Demon Noble Girl ~Story of a Careless Demon~

Geezer Weasalopes

Slightly edited DeepL MTL of the Bookwalker Synopsis (not to be relied upon as totes accurate, in other words.):

--Dreaming of a world full of light.
A family. School. Friends. Trains. Buses. Movies. Books.
I grew up in a world of light, and at the ...... end of the day, in a white room, I was surrounded by darkness.
When I woke up from the dream, I was a small demon in a world called the demon world.
...I want to go home...
I was longing for the world of light that I had seen in my dream.
Then one day, I jumped into the "summoning gate" that appeared in front of me.
When I woke up again, I was reborn as a human baby.
I was born as a human baby in the Sacred Kingdom. It was a human world different from the world I desired to return to.
I, a demon with only the power of a baby, am terrified.
I must hide the fact that I am a demon...

Come, my dear humans.
Give your despair to "I", the Devil.

Based upon the DeepL MTL, it appears to be a work concerning someone most likely originally from our reality who, upon their death, was reborn as a young demon in a Demon World.
Desiring to return to the world they vaguely remembered as a dream, when a Summoning Gate appeared in their vicinity they (literally) leapt at the chance presented to them in the hopes that it would lead them "home."
It didn't.
Instead, they were reborn (again!) into the body of a baby in a human world of the fantasy medieval type.
Retaining her abilities as a demon. (Of course she does.)
It's a society that is hostile toward demons. (Scary!)
Concealing that aspect of herself is necessary for survival.

I really question the validity of the DeepL, Google, and RomajiDesu MTL utilities rendering of the final line, その絶望を“悪魔《わたし》”に捧げよ。, which is why I didn't attempt to summarize that bit.

piisfun

@Geezer-Weasalopes said in Demon Noble Girl ~Story of a Careless Demon~:

Based upon the DeepL MTL, it appears to be a work concerning someone most likely originally from our reality who, upon their death, was reborn as a young demon in a Demon World.
Desiring to return to the world they vaguely remembered as a dream, when a Summoning Gate appeared in their vicinity they (literally) leapt at the chance presented to them in the hopes that it would lead them "home."
It didn't.
Instead, they were reborn (again!) into the body of a baby in a human world of the fantasy medieval type.
Retaining her abilities as a demon. (Of course she does.)
It's a society that is hostile toward demons. (Scary!)
Concealing that aspect of herself is necessary for survival.

That's basically correct, based on what I read of a fan translation (WN version, before the LN version existed)

It should be added that there are good reasons for the extreme hatred of demons: in this setting, they have a tendency to cause mass-murder incidents. The main character is actually significantly more restrained than most other demons due to the influence from her previous life. That is to say, she only goes into a murderous rampage if you attack on of the few things she actually cares about... like her parents.

So, naturally, every time you turn around, another batch of demon-worshiping cultists seems to have sprung up from nowhere. And no one ever would ever question why demon-worshiping cultists seem to be getting killed by demons…

LegitPancake

Where did the OP get "Demon Noble Girl" when "The Devil Princess" is literally in English on the cover?

piisfun

@LegitPancake said in Demon Noble Girl ~Story of a Careless Demon~:

Where did the OP get "Demon Noble Girl" when "The Devil Princess" is literally in English on the cover?

Did not see that... but no, she isn't a princess in the English sense.

Didn't Quof complain about how "hime" (I think that's the word) didn't always translate to "princess," because JP<->EN translation stuff?

That appears to be part the problem here...

(As for the title, they likely pulled it from NovelUpdates...)

Geezer Weasalopes

@LegitPancake
I suspect @piisfun hit it on the nose, given the OP having been modified by a mod to remove a link.
Ah.
Just checked, yes, that's how it shows up there.

Lisast

@piisfun It's a bit different here. It's neither hime (姫) nor oujo (王女) but koujo(公女), which jisho helpfully lists as "young noblewoman; princess." Not an expert myself but I usually see the 公 kanji used with duke-level nobility, like in Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter (公女殿下の家庭教師), which of course seems to be LN authors' favorite nobility level. In general, though, I wouldn't take English titles on Japanese LN covers too seriously, they're not professional or official translations, are often amusingly off, and presumably are just aesthetic for marketing purposes over there.

Geezer Weasalopes

@Lisast
Adding on, 悪魔 (Akuma) seems to be treated as either "devil" or "demon" in equal measure, depending upon the context?

So you've got 《[devil/demon(type context sensitive)][young noblewoman(rank context sensitive)]》, so I suppose we can't really say which of the various possible interpretations it would be until we've read enough of the story to know her race from the first reincarnation and the status of her family in the world of her second reincarnation.

Context counts, after all.

trigger.eksdee

I just found out that this is serialized last year. Hope it gets translated.

rosi

Read the web novel some time ago, it‘s quite good.

bedwetter_alice

@BREAKERMASTAH
I approve of this, please please please... before another company that shall not be named snatched this and curse us with a slow release!!

bedwetter_alice

@Geezer-Weasalopes

two volume out with kadokaw

Wait, wasn't Kadokawa a YP monopoly? or was that an outdated info?

Lily Garden

@bedwetter_alice Kadokawa sort of owns JNC now so it would be possible for JNC to get a Kadokawa title

bedwetter_alice

@Lily-Garden That's really relieving to hear, here's hoping.

myskaros

I'm not sure where the confusion started, but this series is published by Kodansha, not Kadokawa :X

Lily Garden

@myskaros ….well here’s hoping that you guys get it anyway

bedwetter_alice

@myskaros Ah... sorry, i just saw it on the OP and felt all hope drained away. Thanks! hope is back on the menu (honestly, acquiring this series could be a gateway to the HaruNoHi's extended universe).

myskaros

@bedwetter_alice Well, that's another point of confusion for me; JNC has licensed tons of books from Kadokawa, around 40 different series? https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/1703/english-licenses-sorted-by-jp-publisher

ManusDei

I'm raising this topic from the dead because I think it'd be a nice licensing suggestion for J-Novel.

I read the manga and it's quite good.

LadyYuri

The web novel was quite interesting, I would like to read the light novel too.

amethyst_sword

Wasn‘t this the web novel with the cute golden demon kitty? If so, upvote!