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    • SteelblaiddS
      Steelblaidd Member
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      Sorry to tell you but How NOT to Summon is not a triangle.

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      • Paul NebelingP
        Paul Nebeling Premium Member @Steelblaidd
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        @steelblaidd Diablo, Shera, Rem. They might have started with arguing about who summoned him, but now they've pretty well got him wrapped around their fingers.

        Or try

        spoiler

        That one's going to get interesting.

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        • myskarosM
          myskaros Staff @Paul Nebeling
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          @paul-nebeling I think @Steelblaidd is trying to tell you that the love polygon is going to gain more sides :v

          Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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          • Rahul BalagganR
            Rahul Balaggan Staff @myskaros
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            @myskaros in my opinion he has already gained more love followers, Alicia definitely was in a daze (more then just finding out the demon lords true objective is to eat all biscuits m) after seeing Diablo fight owl Ossan

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            • Paul NebelingP
              Paul Nebeling Premium Member @Rahul Balaggan
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              @rahul-balaggan Quite possible. It's not a big jump from a triangle to a harem.

              spoiler

              YMMV

              As for Diablo and Alicia, I'm putting a little more bank on the spoiler triangle, but that could all wind up lumped together in a big rom-com mess.

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              • smashman42S
                smashman42 Premium Member @Paul Nebeling
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                @paul-nebeling said in Let's talk about Light Novel Love Triangles:

                While far less common than harems, these can be considerably more intense than harems.

                Generally agree with that. Much easier to flesh out characters if you're focusing on less of them.

                Then all the same arguments on harem definitions can be made for triangles - true triangles, unwanted triangles, one sided from one point of the triangle's POV, etc

                Edit: Couldn't New Life+ be added to the J-NC list, at least in the most open definition of a triangle. Unless it is known that Renya gets more women dumped on him each volume or something to make it a harem instead?

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                  Hyferzftw @Terrence
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                  @terrence saw the anime without reading the LN I really like it.
                  @Paul-Nebeling I totally agree with your perspective of a love triangle. I sometimes like seeing the underdog win aswell as sometimes they truly try their hardest to get noticed and at the end they manage to win. Those kind of endings for the most are rare. At least that’s the way I’ve seen it play out like.

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                    Paul Nebeling Premium Member @smashman42
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                    @smashman42 Yeah, the main three of New Life + did remind me of How NOT to Summon's main three excerpt that Shion hasn't shown the interest/dependence on Renya that Shera has with Diablo. But yeah, that's a triangle that I missed completely.

                    Also,

                    spoiler
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                      jampodevral Premium Member @Paul Nebeling
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                      @paul-nebeling

                      spoiler

                      I just like well written romantic plots. Preferably without the 'You were kind to me one time when we were 5 and we didn't meet again for ten years' trope.
                      Way overplayed imho.

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                      • SteelblaiddS
                        Steelblaidd Member @Paul Nebeling
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                        @paul-nebeling
                        I've seen through Volume 5. Lots more sides.

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                        • SteelblaiddS
                          Steelblaidd Member @Paul Nebeling
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                          @paul-nebeling
                          Between the two series they map better to the girl with the other initial. I.e. Rem to Shion.

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                          • smashman42S
                            smashman42 Premium Member @Steelblaidd
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                            @steelblaidd said in Let's talk about Light Novel Love Triangles:

                            @paul-nebeling
                            Between the two series they map better to the girl with the other initial. I.e. Rem to Shion.

                            But Shion and Shera are the ditzy two, where Rem & Rona are more serious. Unless you mean purely physically (blond & stacked vs brunette & not stacked)

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                            • Paul NebelingP
                              Paul Nebeling Premium Member @Steelblaidd
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                              @steelblaidd The more the merrier. This should be fun since Diablo has like zero social skills.

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                              • Paul NebelingP
                                Paul Nebeling Premium Member @Steelblaidd
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                                @steelblaidd I agree with @smashman42. The physical appearances are swapped between the girls. Rona and Rem are somewhat different in both role and personality, although the both were hiding something.

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                                  paulnamida @Paul Nebeling
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                                  @paul-nebeling It IS extremely fun, specially certain scene at the start of volume... 6 I think??I was laughing so hard at that part xD. I'd say his social skills have recently hit zero. They were negative at the start of the series.

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                                  • SteelblaiddS
                                    Steelblaidd Member @paulnamida
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                                    @paulnamida said in Let's talk about Light Novel Love Triangles:

                                    @paul-nebeling It IS extremely fun, specially certain scene at the start of volume... 6 I think??I was laughing so hard at that part xD. I'd say his social skills have recently hit zero. They were negative at the start of the series.

                                    At some point he's going to have to expand his response repertoire. Probably about the same time he realizes that he is now that guy in a relationship that he really hates.😈

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                                    • Paul NebelingP
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                                      Well, I've got a new (and somewhat infamous) triangle to watch: Subaru, Emilia and Rem

                                      Is re:Zero a Kadokawa title?

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                                      • Rahul BalagganR
                                        Rahul Balaggan Staff @Paul Nebeling
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                                        @paul-nebeling yes sir it’s a media factory property.

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                                          Hyferzftw @Paul Nebeling
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                                          @paul-nebeling I want Emilia to win.

                                          spoiler
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                                            smashman42 Premium Member @Hyferzftw
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                                            @hyferzftw said in Let's talk about Light Novel Love Triangles:

                                            @paul-nebeling I want Emilia to win.

                                            Edit: Snipped the spoiler as it was breaking my spoiler

                                            I dislike the shipping war stuff but it is funny watching people flip out about it.

                                            spoiler
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