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Can't just post about gaijin poo poo,in the anime forum
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Aug 31, 2015 23:49
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Namtab posted:That's not a light novel then What about novels that are Japanese but neither light nor web Is it just me or is "web novel" a really cutesy way to avoid the stigma of being called a self-published novel
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Aug 31, 2015 23:53
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Cynic Jester posted:No tense errors. This is actually an unfortunate effect of a weird quirk in Japanese literary prose, where the tense flips between past and present from sentence to sentence within a single paragraph. I've tried to discuss it with some natives, but they never know why it's used or what it signifies. My guess is that it's considered stale to stick to the same tense too long, or something. In translation it's probably sane to reformat everything as past tense, though, since we're so used to it.
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Aug 31, 2015 23:57
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Do tense errors make you tense?
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Aug 31, 2015 23:59
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Srice posted:What about novels that are Japanese but neither light nor web Well, to me, web-novel is more accurate than self-published, because it brings it on the same level as web-comic, where it is created for a particular format. We tend to notice they are broken down into very short sections because, like a web-comic, they are produced and published piece-by-piece (serialized) instead of all at once like a classical novel (self-published or not). Hypothetically, a web-novel could be published by a company whose business model is collecting many of them into a central location and generating ad-revenue, making it a traditional publication in a web format. South Korean web-toons are often published in this format. Okay, I'll shut up now. Emmideer fucked around with this message at 00:07 on Sep 1, 2015 |
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Sep 1, 2015 00:01
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Srice posted:What about novels that are Japanese but neither light nor web The internet kind of took all the stigma out of self-publishing, as now you can upload your best selling novel "Taken By a Gay Dinosaur" to Amazon and sell it for a dollar, and make a million off fetish viewers.
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Sep 1, 2015 01:33
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Boogaleeboo posted:The internet kind of took all the stigma out of self-publishing, There's still a stigma but people have no self awareness in tyool 2015
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Sep 1, 2015 02:51
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people are just more willing to read terrible garbage if it is serialized and includes nerd poo poo like video games and/or power levels. i am obviously no exception.
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Sep 1, 2015 03:30
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Hello I'm doing my part to make it easier to wade through the terrible garbage that we slog through: http://blastron01.tumblr.com/tagged/kumoko/chrono I'm hoping to get a chapter done every day. Feedback is always appreciated.
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Sep 1, 2015 08:00
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blastron posted:Hello I'm doing my part to make it easier to wade through the terrible garbage that we slog through: Godspeed.
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Sep 1, 2015 09:42
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Namtab posted:There's still a stigma but people have no self awareness in tyool 2015 As someone who doesn't bother with it, the stuff that people wind up talking about come across to me like this hyper-focused, checklist-y sorta thing. For when regular ol genre stuff doesn't satisfy very specific needs, I guess.
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Sep 1, 2015 11:10
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Tsubasa2004 posted:Book 1 is free from Amazon if you have prime+one of their devices, or with Kindle Unlimited. He charges for the rest of it. With Prime and a Kindle it's still 2.99 for me, I might check it out later regardless.
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Sep 1, 2015 16:19
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blastron posted:Hello I'm doing my part to make it easier to wade through the terrible garbage that we slog through: This is possibly me just having Stockholm syndrome, but I kinda miss the Nai Waaaaa. Yes, she's saying 'No Way!', but there was something endearing about it.
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Sep 1, 2015 16:28
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The Lord of Hats posted:This is possibly me just having Stockholm syndrome, but I kinda miss the Nai Waaaaa. Yes, she's saying 'No Way!', but there was something endearing about it. Yeah it's definitely Stockholm Syndrome but I've got it too. I would never endorse keeping "Nai Wa" for an official translation because that's ridiculous, but I will certainly feel sad and miss it when it's gone. Nai wa. EDIT: Speaking of, new chapters! Oh man was it good to finally see that status. Cipher Pol 9 fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Sep 1, 2015 |
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Sep 1, 2015 16:36
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Nai wa~
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Sep 1, 2015 16:36
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Given Kumoko herself thinks she has a special way of saying "Nai Wai", it would make sense to keep it 
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Sep 1, 2015 18:17
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I think I'm going to change it to "no waaaay" throughout; I really hate leaving things untranslated (Tanaka-san, you're so sugoi!) but I definitely see the need to preserve Kumoko's unique, ah, charm. Thanks for the feedback!
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Sep 1, 2015 21:10
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Quellar posted:This is pretty much a cursed genre, filled to the brim with horrible power fantasies and grade schooler-level writing. That said, it's hypnotizing seeing the self-inserts grow more and more powerful. My favorite is Kono Sekai ga Game da to, Ore dake ga Shitteiru. It's about a dude that gets trapped in a buggy game and he has to exploit glitches to level up. This one is pretty drat funny. I don't think I will get tired of NPC's reacting to the crazy-hobo antics the protagonist gets up to in the name of powergaming. Like asking to use the confession booth at the church - a space where it's impossible to lose HP, MP or Stamina - to rapidly grind up his movement skills by, well . . . 
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Sep 2, 2015 16:22
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Well now that I have to check out.
