Novel pick-up requests
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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)
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@BloodyGaikotsu I mean, I don't really get a lot of people visiting my apartment, but I just have all my manga sorted alphabetically, so Monster Musume and To-Love-Ru and other ecchi titles are mixed in with all the rest.
I also don't hide that I like reading manga/light novels and watching anime either. When people make faces I just ask them why it's any different from people who watch soaps or sports or Law & Order, or who read novels like Twilight or 50 Shades of Grey.
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I am not embarassed to stock titles in my room. I don't other than a few, but that's because I heavily prefer digital, so only get print when I have to. :)
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I don't go out of my way to tell others, but I don't care if they find out. Thought most of my manga/novels are digital anyway.
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I like when people take interest in my hobby. But I also feel like I have to, in turn, try to take interest in their novel novels (and I just literally don't have the time... Well, maybe if I got off social media I would; I probably should make, like, a 20 minute a night exercise of reading a Western novel, like Stephen King stuff). xC
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@terrence you could read western books that are just really good, made for fans or geeks, by a small or new author, or are obviously inspired by anime. if you go to Amazon and search for some Kindle books you will probably find some books that are made by western authors but would not be out of place if it was a LN. here are some examples of books that are not that far off form LN (I have not read them but purely based off of covers Title and synopsis these seem similar):
Dragons can be cute too! (100 Luck and the Dragon Tamer Skill!)
I'm a WHAAAT?! (I was reincarnated as a Magic Academy! Book 1)
The Slime Dungeon (The Slime Dungeon Chronicles Book 1)
Morningwood: Everybody Loves Large Chests (Vol.1)
if you look a the recommendations or the Customers also Bought under these books you will find more like this.
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@drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence you could read western books that are just really good, made for fans or geeks, by a small or new author, or are obviously inspired by anime.
http://www.fantasyliterature.com/author-interviews/jim-butcher/
How did you come up with the original idea for CODEX ALERA? We’ve heard rumours that it involved a bet on whether you could combine the Roman empire and Pokémon… is that true?
The bet was actually centered around writing craft discussions being held on the then-new Del Rey Online Writers’ Workshop, I believe. The issue at hand was central story concepts. One side of the argument claimed that a good enough central premise would make a great book, even if you were a lousy writer. The other side contended that the central concept was far less important than the execution of the story, and that the most overused central concept in the world could have life breathed into by a skilled writer.
It raged back and forth in an ALL CAPITAL LETTERS FLAMEWAR between a bunch of unpublished writers, and finally some guy dared me to put my money where my mouth was, by letting him give me a cheesy central story concept, which I would then use in an original novel.
Me being an arrogant kid, I wrote him back saying, “Why don’t you give me TWO terrible ideas for a story, and I’ll use them BOTH.”
The core ideas he gave me were Lost Roman Legion and Pokémon… Thus was Alera formed.
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@drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:
you could read western books that are just really good, made for fans or geeks, by a small or new author, or are obviously inspired by anime.
I am going to highlight what I said about picking up books by Small or new Authors because I strongly believe it is better, in the long run, to pick up things like games or books that are not well known or stuff you would not normally buy; this expands your horizon. There is one book I got written by a local author from a Fan Expo that I would not have gotten if I did not attend. For those wondering the book is called Fatespinner by S K Aetherphoxx and the second book came out recently (boy I really need to finish that book). long story short is I strongly recommend at the very least look out for those hidden Gems because only 1% of great stories will get the public attention like LOTR or GOT and will overshadow those smaller stories that deserve recognition. not everyone will have money to spare on stuff they may not like so if you do find something that interests you or even something that does not you can search online and see what people think about it.
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I love otherworld, OP, harem stories. Some of my favorites are The Demon Lord's Urban Development, Mushoku Tensei, Hachinan tte, Sore wa Nai Deshou!, and To Deprive a Deprived Person. A few two person romances have captured my heart: My Pet is a Holy Maiden and Risou no Himo Seikatsu. I'm also using this opportunity to say I'm a fanatical follower of A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives. I've rewatched the anime until every line was burned into my brain.
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@paulnamida I've read the novel... It's REALLY bad.
Literally some examples of the policy changes the main character institutes: "Hey racism is bad. Don't be racist against the undead, especially cute mummy girls."
"Oh wow we never realised mummies look just like people except with bandages on, and that if you put the cute mummy with giant boobs in a dress she looks like a beautiful girl!"
"Oh wow, the gods literally indicated to us that they approve of your new "don't be racist" law, you're a genius and a natural leader! None of our previous rulers ever considered not being racist."
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This is a first thing that comes to mind when you tell me the defining characteristic of the main heroine is twin tails.
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Oh God, you guys need to license this Hobby Japan book. Dude can't die, and it looks like he gets
. xD
https://bookwalker.jp/de0b28479e-b371-4d2b-96cf-52585c26b8b7/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Node Kugito killed himself various times in his life. The result, he noticed that he’s immortal.
Now a serial killer has come to his town. By chance he meets the killer at the park at night. A serial killer against an immortal boy. Who will stand victorious?
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@terrence that sounds indeed interesting. And from your link I see it has quite a few volumes out too already. Do you know the english title perhaps? I'm wondering if there is a fan translation around I can check.
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@terabyte said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence that sounds indeed interesting. And from your link I see it has quite a few volumes out too already. Do you know the english title perhaps? I'm wondering if there is a fan translation around I can check.
Here's the MAL page.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/64961/Shinanai_Otoko_ni_Koishita_Shoujo
I might buy one of the volumes on Bookwalker JP and then do the same, but I'll bide my time for now.
I'm eyeing Gamers! volumes on discount right now. You guys think the ship has sailed on Gamers!, or is licensing still a good possibility from one of Kadokawa's English pubs (Yen + Bookwalker)? I hate to buy something, then see it got licensed... But 30 JPY is really cheap.
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@terrence Ohhh, the series is already complete with 7 volumes it seems which makes it a plus for me. And I see there is the first volume fan translated back in 2012/2013. I'll have a quick read through to see if it's interesting. That said, I'll wait for it to get picked up and translated officially. I don't understand a thing of Japanese and I won't buy untranslated LNs :)
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It's less the ship has sailed, and more like they refuse to let the ship even be built with Kadokawa. We just need Kadokawa to license freely to all publishers.
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@terrence
Why didn't you mention Seven Seas?
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@terrence
There's a volume translated already if you wanna try it first
But apparently, it ain't really liked:
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@bloodygaikotsu said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence
Why didn't you mention Seven Seas?
They license Fujimi titles too.What was the Fujimi novel they licensed?
We are at least getting a Fujimi Shobo novel now from Yen Press with Mommy Isekai. So hopefully that opens things up with regards to other pubs too, but we'll see.
I ended up grabbing novel 1 of that one I was looking at from Bookwalker JP, so I'll give it a try at some point and report back. =]
