Report: Kuro Kuro - Black Chronicle

Volume 1:

• Page 001:

For the front and back cover, I used resources posted by the author on his Pixiv, Fanbox and Twitter pages to recreate everything from scratch. There are some slight differences, but I preferred to keep it that way for aesthetic reasons.

Now everything is in high resolution, and with a much higher quality.

Font used to recreate the logo: Compacta Black
Font used to recreate the author name: 何尼玛-昭和体

• Page 002-1:

For this page, I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page to recreate everything from scratch.

Font used to recreate the logo: Compacta Black

• Page 002-2:

This page is just a slightly altered version of the previous page. An image posted by the author on his Fanbox page was also used for the editing.

• Page 003:

On this page I just recreated the base for the text. The text itself is still the same as the one used in the raw.

Font used in the word "contents": Compacta Black

• Page 040:

On this page I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page to change one of the frames on the page. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 094:

On this page I used two images posted by the author on his Fanbox page to recreate a new page; I basically interconnected the two images. I also removed the censor bars used in the image. Since the page has been replaced as a whole, the resolution is higher than the default resolution of the original version.

• Page 099:

On this page I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page to change one of the frames on the page.

• Page 102-1:

On this page I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page to change one of the frames on the page. A color image was used as a base, different from the original version which was in black and white.

• Page 102-2:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 110-2:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page.

• Page 111:

On this page I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page to change one of the frames on the page. 

Volume 2:

• Page 001:

For the front and back cover, I used resources posted by the author on his Pixiv, Fanbox and Twitter pages to recreate everything from scratch. There are some slight differences, but I preferred to keep it that way for aesthetic reasons.

Now everything is in high resolution, and with a much higher quality.

Font used to recreate the logo: Compacta Black
Font used to recreate the author name: 何尼玛-昭和体

• Page 002:

For this page, I couldn't find any similar images posted by the author, so I used the original page's own image as a base. As the quality wasn't very good, I used the Real-ESRGAN algorithm to improve the quality a bit, and I also had to use the left side of the character's hair to recreate the right side, which was cut.

Font used to recreate the logo: Compacta Black

• Page 003:

On this page I just recreated the base for the text. The text itself is still the same as the one used in the raw.

Font used in the word "contents": Compacta Black

• Page 029:

On this page I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page to change one of the frames on the page. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 034-2:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page.

• Page 034-3:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page.

• Page 034-4:

For this new added image, I used two images posted by the author on his Fanbox page as the base. I also removed the censor bars used in the images.

• Page 049:

On this page I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page to change one of the frames on the page. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 068-2:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page.

• Page 068-3:

For this new added image, I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page as the base. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 068-4:

For this new added image, I used two images posted by the author on his Fanbox page as the base. I also removed the censor bars used in the images.

• Page 070-2:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page.

• Page 071:

On this page I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page to change one of the frames on the page. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 101-2:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page.

• Page 101-3:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page.

• Page 108:

This page has been replaced by a version posted by the author on his Fanbox page. I also removed the censor bars used in the image. Since the page has been replaced as a whole, the resolution is higher than the default resolution of the original version.

• Page 127:

For this page, I used two images posted by the author on his Fanbox page to create a new image and replace a frame on the page. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 131-1:

For this page, I used two images posted by the author on his Fanbox page to create a new image and replace a frame on the page. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 131-2:

For this new added image, I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page as the base. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 133-2:

For this new added image, I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page as the base. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 133-3:

For this new added image, I used two images posted by the author on his Fanbox page as the base. I also removed the censor bars used in the images.

• Page 138:

For this page, I used two images posted by the author on his Fanbox page to recreate the image used as a replacement. I also removed the censor bars used in the image. Since the page has been replaced as a whole, the resolution is higher than the default resolution of the original version.

• Page 145:

On this page I used an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page to change one of the frames on the page. I also removed the censor bars used in the image.

• Page 151:

This page was a little peculiar as I had two images to work with, but it was kind of tricky to implement just one or both at the same time. One of the images was basically the same frame that was used on the original page, but with higher quality and mosaic removed. The second image was the same as the first, but with the tentacle removed (I also had to remove the censor bars in this image). If I only posted the second image, the frame would be incomplete, but if I only posted the first image, it would have almost no changes.

So I basically used the first image as the primary replacement, but I created a small frame using the second image as a base to show what was happening under the tentacle.

• Page 155:

This was another rather peculiar page to work on. The author has posted two versions of this page on his Fanbox page; one version was identical to the original version, but with higher resolution and higher quality, and a second version with several effects removed and again, without one of the tentacles, allowing a better view of the scene. 

I tried to do the same as I did on page 151, but the result was not very good. So I tried to merge the two versions of the page into one, but with some of the effects under the tentacles slightly transparent. The result was average, but I thought the uncensored part lost a lot of focus, so I ended up not opting for this version.

In the end I decided to use a version where I merged the two versions of the page into one, but instead of making the effects under the tentacles slightly transparent, I removed the effects completely. It wasn't perfect, but at least that way the uncensored part gained a little more focus in the scene.

• Page 165-2:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Fanbox page.

• Page 165-3:

This newly added page was based on an image posted by the author on his Pixiv page.