@c-ray it’s too late to call for consistency when you yourself point out that there’s any number of inconsistencies already. I mean, I’m pretty sure the Germanic spelling of Rozemyne herself would actually be Rosemein (but eh, I flunked my German GCSE decades ago and always have to picture “spiegelei” to remember which way around the ‘i’ and the ‘e’ go).

@shiroi-hane that's the viewty of Bewkworm

I think the conclusion I have come to is that, as a newly constructed name, it's pronounced however you want it to be pronounced. You could say I'm responsible for the name's creation, being the one to put the letters together in English for the first time, but it wouldn't be very meaningful for me to try to be like "It's objectively pronounced Ro↑ze ↓myne↑ and anyone who pronounces it otherwise is wrong." Likewise, it's not very meaningful to look to the Japanese, because Japanese names are almost universally pronounced differently from English names, and, for example, you wouldn't really learn much about how to pronounce Lutz or Gunther by looking at Ruttsu or Gyunta. Rozemyne is no different. The anime dub for Season 3 will no doubt have to dub Rozemyne (though of course they will have it written as Rosemain, or Rozemain at best). However, in that case it will be the dub director arbitrarily making a decision. There's no transcendental correctness or truth to the pronunciation that will be given by that - he is, just like me, just another dude.

In which case, I think only one conclusion can be made: There is no pronunciation for Rozemyne beyond what you think it is. It's a made-up name and English has inconsistent pronunciation rules for letters. The author can't give this psuedo-English name an objectively correct pronunciation, I can't give it an objectively correct pronunciation, and the dub director can't give it an objectively correct pronunciation.

A conclusion for Rozemyne's pronunciation can only possibly form through time and trends - through decades of people reading Rozemyne, pronouncing Rozemyne, and so on. I imagine that, much like names IRL, there will be different regions where some people pronounce it one way and other regions where some people pronounce it another way (much like the infamous "New York Mario"), but that's just how it goes. This will be a conclusion founded in oral history, rather than me arbitrarily deciding it must be pronounced one way, or anything arbitrary like that. Of course, I imagine the dub director's decision will have HUGE influence, as people mimic what they hear, but it only become meaningful through the following decades of use, rather than the decision itself.

tl;dr Ask me again in 30 years

@GeorgeMTO said in Telling Time in Ehrenfest:

the map in the books (also linked in the above linked primer) has Ehrenfest duchy adjacent to the Country Border Gate. While the other side of it isn't labelled, if it's not a country it's at least "foreign territory". I guess the fact that mana is necessary for farmland to continue, does mean it could simply be empty territory though.

It could be a floating country and beyond the gate is sky. It could be a dimension of it's own and the gates are like the teleportation circles. With the indications the country as a whole appears to be perfect circle it probably isn't a normal country with typical borders.

@Gamen said in Ascendance of a Bookworm Pt 2 Vol 1 (Manga) Discussion:

And Ferdinand's other attendants with sweat drops, presumably knowing the quarter's reputation.

I couldn't decide on that one myself... it's hard to tell if they are put off because they do actually know or if it's simply the idea of giving a commoner girl the quarters in the first place. I got the impression that the former director's proclivities weren't widely known - largely because someone that values intel the way Ferd does didn't seem to know - but you could very well be right.

In fact, as I'm thinking about it... if I didn't know what the real reason behind what he's doing was, then assuming they are just reacting to a commoner being rewarded in some way would be perfectly natural. It's great camouflage.

Either way, pulling in very subtle bits that we won't know about (if we haven't read the novels) for quite awhile into the scene in a way that pops out to anyone that does know already... just goes to show how well planned the manga is, to say nothing of the actual artwork itself.

@Revenent Okay yea that was fixed in the physical book.

@Tube Depending on the series, the catchup versions may or may not be fixed after they go up.

Hello,

Typically J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on new projects until they are ready to announce.

As such, if you are looking for any direct answer, one will mostly likely not be coming.

Sorry

As an aside, for what it is worth, the retailer rightstuf does occasionally do bundle sales on select titles, and Boowkorm has been featured in the past.

I understand it is not a box set, however it is a bundle deal.

Just putting it out there...

@Ludovico-Secondo

I have the book so it’s definitely out.

@Moonpie said in Equivalent time period of Bookverse:

@Gamen Yes, definitely hard to draw hard parallels where there is literal magic involved.

One thing I'd observe is that European pagan tradition closely linked the king with responsibility for maintaining the conditions necessary for the land to remain fertile. And that the king's fertility (capacity to have children) was symbolic of his fulfilment of that duty to the land. It's interesting to see this concept picked up - literally, via magic - in the Bookverse.

Ah, the Fisher King.

@jpwong I know, my brain's crazy sometimes :)

@Rahul-Balaggan Thanks for the beta link! I love how it has the Jp releases too!

Also, I have the sneaking suspicion that No matter how much space you have available right now, it won’t be enough. is going to end up being very correct. :/

@skybrian said in Speculative applications of magical technology:

It seems like it’s not a normal market, though, or it’s hidden somehow? We don’t hear about nobles selling their mana to get money, or people who need mana just buying some. There is no mana merchant, apparently? Most mana transfers seem to have something to do with government or politics.

Considering the cost of feystones and magic tools themselves a regular sale wouldn't make sense. It would likely be more a case of paying to have a loaned feystone topped up.

The functional magic tools not being sold easily and information how to top them up being secret would be the reason the Guildmaster couldn't have just have Frieda charging the guilds tools, saving money and keeping her alive without becoming a nobles mistress.

That'd just get the books impounded as containing agricultural "contaminants" based on where they're being shipped.

All hail lord Justusiculus!

@Rahul-Balaggan I've modified the topic name to be "Historical" instead of "Political," since that more accurately reflects what my original post was about and might make it less tempting for people to think it's an opportunity to air their own political philosophies.

@db0ssman , @crowdcontrol Don't forget the gaping wound that is ink development R&D.