Haha I'm not sure how much insight you'll get I basically just do shorthand/bullet points. If you want to learn things, I can direct you to some good tutorials! They'd be more helpful and comprehensive than some random techniques

Yeah I know, I just suck at searching honestly I think I'm using google wrong because everyone here can find news about new/upcoming anime and the like, and I'm like where did you here about this from?? But yeah, I always have trouble finding stuff like that

Yeah, I'd try at least. I'm just afraid that once I start, I'll find out that it's too hard for me, and then I'd have to stop half way through or maybe right after I got started. That'd be pretty embarrassing. But only during the summer, once I have time haha. Ahhh...I see. Maybe I'll ask the BT translation group if I could, because a lot of them actually ahve AS accounts.

LOL seriously...school needs to end >.> I only have 1 month left until graduation!!! Can't wait to get out of here

Ahhh yeah, you want your first experience with this series to be visual? I understand that to be a point I guess.

Yeah, I don't think it is canon. As far as I know, there aren't any serious advances. It's just that Kirito is so oblivious to how much of a lady killer he is that sometimes he does things that embarrass the girls

Yeah, I hope I'm right too. *brofists*

Haha maybe I'll pick it up at another time. But I get sick of an anime/manga that drags on too long and I think it's happening to Fairy Tail the same way it did to bleach, one piece, and naruto. Story quality gets worse as the story goes on and the novelty fades away quickly. I still read those, because I can then say that I finished Bleach and Naruto with pride, 20 years from now, when the youngsters are reading or watching other stuff (if the series end by then ).

Also, with those really long ones, I find myself forgetting details really easily I might start One Piece soon, or catch up on FT when I'm still only 20-30 chapters behind

I dunno, it's hard to get used to either...maybe I'll just make up my own way of spelling all these words hahaha xD

Yup it's in Cali! Idk...I haven't really looked

Good luck on your paper then!

Sorry for the late reply

Nah, I'm doing Leica's route, Al's will be after that. Gotta save the best for last, no? Anyway, Ruri' end was pretty good. It was bittersweet so I loved it especially the second ending.

Yeah, it's a shame Melodiana didn't have her own route. The main heroines pales in comparison when compared to her. ;_;

Ah. I finally reached chapter 12 for Demonbane. The 6 on 1 battle was intense and thrilling. I only regret that I went for Ruri instead of Al instead. Don't get me wrong, Ruri is alright at most, but Al is far more interesting as a character... I realized that now.

As for your question, the character that I absolutely adore is Melodiana. Really, I can't get enough of her especially when she speaks very affectionately on "certain" scenes. Ragsmuena comes close though. She doesn't have much personality, but I like the fact that she's all laid back. lol. Plus, characters with red hair, teal eyes, and has a scythe for a weapon, will always have a special place in my heart. :3

Haha no problem! Don't expect anything deep or super helpful though

Yeah I'm probably going to do it during college if I can, or afterwards, when I start working, I'll buy the Rosetta Stone software for Japanese Right now it's wayyy too expensive for me haha.

I wish they did take donations or something though! So I could support them! I could actually probably try my hand at translating Chinese SAO, because I estimate that I could do maybe ~60-70% of the chapter that I read? Haha I'm too scared of taking on the job and then finding it's too hard and then having to tell them that though D:

He's certainly insistent about the romance around Kirito and Asuna staying vanilla and such Though it's kind of weird, I don't mind it. But yeah that translators comment was really out of line...And I took his reply to my comment as his admission of defeat that he had no logical rebuttal

Hmmmm...it's tought to quantify that Our tastes could be different so any relative ranking might not be of much to you? My suggestion is for you to try it out and read at least like 10 chapters and then decide if you want to continue. It reads pretty quickly IMO

Honestly, I think it would be better to read first because then you get a lot more background information and you'll be able to visualize events with your own mind before having the animation ingrained! I understand how it could spoil it for you though, if the anime doesn't measure up. But IMO, that's the only way you could be disappointed in the anime. Plus, I slightly prefer the LN in terms of character designs too.

Yeah it is I don't think the SS in particular has been translated. But yeah, it's along the lines of a lot of girls liking Kirito, but he stays loyal to Asuna for the most part. I guess some of his actions could be interpreted as flirting, but I just see it as his personality. The romance actually isn't as prevalent in later volumes compared to the first volume and all the SAO SS's relating to the first volume, just a heads up To be honest, I kinda missed the romance Well their avatars are supposed to be their real bodies, so I'm guessing very close, if not the same. Only reason I say really close is because after having been in a coma for 2 years, you lose weight, etc...

Haha same here! I want to see more affection from them in the later volumes. It's probably there and I just missed it while skimming, but the amount is less than the later half of volume 1, which I loved, and the SS's

Nahhh...I kinda dropped it I was only reading the manga beforehand anyways, but yeah, I got tired of the fights. It just didn't pack as much awesomeness and adrenaline rushes for me as when I had started reading. I stopped at around when they defeated Urtear's boss, whatever his name is But yeah, like I really loved Natsu's fights with like Gerard, Laxus, and Gildartz, but his fights after almost bored me Natsu always struggles in the beginning, but through the power of nakama, wins at the end!

Yeah I get my spellings mixed up because I lived in Canada for five years >.< hahaha. Wow that's beautiful! I would love to go there That pool is huge!

