@lily-garden said in So I'm a spider, So what?:

Two points:

Those of you who talked about the end of the WN please put your comments on the final battle under spoilers; some prefer not to know such things so we can read the LN with fresh eyes

I believe that author has written in the afterword about how huge chunks of the story were rewritten from the WN, such as the section with the ice dragon in the Mystic Mountains. Therefore, it could be that the end is significantly different from what it is in the WN

@thegrimlich said in So I'm a spider, So what?:

@poisonedbite So what you're saying is, it's entirely possible — and, in fact, probable — that the LN has not only diverged in details, but also in plot, from the WN?

Let me help you out here. Everything after the Araba fight is different. Like, alternate universe/different timeline different. You get the same major plot points but that's about it. They're basically different stories and should both be read.

Ok, I will be honest and upfront, I DON'T like Rudy. He's still just a selfish perverted old man in the body of a young man, that the women in his life put up with his nonsense can only be explained one way, they want his power for their children. Sylphiette is a doormat, Roxy is impressed by his power and has confidence issues, and Eris is just stupid.
I think what really ruined him for me was when he just stood there and watched as a young beastgirl was raped and beaten to death in from of him. He was not helpless or powerless, he just decided her life wasn't worth his time. Compare that to how Ruijerd and Eris react when a child is in danger, they burst into violent action. His attitude towards slavery also pisses me off but that's another topic.
If the other people in the LN weren't interesting (Eris and Roxy), I wouldn't read it at all.

It's almost certainly never getting another volume.
But I also don't think it ended in a particularly bad place. There was a good climax, and a very fundamental part of the backstory was made pretty clear as well. The overall plot was obviously not concluded but it wasn't like there was a massive cliffhanger.

@georgemto I guess good books and good business sense don’t always go together.

Somewhere between nil and none honestly. I don't recall seeing any actual sales data, but I believe I remember Sam mentioning that it was a title that they expected to do better than it did.

Which doesn't mean they lost money on it mind you, but it doesn't encourage funding a physical release.

@wellwisher Thank you,
I looked at the changes in volume 1 to 3 and the second link.
Have yet to look at all of the changes. Need to be careful, since accepting any small Censorship might be a snowball rolling down a hill. <--- Paraphrasing.
pretty much not sure how I feel about the original Changes,
Will be looking in the link Lily Garden linked me, and look at the other changes when I can, and then either just buy the kindle version that had their Censorship fixed. While Buying volume 10 and physical possibly.

@weasalopes Well he did take off his helmet and he does take off his armor to get it repaired so... not showing his face is part of the gag about him.

@weasalopes True, a rushed job is a poor job, measure twice, cut once. It is fun to speculate where the author can or will go next. I did find Demon Lord to be a little sad, as far as a story goes. I felt sorry for Shera, she loves Diablo and Rem but being an Elf, she will see them grow old and die while she remains relatively young (thus I reject the idea she's only 16 in Elf years, by human standards she's still a baby, would make more sense if she was 60 and just got tired of the forest and her brother's abuse). I did find it enlightening when Silvie admitted that while Grasswalkers stay young looking all their lives they are still aging on the inside.
But where can the author go next? Diablo has defeated anyone who was a threat, and the author could have just had a happy ending where Diablo starts a family with Shera and Rem, Horn and Lumachina come later, but no. He sends him and Kleb to another world? I hope this means he has some good story ideas for Diablo.

How adult are you wanting? Because there's always Fakku books.

@windsagio said in No Adult Light Novels Anywhere:

@kurosov On the flip side, Amazon's bad enough on removing works without notice or sufficient explanation, I don't blame publishers for shying away.

You don't just give up on what is far and away the largest market if you wanna make much money.
As to the other adult content, I'm sure it's how they have them categorized. Amazon specifically seems to treat LN's under YA fiction rules, rightly or wrongly.

I expect this is so. After all, there are plenty of smut writers on amazon.

@kurzaa said in Any kindle ebook reader here? I‘m thinking of buying a kindle:

I like my stepdads 3rd gen Kindle, but considering upgrading to a smaller form factor (no keyboard, touch screen) mostly for the screen light. Currently on sale for Valentine's day.

My biggest issue with a Kindle reader however, is I can't read j-novel pre-published translations. So I have a Fire 8 (the 7s screen resolution sucked, only 1gb of ram, and it felt slow) on order, though I will need to hack it to load the play store for access to the j-novel app, which doesn't appear to be in the app store.

You can also read the prepubs in a web browser (Chrome, Safari), though I don't know if the bundled Fire browser will work for that. I had a 7 years ago and the "silk" browser was pretty bad.

@sniper_samurai
The two most recent of Der Werwolf (15 came out in December). Also in the same situation is Average Abilities 14 by Seven Seas (they have it on the calendar but given how many times they’ve delayed it as well as the Arifureta 12 listing it can’t be trusted).

I honestly don't know that the ties to Kadokawa would help on the financial side at all, it's not like those costs change at all. What it might do is let them be able to actually pitch the idea rather than having the door closed in their face and maybe make a more compelling argument as they'd be able to use in house data that maybe can't be made public.

@harmlessdave I assume they're referring to Shueisha/Viz/MangaPlus's decision not to publish certain chapters of Ayakashi Triangle.

@windsagio Cecilia's first encounter with her prince was more entertaining than Katarina's...

@matti said in There Was No Secret Evil-Fighting Organization (srsly?!), So I Made One MYSELF!:

Do we know the reason for it? First volume got top reviews both in Japanese and in English sites. Why axe a good series? Because failed marketing?

We don't know, but poor sales is the reason behind most axes. Unfortunately, "good" and "profitable" are not synonims, and there are plenty examples of that.

@Argonometra I assume you're talking about buddhist manthra bathing scene? It is very mild by LN standards, so that's definitely not the case, not to mention that both volumes are still up for sale. Moreover, japanese branch seem to not care about that, and doesn't delist much worse "offenders" like,for example, 伯爵家女中伝, where some scenes are not -ish by any stretch of imagination.

@windsagio

NO! Never, EVER ask "What could be worse? Murphy's Law WILL activate.