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'''''Yumi and the Nightmare Painter''''' is a stand alone Cosmere novel, told as an in-world story by [[Hoid]] about the [[yoki-hijo]] [[Yumi]] and the [[nightmare]] [[painter]] [[Nikaro]] while Hoid was trapped on the planet [[Komashi]], where a [[Shard]] named [[Virtuosity]] [[Splinter|Splintered]] herself.{{wob ref|15473}}
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'''''Yumi and the Nightmare Painter''''' is the title of the third of the secret projects that are being released in 2023. It will be released in July 2023 as part of a [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson Kickstarter Campaign].{{ref|name=AnnouncementVideo}} This will be followed by a standard publishing release on October 3, 2023.{{url ref|url=https://www.amazon.com/Fall-2023-Tor-Title-Announced/dp/1250899699/|site=Amazon.com|text=''Yumi and the Nightmare Painter'' on Amazon|name=Amazon}} It is a cosmere novel set on two new worlds,{{wob ref|15415}} located near where a Shard named Virtuosity splintered herself.{{wob ref|15473}}
  
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''Yumi and the Nightmare Painter'' was the third of the secret projects released in 2023. It was released on July 1st, 2023 as part of a [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson Kickstarter Campaign].{{ref|name=AnnouncementVideo}} This will be followed by a standard publishing release on October 3, 2023.{{url ref|url=https://www.amazon.com/Fall-2023-Tor-Title-Announced/dp/1250899699/|site=Amazon.com|text=''Yumi and the Nightmare Painter'' on Amazon|name=Amazon}} The [[Dragonsteel Entertainment|Dragonsteel]] edition is illustrated by [https://aliyachen.com Aliya Chen].{{wob ref|15513}}
   
 
On March 17, 2022, Brandon released the first seven chapters, along with some brief commentary, which can be read [[bws:first-look-at-secret-project-3|on his website]] and listened to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFGDcvtRdz0 on his YouTube channel]. He also did a full spoiler Q&A about these preview chapters, which can be listened to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_DfnDkblNQ on his YouTube channel].
  
On March 17, 2022, Brandon released the first seven chapters, along with some brief commentary, which can be read [[bws:first-look-at-secret-project-3|on his website]] and listened to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFGDcvtRdz0 on his YouTube channel]. He also did a full spoiler Q&A about these preview chapters, which can be listened to [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_DfnDkblNQ on his YouTube channel].
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== Synopsis ==
  
== Synopsis ==
 
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Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares. When their lives suddenly become intertwined in strange ways, can they put aside their differences and work together to uncover the mysteries of their situation and save each other’s communities from certain disaster?
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Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a world of darkness, technology, and nightmares. When their lives suddenly become intertwined in strange ways, can they put aside their differences and work together to uncover the mysteries of their situation and save each other
 
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|Tor blurb {{ref|name=Amazon}} }}
   
 
== Summary ==
  
== Summary ==
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The story is set in two vastly disparate locations -- the city of Kilahito, in a world covered by a perpetual shroud of darkness, and the land of Torio, where the ground is extremely hot and humanity can only survive around geysers. In Kilahito, Nikaro, or Painter, works a thankless job as a nightmare painter, capturing nightmares that slink out of the shroud into the city to feed on the fear of its people. In Torio, Yumi is a travelling yoki-hijo, a rare priestess able to summon and command spirits that serve various necessary functions for Torio's inhabitants. Painter is beginning to feel ennui, and slowly realizing he needs to improve himself; Yumi feels trapped between her yearning to be free and her sense of responsibility as a yoki-hijo.{{wob ref|15473}}
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The story is set in two vastly disparate locations -- the city of [[Kilahito]], in a world covered by a perpetual [[shroud]] of darkness, and the land of [[Torio]], where the ground is extremely hot and humanity can only survive around geysers. In Kilahito, [[Nikaro]], or Painter, works a thankless job as a [[nightmare]] [[painter]], capturing nightmares that slink out of the shroud into the city to feed on the fear of its people. In Torio, Yumi is a traveling [[yoki-hijo]], a rare priestess able to summon and command [[hijo|spirits]] that serve various necessary functions for Torio's inhabitants. Painter is beginning to feel ennui, and slowly realizing he needs to improve himself; Yumi feels trapped between her yearning to be free and her sense of responsibility as a yoki-hijo.{{wob ref|15473}}
   
