Yumi y el pintor de pesadillas
Yumi y el pintor de pesadillas | |
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Localización | Cosmere |
Fecha original | Julio de 2023[1] |
Editorial | Dragonsteel Entertainment |
(N.T. de momento mantendremos tanto el título como los términos en inglés, mientras esperamos a que salga el libro en su traducción oficial)
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter es el título del tercero de los proyectos secretos que serán publicados en 2023, concretamente en julio, como parte de campaña sorpresa de Kickstarter de Brandon de cuatro novelas secretas.[1] Se trata de una novela dentro del Cosmere y ubicada en un nuevo planeta.[2]
El 17 de marzo de 2022, Brandon liberó para su lectura los primeros siete capítulos, además de un breve comentario al respecto, que se pueden leer (N.T. en inglés) en su página web y escuchar en su canal de YouTube. Además, Brandon realizó una sesión de preguntas y respuestas, llena de spoilers, sobre este adelanto que también podéis escuchar en su canal de YouTube.
Sinopsis
La historia se sitúa en dos localizaciones que no podrían ser más diferentes: la ciudad de Kilahito, ubicada en un mundo cubierto por un perpetuo velo de oscuridad, y la tierra de Torio, donde el terreno es extremadamente caliente y la humanidad solo puede sobrevivir cerca de los géiseres.
En Kilahito, Nikaro, o «Painter», se dedica a la ingrata labor de un «nightmare painter», capturando «nightmares» que se escabullen desde el velo hasta el interior de la ciudad para alimentarse del miedo de sus habitantes. En Torio, Yumi es una «yoki-hijo» itinerante, un tipo raro de sacerdotisa que es capaz de invocar y dar órdenes a espíritus para que desempeñen diferentes y necesarias funciones para los habitantes de Torio. Painter is beginning to feel ennui, and slowly realizing he needs to improve himself; Yumi feels trapped between her yearning to be free and her sense of responsibility as a yoki-hijo.[3]
One day, Yumi is contacted by a spirit from deep below, who asks her to help free them. She agrees and collapses. Around the same time, Painter tracks down and scares away a particularly powerful nightmare before feeling extremely tired and falling asleep.[3] When the two wake up, they realize they are now bound together. In Torio, Painter appears to others as though he was Yumi, while she herself is a disembodied spirit visible only to him; in Kilahito, their situation is reversed. They now must work together to learn each other's jobs and figure out what happened to tie them like this -- and how to stop it.[4]
Development
“I’ve always wanted to dive into doing a story with some kind of fantastical job, or maybe two. Something cool (yet somehow still mundane) involving the sorts of work one could only do in a fantasy world. ”
—Brandon[4]
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter was written as one of the secret projects that Brandon worked on during the Covid-19 pandemic.[1] Alongside Secret Project One, it is an experiment in writing Hoid narration in anticipation of Dragonsteel. While Secret Project One is set to have more of a fairytale vibe, Yumi is supposed to be a more dramatic voice.[4]
While the setting is a mix of Japanese and Korean influences, it was inspired mostly by Japanese media. The initial concept came from Hikaru no Go, which Brandon became familiar with through Peter Ahlstrom's fan-translation. In it, a young boy finds a Go board haunted by an old master who offers to teach him the game -- hence a ghostly Painter teaching Yumi his craft, while ghostly Yumi teaches Painter hers. Additional inspiration came from Your Name, as well as Final Fantasy X. Yumi's name specifically is derived from Yuna, one of the protagonists of FFX.[4]
Trivia
- The book will be illustrated by Aliya Chen.[5]
Notes
- ↑ a b c Brandon's Announcement Video
— Youtube # - ↑ Secret Project Kickstarter Reveal and Livestream
— Arcanum - 2022-03-01# - ↑ a b Secret Project #3 Reveal and Livestream
— Arcanum - 2022-03-17# - ↑ a b c d Secret Project #3 Reveal and Livestream
— Arcanum - 2022-03-17# - ↑ Secret Project #3 Reveal and Livestream
— Arcanum - 2022-03-22#