Novel pick-up requests
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@terabyte Right, I'm just talking about their overall business model. I too think the NGNL situation is ridiculous, but since they have the exclusive license, we as consumers have no other option but to suffer their delays.
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@myskaros The other option left is to vote with our wallet I guess. I want to pick up NGNL to know how the story continues, when I saw the anime years ago I wasn't even aware LNs were a thing. But so far I haven't gotten the first 6 volumes given the whole situation. And I will probably wait until they catch up to the last volume released in Japan, which might never happen if they keep going like this. If it goes like that, I guess I'll just save my money and use them on something else :)
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@xftg123 On the matter of Mahouka, having Miyuki call "Onii-sama" by his first name instead of something like "Dear Brother" (apparently) might've also been a deterrent for already existing fans of the anime and/or available fanlations to give YP money.
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@doublemangekyo I have a lot of rude things I want to say in response to that stupid argument, but, in the interest of time and word count, I'll just settle with grow the fuck up. Note: this is in no way directed at you personally.
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@myskaros I have a lot of rude things I want to say in response to that stupid argument, but, in the interest of time and word count, I'll just settle with No, you grow the fuck up.
Note: this is in every way directed at you personally.Anyway, with that out of the way. One big problem with jap to eng translations is the way honorifics are used by the authors. In most circumstances, they are meant to show the closeness of the characters. In Mahouka's case,
without honorifics what you're currently reading is nothing more than an official fanfiction. I'm actually eager to hear from by bud, whose reading YP's TL, what that "professional" translator will pull off in the next volume, where the meaning behind the "onii-sama" will be explained.
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@mmkop said in Novel pick-up requests:
without honorifics what you're currently reading is nothing more than an official fanfiction. I'm actually eager to hear from by bud, whose reading YP's TL, what that "professional" translator will pull off in the next volume, where the meaning behind the "onii-sama" will be explained.
Very much this, the events that unfold in the Recollection arc, deal with the whole process in which "just Tatsuya" became "Onii-sama" in Miyuki's eyes. It HAS that much of a point. I'm not against localization. But she always acts so polite and reverent towards Tatsuya that her calling him by his first name simply seems out-of-character to me. Dear/Esteemed Brother would be a lot better, as it conveys better their relationship.
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Yen Press doesn't use honorifics that much in their series. Instead of using honorifics such as "-kun", "-san", etc, they replace it with "mister" or "miss" so it has more of a westernized appeal to it.
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I agree with @myskaros, as less than diplomatic as it was phrased. The sheer fetishization of certain elements of the Japanese language by some fans is insane and silly as hell. This isn't to say that it's quite possible in Mahouka's case that it was poorly done - but the way people focus on honorifics as so important so often makes me cringe.
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@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
The only thing I feel bad for with official translators, such as Yen Press, is that even though any LN series they get is licensed by them, people still find a way to look for illegal fan translations.
I only buy two titles from YP, and both of them have robust online discussions based on the latest fan translations, which are 6-9 volumes ahead of the official licensed translation.
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Could Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi get picked-up, the light novel is at 5 volumes currently, and I want to see it translated before it gets too far a head.
Synopsis: Mukouda Tsuyoshi, summoned from modern Japan to a different world of sword and magic.
He thought of what kind of a huge adventure was waiting for him, but actually, Mukouda is just a civilian who got caught in a 『Hero Summoning』!!
And that Mukouda’s base status shabby compared to the legitimate heroes(There’s even three of them!)……
On top of that, the king who summoned Mukouda and the rest were suspicious, and Mukouda left the castle by himself realizing 「Ah, this is the type that heroes would only be used」.
The only thing that Mukouda could rely on in this world is his unique skill 『Net Supermarket』――it can only order goods from modern Japan to the different world.
“It is not for combat, but if I use it properly, I might have no trouble living?”, Mukouda thought lightly, but actually――he found out that the modern「food」that he ordered would display ridiculous effects!
On top of that, ridiculous guys who were attracted by a different world’s food gathers……?!!
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@paul-nebeling which series are they?
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@xftg123 I would guess SAO and Mahouka?
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@aruseus493 makes sense. Also, definitely can't wait for the SOL Press licenses to come out :-).
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@aruseus493 @Xftg123 SAO and The Devil is a Part-Timer
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@paul-nebeling I knew it was SAO, but I never expected "Devil Is A Part Timer". Eh, YP's only 8 volumes behind by "Part Timer". But hey, you do you.
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It's surprising there are a lot of these "Obese character tries to become thin Isekai" stories lately. Here's another one, female focused.
Bookwalker
https://t.co/7iuOuOPB22?amp=1Syosetu
https://t.co/CKdgXaVfva?amp=1It's about a girl that is summoned into the world of a manga / anime as one of the cruel, mean countess' in a prince Charming story. Unfortunately, this character meets her demise early in the story. To try and counteract her demise, she is going to... Lose weight so she blends in with the other nice characters in the story? I don't really see how that is going to help her, but that's the gist I get.
I unfortunately don't have a good sense of what the name of this is.
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Japan is obsessed with it, from what I've heard from one or two folks who live there.
I mean, being fat isn't healthy (said as he is fat) but there are some INSANE things over there, and there is a really larg amount of actual hate for those who are overweight there.
Friend of mine had a tooth ache, went to a doctor. Doctor told him that going on a diet would help his tooth.
It's why I like the guy in Me, a Genius? At least he's portrayed as fairly smart and stable, even if he acts weird sometimes.
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Shinwa Densetsu no Eiyuu no Isekaitan(overlap)
Kaette Kita Motoyuusha(Pony Canyon books)
Isekai Shihai no Skill Taker ~Zero kara Hajimeru Dorei Harem(Kodansha)
World Teacher: Other World Style Education & Agent(overlap)
Seirei Gensouki ~Konna Sekai de Deaeta Kimi ni(Hobby Japan)
Wortenia Senki(Hobby Japan)
Saikyou Mahoushi no Inton Keikaku(Hobby Japan) -
A Mimic reincarnation one. Oooh.
https://bookwalker.jp/de6a22f11d-7fa1-4132-92c4-9da9bb8d5269/?acode=WpfPW3yk
If I noticed I was a treasure-box type monster - mimic.
Moreover, the surroundings are dungeons full of monsters, and adventurers will come when suddenly placed on the first floor of the basement!
What is already somehow, if I tried desperately to run away, my arms and legs grew something!
...... No, what am I supposed to do?This one is on Syosetu.
「美脚ミミック、ハルミさん ～転生モンスター異世界成り上がり伝説～」読んだ！ https://ncode.syosetu.com/n7374dz/ #narou #narouN7374DZ
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Lol, that looks great. Publisher?
