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HenryEx posted:Somebody find that post again someone made that had various excerpts from the books as an example of the writing, dealing with Akatsuki. I distinctly remember it ending with the words "WE GET IT FUCKER, SHE'S SMALL!" It must have been a charming poster of great quality. Toshimo posted:I do. Every time they do an overly lingering shot of Akatsuki looking pensive I say aloud to nobody at all:
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I don't know if it's internet translator quality or what, but that really is really grody. If text could be described as "leering" that continuous obsession with smallness would certainly be up there.
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Apr 6, 2015 03:39
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Japanese is really really redundant. Problem is BT translators are awful and have no idea how to translate things into English-that-human-beings-read as opposed to only-technically-English.
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Kyte posted:Japanese is really really redundant. Problem is BT translators are awful and have no idea how to translate things into English-that-human-beings-read as opposed to only-technically-English. That, and they need a goddamn thesaurus.
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Kyte posted:Japanese is really really redundant. Problem is BT translators are awful and have no idea how to translate things into English-that-human-beings-read as opposed to only-technically-English. They also have a policy that forces editors to be living spellcheckers, instead of actual editors. That causes a lot of problems! Especially since they also have too many cooks so you never get a consistent voice.
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Log Horizon author arrested for tax evasion. Wow wow
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Probably just tried to apply his Maoyu lessons IRL.
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Apr 13, 2015 05:28
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Should've taken a lesson from the Spice and Wolf guy and invested it all in stocks.
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Apr 13, 2015 05:38
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Instead now he's in the stocks.
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Toshimo posted:Instead now he's in the stocks.  oh wait poo poo gently caress what if this means YenPress stops translating That's a thousand pages of Log Horizon left unreadable until my proficiency in moonrune goes beyond hirakata
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ScottyWired posted:
You can read baka. The small, petite, attractive girl was defined by her smallness, petiteness, and attractiveness.
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Apr 13, 2015 06:23
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Read baka or learn kanji. This is a masochist's dilemma
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Turns out there really is no hope as the madness of the system grows. 
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No he wasn't arrested, he was just accused and fined. BTW an english translation: http://zakitakubu.com/2015/04/13/maoyuu-and-log-horizon-author-touno-mamare-accused-of-tax-evasion/ His RL identity is now public too, must suck. Dude's 41, huh. Let me quote some things from a dude who can read jp because it's interesting context: quote:*Winces* I'm feeling that Mamare stepped on a few toes somewhere; I'm guessing he pissed off somebody in the NHK. It doesn't have to be a real attempt at evading taxes, like a simple mis-step in procedure or something; the Japanese Legal System was well known for wrangling out cases no matter what, so much so that it used to be said that "being charged equals being guilty". quote:
quote:And in Japan, if I remember correctly, this sort of poo poo is a typical start of the Japanese Government's commitment of discrediting someone. So, someone in the Japanese Government hates Log Horizon, apparently, or hates Mamare's guts. The crazy thing is that given the tone and message of Log Horizon there is indeed a non-zero chance it pissed off someone at the japanese upper crust. Kyte fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Apr 13, 2015 |
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I'm having a problem connecting the two issues. What parts of Log Horizon? Is it the gold loan to buy/sell all the property?
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Kyte posted:No he wasn't arrested, he was just accused and fined. japanese government did 9/11 was this posted by someone who is suitably placed to have a good read on the charges with the little information that is actually available, or was it some dude on the internet who happens to speak japanese? also m2ladeJAM haha that's amazing
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Kyte posted:The crazy thing is that given the tone and message of Log Horizon there is indeed a non-zero chance it pissed off someone at the japanese upper crust. I know very little about Japan, but what in this show would piss off the Japanese government? It seems super unoffensive to anyone not living in an actual feudal monarchy.
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Shalebridge Cradle posted:I know very little about Japan, but what in this show would piss off the Japanese government? It seems super unoffensive to anyone not living in an actual feudal monarchy. The extremely right wing sections of Japan are very interesting, to put it mildly.