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Sep 2, 2015 18:14
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Mygna posted:This one is pretty drat funny. I don't think I will get tired of NPC's reacting to the crazy-hobo antics the protagonist gets up to in the name of powergaming. Like asking to use the confession booth at the church - a space where it's impossible to lose HP, MP or Stamina - to rapidly grind up his movement skills by, well . . . That's got to be one hell of a stress reliever. ConanThe3rd fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Sep 2, 2015 |
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Sep 2, 2015 20:43
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That is a very convincing endorsement.
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Sep 3, 2015 01:51
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Lmbo at a whole group of human beings who's life is so empty they write out their power fantasies in video game terms.
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Sep 3, 2015 02:15
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If I ever write a web novel it's going to be me getting laid 24/7 and I'll have rock hard abs and a huge shaft.
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Sep 3, 2015 02:17
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i never gave you the rights to my autobiography
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Sep 3, 2015 02:17
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Cake Attack posted:i never gave you the rights to my autobiography An autobiography is self written, idiot.
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Sep 3, 2015 02:18
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drilldo squirt posted:If I ever write a web novel it's going to be me getting laid 24/7 and I'll have rock hard abs and a huge shaft. Those exist too, but are even less interesting than the video game poo poo.
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Sep 3, 2015 05:29
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HiveCommander posted:Mushoku Tensei: Did we ever get trip reports on these in this thread? Since they're both mega-long and also completely translated at this point, did people think they were worth reading? I vaguely remember I started and dropped both of them months ago but since I notice they're complete now I'm wondering if they're worth going back and giving a read through? People were hype as gently caress for a while weren't they, but I don't see any recent discussion from this thread?
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Sep 4, 2015 15:21
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Shield hero is real bad. I'm going to take a leap of faith and say the first one is also bad
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Sep 4, 2015 15:26
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In Mushoku Tensei the MC has 3 smokin' hot wives who he shags daily. Living the dream.
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Sep 4, 2015 15:37
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Shukaro posted:In Mushoku Tensei the MC has 3 smokin' hot wives who he shags daily. To be fair, there was a fair amount of angst leading UP to this living arrangement, because the MC (while admitting to himself he was something of a perv) was trying very hard to NOT carry on his family tradition (multiple spouses, somewhat distantly removed incest, fathering (and mothering) children with the servants, etc). Which itself lines up with his homeland's gimmick of 'The nobility of Asura are people who openly display their dirty laundry.'
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Sep 4, 2015 15:58
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That honestly makes it sound worse.
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Sep 4, 2015 16:06
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ShieldBro is awful. The MC starts as a betrayed person relying on magically enforced slavery to keep relationships going. And then he never gets over it and all his companions stay slaves or people he has enough leverage over that they might as well be. Add that the ending is a complete wet fart of epic proportions even when compared to other works in the genre and you have something truly special. Mushoku Tensei is somehow worse. I can't put my finger on exactly which of its many faults grates the most, but I have not finished reading the entire thing and I hopefully never will.
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Sep 4, 2015 16:08
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Well that's unfortunate, you would think there would be some sort of merit just considering the sheer volume of stuff that had to be translated. Oh well.
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Sep 4, 2015 16:11
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Cynic Jester posted:ShieldBro is awful. The MC starts as a betrayed person relying on magically enforced slavery to keep relationships going. And then he never gets over it and all his companions stay slaves or people he has enough leverage over that they might as well be. Add that the ending is a complete wet fart of epic proportions even when compared to other works in the genre and you have something truly special. It's probably that Mushoku Tensei is incredibly long-winded and completely uninspired power fantasy dreck. Pretty much just the same as Moonlight Sculptor. I've been reading that russian trapped-in-an-mmo story Play To Live and it's actually pretty good, so maybe read that instead.
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Sep 4, 2015 16:12
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Sinking Ship posted:Well that's unfortunate, you would think there would be some sort of merit just considering the sheer volume of stuff that had to be translated. Oh well. 75% of the time, "really long" just means "the author didn't know when to stop".
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Sep 4, 2015 16:20
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Mushoku Tensei is very much not good, but anything is better than straight up slavery fetishism.
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Sep 4, 2015 16:22
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Shukaro posted:I've been reading that russian trapped-in-an-mmo story Play To Live and it's actually pretty good, so maybe read that instead. Yepp. I've been reading it too and it's not awful.
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Sep 4, 2015 16:25
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Meanwhile kumoko finally Defeated the earth dragon alaba, the one that destroyed her nest way back. That was a pretty amazing battle.
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Sep 4, 2015 17:27
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Captain_duck posted:Meanwhile kumoko finally Defeated the earth dragon alaba, the one that destroyed her nest way back. That was a pretty amazing battle. Yea the dragon powering up mid-fight and Kumoko's resulting indignation was pretty great. That's for protagonists!
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Sep 4, 2015 17:39
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Serious Frolicking posted:Mushoku Tensei is very much not good, but anything is better than straight up slavery fetishism. Pretty much. The twist at the end was fairly funny, though. The MC's presence is a complete accident caused by a disruption to reality of a more traditional 'summoned to another world' protagonist who will appear many years in the future... whose story will probably not be told.
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Sep 4, 2015 19:49
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