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I don't mind the "teenage soldier" cliche but in there cases their backgrounds are much less believable than a real old guy. Also with otherworldly beings coming to earth, I think it's better to have a guy with life experience to show em the ropes and interact with than some teenager that doesn't have a clue. But then I don't think too many young kids would be reading this anyway. Love those characters btw, there are cliches thrown in left, right and center but they don't seem bad at all.
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2011-06-02, 14:46 | Link #42 | |
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Here's more information from Baka-Tsuki:
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2011-06-02, 17:19 | Link #43 | ||
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See. THIS says allot about anime. We're so used to giant robots and space fleets being commanded by teenagers, that the notion of a main character whose over 30 years old seems extremely unnatural to us. It's almost as if we normally think of such characters as secondary (even backround characters) whose sole purpose is to stand around and be impressed by the teenage wunder kind. I think one of the selling points for this is the fact that the male protagonist ISN'T some kid that makes this more interesting. It amuses me to no end that by going with the most *normal* choice of protagonist (An adult military man, as opposed to a 16 year *just a regular old high school student*) to handle a major nation threatening crisis...the series is doing this huge subversion of everything that surprises most fans. edit: Also FUCK YEAR ARMOR! Quote:
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2011-06-02, 17:29 | Link #44 |
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At first I thought the main character was too old, but then I thought about it. He's an officer so he has to have a good amount of experience, and thus easily several years into the JSDF, so it's not surprising he's 33. You can't really argue an age difference because none of the fantasy characters, with the exception of the 15 year old and 19 year old, are younger than him.
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2011-06-02, 18:42 | Link #46 |
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VERY interesting. Seems the wizards are trying to overstate the power projection that they would add to a major conflict.
And it IS an interesting idea. That for a long time the mages have been focusing their power on trying to suppress conventional tech, instead of using it as a compliment to it. This of course has resulted in them having to eventually deal with some crazy shit coming through the gate in the form of cannon and rifles. |
2011-06-02, 23:49 | Link #47 | |
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@doraneko: (well, he's not here so I don't know if he will answer my question...) by which you mean watered down version, is this version like a summary version of the original version? like say, whether the volume is way much less than the original. edit: ... I just know this is also the same like SAO, in which they're both started of as a web novel and then a publisher took it on to publish the materials. As in SAO the light novel version only have a minor differences with the web version. So I wonder if "Gate" also the same? Last edited by AlaAlba; 2011-06-03 at 00:05. |
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2011-06-03, 05:11 | Link #48 |
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If I understand this correctly.... their magic relies on the perception that the "Surface Truth" is the natural state of the world, and that they use "Counter Truth" to change that state: making something do stuff it normally wouldn't. Interesting view on things there... it's these kinds of stuff that make me want for MOAR
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2011-06-04, 06:53 | Link #49 | |
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2011-06-05, 03:12 | Link #50 | ||
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Here's some more information as to why it took a week to beat back the invaders from the Fantasy World:
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2011-06-05, 03:14 | Link #51 | |
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Also here's the length of the novels:
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2011-06-05, 05:59 | Link #52 | |
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Good to see that our protagonist is a level headed fellow! Quite refreshing I think. With regards to translation...if anything WAS done, it'd probably be best to initially focus all the energy onto just the first novel. To get as much of that out as a complete translated unit as possible. Last edited by Roger Rambo; 2011-06-05 at 06:50. |
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2011-06-05, 19:46 | Link #53 | |
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Well someone on Spacebattles was able to translate a portion of the prologue from the sample page:
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2011-06-06, 08:16 | Link #56 | |
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And it seeming, that despite the colorful cover, the tone of this series seems to be more in line with that one fanart of the berserking gothic lolita. VERY bloody. |
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2011-06-07, 19:57 | Link #58 | |
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Doraneko translated a scene showing Rory Mercury against some bandits who'd just robbed a family fleeing the village that'd been attacked by a dragon:
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