.hack//Another Birth is a 4-volume novel series retelling the events of the .hack//Games from the view of BlackRose.
Volumes[]
.hack//INFECTION[]
The translated version was released by Tokyopop in the U.S. on June 13, 2006.
.hack//MUTATION[]
The translated version was released by Tokyopop in the U.S. on October 10, 2006.
.hack//OUTBREAK[]
The translated version was released by Tokyopop in the U.S. on February 7, 2007.
.hack//QUARANTINE[]
The translated version was released by Tokyopop in the U.S. on July 10, 2007.
New Characters[]
- Chimney
- Hagiya
- Haru
- Igarashi
- Ishii
- Kira
- Kobayakawa
- Koura
- Kouta Hayami
- Miho Oikawa
- Nagashima
- Nakamura
- Natori
- Nei
- NOVA
- Risa Hamaoka
- Mr. Saitou
- Shouko
- Siesta
- Tarou
- Yuuko Asaoka
- Yuuji
Trivia[]
- Because of an April Fool's joke, some poorly-informed RPGamer readers thought that Another Birth was another version of the Games through BlackRose's perspective. It was only after several emails that RPGamer put a note at the top of the page that it was a joke.
- Early pictures of the cover for volume 4 put the title as "Surrounded", however the official title is "Quarantine" just like the game.
- BlackRose and Kite switch dialogues at the beginning of Infection.
- Mutation's opening sequences are moved to the end of Infection.
- Minor in-game and Liminality characters (ex. Natsume and Sieg) are given cameos.
- BlackRose learns what Orca looks like in a vision by Mia (PC).