Saya No Uta Translation Project

[Qilin]

Originally Posted by sonicspin

Slightly off topic, but Saya no Uta apparently has a American comic adaption now.

http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=134583

Character and name changes are despairing. I have yet to actually check out the contents though.

.....Josh? I just don't think that the name works. More honestly, I think it sucks.

Looking at the cover art was painful too. It just doesn't feel anything like Saya no Uta.
Saya looks like she aged a few years, but I guess it's justified since there's way in hell that loli porn is gonna get along well with the censors.
Wondering how they'll do the gorn...

[Beruko08]

Saya looks like a monster with Lara Croft's face-alike,imo. The american art's style doesn't really appeal to me either.
Perhaps they had to cut her loli-version down or else they would get trouble with the laws.

[Orophin]

It's now March... Was anyone brave enough to actually buy the comic adaptation of Saya no Uta?

Anyway, the synopsis for the third book sounds bad... and I mean REALLY bad.

Based on the Japanese smash-hit PC game, in this stunning and heartbreaking conclusion, Josh and Saya track down the rogue doctors performing barbaric, experimental surgeries on human subjects all in a quest to gain access to Saya's world. Josh and Saya's pledge to put a stop to it all culminates in a blood-soaked, mind-blowing finale in which they both pay the ultimate price.

Yeah...

[chaos_alfa]

Here is the preview for issue 1.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=4545

[Beruko08]

Originally Posted by Orophin

It's now March... Was anyone brave enough to actually buy the comic adaptation of Saya no Uta?

Anyway, the synopsis for the third book sounds bad... and I mean REALLY bad.

Yeah...

American comic authors really like saving the world plot, don't they?
DAMN IT THEY'RE NOT SOME KINDS OF SUPER HEROES from justice league !!!

[chaos_alfa]

I can't find any review of the first issue

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by Beruko08

American comic authors really like saving the world plot, don't they?
DAMN IT THEY'RE NOT SOME KINDS OF SUPER HEROES from justice league !!!

Yeah they are a little far from being that .

[ClannadDango]

I just finished Saya no Uta and I must say that we don't get stories like that anymore in America. A beautiful work.

[chaos_alfa]

Originally Posted by ClannadDango

I just finished Saya no Uta and I must say that we don't get stories like that anymore in America. A beautiful work.

When did America have the kind of stories like Saya no Uta? and what would be examples?

Lovecraft and Poe?

[ClannadDango]

Originally Posted by chaos_alfa

When did America have the kind of stories like Saya no Uta? and what would be examples?

Lovecraft and Poe?

Yeah I would say Lovecraft and Poe. Saya no Uta is a Lovecraftian influenced novel. But when I say stories I don't mean just horror but interesting, thought provoking stories. They are rare to come by now.

[Reckoner]

This VN is really fucked up lol. Urobuchi, you have one awesome mind.

[MeoTwister5]

Eh I wouldn't say Gen is exactly like Poe. Poe is more atmospheric and subtle while Gen is a bit more shock and in your face.

[Kirroha]

I've been trying for the last couple of hours trying to open my voice.pak, but to no avail. Has anyone tried it?

[Reikokuna]

Originally Posted by chaos_alfa

Here is the preview for issue 1.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=preview&id=4545

Seriously, i don't get that SNU-Feeling. WTH is with that Joshthingy include that blonde girl? Just like a bad bad troll...

At least i guess there's a japanese manga, though.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by ClannadDango

Yeah I would say Lovecraft and Poe. Saya no Uta is a Lovecraftian influenced novel. But when I say stories I don't mean just horror but interesting, thought provoking stories. They are rare to come by now.

Saya no Uta is far from Lovecraft's style....that guy's works are far more dull and emotionless.

And I'm not being biased here. Just see his writing style. Even Dream Quest of Kadath, IMO his best work, reads more like the descriptive kind of high-fantasy than something as character centric as Saya no Uta. Same deal with his other more personal stuff like the Shadow over Innsmouth or The Rats in the Walls

[Jan-Poo]

Lovecraft influenced a lot of stories, but almost none of them were influenced by his "style", what really was influential was his vision of an universe filled with (and dominated by) unspeakable horrors who are barely comprehensible (at best) or completely incomprehensible for a (normal) human mind.

Lovecraft writing style wasn't that great not even for his time, if you ask me, and for today standards his stories are so naive in their narrative structure that made me giggle in more than one occasion.

But you still need to give to the man the credit for single-handedly creating a whole mythology; one that is quite fascinating and universally appreciated, homaged, and copied.

So to conclude I think it is quite evident that Saya no Uta was heavily influenced by the Cthulhu mythos (directly or indirectly), but that's about the setting and a part of the plot. The style of course is something completely original or anyway more in line with the modern japanese narrative.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Jan-Poo

Lovecraft influenced a lot of stories, but almost none of them were influenced by his "style", what really was influential was his vision of an universe filled with (and dominated by) unspeakable horrors who are barely comprehensible (at best) or completely incomprehensible for a (normal) human mind.

Lovecraft writing style wasn't that great not even for his time, if you ask me, and for today standards his stories are so naive in their narrative structure that made me giggle in more than one occasion.

But you still need to give to the man the credit for single-handedly creating a whole mythology; one that is quite fascinating and universally appreciated, homaged, and copied.

So to conclude I think it is quite evident that Saya no Uta was heavily influenced by the Cthulhu mythos (directly or indirectly), but that's about the setting and a part of the plot. The style of course is something completely original or anyway more in line with the modern japanese narrative.

This. His ideas were good but the language he uses is...to say the least....bland. But well, it's still a treasure trove worth of material to work from that he created. Not bad for some sickly, hikikomori who wrote for B-grade magazines...