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Ahh, its about 4 years ago: http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=36260 Quote:
Also starting to read a light novel series from this new label is a little risky, if the label doesn't do well (sales wise), this new label might not live long... after all who wants to read an uncompleted light novel series so I would definitely wait before I start reading a light novel from this label.
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2010-04-10, 09:53 | Link #382 | |
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Oh time certainly flies . I have never realized that almost 4 years have passed. Checking the archives I got your light novel magazine recommendations post (that caused me an additional outflow of ~780yen x 45 months ).
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthre...155#post632155 The situation of the male-oriented light novel department hasn't changed a lot. You can almost post the same message today without anyone questioning its authenticity. Quote:
For example, フィリシエラと、わたしと、終わりゆく世界に〈1〉 from one of the Kadokawa Big-3 labels is one of my first light novels, and I have been eagerly waiting for〈2〉throughout my entire light novel reading history. I'd love to recommend this book, but I simply cannot as it is cruel to keep someone in suspense for his whole life . Shana, another work from the Kadokawa Big-3, is the complete opposite. Peaked during the first 5 volumes, it has been since then on a shounen-manga style drag and to-date 22 volumes have been published. Like manga, from time to time there are hidden gems from minor light novel publishers. If I learn about them, I won't be hesitate to pick them up. Of course, locating them is another matter though.
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2010-04-10, 10:37 | Link #383 | |
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2010-04-10, 11:27 | Link #384 | |
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2010-04-10, 11:59 | Link #385 | |
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I'm not a light novel magazine reader, but I would still like to see these magazines always published... It would be too sad not having at least a few light novel magazines out there Hopefully someday the mook "GA Magazine" might become a bi-monthly publication and a true magazine, and we can add it to this list the publisher did start another mook that is a special issue of GA Magazine: http://www.comipedia.com/magazine/ga-magazine-creators GA Magazine Creators contains illustrations of popular light novels from the GA Bunko label, and its first issue was released in March 2010: http://ga.sbcr.jp/bunko_blog/nekopyon/014628/
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2010-04-28, 10:40 | Link #386 |
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I read Sword Art Online just yesterday, some time since I read a light novel, and I dont regret with my choice this time. Although some people would think SOA is a bit too much cliche, it is the kind of novel I'd read in one go cause of it's numbers of climaxes prevent me feeling boring.
Any fan of SOA here? I plan to start on 2 but after saw its illustrators on first pages I'd skip it It's only a flashback story... |
2010-05-02, 05:44 | Link #388 |
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In an unexpected turn of events, the "Sugar Dark" series which took the Grand Award of the Sneakers Bunko Award (the first winner after Haruhi) is prematurely terminated.
Although it is not the best novel in terms of plot and storytelling, I appreciate how it deals with the relatively obscure theme of grave-keeping and tries its best to avoid falling into the general light novel stereotypes. The selection committee's open-mindedness in choosing something non-conventional instead of going for some safe but cliched choices also deserves praises. But apparently Kadokawa has been trying too hard to push the book, dubbing it as the successor of Haruhi. The large gap between the extremely high expectation and the solid but plain content makes the sales figure much to be desired. The young writer eventually threw in the towel today: after around half a year since the first book has been published. He was ambiguous with the reason behind, but it seems to be related to the difficulty in striking a balance between creative liberty and commercial viability. Anyhow he is writing a completely new story as a means for him to "recover." As much as I am disappointed with how "Sugar Dark" was brought to an abrupt end, I still look forward to his next work. On a side note, I have just read Seiren Sangokushi (精恋三国志) by Nanajyuu Niko published under the Dengeki Bunko label. The author himself regarded it as "a fairy tail in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms era," with Chou'un (趙雲) as the main protagonist. The recent Japanese renderings of the RoTK story in anime/manga is not exactly impressive, flooded with ecchi, school comedy and gender-bending stuff. Therefore it is a pleasant surprise that the author of this novel has at least tried to be faithful to the original source in most parts of the story, despite of the addition of fantasy elements. Although the depiction of wars and strategies are quite good, the main meat of the book is still the romance part, as the title has clearly indicated. Chou'un and his partner Yuuin are both very likeable characters. I especially like how their relationship develops and how they interact with each other. The way they subtly love each other while still actively maintaining a distance is a very Chinese concept, that actually reminds me of some traditional Chinese fairy tales. Shameless plug: feel free to visit my blog for a more detailed review.
