@pcj said in What are some good English language web novels you've enjoyed and would recommend?:

@ephidiel said in What are some good English language web novels you've enjoyed and would recommend?:

i'd recommend The Godkings Legacy by Virlyce

You can either buy the completed Volumes on Amazon or read on their website

I've been reading this on and off for several months now. It's really really good, but holy cow are some parts of it hard to read (for the cringe factor). And by cringe I don't mean doing cringey stuff, I mean "How the hell can someone actually be that stupid? That makes me cringe. Wait, what the hell, that actually worked? Of course it did, she's a squirrel." This entire novel series is so utterly over the top... of course, that's what makes it fun. :-)

i actually bought the first three volumes in print because its dumb fun and i like to support writers like Virlyce

@kevin-s said in Honest question. Why does J novel club request web novel take downs while at the same time haveing a web novel discussion forum?:

@jon-mitchell said in Honest question. Why does J novel club request web novel take downs while at the same time haveing a web novel discussion forum?:

I'd have to dig for it - but there was another forum thread about fan translations and if they are a 'net good' or not...

Are you thinking of this one, perchance? (I assume it's come up more than once, though.)

indeed - 2019/2020 about fan translations - I think the market has changed even since then

Web Novel is different from the Light Novel.

Changes had been made going from WN to LN.

For example, , vol 9-10 are LN original and doesn't exist in the WN.

Ok, thanks.
I read on another topic that JNC doesn't translate WN but only LN (at least for now), so I wasn't sure what it meant.

@georgemto said in Do you want to try read an Chinese Novels:

@jon-mitchell That $35 price is for the cost of the entire series I think. I read SCOG back when it was still translating, so such an option didn't exist. Amazon is asking $5 per volume, with 3 currently listed. According to another post on wuxiaworld, there will be at least 5 volumes.

Which then would make more sense to buy them individually. 5 books for 5 each makes 25. So 35 would be a markup.

@lily-garden No worries! I love being able to share it too, especially since it may not be published.

Anyway, on my nth read of this I just realized that the timeline between Paul pov and Simeon pov are a bit wonky. After the city chase, it's 2 days until Paul meet Marielle again, then after that Paul went to get Milene's approval to publish, and do a whole lot of things until the book is ready to sell. It probably would take weeks. I don't believe it took that long for Poisson to meet Simeon again and laugh at him about the "mission", lol.

Love what a good kid Marielle is. This prequel is reinforcing that her self-deprecation isn't how people would see her objectively though. From the pov of a commoner, she still counts as rich and privileged. And her grandfather being the chancellor in a university where Simeon's father probably works at means her social connection to the Flauberts is not as distant as she thought.

As mentioned before, there are about 20 side stories exclusive to the web novel version. Most are written from the perspective of characters other than Nanalie, such as Rockmann, Nikeh, Benjamine, and Zenon. Nanalie has 3 perspectives, one of which I've summarized below.

Obligatory disclaimer: My Japanese is seriously pitiful, so there may be errors.

Side story: Fifth Grade (Nanalie's perspective)

http://ncode.syosetu.com/n2056dv/145/ (part 1)
http://ncode.syosetu.com/n2056dv/146/ (part 2)

This particular side story was written to promote the manga, so it's more of a fluff story and not really representative of the other WN side stories. There are no new revelations here beyond that Nanalie is oblivious to Russ' crush on her and Rockmann delivered comeuppance to the guy who injured Nanalie.

Also, it's a bit of a running joke in the side stories that Nanalie is frequently likened to a wild animal by various people. According to Zenon, the other aristocrat kids used to make bets when Rockmann was going to "tame" her. Rockmann himself thinks there are only two animals which cannot be tamed: the volcano-dwelling wolf and Hel. (Just like Nanalie always thinks of him as Rockmann instead of his first name, he always refers to her as Hel.)

@TeoPadilla Item 3 was the big one for me.

@Florence-Carsula - I realize this is a really old post, but it intrigued me. Does 'love triangle' mean any arrangement of three (or more) people?

A loves B, C love B, B loves A

A loves B & C, B loves A & C, C loves A & B

A loves C, B loves C, C is superdense and doesn't realize that anyone loves C

Or is it supposed to reference only circular arrangements:

volume 2 is up
kindle version is up on Amazon, of direct from tentai

Chapter 17 Up! https://tapas.io/episode/1864072

I'm playing around with writing a new web novel using this technology. Trying to find the best way to use the tool is pretty interesting. Translating a post to Japanese is taking about 3 hours right now... but that is mostly me searching for optimal translation rather than dumping it in and just posting whatever comes out.

@shrike_al said in The Honeyfeed Website:

Curious about these guys. Where the hell did they come from?

looks like to English arm of Qdopp. A Japanese site for posting self written works, fan fiction, forums about anime/LN/Manga etc.

@saffire
Going Back and Forth Between Earth and The Other World with Space Time Magic

That is the title.

I've read the WN up to ch 17 which got a little difficult (weird) to read. I've been reading the LN and am currently in the middle of vol 9. I prefer how the MC meets with Zena in the WN, but the LN version is ok. As for Sera, either one works for me since the main parts of the arc are pretty similar. Can't wait until they get to labyrinth city. I can appreciate the differences between the WN and LN. The are similar, but different enough that I don't get too bored reading both.

@rahul-balaggan thanks for quick and clean answer. You are a fine man , sir.

The one which comes to mind, since I just read it myself recently, is in Ascendance Of A Bookworm. In the webnovel, the scene where Myne introduces parue-cakes to Lutz's family is from Lutz's point of view, while in the light novel, it's from Myne's. Same events, but we actually see Myne's thought processes as she tries out the parue, but we also lose out on the brief mention that Lutz and his brothers were very worried about Myne trying to cook on a hot stove.

Also there's the part where Myne is extremely angry about her destroyed clay tablets, which was from the viewpoint of Myne's father in the webnovel, but from Myne's viewpoint in the light novel. The webnovel version mostly dealt with the aftermath (since Myne's father was not actually at the scene of the incident), while the light novel version described how it happened.