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Vivian55 said:
Hi Jueony and everyone :)

I want to buy these two books, but I want to know your opinion on them. Jueony, especially you, I think you have good knowledge of Japanese manga art books. Are these good? There aren't many manga watercolor "how to books". I am very interested in manga drawing in watercolors.

SSイラストメイキングブック~SS illust making book~水彩 vol.01

SSイラストメイキングブック ~SS illust making book~ 線画・モノクロ vol.01
First of all, I'm not an expert and All I know about those books are just Amazon reviews. So my opinion could be 100% wrong.

About the first book.
There are 10 reviews on Amazon Japan, and it has 3 stars.
According to the reviews, it's mainly focused on analog coloring. But there are some final editing process by digital software such as photoshop.

Even users who gave bad scores to it said 'if you like the art style of the cover image, it's not a bad choice to buy it.' So I guess if you like the art style, you may like the book. And I agree that it's a pretty rare tutorial book.

About the second book.
I googled about this one, but I couldn't find any reviews.
The only thing I could find is some sample images
https://otaku.com/products/42433
There is not much info about it, so I can't tell you whether it's good or bad.