Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion

SleepyTexan

I thought they'd have waited a bit longer for the manga to advance some more - I was expecting it for the summer season.
I hope my sister doesn't hold a bloody carnival for getting her hooked on the story but I suppose I can appease her with the books or manga in the worst case scenario.

xdrfiredogx

@lurkingmclurk You are correct of course. I think I blocked that from my memory...

Zeteni

Continued from: Interesting details you've noticed when rereading:

And to be clear I don't mean to hate on the show by any means; it's what first introduced me to the series and I only started reading after it was done airing and I was hungry for more. Adapting that scene is no easy task especially when you're condensing it into, what five minutes? They got the essential bits covered that were absolutely needed including a bit of Myne's desperation at missing her mom (though via very different means). I was just shocked after reading the LNs to learn that the post mind-reading hug had basically the opposite premise: Myne did it to relieve Ferdinand of his mental exhaustion and he basically accepted it whereas in the show she did it for herself and he initially pushed her off.

That moment of vulnerability on his part is so profoundly important.

ephidiel

@sleepytexan considering the anime is based on the light novel and not the manga it seems a good timing since the eng releases are further than the S3 will be

SleepyTexan

@ephidiel yep, but anime for the most part is a commercial for the manga/LNs and they typically try to plan things around the manga since they sell significantly more copies compared to light novels which are still a bit niche.

I've finally watched the anime dubbed and while I liked some of the main choices I gotta give the subbed version the win for the overall performance.
My sister has now watched the anime at least 9 times and who knows how many times to sleep.
I really do hope the upcoming season has a better budget but at the very least I hope it's not worse than what we got.

Sekki

So far I like Anime adaptation. Some things are condensed and some skipped but that is to be expected. It did not rush things. While at later episodes animation was not the best (e.g. knigh fights) I do not mind that. I preffer good story over animation. My favorite anime is 12 Kingdoms and animation there is rly awful but story is superb.

ephidiel

@sleepytexan Anime used to be a commercial for Manga, when you check anime schedules you can clearly see that shifted towards Light Novels in the recent years.
It is mostly LNs now and only a few Originals or Manga Adaptions each season