A New Type Of Self-Insert Wish Fulfillment
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@doceirias said in A New Type Of Self-Insert Wish Fulfillment:
I read all of Death March earlier this year since I'm taking over the series for Yen Press, and was also pleasantly surprised by how into I got.
I feel like a lot of narou stuff is imitative, with authors trying to write what is popular, and Death March certainly has some obvious influences, but there's a specificity to it that makes you feel like he's just writing exactly what he always wanted to read. And I feel like that enthusiasm for his own story helps elevate everything.Did you do the translation for Death March volume 23? I'm sorry to say the quality for that volume was much lower than for 1-22.
It had continuity errors, mixed-up characters, wrong skill names, and some very awkward prose. If you check out Amazon reviews you'll see a lot of complaints about this.
If you're part of a new team, then I'll keep my fingers crossed that Yen learned something from 23, even if they haven't fixed it.
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@HarmlessDave said in A New Type Of Self-Insert Wish Fulfillment:
Did you do the translation for Death March volume 23?
Vol 23 and Vol 24 are translated by different people. Jade Willis and Andrew Cunningham, respectively. If you lookup @doceirias' profile, you'll see that he at least claims to be the latter.
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@unknownmat - thanks, I'll keep my fingers crossed that it won't be a repeat of volume 23. @doceirias actually reading the older volumes is a hopeful sign.
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The problems with 23 were pretty obvious, but I did send Yen Press my assessment of it and a link to the Death March subreddit thread on the volume. Any fixes beyond that are out of my hands.
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貧乏家族の長男ですが、家族のために頑張ってたら魔法の才能が覚醒しました might be worth a follow/look.
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@unknownmat I share your same enjoyment of these types of novels. Death March was my first proper web novel and still one of my ongoing favorites.
I think there's a few factors involved that elevate these fics above other isekai novels. For one, the protagonist is mature and actually behaves like a responsible adult. Another aspect is that you can tell the protagonist actually enjoys helping others and takes pride in the development and growth of the students/children/teammates around them. The author also gives a sense of progress and accomplishment to the side characters.
Another minor aspect is there's often a focus of progress in not only skill/ability development, but also the equipment and territory. It makes sense why these fics focus at least a little on introducing modern knowledge and/or traveling to various places. Still, there's a few other unexplainable aspects that make these fics like capturing lightning in a bottle.
While not the same and not always meeting the criteria, I felt these fics to somehow satisfy a similar niche emotionally:
Dagashi-ya Yahagi: Setting Up a Sweets Shop in Another World
Making Magic: The Sweet Life of a Witch Who Knows an Infinite MP Loophole
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
By the Grace of the Gods
