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Miraluka · 2011-08-11, 12:07

Golden Time is a light novel series by author Takemiya Yuyuko and illustrator Komatsu Eeji. This series currently has 3 volumes released so far being published by dengeki bunko.

Synopsis:

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Tada Banri, a newly admitted student at a private law school in Tokyo, found himself completely lost after the opening ceremony, trying to find his way to the freshman orientation. Just then, he ran into another lost freshman from the same school, Yanagisawa Mitsuo, and they hit it off at once. As they were hurrying to their intended goal, with hardly any time to spare, there appeared in front of them a beautiful girl holding a bouquet of roses. The girl whacked Mitsuo across the face with the bouquet and handed the flowers over to him. "Congratulations, Freshman!", was all she said, and then she left. The stylish, well dressed, perfect woman that had swung at Mitsuo was his childhood friend, Kaga Kouko. As children she had promised to marry him one day, fulfilling her dreams. In order to escape from her, Mitsuo had gone out secretly and taken the entrance exam for this well known private college, but now there she was in the freshman orientation hall. She had taken the law school entrance exam too, and had caught up to him there.

The novel is actually being translated at a good pace on Baka Tsuki:
http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/in...le=Golden_Time

Cover Illustrations:

Spin Off:
http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/im...noff_Cover.jpg

For those who don't know Yuyuko-sensei is the author of Toradora! light novel series, so I'm surprised nobody talks about this series.

SoFarGone · 2011-08-12, 02:06

Who is the male lead here? Is there eventually a love triangle between Banri, Mitsuo, and Kouko?

rpapo · 2011-08-22, 18:53

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Originally Posted by SoFarGone

Who is the male lead here? Is there eventually a love triangle between Banri, Mitsuo, and Kouko?

The male lead is Banri. Or rather, the story is told as if it were being narrated by "Banri's Ghost", who is the carrier of all of Banri's memories from high school and before. He follows the living Banri around, watching everything and occasionally making commentary on what he sees.

For the time being, Mitsuo is almost entirely on the sidelines, and the triangle, such as it is, is between Banri, Kouko (who wants Mitsuo) and Linda (who was Banri's girlfriend before he lost his memory).

rpapo · 2011-08-22, 18:58

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Originally Posted by Wilfriback

The novel is actually being translated at a good pace on Baka Tsuki.

A good pace? I'm only about 60% done translating the first book, and the third book is already published! I started working on the first book a few weeks after it was published (early October 2010), and the rate things are going, I will be lucky to get the first book done by the end of this year (2011)...

for3ver · 2011-12-12, 22:57

question... directed at rpapo...
have you read all 3 of the novels?
if so... does kouko remain loyal to mitsuo?
or does she give up on him and go for banri?
if so.. im dropping it right now...

rpapo · 2011-12-13, 06:09

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Originally Posted by for3ver

question... directed at rpapo...
have you read all 3 of the novels?
if so... does kouko remain loyal to mitsuo?
or does she give up on him and go for banri?
if so.. im dropping it right now...

Actually, my reading is at about the same pace as my translating, so I don't really know much more than what I've posted to Baka-Tsuki at any given point in time. I have all three books, in paper form, but apart from the AfterWord from volume 3 which I just translated so as to discover whether there will be a volume 4 or not, I've not done anything past volume 1 yet. And I've got 50 pages left to go in that book.

From what others have told me, and from what I can see from peeking a little into the next two books (and there apparently will be a fourth, at least),

Spoiler for Golden Time: Who is Linda?:

I'm rooting for Linda. Kouko is 200% self-centered, and appears to care nothing about anything but herself. The story may yet redeem her, but I have seen no evidence of that so far.

for3ver · 2011-12-13, 07:46

okie.. love triangle..
its been dropped...
i cant handle them..
they leave me feeling empty..
zzzz...

blade82 · 2011-12-13, 10:13

i thought it was Tomoyo on vol.2 cover

larethian · 2011-12-13, 12:11

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Originally Posted by for3ver

okie.. love triangle..
its been dropped...
i cant handle them..
they leave me feeling empty..
zzzz...

can you quote me a great romance story without a love triangle melodrama? it will be just crazily uninteresting. whether it leaves one 'empty' or not depends on how the author handles things.

