Novel pick-up requests
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@bloodygaikotsu as someone who prefers physical one billion times more then digital let me just say that when you run outta room for books and outta rook for more shelves it is just great that my digital bookshelf only takes up the space in my pants pocket.
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@bloodygaikotsu Not only is space an issue, but I have a family and a social life too. I’d rather not own a book of a middle-school girl lifting up her skirt.
Even as someone who owns every volume of Berserk, I’m kinda self-conscious about that stuff. -
I had an opinion I was going to share, but as I started writing a post I kept changing my mind like every other sentence, so I'll just contribute that yeah, it's rather complicated to want to, as a person, both conform to societal norms and support things that can be easily misconstrued as being socially deviant D:
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Luckily I was in a position to transform a large closet into a shelf, so even when I have people over no one opens a closet for no reason.
And when it comes to more “questionable content” I keep thy stuff in the attic, in a closet in the back
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I say Screw Social Norms (and screw Guilty Pleasures); be who you want to be, do what you want to do, buy what you want to buy. Be proud of the things you like for they are what makes you, YOU! You will always have people who will understand you wither that be your friends or family or some randos on the Internet.
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@drone205 But being who you are is always a dance. I love my job dearly but a lot of LN covers (and occult stuff I’m into) would freak out people I have as clients who come over to the apartment, so I’d rather obscure public focus on certain element of my self and instead shine the focus on more publicly acceptable stuff I also love.
That said, I went minimalist and got rid of almost all my physical media, so now there’s very little either direction for people to latch onto when they come over.
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@the-green-death I may have been a bit excessive for what I said. I do believe having a Public self and a Private Self is perfectly fine, but do not be afraid to be yourself; there are unfortunately people who think very lowly of themselves because of the things they like. using Anime and LN to help explain my point for because I can; I think one of the main themes for Nekomonogatari (White) is basically that as well. Hanekawa tries her best to be the "Perfect Model Student" but she is hiding her inner self even from her self. Hanekawa mixed colour hair and how she dyes it is a metaphor for this.
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@drone205 Absolutely agree with you then. I used to be inwardly embarrassed by what I liked and it caused a lot of sorrow. Now I don’t give a fuck and simply love what I love!
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It's been a while since I've dropped by, and I've come bearing a light novel.
Sengoku Komachi Kurou Tan
This light novel is about a girl who slipped in time of the Sengoku Era of Japan and must survive using her knowledge being under the rule of Nobunaga. What I know so far is that the Light Novel has 8 volumes so far and has a manga adaptation. And also, don't expect harems or gender benders like Oda Nobuna no Yabou, I kind of prefer a series with the history of the Sengoku Era with very little change.
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I have good news for twin-tails fans... just put in an offer for a series with a very twin-tailed heroine!
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@sam-pinansky said in Novel pick-up requests:
I have good news for twin-tails fans... just put in an offer for a series with a very twin-tailed heroine!
Hmm (goes sleuthing)...
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(Nah, wishful thinking, she's not "very" twin-tailed).
Hmm. Shall we try this one again perhaps. Volume 3 has 2 twin-tails.
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@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
Hmm. Shall we try this one again perhaps. Volume 3 has 2 twin-tails.
https://j-novel.club/forum-link-removedThat would be nice, I remember checking that LN out a while ago and I think it has some kind of world building/management like Realist Hero. Unless I recall wrong?
Psssst, volume 1 has twin-tails too ;)
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@terabyte said in Novel pick-up requests:
Psssst, volume 1 has twin-tails too ;)
Only 1 set of twins tails though.
Look at this! The glory!
https://bookwalker.jp/deabed4758-304d-4c8f-bc73-55f1a6e7a06a/?acode=WpfPW3yk
(Waits for someone to find a work with tons of twin tails on one cover).
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@terrence Oh... no...
The art is good, but it's all...
The story, characters development, strategies, etc.... nop. THIS IS REALLY BAD (but the zombie girl is cute) -
@zchronos as a Goban fan, the art is enough (LOL)
I agree that the manga is quite mediocre, but I don't find fair to judge a novel by its manga adaptation, for all we know the manga could be rushed as hell (it certainly seems like it). Unless you've already read the LN and are basing your opinion on that, in which case excuse my assumptions. That aside, I really like the illustrator so I'd be willing to give this series a chance.
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@the-green-death totally agree. People look at you differently after they catch you with one of those books.
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@sam-pinansky nooo!! The ponytail is the master race. I’ll probably end up reading it regardless tho to end my appease my boredom.
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So...am I the only one here who ain't so self-conscious about stocking manga and LNs in his room?
Like I have my NGNL besides my copy of 1984 and John Green box set doesn't sit too far and I share pics of my new books on my FB account where my family and IRL friends (who ain't into this) can see easily...so...am I weird?
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@rahul-balaggan
I know that but I find myself easily distracted holding an ebook compared to how I easily get immersed reading the physical copy.Well, that and I got collector mentality when it comes to books and comics (Japanese or not)
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I have a feeling that I will say somethign that will anger half of people here but I don't think I ever saw a decent character with twintail but for Ene and Michiru (based on the VN since I haven't watched the anime)
