Changes: CELL

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.hack//CELL is a novel originally featured in .hack//G.U. The World. It was later released by itself in both Japan and America. Tokyopop acquired the rights to publish .hack//CELL in English, and the first volume was released on March 2, 2010, with the second being released on November 30, 2010.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Story

Volume 1:

"Average high-school student Midori Shinomura falls mysteriously ill. While she wastes away in a hospital, she learns of another Midori---a fighter of terrible skill in the online game known as The World."

"There is a strange and close connection between both Midori Shinomura and game-Midori. With the sanity of both girls on the line, game-Midori will try to solve the mysteries of her past, and perhaps save the real-world Midori in the process."

Volume 2:

"Female Edge Punisher Midori discovers that she was created from the strong will of a girl in the real world, Midori Shinomura, who is fighting a losing battle against a mysterious sickness."

"When the death of one means the death of the other, it' a race against time as in-game Midori and her allies try to unravel the secret behind the mysterious sickness. With danger lurking at every turn and non-stop action, The World R:2 is more than a game for Midori. It's life and death!"

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CELL is about an Edge Punisher named Midori, who roleplays as a "professional victim", charging players GP in exchange for the opportunity to attempt to PK her without resistance. She encounters Haseo, on his search for Tri-Edge prior to the events of .hack//GU: Rebirth.

The first novel explores the lives of both Midori as they go about their days. In-game Midori finds that she has trouble remembering her past and her life outside of The World, while real-world Midori explores the possibility of her never leaving the hospital. She only carries the one thought as her body becomes progressively weaker: "I don't want to die."

Volume 2 delves deeper into why Game-Midori exists, her purpose, and why she is so drawn to the likes of Haseo and Tri-Edge and what it meas for her to experience "true death".

Characters

Trivia

CELL occurs at the same time as .hack//Roots and many events from the novel also occur in the anime.

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-'''.hack//CELL''' is a novel originally featured in [[GU: The World|.hack//G.U. The World ]]. It was later released by it's self in both Japan and America.
+'''.hack//CELL''' is a novel originally featured in [[GU: The World|.hack//G.U. The World]]. It was later released by itself in both Japan and America. Tokyopop acquired the rights to publish .hack//CELL in English, and the first volume was released on March 2, 2010, with the second being released on November 30, 2010.
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 ==Story==
+* '''Volume 1:'''
+''"Average high-school student Midori Shinomura falls mysteriously ill. While she wastes away in a hospital, she learns of another Midori---a fighter of terrible skill in the online game known as The World."''
+"''There is a strange and close connection between both Midori Shinomura and game-Midori. With the sanity of both girls on the line, game-Midori will try to solve the mysteries of her past, and perhaps save the real-world Midori in the process."''
-CELL is about an [[Edge Punisher]] named [[Midori]], who roleplays as a "professional victim", charging players GP in exchange for the opportunity to attempt to [[PK]] her without resistance.  She encounters [[Haseo]], on his search for [[Tri-Edge]] prior to the events of [[Rebirth|.hack//GU: Rebirth]].
+* '''Volume 2:'''
-Tokyopop acquired the rights to publish .hack//CELL in English, and the first volume was released on March 2, 2010.
+''"Female Edge Punisher Midori discovers that she was created from the strong will of a girl in the real world, Midori Shinomura, who is fighting a losing battle against a mysterious sickness."''
+''"When the death of one means the death of the other, it' a race against time as in-game Midori and her allies try to unravel the secret behind the mysterious sickness. With danger lurking at every turn and non-stop action, The World R:2 is more than a game for Midori. It's life and death!"''
-===The Ending World===
+---
-'''Vol. 1'''
+CELL is about an [[Edge Punisher]] named [[Midori]], who roleplays as a "professional victim", charging players GP in exchange for the opportunity to attempt to [[PK]] her without resistance. She encounters [[Haseo]], on his search for [[Tri-Edge]] prior to the events of [[Rebirth|.hack//GU: Rebirth]].
-The reader is introduced to an unknown female character surrounded in a world of darkness. The character slowly begins to learn, or "remember", basic functions, like moving and soon finds its way to a door of light with she then bathes in. Some time after, the character awakes in an unknown area of [[The World]], where she is introduced to all the visual data the area offers. The character is able to analyze and categorize the data, and, after enough had been compiled, began to visualize her surroundings. In an unknown plain, it becomes clear that the character is not alone as cries are heard off into the distance. Taking a look, the female character catches sight of [[Azure Flame Kite | "Tri-Edge"]] battling against an AIDA-Infected Player Character. Upon dispatching the character, the scene showing many more bodies lying about, "Tri-Edge" warps out of the area, leaving the female character by herself.
+The first novel explores the lives of both Midori as they go about their days. In-game Midori finds that she has trouble remembering her past and her life outside of The World, while real-world Midori explores the possibility of her never leaving the hospital. She only carries the one thought as her body becomes progressively weaker: "I don't want to die."
-After a brief description of "The World" and it's features, the reader is shown a battle taking place between an [[Edge Punisher]] and a [[Twin Blade]]. The Edge Punisher is introduced as "[[Midori]]", a player character in the world who assumes the role of a "Professional Victim" and soon later introducing her manager, [[Adamas]], a [[Blade Brandier]] acquaintance. After the match, [[Bordeaux]] shows up to investigate Midori and starts a battle, enticing all of the audience members to join in. The battle is cut short thanks to the intervention of [[Haseo]], causing Bordeaux to flee from the area. Haseo begins interrogating Midori about her knowledge of Tri-Edge. Unreluctant to bestow any information about the character, Haseo challenges her to a professional victim match in hopes of making her relinquish her knowledge.
+Volume 2 delves deeper into why Game-Midori exists, her purpose, and why she is so drawn to the likes of Haseo and Tri-Edge and what it meas for her to experience "true death".
-Haseo manages to land a clean hit on Midori, and they end the battle there. Soon after, the two are relacing under a tree, and Midori begins to explain what she knows about Tri-Edge, which turns out to be very little. The reader is shown that Midori holds hazy, traumatic memories of the character, yet yearns to meet the character once more, albeit for different reasons than Haseo. The chapter ends with Midori shouting encouragement to noobies on the field.
-'''Vol. 2'''
-'''Vol. 3'''
-'''Vol. 4'''
-'''Vol. 5'''
-'''Vol. 6'''
-===[[Infinite Liberation]]===
 ==Characters==
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 *[[Midori Shimomura]]
 *[[Negimaru]]
+*[[Phyllo]]
 *[[Sakaki]]
 *[[Silabus]]
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 ==Trivia==
 *CELL occurs at the same time as [[Roots|.hack//Roots]] and many events from the novel also occur in the anime.
-[[category: .hack Conglomerate]]
+[[Category:.hack Conglomerate]]
-[[category: Novels]]
+[[Category:Novels]]