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One day, Yumi is contacted by a spirit from deep below, who asks her to help free them. She agrees and collapses. Around the same time, Painter tracks down and scares away a particularly powerful nightmare before feeling extremely tired and falling asleep.{{wob ref|15473}} When the two wake up, they realize they are now bound together. In Torio, Painter appears to others as though he was Yumi, while she herself is a disembodied spirit visible only to him; in Kilahito, their situation is reversed. They now must work together to learn each other's jobs and figure out what happened to tie them like this -- and how to stop it.{{wob ref|15474}}
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One day, Yumi is contacted by a spirit from deep below, who asks her to help free them. She agrees and collapses. Around the same time, Painter tracks down and scares away a particularly powerful nightmare before feeling extremely tired and falling asleep.{{wob ref|15473}} When the two wake up, they realize they are now bound together. In Torio, Painter appears to others as though he was Yumi, while she herself is a disembodied spirit visible only to him; in Kilahito, their situation is reversed. They now must work together to learn each other's jobs and figure out what happened to tie them like this--and how to stop it.{{wob ref|15474}}
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== Main Characters ==
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* [[Yumi]]
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* [[Nikaro]] (Painter)
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* [[Hoid]]
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* [[Design]]
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* [[Liyun]]
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* [[Akane]]
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* [[Tojin]]
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* [[Masaka]]
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* [[Izumakamo|Izzy]]
   
 
== Development ==
  
== Development ==
 
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|I�ve always wanted to dive into doing a story with some kind of fantastical job, or maybe two. Something cool (yet somehow still mundane) involving the sorts of work one could only do in a fantasy world.
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While the setting is a mix of Japanese and Korean influences, it was inspired mostly by Japanese media. The initial concept came from ''[[wikipedia:Hikaru no Go|Hikaru no Go]]'', which Brandon became familiar with through [[Peter Ahlstrom]]'s fan-translation. In it, a young boy finds a Go board haunted by an old master who offers to teach him the game -- hence a ghostly Painter teaching Yumi his craft, while ghostly Yumi teaches Painter hers. Additional inspiration came from ''[[wikipedia:Your Name|Your Name]]'', as well as ''[[wikipedia:Final Fantasy X|Final Fantasy X]]''. Yumi's name specifically is derived from Yuna, one of the protagonists of FFX.{{wob ref|15474}}
  
While the setting is a mix of Japanese and Korean influences, it was inspired mostly by Japanese media. The initial concept came from ''[[wikipedia:Hikaru no Go|Hikaru no Go]]'', which Brandon became familiar with through [[Peter Ahlstrom]]'s fan-translation. In it, a young boy finds a Go board haunted by an old master who offers to teach him the game -- hence a ghostly Painter teaching Yumi his craft, while ghostly Yumi teaches Painter hers. Additional inspiration came from ''[[wikipedia:Your Name|Your Name]]'', as well as ''[[wikipedia:Final Fantasy X|Final Fantasy X]]''. Yumi's name specifically is derived from Yuna, one of the protagonists of FFX.{{wob ref|15474}}
   
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== Trivia ==
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== Cover Gallery ==
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* The book will be illustrated by [https://aliyachen.com Aliya Chen].{{wob ref|15513}}
  
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* The book introduces a new shard, Virtuosity. They are one of the original sixteen.{{wob ref|15504}}
  
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== Interior Art ==
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{{for|/Interior art|a gallery of the book's interior art}}
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== Statistical Analysis ==
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{{for|/Statistical analysis|a full statistical analysis}}
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''Yumi and the Nightmare Painter'' consists of forty-one chapters and two epilogues. It has a total word count of ~110,000
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! Word Count
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| style="text-align:center" | ~110,000
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| Excluding postscript.
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! Page Count
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| style="text-align:center" | ~500
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! Chapter Count
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| style="text-align:center" | 43
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| Including epilogue.
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== Notes ==
  
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