User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 6/@comment-26345952-20160821011759/@comment-9595671-20160821015618

I think the one advantage the manga gives us is that it'll likely show actual pictures of characters the light novel may look like since a lot of them at this point can't or may not get one.

If I remember right, didn't Venelana have her appearance first revealed in the manga?