ID555 · 2012-04-24, 07:20

Wow, stumbled across this today; it's really good. The characters are really well written, and the drama's just to my liking - nothing too heavy. The two 'scary' moments in vol 1 got me a bit on the edge of my seat though....

Thanks for translating this and please keep at it

Love triangle with two girls? That's the best. I love Kouko and how she always self-destructs in front of Mitsuo

The moments when she acts like a real human in front of Banri are the best.

Mitsuo's a great guy, but I'm glad he's out of it from the start (and stays out). Kouko's obsession with him was childish anyway.

Okashira · 2012-04-24, 11:53

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Originally Posted by ID555

Love triangle with two girls? That's the best. I love Kouko and how she always self-destructs in front of Mitsuo

The moments when she acts like a real human in front of Banri are the best.

I also love the way this flows, and character seem really authentic and I always like that, this is possibly my favorite Takemiya work.

rpapo has been touching up bits of volume 2 here and there from time to time. You gotta give props to his dedication and interesting, carefully following this title even before was released.

Gehenna · 2012-04-26, 04:58

Just finished reading volume 1 on baka tsuki and really liked the setting, but one question,

Spoiler for Kouko:

and also thanks very much for the translations of volume 1, much appreciated.

Xellos-_^ · 2012-04-26, 13:48

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As children she had promised to marry him one day, fulfilling her dreams. In order to escape from her, Mitsuo had gone out secretly and taken the entrance exam for this well known private college, but now there she was in the freshman orientation hall. She had taken the law school entrance exam too, and had caught up to him there.

sounds like a continuation of the Baka-Test in college.

csuree · 2012-04-30, 01:45

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Originally Posted by Gehenna

Just finished reading volume 1 on baka tsuki and really liked the setting, but one question,

Spoiler for Kouko:

and also thanks very much for the translations of volume 1, much appreciated.

yep he kinda like gets an answer: more precisely

Spoiler for confession:

ID555 · 2012-04-30, 02:23

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Originally Posted by csuree

yep he kinda like gets an answer: more precisely

Spoiler for confession:

Damn, why does he have to be so sensible!

Spoiler:

csuree · 2012-04-30, 03:48

i wish i knew japanese then i wouldn't have any problems reading a light novel.

Spoiler for confidence:

ID555 · 2012-04-30, 12:23

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Originally Posted by csuree

i wish i knew japanese then i wouldn't have any problems reading a light novel.

Spoiler for confidence:

Spoiler:

uberWTFpwned · 2012-04-30, 14:14

Spoiler for ending of golden time who gets who:

csuree · 2012-04-30, 15:21

Spoiler for opinion about ending(i hope many volumes later):

so in the end they are a perfect match

Tenchi Hou Take · 2012-04-30, 15:25

Precisely how far is the manga in raws in comparison to whats translated of the LN and how how is is whats been translated of the manga in comparison to the LN.

I've read the first chapter of manga but I have no idea whether I should just stick with with or start reading the LN.

2011-08-12, 02:06	Link #2
SoFarGone H.A.M. Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: somewhere on this planet	Who is the male lead here? Is there eventually a love triangle between Banri, Mitsuo, and Kouko? __________________

2012-04-26, 04:58	Link #12
Gehenna Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Glasgow, Scotland	Just finished reading volume 1 on baka tsuki and really liked the setting, but one question, Spoiler for Kouko: after the confession near the end of volume one, does he get a response in volume 2? and also thanks very much for the translations of volume 1, much appreciated.

