.hack//Another Birth

.hack//Another Birth  
Author(s) Miu Kawasaki
Illustrator Kazunori Itō
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Series .hack
Genre(s) Science fiction
Media type Print (paperback)
ISBN 1598164473
OCLC Number 70272096
LC Classification

.hack//Another Birth (.hack//もうひとつの誕生 dotto hakku//Mō Hitotsu no Tanjō?) is a novelization of .hack, the video game series for the PlayStation 2. Whereas .hack is told from Kite's perspective, Another Birth is told from BlackRose's perspective.

Plot

The Story follows the original four .hack video games except, through BlackRose's perspective instead of Kite's. When her younger brother, Fumikazu, falls into a coma while playing The World, Akira decides to figure out the cause and begins to play The World where she meets the Kite.

Chapters

No. Title Japanese release English release
1 Infection February 2004
ISBN 1598164473
June 13, 2006
ISBN 978-1598164473
  • 1.BlackRose Sets Foot on The World
  • 2.Encounter Attack
  • 3.A Bolt from the Blue
  • 4.Bullying and the White Room
  • 5.Everything Goes Wrong
  • 6.Crush
  • 7.The Next Stage
2 Mutation August 30, 2004
ISBN 1598164481
October 10, 2006
ISBN 978-1598164480
  • 1.File "DD"
  • 2.Scattered Epitaph
  • 3.My Will
  • 4.Its Name Is Cubia
  • 5.Fellow
  • 6.He Showed Us the Way
  • 7.Mutation
3 Outbreak May 29, 2005
ISBN 4044199078
February 7, 2007
ISBN 159816449X
  • 1.After the Network Crisis
  • 2.She Became Complicated
  • 3.It Broke Bounds
  • 4.Gathering
  • 5.The Outside and the Inside
  • 6.Harald's Rule
  • 7.Thank You, Friends
4 Quarantine November 2005
ISBN 4044199086
July 10, 2007
ISBN 1427801126
  • 1.The Entrustment of Hope
  • 2.Mia's True Character
  • 3.Each Resolution
  • 4.Beginning of a Long Night
  • 5.Disposition
  • 6.Twilight
  • 7.Another Epilogue