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Artificer posted:The extremely right wing sections of Japan are very interesting, to put it mildly. Feel like elaborating? If they're anything like the villains in this show that's something I'd wanna hear more about.
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XboxPants posted:Feel like elaborating? If they're anything like the villains in this show that's something I'd wanna hear more about. Also, that'd make them almost as silly as their American counterparts for getting mad over a TV show
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Xelkelvos posted:Also, that'd make them almost as silly as their American counterparts for getting mad over a TV show Excuse me while I write an extremely angry letter and attempt to defame the creators of Kratt's Creatures on PBS because it promotes environmentalism.
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XboxPants posted:Feel like elaborating? If they're anything like the villains in this show that's something I'd wanna hear more about. I don't know if it has changed recently or why they would get pissed at this show, but there were prominent politicians that sometimes denied Japanese atrocities ever happened, censored textbooks regarding those atrocities, are still very pro-war and xenophobic, or any number of things that would relate them well to the hardest right the American political system has to offer.
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Artificer posted:I don't know if it has changed recently or why they would get pissed at this show, but there were prominent politicians that sometimes denied Japanese atrocities ever happened, censored textbooks regarding those atrocities, are still very pro-war and xenophobic, or any number of things that would relate them well to the hardest right the American political system has to offer. Light novel author gets accused of tax evasion----> Conspiracy orchestrated by Nanjing deniers as revenge for the mmo economics anime
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Sorry I just have fun reading conspiracy theories. v v
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What problem would right wing politicians have with a guy who writes books in which most problems are solved by the free market?
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Dzhay posted:What problem would right wing politicians have with a guy who writes books in which most problems are solved by the free market?
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dotJPG posted:Light novel author gets accused of tax evasion----> Conspiracy orchestrated by Nanjing deniers as revenge for the mmo economics anime I never said that. There's just some crazy poo poo from the Japanese politicians sometimes, same as everywhere else really.
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Looks like there was no grand conspiracy after all, the dude just straight up didn't pay what he owed. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-15/log-horizon-author-mamare-touno-issues-statement-regarding-tax-evasion-charges/.87136 quote:Log Horizon and MAOYU light novel author Mamare Touno issued a statement on his official website on Monday in response to the reports of his tax evasion charges.
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Dzhay posted:What problem would right wing politicians have with a guy who writes books in which most problems are solved by the free market? I thought about this more and it could be a territorial thing. Like, maybe it's not the best idea to use real-world locations and portray Osaka and Sapporo as wretched dens of villainous, human trafficking savages who can only be saved by the wise civilized governors of Tokyo. And the Kunie could also easily be seen as any number of powerful real-world groups, and if you're a crazy person you could be insulted by that portrayal.
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He had 100 mil lying around, specifically the money he didn't pay taxes on.
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Tamba posted:He had 100 mil lying around, specifically the money he didn't pay taxes on. I had no idea light novels sold so well in Japan.
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Post anime adaptation Log Horizon is averaging about 40-50k sales per volume, it probably sold a bit less before that. That's good enough to put it at #10 in the LN sales ranking for 2014, with 376,830 total. #1 was Mahouka, with 1,599,614 total sales. Being in the top 30 is basically a guaranteed anime adaptation these days, only 2 or 3 of the top 30 titles don't have one as of this season, I think. aers fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Apr 15, 2015 |
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aers posted:Post anime adaptation Log Horizon is averaging about 40-50k sales per volume, it probably sold a bit less before that. That's good enough to put it at #10 in the LN sales ranking for 2014, with 376,830 total. But how much yen is that?
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Uh the volumes are 1k retail. So 376 million retail from Log Horizon in 2014, feel free to take completely random guesses at how much of that he got.
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Xelkelvos posted:But how much yen is that? If 1 book goes for the equivalent of 10$ US that's about 1200 yen each, so at 376 000... 451 200 000 yen. So yeah, having his taxes he just forgot to pay or something around is quite possible. 100 mil yen is "only" 840 grand.
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