2012-04-30, 03:48	Link #16
csuree The Most Hated™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: A random coordinate on the space-time continuum Age: 36	i wish i knew japanese then i wouldn't have any problems reading a light novel. Spoiler for confidence: i really don't think that if a girl gets confessed right after she was dumped, and also both of the parties were drunk as hell, she gets her confidence boosted. it looked to me that she was at first escaping hastily from his room. but it could be that she was confused. i really don't understand women, but i think she was looking forward to meeting with Tada, that is what perplexes me. anyway i'm a fan of Kouko x Tada....If Linda was her girl prior to the accident, then she was selfish to leave behind the poor guy, without memories and stuff, yeah she was nice and stuff, but to not say anything and leave him behind... __________________ Go for your dreams, never give up.Because when you give up your dreams, you die!

2012-04-30, 14:14	Link #18
uberWTFpwned Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2012	Spoiler for ending of golden time who gets who: I hope the ending is the obvious one where Kouko and Tada end up together but its more likely that Tada will reconnect with Linda and both of them will go out together leaving Kouko to fall in love with another random guy that appears out of no where. Leaving a happy ending where the trio (Tada, Kouko, and Mitsuo) end up together as friends as all three of them falls in love with someone else outside of the group. This is probably going to be the ending, note i only read the first volume so i don't know what will happen but i am mostly 100 percent correct. I hope i am wrong and Tada and Kouko end up together though but my brain and detective skills are like "nahh that won't happen this will mostly happen"

2012-04-30, 15:21	Link #19
csuree The Most Hated™ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: A random coordinate on the space-time continuum Age: 36	Spoiler for opinion about ending(i hope many volumes later): about the ending: the light novel is not finished yet. judging by the illustrations at the ending of the 3rd volume Tada suffers some injuries and Kouko is concerned to the point of nursing him, then linda gets to friendly with Tada, but Kouko intervenes but the last pic shows Kouko crying which is indeed a cliffhanger...interesting thing is that at the ending of the third volume Kouko is also crying. poor girl.... i kinda feel her pain (boy who she was in love for like 13 years dumps her, she has no other friend besides Tada, she kinda like wasted her whole life chasing the wrong person) Tada is the same (18 years of life erased, all the people who know him rejected him because he became a different person...even Linda pretended to be a stranger with him, even though they were a couple...) i think personally Tada and kouko will end up together they are both heartbroken, rejected from society so they stick together....and eventually end up together so in the end they are a perfect match __________________ Go for your dreams, never give up.Because when you give up your dreams, you die! Last edited by csuree; 2012-04-30 at 15:22. Reason: mistakes

2011-12-12, 22:57	Link #5
for3ver The Lost Child Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: neverland? where ever that is..	question... directed at rpapo... have you read all 3 of the novels? if so... does kouko remain loyal to mitsuo? or does she give up on him and go for banri? if so.. im dropping it right now...

2011-12-13, 07:46	Link #7
for3ver The Lost Child Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: neverland? where ever that is..	okie.. love triangle.. its been dropped... i cant handle them.. they leave me feeling empty.. zzzz...

2011-12-13, 10:13	Link #8
blade82 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: you have to find out	i thought it was Tomoyo on vol.2 cover

2012-04-24, 07:20	Link #10
ID555 Kamaboko smash & grab Join Date: Nov 2009	Wow, stumbled across this today; it's really good. The characters are really well written, and the drama's just to my liking - nothing too heavy. The two 'scary' moments in vol 1 got me a bit on the edge of my seat though.... Thanks for translating this and please keep at it Love triangle with two girls? That's the best. I love Kouko and how she always self-destructs in front of Mitsuo The moments when she acts like a real human in front of Banri are the best. Mitsuo's a great guy, but I'm glad he's out of it from the start (and stays out). Kouko's obsession with him was childish anyway.

2012-04-30, 15:25	Link #20
Tenchi Hou Take Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010	Precisely how far is the manga in raws in comparison to whats translated of the LN and how how is is whats been translated of the manga in comparison to the LN. I've read the first chapter of manga but I have no idea whether I should just stick with with or start reading the LN.