I'm going to UC Berkeley

Yeah, I don't know either It probably got cut off or something, and I don't remember what I was trying to say it was probably about college though

We'll see. I learned a lot of cool, if not obscure tricks and tips last year that I'm pretty sure I forgot a lot of I tried to preserve some by creating a notepad with a bunch that I learned so that I could go back and look at them. But it's far from comprehensive.

Yeah...makes me want to learn Japanese so badly so that I can read it in it's original form That'd also help so I could have access to everything earlier instead of having to wait for subs/translations Not to mention the fact that there are different philosophies of translation. I certainly don't think the impact is really that big, but with texts like the Bible, even small deviations in meaning could have a big impact on how a certain passage is interpreted, and thus how Christians choose to live their life.

I really appreciate what the BT people are doing too. I actually really want to donate to them, but I can't seem to even find a donation link on their wiki page

That's also why I was annoyed with that Gene098 person. He was taking their hard work for granted

I'm on the last chapter of volume 1 (25), and I've skimmed through most of the other volumes I couldn't resist the excitement that came with discovering a new series so I skimmed through a bunch of stuff first before going back and actually reading it. It's really a bad habit of mine that I have to change, especially with good books too, like the Hunger Games

Overall, I think it's pretty good! Again, my opinion might be biased due to the novelty, but I really like the action, romance, and humor in the story. It's somewhat lacking in description compared to actual novels/fanfics, but I assume this is normal for Light Novels. What I've heard, (and from what I've skimmed), volume 1 is definitely the best out of all the translated volumes right now. Although, volume 9, Alicization, is supposedly supposed to top this. Kirito progressively gets stronger and stronger as the story continues, and eventually it gets boring because you know he'll win It's sort of like DBZ though, where sometimes a stronger opponent may appear, but Kirito's power is so big already that it kinda loses the excitement factor. I also experienced this with Bleach and Fairy Tail...I guess it's shounen in that respect.

Yeah I figured as much Math in general is difficult in higher education I do enjoy it, but I don't have the passion that some people do, and I know, because I'm in the IB program, whose HQ is in the UK, so we always get European students spelling words differently or saying Maths instead of Math BME sounds really cool! Where are you going to college?

I'm actually really excited to get into

Simple stuff. I check all patients that are undergoing treatment in all 4 Ambulatory Treatment Centers of the hospital. It's to make sure that the patient is comfortable, and doesn't suffer from major side effects from his/her chemotherapy.

Most of the time, I focus on the ones that are by themselves and engage in conversation to help them pass time much faster. The treatments usually last 2-6 hours... that's a long time to be stuck in bed and all alone in their room. I also tend to help others find their designated test area and sometimes do menial tasks for the nurses when they are too busy.

As for Demonbane... I do not wish to lie so... I have to admit. I thought it was tiresome, and hated the generic scenarios at first, but after chapter 6, I started to like the novel more especially the characters. lol. Al, West, and the Butler cracks me up a lot as of late. Currently in Chapter 9 and will pick up where I left off last night soon after I'm done making dinner.

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MOTHER OF GOD! I can't believe I never noticed until now! That's Ragsmuena in your profile image, right? I'm 100% sure that's her! High five! ヽ(´ー`)人(´∀｀)

Sounds good! Hopefully not...it's really easy to forget stuff relating to gfx

Yup! That's why I was considering reading the chinese versions Yeah that is definitely true! Well, no two languages can be exactly translated between each other, so in my opinion, each time a text is translated from its original language to a different one (assuming it's successive), more and more meaning is altered. By and large, it probably won't be that bad, but I'm already seeing awkward words here and there in the translations, and I can guess what they're trying to say.

Course? I'm planning on majoring in Statistics probably, but I don't actually have to declare a major until my second year...

Haha, yeah, but the credit goes to the original artist who made the stock, not me Nooooo!! At least not right now I'm so rusty it's pretty scary. I don't even know my way around photoshop anymore In the summer though, sure

Oh haha, my Chinese isn't that great. I can get the general gist of it, but I probably miss the nuances in the text. I haven't lived in china since I was 5, so there's been little opportunity for me to practice reading. I'd say my level is around that of a grade schooler? So I figured I'd wait for the eng translations, and of I got really impatient, I'd go back to the Chinese ones :P I wonder though, do you think BT directly translates from Japanese or does it go Japanese, Chinese, and then English? Because I've read manga that had to be translated from Chinese, which makes the English deviate even more further from the original text

Oh really?? Are you a senior too right now?

Hahaha yeah, I prefer Kirito and Asuna more than Kuroyukihime and Haru

3-4 hours once a week and I've been doing it for two years now. The patients who keeps on coming back for regular check ups even knows me now. lol.

Ah, I see. It must be tough if that is the case. Just hang in there, man. D=

Oh, and I just started reading Demonbane, hence the short reply (lol). Still in chapter one and just met up with Al Azif. So far it's whacky but in a good way. Currently planning to go for the ojou-sama end. >:3

Hahaha nah it was really simple Just a crop and some filters. If you really want to talk about time or ability, just look at the later tags in my thread . Those were ~40-50 layers each and took a lot of work haha. But I stopped gfxing ever since school started, but I'm looking forward to resume again in the summer! And since I'm going off to college, I think I'll have more time haha.

Spoilers? Yeah I'm so hyped for it. And I'll be back from China at that time so I can catch it