オーバーブラッド2 アナザー・ストーリー (translated into English as; “OverBlood 2: Another Story”) – was released in 1999 and is a 288 page novel featuring five short stories that further explore the world, characters and story prior, during and after the events which take place in the game. Authors included; Kinjo Shuri, Nagae Jin, Xincheng Kazuma, Yuichi Ishida and Junichi Sugiyama.
Details on the book are scarce and subject to translation, the titles and general premise of each story is as follows;
“Recollection of Nina” by Fumi Nishitani
As we found out during the events of OverBlood 2, Acarno’s younger sister was kidnapped at an early age. This story explores the events surrounding Nina’s abduction and introduces us to her classmate “Robin”.
“The Clown Night” by Yuichi Ishida
This story features Dr. Velter Curits and offers more insight into him being spied on.
“Challenger’s Sheet” by Junichi Sugiyama
Set during the same time frame as the events that took place in OverBlood 2 and taking place in East Edge City, this story centres around a junk blade race between current champion “Roddy” and his rival “Keimo”.
“Summer Revenge Without Shadows” by Jin Nagae
Featuring all of the main cast, this story is set a little while after the events of the game. An air cooling tower has malfunctioned, meanwhile the Pagoda has been occupied by terrorists and the team must come to the rescue.
“Rainbow Looz” by Kazuma Shinshiro & Shuri Kaneshiro
This is thought to be the shortest of the five stories, and nothing else is known about it other than it being set in downtown East Edge City.
Sadly I’ve been unable to find any other images of the book, however I’m hoping to add a physical copy to my collection soon.