Shakugan no SHANA Novels

[lua thien]

Originally Posted by DX HBK

If he has a weakness, it would be his armor as it's vulnerable to a shatterpoint assault.

Another would be that his senses are so sharp in detection that one could overload them with a massive countermeasure in the manner that you overload a speaker. But then again, don't underestimate his blind fighting berserk mode.

Well, you seem rather optimistic to think that he would have weaknesses.

[Mukki]

Originally Posted by typhonsentra

I finally got around to reading the novels, just finished the first chapter and a little of the second for the first volume and.... I like the anime better so far. I kept waiting for the storyline about Hirai to pop up and was disappointed they skipped it entirely. I understand what the author was going for but being aquainted with the anime first, I was disappointed that it wasn't there, it was a pretty powerful set of scenes in my opinion. I also don't like the lack of breaks in between scene changes like we got in the Full Metal Panic novels. It makes it harder to find your place when you go back to reading, yanno?

I still like the novels though, it's nice to see what Yuji's thinking about in each scene as I never got a feel for his thought process in most of the show.

The Hirai scenes weren't really "left out" since the novels actually came first. It'd be more accurate to say that they were "added" in the anime.

[ZingFreelancer]

Originally Posted by Game8910

yes, and most of them will hopefully end in death

I support you 100% on that one dude

Originally Posted by Dbano

Doesn't sound familiar? In the Anime storyline the former Flame-Haired Red-Hot-Eye Hunter fell in love with a Tomogara. That Tomogara is Merihim(the one Wilhelmina fell for too, in the anime at least). Won't history repeat itself here? I don't think so, There is human involvement this time so it would be different.

I might be wrong, but if I correct it a little, it was like that... Previus Flame Haze of Alastor where in love with Alastor and that Merihim dude fell for Empatsu Shakugan no Uchita (If I spell that right ) , in the end there was Wilhelmina who loved that Merihim dude.

[typhonsentra]

Originally Posted by Game8910

you say that but once novel 3 is eventually released all of us fanboys will crawl to the bookstore to get our Shana fix T_T

Apparently it was canned, no plans to continue the series.

[Dbano]

Apparently it was canned, no plans to continue the series.

They shouldn't have licensed it, if they don't plan to finish the translation.

I might be wrong, but if I correct it a little, it was like that... Previus Flame Haze of Alastor where in love with Alastor and that Merihim dude fell for Empatsu Shakugan no Uchita (If I spell that right ) , in the end there was Wilhelmina who loved that Merihim dude.

Really? Dang, I got confused of who previous Empatsu Shakugan no Uchita loves (where did uchita came from?).

[RanXan]

please!
someone could make a summary of the novel 17 or explain more or less covered by the story?

It was not that follows the 16 but I would like to know a little about it

thanks!

[typhonsentra]

You mean "Special II"? What are those books anyway?

[minhtam1638]

Originally Posted by Dbano

They shouldn't have licensed it, if they don't plan to finish the translation.

If there's no plans to finish the translation from Viz, then I would have to say that it will probably be picked up by someone else. Anybody can pay for the license.

[Devard]

Originally Posted by typhonsentra

Apparently it was canned, no plans to continue the series.

Got a link to the source?

[Game8910]

if ViZ drops it its good for us people, baka-tsuki has been itching to work on it

[typhonsentra]

Yeah, one of the guy's apparently already started work on Volume 3.

http://www.baka-tsuki.net/forums/vie...t=863&start=60

[Game8910]

Originally Posted by typhonsentra

Yeah, one of the guy's apparently already started work on Volume 3.

http://www.baka-tsuki.net/forums/vie...t=863&start=60

marry me and bear my children pls

[minhtam1638]

Ah, interesting, so Viz granted free permission to translate Volume 3 and onwards?

[DeotoxSlayer]

Originally Posted by minhtam2448

Ah, interesting, so Viz granted free permission to translate Volume 3 and onwards?

No, they didn't TheLastGuardian(The Big Boss at B-T) gave permission for the project to start on B-T from Volume 3 onwards since they haven't beeen released in english and Viz has stated that they won't be releasing anymore volumes.

I'll probably be an editor when the actual project is created and official. Now we just al lot more translators
(We needz MOAR!!! MOAR!!!!) and more editors. so since the first two novels won't be translated we only have.....17 more volumes to go(14 if you don't count Volumes S, SII and 0)

[Game8910]

well im glad to know B-T will work on this, i will be really looking forward to it

[bahamut zero]

And when did Viz state that they dropped the Novels?....

[DGoscar]

Do the novel-readers here read the Japanese version of the novels? Or is there an english version somehwhere *other than the two released novels by Viz*

[Matt122005]

If you e-mail Viz, as I have and others have, they reply that they have no current plans to translate anymore of the SNS novels.

What is even funnier, Viz didn't liscense the novels. Media Works did. And Viz hasn't a clue how many novels they liscensed.

Real unproffesional in my opinion, to not know about your products.

-Matt

[bahamut zero]

Originally Posted by Matt122005

If you e-mail Viz, as I have and others have, they reply that they have no current plans to translate anymore of the SNS novels.

What is even funnier, Viz didn't liscense the novels. Media Works did. And Viz hasn't a clue how many novels they liscensed.

Real unproffesional in my opinion, to not know about your products.

-Matt

Well, ok, that's....well....xD"...i'm speechless xD

All Hail Baka-Tsuki xD"

[DGoscar]

It seems work has begun on translating SnS novels though, right?

Originally Posted by bahamut zero

All Hail Baka-Tsuki xD"

Reminds me, "Hail pork."