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2010-05-16, 22:01 | Link #389 | |
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i hope someone can get the publishing rights to the series -- even including the 1st volume and re-issue a different presentation and maintain everything more intact and make sure to include all the art, et al. of course my pov is based on a print of vol 1 by TP that is a workprint, so things may have changed, even dramatically. |
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2010-05-25, 08:19 | Link #390 | |
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Really, I just right into SAO after reading Accel World, and I must say it did not disappointed. Reki Kawahara is just so good at building up emotions between characters and very vivid action scenes. I've been reading a ton other translated ones but this author's stories just make me very impressed (being a huge VR fan helps too =P). |
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2010-06-26, 17:13 | Link #392 | |
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Lately, I've reading Sugii Hikaru's The Sword Queen and Branded Child (剣の女王と烙印の仔) after I've caught up with Kamisama no Memochou (which I started reading thanks to asrielchase's signature). I can't really believe the author wrote both serious as Sword Queen is so much more grim and savage compare to KamiMemo, but still both are great read. I've always been a fantasy/magic/romance fan, which is exactly what Sword Queen is. Despite the grim nature of the story, there are still fair amount of comedy. Spoiler for Description and minor spoilers of Sword Queen:
Not exactly what you call entirely new and brilliant (most can't these days), but execution feels fresh enough that I can't say it reminds me of any work that I've read in the past. After reading the translations up to volume 3 I would recommend this to people who likes this type of story. The illustrations are quite simple and pleasing to the eye as well. |
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2010-06-27, 04:41 | Link #394 | |
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Anyways, before I tackle the book, and just because I want to know, can I ask in what way/style/dialect/etc does Mikoko speak in, or how? Is there any other characters that has a unique way to talking? I'm sure there are since this is Nisio here. I'm also sure there are numerous wordplays , puns, and abnormal/freakishly cool names that are hard, if not impossible to translate. So, I don't really have high expectations of Del Rey. |
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2010-06-27, 09:14 | Link #395 | |
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I kind of paused in the middle of Vol.1 back then thinking it would just drag on and on like other RPG-esque lightnovels, but after I finished reading it I just couldn't stop. To be honest I went online and managed to find the web version of SAO series that the author has posted before they got published... and they were amazing. The author is certainly taking it very seriously when he chose to write about VR world/Real world relationship. Dunno if you've finished it or not but I would recommend reading vol.2 first. I skipped it at first because the description of vol3 is much too tempting, but I went back and read it while waiting for the translation of vol4. It doesn't matter in terms of plot, but you'd enjoy the ending of the Fairy Dance arc a bit more if you read vol2 before hand. Spoiler for
promo pic for vol.5: (not really spoilerish i think):
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2010-06-27, 12:05 | Link #396 | |
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Aikawa Jun speaks in a very manly way, which might not come across too easily in English. One character has the given name むいみ (Muimi) which means "pointless" (speaks like a gangster), another character is called Emoto Tomoe, which in Japanese is an anagram, but not in English. There are probably more I haven't realized in my ignorance. Nishio basically never uses sane names. As for puns, yeah, they're everywhere. Nishio's favourite thing is playing with words, and all his books are filled to the brim with crazy language tricks. The most immediate example is the chapter titles, which have homonym-ish subtitles. He also keeps describing different paths taken through the streets of Kyoto, so you may want to have a city map at hand.
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2010-06-27, 13:31 | Link #397 | |
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All this is probably because I'm hearing and imagining the characters saying it in English (as if they themselves are from the U.S.), which clashes with me knowing that it's in a different culture/setting entirely. Also, that this is a LN, so I'm visualizing anime/manga characters and all of their usual idiosyncrasies that I"m so familiar and fond of. Anyways, I'll keep all of that in mind. |
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2010-07-02, 08:28 | Link #398 |
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NGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGH!!!!!!11111
ゴールデンタイム1 春にしてブラックアウト 著/竹宮ゆゆこ イラスト/駒都えーじ 私の描く人生のシナリオは完璧! そう豪語するお嬢様と出会った多田万里のま まならない青春の行方は!? 「とらドラ!」の竹宮ゆゆこ、待望の新シリーズ始動! Release in September! *runs around screaming excitedly*
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