(L) Infinite Stratos - Light Novel/Manga Discussion

[I'm-here-present]

Originally Posted by Pablete

Now i'm starting to wish for a translator for IS...

[Trung-t-rung]

Originally Posted by I'm-here-present

Now i'm starting to wish for a translator for IS...

I would rather wait until the plot*laugh* pick up again.

[OHIMESAMA]

Originally Posted by I'm-here-present

Now i'm starting to wish for a translator for IS...

If I know Japanese, I'd gladly take the job in a heartbeat!

I love IS, no matter what!

[I'm-here-present]

Were both diehard IS fans

Still I won't judge vol. 9 of being crappy since I haven't read it yet.

[Trung-t-rung]

Originally Posted by I'm-here-present

Were both diehard IS fans

Still I won't judge vol. 9 of being crappy since I haven't read it yet.

Well, I was once an IS fan( interesting concepts, some nice mech designs, cool heroines). Then after 6-7 volumes of absolutely empty fan-service and not a single unforgettable moments, it started to bore me, still I have hopes for it to redeem itself, starting with Ichika, then the long await volume 8 came after the long hiatus and my hope was completely shattered into million of pieces.
Quite sad, IS was one of my first LN titles( along with Index and HnA)

[I'm-here-present]

Originally Posted by Trung-t-rung

Well, I was once an IS fan( interesting concepts, some nice mech designs, cool heroines). Then after 6-7 volumes of absolutely empty fan-service and not a single unforgettable moments, it started to bore me, still I have hopes for it to redeem itself, starting with Ichika, then the long await volume 8 came after the long hiatus and my hope was completely shattered into million of pieces.
Quite sad, IS was one of my first LN titles( along with Index and HnA)

I almost fell in that same fate too.
But my stubborn love for IS kept me going

Never really did hate the volume 8 to be honest. Don't why, maybe i'm just weird.

[Flere821]

Originally Posted by I'm-here-present

Now i'm starting to wish for a translator for IS...

Chinese translations have about 2 chapters of Vol9 done, I want to wait until it's completely finished before checking it out. I don't want to be stuck in limbo waiting to know how bad this can get

[akim36]

Originally Posted by Trung-t-rung

I would rather wait until the plot*laugh* pick up again.

theres a plot?

[Trung-t-rung]

Originally Posted by akim36

theres a plot?

Plot or PLOT ?

[Strigon 13]

Originally Posted by Trung-t-rung

Plot or PLOT ?

Well, parts of volume 3, 5, 6 and 7 had something that resemble plot. Beyond that...

[MeisterBabylon]

One does not simply reuse memes and call it plot.

[Ignition Boost]

I don't think volume 9 is all fanservice and bloomers, I'm pretty sure there is action in it too.

[MeisterBabylon]

That's just another meme!

[ZeroXSEED]

Originally Posted by Ignition Boost

I'm pretty sure there is "action" in it too.

Is that what they're calling it now?

[Flere821]

Oh hey, IS vol9 has finished being translated; now let's start reading-

Spoiler for Intro:

-The sports festival is designed by Tatenashi for the representative candidates to fight over Ichika, winner gets to be the only rep in the same class as him and lives in his room.

What. WHAT. F@#$ing WHAAAT. *incoherent frothing*

Spoiler for comments spoilered just in case:

And I was just thinking as I started reading this volume is at least only 'uninteresting', and not 'rage-worthy' >.< The early bit of Tatenashi going all dere-dere for Ichika and him being incredibly dense towards all of the girls' reactions was nothing special, but not cringe-worthy either. Then that sports festival bombshell gets dropped. *facepalm*

If I post more on this at all, it might only be in tidbits. The concentrated stupidity of writing is hazardous to my health if consumed in large quantities -.-

[akim36]

^ u might need some medication for this haha

[Fireminer]

Welcome to Hell!

[DarkJak2050]

Originally Posted by Flere821

Oh hey, IS vol9 has finished being translated; now let's start reading-

Spoiler for Intro:

-The sports festival is designed by Tatenashi for the representative candidates to fight over Ichika, winner gets to be the only rep in the same class as him and lives in his room.

