Novel pick-up requests
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@drone205 what’s the last one about? Seems like a guardian protecting a child or maybe a father. Also the second one seems like a fun read. Idk but I can see it being a comedy.
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@drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:
Fairy Tale of the Strategist from Another World
I posted this one recently during the "unique hair colors" theme, ha ha. You don't see green haired characters as lead romantic gal too often, especially a green haired maid (usually blue after Rem).
@drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:
I’m a NEET but When I Went to Hello Work I Got Taken to Another World
Oh god no. Two blondes on cover 1... Two. The blonde take over at JNC would start up again in earnest. T.T
@hyferzftw said in Novel pick-up requests:
@drone205 what’s the last one about? Seems like a guardian protecting a child or maybe a father. Also the second one seems like a fun read. Idk but I can see it being a comedy.
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@hyferzftw No offense to @Terrence's attempt (good effort!), but that stock summary really doesn't describe what it's about at all >_>
5 people are transported to another world, 4 of them are friends and agree to help the human kingdom fight the demons and the beastmen, but the 5th, Hiiro, has the title "Innocent Bystander" and is just a random classmate, unassociated with other 4. He is suspicious of the kingdom's motives, so he opts to leave and travel on his own. He finds out that he has "Word Magic," which basically allows him to write words and gain that effect, which is even more powerful since he can use Japanese kanji. In his travels, he meets various people of various factions and discovers that the relations between the 3 races is not what the human king would have them believe.
It's a good story, I read most of the WN fanlation. I would say it's most similar to Arifureta, except no open harem, Hiiro isn't as over-the-top overpowered like Hajime is, and there's no emo edginess "man against the world" to it.
Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
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@myskaros Ty.
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Damn, is that art by Sameda Koban?? I now have to read Hello Work...
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@myskaros said in Novel pick-up requests:
@hyferzftw No offense to @Terrence's attempt (good effort!)
That wasn't my effort, unfortunately. I didn't even read it, hence the spoiler tag (I don't look at synopses if I can help it). x)
It was from here:
Kodansha has a big sale going on on Bookwalker. So I'm looking through some of their stuff.
This one looks Death Game esque? Like Fate Extra? IDK.
"World Wide War I"
https://bookwalker.jp/dedf7f0ee4-6b52-44f0-974c-3b3587655d4d/?acode=WpfPW3yk
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@myskaros I find the story good, particularly Hiiro, his character is refreshing as I’ve seen a lot of protagonists of isekai stories with common character personalities establish harems, but he is competent, yet dense to other’s affection towards him and is a “travel-at-my own-pace” character who wants to live his own life freely in another world. Also, in the fan-translation for the light novel, despite having overpowered Magic, he still faces difficult obstacles that he risk his life to overcome (particularly over trivial reasons). To summarize, I like protagonist’s unique character, facing challenges along his journey, and also, I love the tsukkomis in the interactions that Hiiro causes.
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This one has been getting some big promotion. It's technically a novel label, but it's an Isekai with beautiful cover art and full color insert images at the start of the book. It even has an English title on the cover:
"The Hero is Invincible, but 'Too Cautious'"
https://bookwalker.jp/debe23a431-21ac-4760-924d-208f3abb8c3d/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Appears to be a comedy about a hero who over prepares (the insert shows him wanting to buy 3 sets of the same armor; a spare, and a spare for the spare).
Publisher is Kadokawa. So along with it being a novel, that's, like, two strikes against JNC getting it. T.T
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I seem to recall that, when I was looking into fan translations to find suggestions for this very thread, Word Master was the first breath of fresh air in that it was actually readable English. Although, having a good fan TL can be a demerit in terms of Sam picking it up.
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@shiroi-hane said in Novel pick-up requests:
Although, having a good fan TL can be a demerit in terms of Sam picking it up.
Depends if the TLer is willing to play ball with JNC!
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@myskaros said in Novel pick-up requests:
Depends if the TLer is willing to play ball with JNC!
It depends also if they have a Patreon or something similar too I guess. That's kind of a grey area.
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@terabyte Don't get me started on translators with patreons.
It's just way too close to actually making money off another person's work for me. The person translating Hello Work went to Patreon. Allegedly they'll shift off patreon when they find another host, but I'm a bit suspicious. :)
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@dtta Patreon is a great platform for monetizing one's hard work. It's also really, really easy to use to monetize the hard work of other people, too....
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Yeah. I mean, I'm more than willing to donate to a translator now and then. But having a translation be behind a Patreon, so only those who pay you can see it? Wayyy too close to translating for money for my tastes, which is hinky off another's work without contracts and so on.
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I don't know if someone's requested it already, but I'd like to request Monster Tamer’s Fluffy Master-Apprentice Life (Mamonotsukai no Mofumofu shitei Seikatsu) from Hobby Japan.
And The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (Fureimu Oukoku Koubouki) from Overlap.
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Wayyy too close to translating for money for my tastes
@dtta It's not really close as much as that exactly what it is. You have to think about Crunchyroll's model too. For a subscription fee, you get early access to anime in HD quality. Free accounts get access to the episodes a week later in LQ only and with ads. Translators that are using patreon are selling early access to translations of something they don't own the rights to and then everyone else can get it later.
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Pretty much yeah. I can see vague times when it might be okay to have a Patreon, but combine it with hiding the translations behind Patreon, and ... well.
Oh well. I have JNC. :)
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Pretty much the only time I can condone Patreon is when it's used as a glorified PayPal link. Sure, I can buy server costs, material expenses, and rattling your tin can for alms, but holding your copyright-infringing translations ransom is just disgusting.
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Got a request. :3
publisher: K Lanove Books (Kodansha) (3 Volumes, Ongoing)
Summary:
This is an Isekai series about a woman (Kaoru) that dies due to God's mistake (sound familiar?). After a lot of negotiation and half-berating the Goddess of the new world she's going to, she picks out her cheat ability to create potions. Reincarnating at around the age of 13, Kaoru begins her journey in this other world where her high intellect and abilities keep getting her into trouble with nobility.
I've been reading the (poorly) scanlated manga adaptation and Kaoru is absolutely a lot of fun. Her cheat ability to create any potion she wants is more like an accessory to her journey as she mostly relies on her wit and sharp personality to get her through various situations. She's pretty damn great as she really knows how to speak her mind regardless of who she is talking to and absolutely refuses to be taken advantage of.
So time for you to license it @Sam-Pinansky. :3
