Crystal Jewels Brawl

Crystal Jewels Brawl (クリスタルジュエル乱闘 Kurisutarujueru Rantō) is a book series created and written by Fujimori Kozue (富士森小鶴). It is part of the Crystal Jewels franchise that was published in Japan by SagaBooks from 1994 through 2003. It was also translated in Scholastic from 1995 to 2004 in English. There are two series of the Crystal Jewels Brawl franchise: one that starts in 1994 and ends in 1999, and the second that starts in 1999 and ends in 2003. The second series is called "Crystal Jewels Brawl X". During the translation of the novel series, there have been some edits done in the translation to be more kid friendly rather than the content being found as inappropriate to younger readers. This is one of the printed media to not be based on the video games.

Plot
The first part of the series, featuring a young boy, Alexander, and his younger sister, Retina, they are inspired by mysterious Crystal Monsters into becoming Crystal Brawlers in the Jarbon region. After getting their brawler license, they went out to explore the Crystal World by befriending Laxmore and his friends. Squishing inducts them around and told them about the medal and the fact that he was the medal holder's pet. With he, his sister, and some Crystal Brawlers and Monsters agree to team up with each other and defeat the Furious Five and Devil J whenever their mission is to get the Crystal Balls. However, Alexander and Retina ended up leaving their Crystal Monsters behind so they could defend the whole world.

In the second part, Tina is the main character of the series, where she and the Crystal Monsters have to collect all of the Crystal Balls around the Farko Region in order to free Iccryst, who is locked up in chains due to Devil J's strength of underground madness. Tina, and her new friend, Shiela, worked with the Crystal Monsters to free Iccryst and defeat Devil J with new powers while they have been trained by Marc, a Crystal Monster who was killed by Devil J before, and gave them the spirit to defeat Devil J and bring peace to the rest of the Crystal World. After the story, Tina and Shiela have met Alexander and Retina, and the rest of the Crystal Monster cast, and decided to unite to keep the Crystal World safe.

Development
Fujimori Kozue, writer of the series, and the illustrator, came up with the series back when he first saw the manga series. He decided to write his own fiction about the Crystal Jewels characters. But when his friends saw that his ideas are conventional, he decided to get it published. The first volume production have started in late 1993.

Characters

 * Alexander (Aton in Japanese): The 12-year-old character of the series, he is guided by Squishing and is currently the strongest Crystal Brawler in the Universe, along with Retina. He is also the strongest of the main characters, even stronger than Tina, of the next generation. He is currently in the Farko region holding his title as the Master Champion. He has brown eyes and white hair, and is taller than his sister. He wears blue jeans and a green hoodie with a "'91" sign on it.
 * Retina (Tonsha in Japanese): The 9-year-old girl of the series, and Alexander's sister. In her earlier appearances of the series, Retina seems to have a whiny and weak personality, and tends to get scared of Crystal Monsters. However, by the 15th volume, within her last notable appearance, Retina seems to take risks and take any risk to save her brother. She have black hair and brown eyes, and wears a dark colored dress with white stocking.
 * Squishing (Sukishingu in Japanese): A guiding Crystal Monster. He is also able to read minds. Squishing is also a notable Crystal Monster in the series due to his smartness, his sense of humor, and his strong wiliness to save the Crystal World. He is also with Alexander as a Crystal Monster to help him save the world with Retina.
 * Tina (Takisha in Japanese): The 15-year-old girl and the main character of the second series. She is as strong as Alexander, and wears a blue sleveless top and a darker green skirt. She is the leading character of Brawl X, and is trusty to her best friend, Shiela, as they promise to reach the top together. Tina is a strong willed person who will at any cost save Shiela from danger. Tina and Shiela have been best friends for so long and they are most trustworthy of each other.
 * Shiela (Sakura in Japanese): The 15-year-old girl and another main character of the second series. She is as strong as Retina. She is the leading character of Brawl X, and is trusty to her best friend, Tina, as they promise to reach the top together. Shiela is one of the original characters of the Crystal Jewels book series. As she tends to try her best to be the top, she seems to be falling behind from Tina at times, but she never gives up for what she believes in.