(L) Toradora! Novel Discussion

[yezhanquan]

The black box covering her eyes = fail. Everyone should freaking know who she is, really.

[Fran~]

Nah... i'm talking about Kashii, not Kihara. Besides, the black box is an irony...

[typhonsentra]

It's just a gag.

By the way, that one short haired brunette model keeps popping up in the show, is she hideous or what?

[Fran~]

She is the future mass murder of the school... she will let a notice saying that she had some awful years, nobody talked her and such...

[fish eric]

Originally Posted by Fran~

She is the future mass murder of the school... she will let a notice saying that she had some awful years, nobody talked her and such...

hey, you need to put that is spoiler tags

[SageGaiGar]

Oh my god I've been spoiled. Griefers. :P

Actually, I was asking in another thread but guess I'll try here as well. Looking for some summaries to the side stories, particularly the one involving Haruta.

[Jarmel]

Ok I have a question, has the anime deviated from the light novels or is it going to be able to sum up the final novel with the last few episodes? I don't want to spoil myself but I want to know if the anime has been and will be faithful to the original source material.

[Tyabann]

Originally Posted by Jarmel

Ok I have a question, has the anime deviated from the light novels or is it going to be able to sum up the final novel with the last few episodes? I don't want to spoil myself but I want to know if the anime has been and will be faithful to the original source material.

It's been fairly faithful so far.

As for your question, probably. The scriptwriters got a draft of the final novel months ago, so...

[Jarmel]

Thank you that's great news. I would love to see it stick to the original material as the anime has been great so far and I'm just waiting for the novels to be translated at this point. If as you say they received a draft months ago then the ending should be planned to be somewhat close to the novels(despite some early hiccups in the anime).

[Peanutbutter]

Spoiler for volume 9/10 question:

How does Taiga's mother look like? Is she similar in sized to Taiga?

I do wonder whether they will go into introducing her and Yasuko's parents in the end cause it may seem too late to slot in them in at this stage of the story. Maybe they'll be taken out? That's my inkling for now.

[Tyabann]

Originally Posted by Peanutbutter003

Spoiler for volume 9/10 question:

How does Taiga's mother look like? Is she similar in sized to Taiga?

I do wonder whether they will go into introducing her and Yasuko's parents in the end cause it may seem too late to slot in them in at this stage of the story. Maybe they'll be taken out? That's my inkling for now.

Spoiler for your first question:

Taiga's dad is the short one, though I don't know a thing about Taiga's mother's appearance...

[MeoTwister5]

I was wondering but... who can I contact at Baka Tsuki regarding their translations for Toradora and a few other mangas?

I started reading their translations recently and... well... I'm not saying it's bad, things are obviously lost in the translation, but the English could use some editing and restructuring here and there to make it less rigid and more freeflowing. I was also interested in their attempt to translate Toradora into Tagalog, which is essentially my native language anyway, and thought I might be able to help.

Anyway I'm horrible at reading Japanese, so if ever I can contribute, it'll be editing and translating English to Tagalog.

[typhonsentra]

You could go on their forums and post a comment with some contact information.

[fish eric]

Originally Posted by MeoTwister5

I was wondering but... who can I contact at Baka Tsuki regarding their translations for Toradora and a few other mangas?

I started reading their translations recently and... well... I'm not saying it's bad, things are obviously lost in the translation, but the English could use some editing and restructuring here and there to make it less rigid and more freeflowing. I was also interested in their attempt to translate Toradora into Tagalog, which is essentially my native language anyway, and thought I might be able to help.

Anyway I'm horrible at reading Japanese, so if ever I can contribute, it'll be editing and translating English to Tagalog.

i was just mentioning this in another thread. the writing style is really rigid and un stylistic. its all very "matter-of-fact" if that makes sense.

there is someone who is doing an english retelling into an american setting using the translated script. since that project is already started why not join up with them?

[Tyabann]

Originally Posted by fish eric

there is someone who is doing an english retelling into an american setting using the translated script. since that project is already started why not join up with them?

Because 1990's localization policies were horrible and the people doing that project should feel horrible.

[roan]

My major gripe with that localization project is the conversion of the 3rd person into the 1st person. That is going to cause a lot of problems......

Ah, I shouldn't be posting.

[Vexx]

Aye, I don't necessarily have a problem with smoothing the text or adjusting the sentence to be explicit where Japanese normally leaves implied. I can even deal with some Americanization of slang. But changing the "point of view" was probably a tactical error.

[CaptGloval]

I dunno 'bout the English adaptation, I find its switch to first person (Ryuuji's) POV somewhat unnecesary.

(EDIT: aaaand due to that 1-minute rule, there were two others before me who stated the same opinion )

[Vexx]

Changing a POV like that is basically reWRITE rather than a translation.... yeah, a step too much.

[wistfulloner]

Yeah its no longer a translation, but its still a nice touch. Reading the story from another angle is always interesting, especially if its written well.