Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody with the most OP main character yet
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He's actually not a Neet or anything, which helps. I've seen people call him a "loser" which makes me laugh my arse off.
He was, before going to the world, a guy in a good job who was high enough to have a junior he was teaching. He had a recent girlfriend, and made good money.
He was a salaryman, but not a loser unless you stretch the definition an awful lot. :)
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@hyferzftw they’re releasing three books a year (four months apart). Book 4 should be out at the end of January (although I think the release has slipped by a week already).
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@shiroi-hane that’s good to hear, my fall semester ends in 2 Days so I’ll have more free time to buy/read new LNs.
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@legitpancake As I am soooooooo painfully aware.... lol
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Not totally certain, but are they making an anime of this LN next season?
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Yup.
With Aoi Yuki as Arisa, which is kinda brainbreaking. Kana Hanazawa would've made more sense. I love Aoi Yuki, but she's far too hyper in general for Arisa, you need a 'serene' type VA. Well, other than when Arisa goes into pervert mode. Then I guess Aoi Yuki fits. I'll just keep waiting for her to turn her first into a drill and punch someone.
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@paul-nebeling Yep, and CrunchyRoll has already announced they are simulcasting with Funi simuldubbing. Here’s the trailer, although initial impressions don’t look good for me, as the CGI looks really cheap:
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@dtta but that's exactly why I love that casting, Y.Aoi is perfect for when Aria goes full pervert, and she's done serene characters like Victorique in Gosick pretty well so she can handle her when she's acting all composed. She's a perfect fit.
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@paul-nebeling yes they're making an anime adaptation of the LN, I hope they don't screw it up though cuz the LN doesn't have a strong plot to it but it's a pretty fun story to read and/or watch,
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@dtta Yeah.... He was a contractor in the IT/Developer world... I was a IT contractor and did have death marches of my own, I did work three days straight one time as well... :-)
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@beta-zephaniel I watched the anime.... Reading the LNs is more fun IMHO... :-)
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@rerdey that's pretty much the norm, even overhyped anime adaptations are much better LNs, like Saga of Tanya the Evil and Overlord.
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@paulnamida I would say watching the anime for "In Another World With My Smartphone -- Isekai wa smartphone to tomo ni" was about as enjoyable as the LNs, in my humble opinion. :-)
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@rerdey IMHO, the Smartphone anime was a mess. The pacing was horrible and the animation quality was subpar. It was mediocre as hell. I expected a lot better, since I really like the novels.
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@paulnamida I liked the anime too, and actually it is because of it that I started getting into LNs. But yeah, after reading the LN, I can say for sure the anime sucks. They also skipped quite several important points in it. No to mention the huge spoiler at the end of the last episode.
I made a post with some of the differences at some point on this forum, not sure in which topic though...
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@rerdey It's really too bad about the anime. The most interesting things happen in this story "after" the anime ends. I've been reading the LN from Yen and I've been following the WN online. The author is up to volume 16 on the WN. The LN and WN versions of the story are similar in nature but different in execution. It's difficult to say which is better. The main difference, in my opinion, is in timing of when new people arrive. I'll not spoil it for those who are interested in finding out for themselves :)
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Main issue with the anime is what happens with every adaptaion to a degree. They flanderized characters and focused on the humor over everything else. This is common, but they did it to an egregious amount.
Like in Strike the Blood, Yukina is a LOT more tsundere in the violent way in the anime compared to the LN, where she never really hits Kojou with her spear. :)
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@rerdey I would say that you have very different opinions than me, then. While Smartphone anime was amusing it missed on most of the world building and cute interaction moments that made me enjoy the LNs.
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@jampodevral I tend to have a lot of stress in my life and so I tend to like easy going stories.... Thus one of the reason why I liked Smartphone... :-)
