We are not twiddling our thumbs, I assure you.
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It's only a virtual world, I realize, but thoughts turn into reality, so the world I abandoned by resetting might have remained engulfed by evil.
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The .hack//G.U. Novels retell the tale of an Adept Rogue named Haseo, known infamously as "The Terror of Death", and his hunt for the enigmatic PKer known as Tri-Edge, as the story was originally conceived. The novels present a version of .hack//G.U. similar to what was seen in the prototype trailer. The first volume, The Terror of Death, was released in Japan on April 1st, 2007. The second volume, Borderline MMO, was released July 1st. The third volume, Harald's Archetype, was released October 1st. The final volume, titled 8-Dimensional Thoughts, was released on April 1st, 2008. Volume 2 was released in English on February 2, 2010.
Volumes
The Terror of Death
Borderline MMO
Harald's Archetype
8-Dimensional Thoughts
Trivia
The novel uses the original plan for the games as a basis. Even so, there are changes that make the novels unique. For instance, a edit made to increase playability or cinimatics wouldn't have as much importance, leaving more room for the original story.
The Avatars manifest themselves as weapons to be used by the Epitaph User at their whim, instead of a physical "Phase" such as Avatar Skeith. Based on contextual descriptions, as well as illustrations, these Avatar Weapons seem to have designs based on those of the Lost Weapons.
In the English release of volume 1, Kuhn is portrayed as a Lord Partizan. However, during a meeting between Haseo, Kuhn, and Atoli at Arche Koeln in volume 2, he is acclaimed as a Steam Gunner, as he is in the games.