Question about Arifureta being censored and how to approach buying Light novels from them in the future, along with talking about Light novels.
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This topic is mainly for Light novel suggestions and a bit of responses Censorship topic when it comes to other possible LNs which escaped censorship. Also I originally made this topic to ask about Arifureta, while I know Spice and Wolf is more wholesome. While the other two are wholesome at points.(I read the WN of ROTSH)
I have been buying LNs since 2015, I know one Peace books have being good when Rising of the Shield Hero Volumes are concerned.
Now 2 questions, I bought the first 4 volumes of Arifureta in one go, then the fifth in the a few days ago. Is there a chance the English verison was not censored? If yes I'd just cut my losses if no then I can complete the collection.
Second question, I'd assume to just be careful about Seven Seas Entertainment when it comes to their Light Novels Correct? Since it came to light this year.
As other light novels Aside from Arifureta, I Started buying the first 6 volumes of the SPice and wolf light novel. I like the covers, Even if the first 16 are in that collector's Edition.
Now There are other light novels I'd like to get Cat Planet Cuties if it can be translated.
Any light novel suggestions which have a web novel I can read first. I know the WN of Jobless reincarnation is something I'd plan to read first. Since finding the volumes which were fixed in physical copy is not that possible.
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For a short time, certain illustrations in Arifureta volumes were removed from Amazon Kindle, but as of now nothing should be censored no matter what store you buy from via the ebook, it’s just illustrations will most likely have been moved to the back of each book. If you’re going for the physical version, I have heard nothing regarding censorship of the Arifureta paperbacks (other than the naked picture of Yue in v1 being suspiciously brightened to hide some things, but 7S claimed that was a misprint). If anything, buying the physical books may be preferable since they come with all the exclusive bonus short stories that aren’t included at all the ebook stores. Those were originally exclusive to the premium edition of the ebook sold directly on j-novel.club.
So tldr: No, nothing is censored in Arifureta. Neither the text nor the illustrations.
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@legitpancake Thank you :)
I am glad to hear it. I plan to get the rest of the VolumesI know there are other ln publishers, who won't censor. So how might 7S handle business in 2022 and beyond with the LNs they translate.
Other than that what Light novels are you reading currently?
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@thenovelmusician69 said in Question about Arifureta being censored and how to approach buying Light novels from them in the future, along with talking about Light novels.:
Second question, I'd assume to just be careful about Seven Seas Entertainment when it comes to their Light Novels Correct? Since it came to light this year.
Well given that the issue hasn't really come back up in the intervening 8 months, I would assume that all releases recently don't have any issues. The only ones to be careful of are perhaps the print editions of the affected novels as it's possible you may get an older copy from a retailer, I believe they've largely speaking issued updates to the affected ebooks.
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@jpwong That is good to hear, I have checked no one else had brought up anything. Next thing customers need to show the higher ups mainly, we won't buy if you censor.
Ah the paper backs yea... Oh well, so only on the E-books. Hm so if I bought directly from them, the books I got: Jobless reincarnation 1 to the current translated volume, will not the the non censored verisons.
Then see from there when it comes to other LNs I want to buy from seven Seas. While other groups didnt censor such as One peace books, and Yen press/YenON.
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@thenovelmusician69 I don't think any other companies have been caught completely dropping or altering content like SS did. There's always going to be certain localization choices that people disagree with (just take a look at the enormous discussions that happen here in the Bookworm topics over specific names and terms to be used), but they will for the most part convey what the original Japanese text was trying to do so it's always a balance in trying to stay true to the original material while making the material readable for an English audience.
If you're buying ebook you should be alright, all the major platforms should have the revised versions pushed out to users by now. Paperbacks are just a bit of a toss up as while the big vendors would likely have swapped stock with the corrected versions, you never know what happens with smaller bookstores who may not even be aware there was a major controversy. If you are considering physicals of any of the affected series, it doesn't hurt to reach out to the publisher and find out from them directly which retailers they can confirm have the updated versions of the books.
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@jpwong said in Question about Arifureta being censored and how to approach buying Light novels from them in the future, along with talking about Light novels.:
Paperbacks are just a bit of a toss up as while the big vendors would likely have swapped stock with the corrected versions, you never know what happens with smaller bookstores who may not even be aware there was a major controversy. If you are considering physicals of any of the affected series, it doesn't hurt to reach out to the publisher and find out from them directly which retailers they can confirm have the updated versions of the books.
There's also that the copyright page on the physical editions should, if the publishers understand how these things are supposed to work, have some indication that it's a revised edition or later printing; in this case, technically, there should be a new ISBN, but I wouldn't hold my breath about that.
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@weasalopes said in Question about Arifureta being censored and how to approach buying Light novels from them in the future, along with talking about Light novels.:
There's also that the copyright page on the physical editions should, if the publishers understand how these things are supposed to work, have some indication that it's a revised edition or later printing; in this case, technically, there should be a new ISBN, but I wouldn't hold my breath about that.
Yes, revised editions are marked as such on the bottom of copyright pages.
Unfortunately, they still share the same ISBN, which turns getting the rigtht version of the book into a lottery while ordering online, which is an only option for a decent amount of people. -
@wellwisher said in Question about Arifureta being censored and how to approach buying Light novels from them in the future, along with talking about Light novels.:
@weasalopes said in Question about Arifureta being censored and how to approach buying Light novels from them in the future, along with talking about Light novels.:
There's also that the copyright page on the physical editions should, if the publishers understand how these things are supposed to work, have some indication that it's a revised edition or later printing; in this case, technically, there should be a new ISBN, but I wouldn't hold my breath about that.
Yes, revised editions are marked as such on the bottom of copyright pages.
Unfortunately, they still share the same ISBN, which turns getting the right version of the book into a lottery while ordering online, which is an only option for a decent amount of people.They aren't supposed to; reuse the ISBN with a revised edition. That's a no-no.
Yes, it's done all the time, but they are supposed to obtain a new ISBN if there are substantive changes to the work. Substantive changes can be pretty durn minor in reality.
There are regulations concerning the use of ISBNs and ISSNs, but there isn't an enforcement arm so publishers get away with this shitLibrarians hate it when they do this.
I worked in ILL at the Chicago Public Library's central library for four years... this is one of those things you continue reacting to some 29 years later... grimace
