. Technically this takes place before his Swamp Thing appearances because of time travel stuff, making the chronology wonky. I only mention this because the same writer eventually does a Hellblazer run and this arc becomes part of it. Can be read any time before Hellblazer 251.

Books of Magic 1-4 – A sort of team comes together with Constantine being one of the four. Written by Neil Gaiman.

Hellblazer 41-69 – Start of Ennis’ run.

Vertigo Jam 1 – Short story by Ennis.

Hellblazer 70-71

Hellblazer: Special 1 (1993) – Another one-shot by Ennis.

Hellblazer 72-83

Heartland – Epilogue to Ennis’ run. doesn’t have Constantine but it’s about one of his close supporting cast and is pretty good. They even include this in the collected editions.

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Imagine being cast in a Lady Gaga concert as Lady Gaga because Lady Gaga wants to do this to Lady Gaga

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yall are really into this one huh

moghedien

some of yall didn't know that Lady Gaga is currently touring a concert that's plot revolves around toxic yuri selfcest and it really shows

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disco-archetypes

KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant doesn't say anything, but gives you a quick smile, before turning away.

COMPOSURE - He's incapable of blushing, but if he weren't -- he'd blush.

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Thinking about writing a post about how one of the key things going on in Penacony is Sunday repeatedly trying to have a moral debate absolutely no one is equipped to, or willing to, engage with, since the astral express/firefly very pointedly don't get it and robin is ultimately like "it doesn't matter what the argument is because you're my brother and I love you and I don't want to lose you", which is why ultimately Sunday's tone is less "noooo my megalomaniacal dream!" and more like "fuck this. this is stupid and pointless. whatever." Not even turning into a nascent god-concept is enough to get people to take the suffering of others seriously, even heroes. Who cares?

But also it's sooooo funny because Sunday buddy guy pal you put the mind-whammy on the ONLY guy interested in debating you. I know you were really excited to get to the theater and do the puppet show and bird monologue but chief, knocking welt yang unconscious is NOT the move if your goal is to logic and reason people into what you believe to be an intuitively uncomfortable but morally sound position!

Sunday reaching the fruition of a decades-long totalitarian religious conspiracy which he is subverting to cold but humanitarian ends: What is the value of a status quo where the weak suffer and the strong rule? What freedom of choice do you have under life's constraints? Is darkness equal to daylight? Are sinners equal to the righteous? If you are born weak, which God should you turn to for solace?

The Trailblazer, really sincerely thinking about this as hard as they can, blood trickling out of one nostril: Dreams end sometimes 😡

Sunday: yeah actually just hit me with the fucking train. yeah I'll stand right here. thanks.

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I haven’t seen anyone talk about this yet so I’ll do it. N and Sunday are extremely similar. They both have this messiah-like image of being a “savior” to a paradise where their ideals are met. They eventually see the wrongfulness of their ways and go on a journey of self-discovery and to help those in need. They are haunted by their past actions and wish to rectify their mistakes with the help of the main character. N and Sunday are the respected head of their organization, adopted by a man who influenced their views on the world. Both of them wished to protect their loved ones, for N it would be Pokemon, for Sunday it would be his sister Robin. I noticed this when I saw Sunday’s trailer but no one I could find commented on their similarities. And these are like only a few examples but I don’t want to get into even more detail already.

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