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View Poll Results: How does long titles in light novels affect your anticipation in its story? | |||
Very much, positively. | 1 | 0.78% | |
Not much, but it makes the series interesting. | 10 | 7.81% | |
It doesn't bother me at all. | 68 | 53.13% | |
Not much, but worries me a bit. | 30 | 23.44% | |
Very much, negatively. | 19 | 14.84% | |
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2013-01-17, 03:27 | Link #21 |
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: All ghillied up spying on someone ~2,000 yards away using telescope sights.
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I for one can't be bothered with titles especially if the only problem with it is trying to think of an abbreviation to refer it with while having a convo... something I'm seeing becoming a pet peeve for lots just because they have to shorten it on their own.
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2013-01-17, 04:01 | Link #23 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Idaho
Age: 32
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Please tell me that these aren't real titles. Please.
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2013-01-17, 07:23 | Link #25 | |
Princess or Plunderer?
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
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And what is two Mongolian Death Worm light novel series?! EDIT: The "I practiced asking a girl who looks like the class president out, and she made me her slave." one is in the middle.
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2013-01-17, 08:50 | Link #26 |
Last Engage
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Florida
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I actually kind of love this. The idea of obscurity and ridiculous premise... it's like reading an anime literary version of one of my old B-movie websites. The obscure, the weird, the unknown and the cheaply but heartfully made... this is the depths of fiction that anime only scratches the surface of in its myriad adaptations.
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2013-01-17, 08:55 | Link #27 |
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: AUSTRALIA
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'Boy that "Student Council President" sure gets around a bit in novel form, but alas I am an oldie on an internet anime/manga forum and she would not be interested in me at all'.
Usually when the title is long I tend go for a derisive, and short, nickname as possible to remember it by eg X-Denpa for Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, the X is a nod to the X-Files series of course, and 'aliens' being a very loose part of the constituent subject matter. The longer the title the more ''fun' I have with it. Though I would hope the novel/manga writers would adhere to the Keep It Simple Stupid school before we have a DVD release with nothing but text on the cover as there in no room for other credits/illustrations.
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2013-01-17, 08:59 | Link #28 |
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: France
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I started to notice this trend becoming common since Oreimo, but it wasn't just used for LNs, but also in manga, visual novels and sometimes in anime. I think the reason why it becomes popular is probably due to the anime/manga industry crisis and the way the authors can't seem to find a good picking title from their own works, so instead they describe a part of the premise as a title instead. Despite that, it doesn't bother me at all as long as the story sound interesting for my personal tastes.
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2013-01-17, 11:19 | Link #31 |
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 37
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The long titles do not skew my expectations of the content (it would be stupid to judge a book by its cover, or in this case, its title) but I find them incredibly dumb. Who thought it was a good idea to have a sentence as a title?
"I'm a shitty Light Novel writer who can't come up with a decent title so I'll just use the premise as a title instead!" If you want to have some fun, you can try to imagine what kind of titles a regular series would have had if it had been a light novel. Vividred operation: I put my grandpa in a freezer and I became a magical girl thanks to science! Remember: the more ridiculous it sounds, the better. If you can put "little sister" in there somewhere, you've got a best seller.
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2013-01-17, 11:25 | Link #32 | ||
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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2013-01-17, 11:26 | Link #33 |
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Join Date: Dec 2012
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/\lol Jojo light novel edition.
Anyway Light Novels generally seem to state the wish fulfilment premise straight up is what I've found. The theory of naming conventions seems to be informing potential buyers everything they need to know about the fetishes being targeted. Right now the two big ones seem to be about imouto incest and boinking the super hot but stuck up and domineering school president/idol. I can't really say their adaptations are where I look for ideas that will last me more than a few anime episodes. |
2013-01-17, 11:29 | Link #34 |
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Age: 33
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It's really hard for me to expect much from a work that blurts out the entirety of its premise in the title alone. I won't go as far as judging the story right there and then just from the title, but I can't exactly say that it wouldn't affect my expectations either. After all, what kind of writing can I expect from an author who can't even be bothered to think of a reasonable title?
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2013-01-17, 12:04 | Link #37 | |||
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What's Infinite Stratos? Oh, you must have meant "同じ展開が最後まで繰り返すわけがない!? (There's no Way The Same Kind of Development Will Keep Repeating Till the End!?)" Quote:
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2013-01-17, 15:13 | Link #38 |
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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This seems like fun:
"I'm a magus killer with a tragic past but I will fight for the holy grail so I can become a hero" "I'm too indecisive to become the ultimate magical girl to save the world" "I can't believe my observation doll has become this evil" "I can't believe I love my two fake little sisters this much" "Only I can help the classroom rep that I love so much with her demon cat possession because I'm also part vampire" "I started a rebellion to fight against my father and my childhood friend for my blind and crippled little sister". Last edited by Xion Valkyrie; 2013-01-17 at 15:33. |
2013-01-17, 15:20 | Link #39 | |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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It's like they read this: http://www.cracked.com/article_18542...e-posters.html
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2013-01-17, 15:49 | Link #40 | ||
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Join Date: Sep 2009
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Age: 32
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"I Will Sail to the End of the Grand Line and Find the Ultimate Treasure So I Can Become King of the Pirates!" "I Play Trading Card Games While Having the Soul of a Thousand-Year Deceased Pharaoh Possess My Body!" "My Planet is Always Threatened by Overly Powerful Aliens Who Desire to Utilize the Power of Orange Spheres With Stars On Them to Grant Wishes!?"
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