What. WHAT. F@#$ing WHAAAT. *incoherent frothing*

Spoiler for comments spoilered just in case:

And I was just thinking as I started reading this volume is at least only 'uninteresting', and not 'rage-worthy' >.< The early bit of Tatenashi going all dere-dere for Ichika and him being incredibly dense towards all of the girls' reactions was nothing special, but not cringe-worthy either. Then that sports festival bombshell gets dropped. *facepalm*

If I post more on this at all, it might only be in tidbits. The concentrated stupidity of writing is hazardous to my health if consumed in large quantities -.-

Oh that's just great...

But can someone atleast explain what's going on in the last images of Vol. 9?

[ZeroXSEED]

There will be Plot, they said

There will be actions, they said

[Flere821]

Well, finished reading. While this didn't fail so bad to the point I'm dropping it, in the end I went 'meh' at the whole thing.

Spoiler for Very brief summary/comments:

Ch1
oh what the flying F@#$, the characters want Ichika to do to them what dream!Ichika tried back in Vol8? Including Houki? FFS, it's like all of them only care about getting into Ichika's pants -.-

At least there's SOME character developments for Ichika, he started to learn how not to piss off other girls.

I'm ignoring all shipping scenes and comedic stuff from now on to summarize, unless it's plot-relevant and/or particularly funny to me.

... and then having just said that, Tatenashi's characterization from previous volumes are thrown out in favour of 'love-struck girl' -.- In hindsight, negative development in IS shouldn't be surprising...

In other news, Cecilia now knows how to cook while following recipes. The results are at least edible/normal.


Ch2
Miraculously, Ichika finally started to see the people close to him as girls. Rin is the first to trigger this from him.

There's a shooting event where IS have to shoot down targets. Plot important detail: there's male mechanics on the IS Academy island. Not-important detail: instead of the IS plugsuits they had to wear bloomers to try and charm Ichika in this event.

In the military obstacle race, sleepy-pikachu is the best at assembling a rifle but the worst shot of the entire school Oh, and apparently under the 'pajamas' she normally wears she has quite a bust.


ch3
I'd ignore Ichika's lunch break with the haremettes (10 mins for each person), but he's suffering here so I'll list a few things anyway:
Rin: forced to be fed by her at cannon-point
Cecilia: made Thai hotpot with specially made chilli, Ichika's insides felt like it was burning.
Houki: Celicia's turn meant Ichika lost ability to taste, so Houki went and asked the kitchen to make him shaved ice dessert. Ichika ate too fast and got brainfreeze

The other girls did fairly alright with Ichika - though he didn't manage to eat much, and Tatenashi ended up giving him a riceball.


Ch4
Cosplay race. (for some reason we got told sleepy-pikachu has B91 chest >.>)
Nothing but blatant fanservice.

Next event, 'Balloon Fight' - Ichika's IS was forced into hibernation (huh, that can happen?) by Tatenashi and Ichika was tied onto balloons 50m up in the sky while other girls in their IS needed to blow up the balloons and make sure Ichika lands safely. This event was worth 10 million points, so all the past events meant jack all >.>
Ichika almost fell to his death in the fight, and Tatenashi had to save him - technically winning the event and gets the prize >.>

Oh hey, we have 'plot' now - Fight comes out of nowhere and disconnected from everything (unless it's TLers missing a part somewhere) on a ship somewhere. Squall is revealed to be ex-American military, though records said she died 12 years ago. Tatenashi is nerfed and almost got fried. Squall revealed to have a cyborg arm.


Epilogue
Squall revealed to be entirely a cyborg. And Autumn's lover.

After the sports festival, all of the representative candidates are located into one class, including Ichika - no more class competitions, and there'll be separate groups when tournaments come up.

Tabane made a IS called 'Black Knight' for Madoka, and Madoka says she can finally have revenge on her older sister Chifuyu. Tabane says one step at a time - use Black Knight on Ichika first.

Spoiler for Author's afterword:

Well, guess it wasn't due to TLers' fault that the fight scene was bad - even Izuru admitted not focusing on it made this volume not very exciting.

The Phantom Task members shown in the LNs so far is just one cell of combatants, there's many more cells, each with their own goals. Izuru wants to bring in more of Phantom Task. All of these points Izuru admits shouldn't be said in the Afterword and should be in the LN itself.