2008-06-20, 04:42 | Link #41 | |
Human
Join Date: Aug 2004
Age: 37
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Well, it's a bit less clearcut than that, but it certainly leans towards masculine rather than being gender-neutral like you want it to be. In my dictionary, the first definition is "a man or a boy" with later definitions allowing gender neutrality in specific contexts. |
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2008-06-21, 08:52 | Link #42 |
Snape: "I hate Potter!"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
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Wow this light novel was just amazing, I stumbled onto the light novel after reading the manga, but I have to say the novel is by far the better medium. The emotions and descriptions were done in so much more detail in the light novel that halfway through ch 3 I just couldn't take my eyes off it until i've read 5 chapters that were translated!!
The relationship between Taiga and Ryuuji are very intriguing, the chemistry is definitely there and I really like the interaction. Their relationship could even topple the chemistry between louise and Saito (which i hold as the top love-hate/tsundere relationship). No words can describe how good this light novel is, chapter 5 was just wow!!!! Anyone who's read ch 5 can't deny the emotion and feelings that were displayed, my mouse scroll and my reading speed couldn't digest it fast enough!!! Oh by the way i read the 44% translated ch 6 and I only have one thing to say! Way to partly translate to a cliffhanger lol!! Omg i'm dying to see what happens after that scene. p.s. kudos to kinny for starting this translation, really a great novel and i can see why people are going to animate it!
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2008-06-21, 23:32 | Link #45 | |
Snape: "I hate Potter!"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
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It was a bad move for me cause it left me with a even bigger cliffhanger lol. I've had one sleepless night yesterday lol! EDIT: arghh i couldn't resist so i read more of ch 6 that was translated, it got me through the first cliffhanger but why oh why kinny did you stop at another one lol!! On a side note Spoiler for ch6:
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2008-06-28, 09:22 | Link #46 |
Gone for Good
Join Date: Apr 2004
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http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/in...le=Toradora%21
The first translation for volume 1 of Toradora is now up and available. If you wish to edit for any grammar or spelling mistakes, please feel free to register yourself on the wiki. Now that's 3 months of hard work out of the way. To the person that dismissed my working on this as being immoral because of petty copyright issues, I couldn't give a damn about what you think with your arrogant and hypocritical views. In fact, it's thanks to your ignorant holier-than-thou attitude that I was motivated to translate this more than anything. |
2008-06-28, 13:46 | Link #48 |
Pedestrian
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Sweden
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Damn, someone's translating this? Impressive.
I'm halfway through chapter 5 of the first volume, having purchased parts 1-3 from Amazon.co.jp (along with 45 other light novels), and this is remarkably good. In fact, it's so good that I had to run here and find a thread to post about how awesome it is, and here we are! While it's riddled with clichés, it still manages to feel fresh and unique, mostly because of the approach it takes, with the main characters having no interest in each other, but in other people altogether. Taiga is certainly very similar to Louise (and Shana and all the other tsundere chicks), but she feels much more vulnerable and her character genuinely interests me. Ryuuji, too, is sufficiently fleshed out to be something other than Generic Romcom Protagonist, keeping me happy to be "in his shoes", as it were. I've laughed out loud reading this more times than I did through 11 volumes of Zero no Tsukaima and 4 Kanokon put together, yet I'm nearly in tears at the family restaurant scene. The writing is smart and witty, while still keeping it surmountable (unlike Spice & Wolf, which got so complex that I had to give up for now), and miles above the clunky ZnT. I heard this is going to be animated this autumn already, and I hope they do the characters justice, but there doesn't appear to be much overarching plot to rape (poor ZnT/Kanokon), so if they just stick to the script, maybe, just maybe... In any case, I predict it'll be a huge hit, and rightfully so. Too bad I didn't get the rest of the series all in one go.
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2008-06-29, 01:27 | Link #49 | |
Snape: "I hate Potter!"
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Location: Australia
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2008-06-29, 16:18 | Link #50 |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 34
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Just finished volume 1. It seems like our boy Takasu-kun still doesn't understand himself and the difference between a crush and -- gasp! -- love.
I wonder which volume will we get the zomg series climax confession scene, and from whose side. I'd love it if it's Taiga who delivers it though. Already started volume 2; will read chapter 4 today. So far though, it seems we've got a -- more gasp! -- two-faced bishoujo! Curiously enough, while I'm usually driven to genocidal tendencies (+ depression and hatred at all things shoujo) whenever I'm exposed to a "two-faced bitch who ruins the main lead's life" type of character, this girl is a lot more tolerable so far. I predict she'll even become a love rival on Ryuji's side after the end of this volume. That is, if she's not already in love with her childhood friend Mr. Maruo. |
2008-06-30, 14:56 | Link #52 |
Black Panther
Join Date: Mar 2008
Age: 44
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The pdf version of volume 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?d2ex9jjvooy
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2008-07-04, 01:05 | Link #54 |
Snape: "I hate Potter!"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
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So far the manga has followed the novel very nicely, seriously it's almost identical so you can read the novel then read the manga if you desire a more "illustrated" version.
Off course that's not saying much as the manga only just started.
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2008-07-09, 23:18 | Link #57 |
そのおっぱいで13才
Join Date: Dec 2006
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Finished volume 2... Cliffhanger, huh... Mah, shiruka yo...
Oh, and for Taiga... \(^o^)/オワタ That's the problem, you know~ The novel describes Ami as "oh my god, she's so utterly cute let's all cling to her", but thanks to the fact Yasu's illustrations aren't exactly the best in the out there (in fact, there are a few illustrations that might pop up in my nightmare if I stare at it too long), I can't really see what's so cute about her. In fact, Sumire's character design (that resembles Ami slightly......) looks better than her's... Slightly over-exaggerating, but Ami looks as attractive as Yuusaku does (=not at all)... Then again, I'm sure the anime will straighten the art out. Spoiler for vol.2 thoughts:
Here's a wallpaper of 逆ギレ大河 (you know, thinking about it, there was a yugioh card called gyakugire panda too...):
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2008-07-10, 01:27 | Link #58 | |
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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The Toradora novel illustrations...they don't do much for me. I wonder how will Ami-chan look when she shows up in the manga? I also wonder if the anime will take after the novel, the manga, or if it will take on its own style. |
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2008-07-17, 22:49 | Link #60 | |
霊夢→デレ
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: NYC, NY
Age: 46
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Though it did cure my insomnia Now back to finishing Index before the fall (ten more volumes to go)
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