2011-04-16, 22:47 | Link #1201 | |||
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Do you know how many new title each year come out for LN? Most of them ends only at one volume when they're not popular enough(This is also why even the most popular novel is not numbered at the first volume. The author always expect that could always be the only volume come out of that series if they're not popular enough). Some light novel might be the result of anime producers' request, or game company's request, but generalizing it to the whole media is just ridiculous. It's just like if I generalizing western novel as crap because the only novel I ever read is the star wars continuation, or star treks one. Try to read more LN, especially from the publisher who published more heavier LN(Dengeki Bunko is a good start, although there are a lot or other publisher which publish even heavier story). And just for your information, not all LN has an illustration page inside. For example, the famous monogatari series bt NishioishiN doesn't have any illustration page inside aside from the one in the chapter title, and that's also usually only the picture of the main heroine in the chapter. The illustration page in LN is to help people who have trouble imagining the scene in a LN, since sometimes in LN, the author might decide to cut on the description to focus more on dialogue and inner monologue to make the story more character driven(and the page is very limited for one volume of LN to make it stay as LN). Quote:
1. How many LN title have you read to come out with that claim? 1 publisher can publish 10 LN title each month, that means almost hundred of new title is published in Japan each month. Are you claiming this from just the one being animated? If you do then I will rebuke the same as above. Your claim is the same as if I claim that western novel is solely filled with ridiculous medieval western fantasy set of vampire and magic and only filled with pretty girl and handosme boy to attract the mindless teenagers when the only western novel I've ever read is Harry Potter and Twilight(Well, I've never read Twilight because the movie adaptation was just that bad, but let's stay at the subject) 2. Do you read them in the original language to claim that? Translator, especially fan translator, doesn't have literature background. They usually only try to keep the content intact when translating, not the literature technique. 3. How much knowledge do you know about Japanese literature? You can't just apply the rule for English literature straight to the Japanese one. The Japanese language is a lot different than English, they have a lot of word play because of the number of homonyms in the language, the subject in a sentence doesn't have to be always explicitly stated, and in fact, a lot of the sentence in a writing can only be understood along with the context(read stand alone, they just don't have any meaning). This is very different with English language where they always state the subject and object in a sentence clearly. Quote:
Let's face it, there's never been any logic behind a fiction work, just some rationalization. It's just that those rationalization sometimes works more for some of us better than others, the same as this series. I have to admit, IS was a train of wreck as far as story goes, but that's because the anime story writer decide to be a moron and cut the little explanation details present in the novel, and that only happen halfway into the series. This series on the other hand, is only on the first episode and people already criticize the settings. Give it time, and see where the anime director took this series to before judging it. For now, just rationalize the setting with an explanation that suit you best, just like how you rationalize when dealing with other logically absurd fiction setting, even in the western literature. |
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2011-04-16, 23:18 | Link #1205 | |
worshipping the pantyhose
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Hey, we are on topic
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Wait, all this time it's always strawberry blonde, and not pink? I always thought Lacus Clyne had pink hair It makes sense though. Every strawberry shake I've drank was really like Aria's hair, and not bloody red... It's too long though! I just want to say "she's got pink hair" instead of the longer "she's got strawberry blonde hair" |
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2011-04-16, 23:25 | Link #1206 | |
今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている
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Aside from that, yeah, people should actually read more examples of a LN before condemning them all....you telling me Iriya no Sora is generic otaku-pandering stuff? Or Hime no Miko? Or Utsuro no Hako? Or screw it....even a shounen fantasy like Itsuten? Two of those aren't even getting animated in the forseeable future....
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2011-04-16, 23:50 | Link #1207 | |||
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*pokes them :3* Ow....Aria-chan bit me. D: Quote:
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Though the colors for the whole sequence there are distorted....^^;
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2011-04-16, 23:53 | Link #1208 |
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Never saw the hair accessory since I was too busy watching all the gun shooting whenever Aria showed up. But after looking at Chiibi's signature, I finally noticed they may be strange but they defiantly do fit in
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2011-04-17, 00:25 | Link #1211 | |
worshipping the pantyhose
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I knew my joke of a grown up Aria was going to bite me in the ass, you just reminded me of how she would look Ahem really though, the fun part about Aria's triangles is that sometimes it kinda looks like it's growing out of her head |
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2011-04-17, 00:32 | Link #1212 | |
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It's pretty much like looking at the exact same character aside from breast size and presence of glasses.
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2011-04-17, 00:51 | Link #1214 | |
worshipping the pantyhose
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Yeah there's that too
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I'm mostly referring to the height and breasts Aria can't stay tiny forever! She gots to grow up too! It would look so criminal for me |
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2011-04-17, 01:59 | Link #1218 |
二人は独自の世界を展開
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Kinji carries a M92F Beretta that is modified to have full auto. However, a byproduct of the modification is a malfunctionin 3-burst function. Instead of repeatedly firing 3 bullets, it fires 2 at nearly the same time.
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2011-04-17, 02:02 | Link #1219 | |
Ava courtesy of patchy
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I'm not trying to pander LoTR, or other literature in that matter. I just would like to point out, even in those literature, we were given the reason of why things happen by the author, and then we rationalize it to make it more "logical". It's the same in this series. First, we were given a reason why butei school is established, and why they're given permission to carry gun, and then along with the story, we'll be given the detail of that why and we're expected to rationalize it to make it look "logical". Some people could accept that rationalization and think that it make sense, while some will think it's too far-fetched(and this happen in western sci-fi literature too. Look at star wars and star-trek and the discussion concerning those two about how "illogical" and "unscientific" the setting in those two are, and yet those two are still a hit), but it's still not a good idea to argue that the silliness of the setting of the story make the story itself crap. This is a fiction work, set in a fictional land which just happened to be similar to our world. It's supposed to be illogical. If you want something logical, try to watch the more drama-like anime set in modern Japanese world instead of action anime like this one. The only way to see if this will turn out to be a good series or not is look at how the story will unfold instead of the settings, and considering we're still in the 1st episode, there's no way we can do that currently(not speaking from the perspective of LN reader). |
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2011-04-17, 02:06 | Link #1220 | |
今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている
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action, comedy, guns, harem, loli, romance, school life, shounen, tsundere |
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