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After finishing his meal, Painter pays for his highly discounted food and exits the restaurant. As he is on his way home to watch his favorite hion viewer program, Painter spots the signs of a nightmare that has passed by. He ignores it at first, but minutes later doubles back in search of the nightmare. After eleven days, Yumi finally decides that Painter is ready to begin stacking stones, so she begins to instruct him on how to set a good base. Nikaro succeeds in a few small stacks and admits that Yumi's training has actually helped, which is deeply encouraging to Yumi.
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He passes Akane's capstone painting, on the outside wall of a windowless building, followed by the blank wall where his own most recent attempt at a capstone painting has been whitewashed. The painting was of "the star," which is actually a planet with living beings on it, inspired by the announcement that a spaceship will voyage to that celestial body. Painter determines he needs to whitewash the wall again before noticing a disturbed area on the surface of the shroud, indicating that a nightmare has passed through. He tracks it into the city, following a few spots of dark, steaming residue, until he finds it down a dark, narrow alley. The nightmare is distracted by its victim, head stuck through the wall and into the building, as Nikaro begins a painting of bamboo. The creature turns to Painter and begins approaching, but is soon transformed into black bamboo.
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The residents of the city of Kilahito might have found my explanation unnecessary. Why put such effort into describing something everyone knows? Yet you need this context, for—cold and warm—the hion lines were the colors of Kilahito. Needing no pole or wire to hold them aloft, they ran down every street, reflected in every window, lit every denizen. Wire-thin strings of both colors split off the main cords, running to each structure and powering modern life.
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And for me, the value of art as incredible as Yumi and the Nightmare Painter is priceless. So thank you so much, Brandon Sanderson and Emily Sanderson, for sharing this story for us to read and emotionally experience. Yumi lands just outside the city and confronts the four scholars. They attack, and she renders their attacks ineffective; then Yumi forces them into their human forms, freeing them slightly from the control of the machine.
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Japan and Korea are two countries I visited in the past for holidays, and they remain strong as some of the most memorable experiences for me. And through this experience, Kilahito really feels like modern Tokyo (probably going back a bit in the past) in my mind, and honestly, I thought the setting in Yumi’s story was, too. However, Sanderson has mentioned that Yumi’s world is inspired by historical Korea rather than Japan. And Sanderson, as proven in The Emperor’s Soul and now this, is bloody good at writing Asian-inspired fantasy books. The clothing, the setting, the cultures, the food, the eternal night and day.
Each sign—letters, pictures, and designs—was created using just two colors, aqua and magenta, the art drawn in continuous lines. Yes, Kilahito had things like light bulbs, as are common on many planets. But the hion worked with no need for machinery or replacement, so many relied on it, particularly outdoors. Suddenly flung together, Yumi and Painter strive to right the wrongs in both their lives, reconciling their past and present while maintaining the precarious balance of each of their worlds. Filled with stacked stones that call forth miracles, raised by callused hands that tremble in their work.
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She tells them that her hordelings have explored the wastelands out in the shroud and found several, circular impassable areas. Nikaro thinks these must be Yumi's cities and villages, though she is skeptical nobody would have wondered beyond their borders. Masaka sketches a map, with a scale, and Painter begins working to memorize it so that he can reproduce it once back in Yumi's world. Yumi is hungry and so leaves the back room along with Design and Masaka.
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The Cryptic does take note of a wound suggesting Yumi has had memories excised. Next she checks Painter and finds that he has very typical levels of Investiture. Design does point out that both Nikaro and Yumi have not been traveling to other worlds, and mentions that Yumi has surprisingly few connections. She is able to identify that Yumi is Connected to the other yoki-hijo, but can't say where they are. In frustration, Yumi runs from the restaurant until she reaches the shroud. Painter and Yumi sit and chat, processing Yumi's emotions.
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She follows tradition as strictly as possible, with no room for freedom. Because of this, for me, Yumi did take a bit of time to like as a character. Initially, she was uptight and strict with her ritual and rules. This, however, does not mean she ever behaved out of character.
The Moonsworn healers would fight the Wrack, but must navigate distrust and violence from the peoples of Teringia. Proud Galicanta readies itself for war, as the Sunsworn Empire watches and waits for the Wrack to bring its rival low. The Catenan Republic—the Hierarchy—may rule the world now, but they do not know everything.
What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Since its announcement, the third secret project novel by Brandon Sanderson, Yumi and the Nightmare Painter, was already on my list of most anticipated books. It IS my most anticipated book of the secret project novels. First, Sanderson has mentioned that the manga/anime Hikaru no Go by Yumi Hotta (writer) and Takeshi Obata (illustrator) is one of the main inspirations behind this new Cosmere novel.
Painter sees it is not the stable nightmare and urges Yumi to move on, but Yumi wants to take action. She tries to confront the nightmare, but freezes up when she sees it. While trying to coach her, the spider-like nightmare hears Nikaro. It draws closer to him and attacks, feeding on his essence. Yumi's scream frightens it away, and Painter is okay, but the noise also summons the attention of Akane and Tojin.
Everything about Yumi and the Nightmare Painter click with me. The mystery was intriguing, the characters were lovable, the world-building was intricate, and the writing was compelling. And as an Asian reader, it goes without saying that I have an affinity toward Asian-inspired fantasy books. The anime Your Name is one of the inspirations behind this book. The well-realized world-building in Yumi and the Nightmare Painter is Japanese and Korean-inspired.
He has been excluded from the character lists below unless he appears or is mentioned within the context of the story itself. A tale of love and heroism told in a unique world by a character named Hoid and I love it. As a primal conjurer, Ryn Xaven is a rare sorcerer who can use all types of magic and bond multiple beautiful mages as his protectors and companions.
As they bathe, which Nikaro again insists on doing without his attendants, she grudgingly accepts his decision. Yumi is encouraged, at least, that he seems to be accepting his responsibilities. When they reach the shrine, Nikaro explains that he will be painting during his meditation time. He hopes that painting might catch the attention of the spirits, though he has had no such luck when Liyun arrives an hour later. Painter continues to track the nightmare through the rainy streets in the outer rings of Kilahito. He nearly gives up after losing the trail, but looks into a window after he has turned back to his home and there spots the nightmare in the home of two parents and a four year old child.
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