/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I'm looking forward to poorly edited MTL garbage because I can't speak Japanese.

Outbreak Company finally got picked up, so this for sure.

I should really be more consistent with my Japanese study, so I can finally read raws.

>>17709454
Finally reading through the bakemonogatari LNs now. I don't usually read Light novels though so not looking forward to anything in particular
>>17710135
If I'm able to do it, you can do it anon.

>>17710135
Same guys just licensed Isekai Maou.

>>17709454
Reading this and waiting for Campione final volume.

Kono suba is really good. The only other novel I've read was a web novel called 転生したら剣でした。

I'm frustrated with slow translations of Japanese WNs and LNs so I'm going to have to read a Korean web novel.

where to continue pic rel after watching anime?

>>17712732
Read it from the start Kishi was a mistake.

>>17712732
how hard is this for the average /djt/ poster?

>>17709454
Been reading Konosuba and Kumo Chan's Jolly Adventures (real name is I'm A Spider, So What?). It's a pain in Kumo's case because it's translated by 6 websites at once and they all have varied quality in translation.

I also started Make My Abilities Average, I don't know what to think of it yet.

>>17711824
The story with Diablo that isn't the Lord of Terror but still manages to enslave an elf addicted to spanking and a cat girl that has a demon lord sealed in her asshole?

For those who read those LN, i have a question: how did you get hose LN ? Do you read them in japanese ? Do you buy them in your country ? Are there some fan who translate them and give scans ?

It's easy for manga to get scans and buy them everywhere, but LN are very hard to find, it looks like there not so much translation

>>17714148
Some of them are translated online. See Baka-Tsuki for a few unlicensed one (through in some languages, it's a translation of a translation, so not good).

Just got the new Papa Bones.
Pretty excited.

>>17714317
Fuck, it's in Japanese.

>>17709454
Waiting for shieldbro Vol 9 to arrive in a few weeks.

>>17714148
Learn Japanese and buy them on Amazon Japan.

>>17713996
>Kumo chapter 310
Wow, Shun exactly as big of a annoying moralfag as I expected him to be.

>>17718703
I'm very bad with names. Which one is Shun? The betrayed prince?

J-Novel Club is running a survey, you can tell them what you want licensed, how you think honorifics should be handled in translation, etc. and get a free trial code out of it.

https://twitter.com/jnovelclub/status/914734946295705601

>>17718737
>I identify as...
A FUCKING ATTACK HELICOPTER

>>17718711
Yeah, the main prince who gained the Ruler of Kindness which came with the power to revive people.

>>17718756
I must've missed that part.

Seriously, I missed a lot of stuff in Kumo because when the flashback chapters started, I had a hard time understanding anything because of the weird translation, so I skipped them.
I assume I missed a shitload of stuff.

>>17718737
i dont have anything to recommend licensing...

>>17719519
Try harder.

>>17719630
i dont have anything good to recommend licensing...

>>17719682
Huh?

>>17713996
turb0 is a pain, but he pawed the road for others, there's that at least.
>>17718703
And he got a personal Deus ex machina.

>>17720953
I'm not really a fan of the Kumo illustrations. Kuro looks like a little boy.

>>17721860
Yeah, it's very peculiar.

>>17721860
Ariel makes me diamonds for some reason so I don't mind.

>>17722385
I cracks me up to see how hilariously OP Kumo becomes and how socially awkward she still is.
Isn't there a part in the web novel where she goes to a tavern, get touched by a drunkard who wants to shag her, and panic?

>>17722385
>>17722637
I'm going to recap what I remember, and you'll tell me if I'm right, okay?
In a semi-fantasy world where technology is still a thing, a gigantic asshole named Potimas basically destroyed the world, trying to gather souls to become a god or something.
The Goddess secluded herself to try to protect what was left of the world, and Guyrie tried to build a paradise for the people who die, correct?

Then D, the real god of the land, go on a vacation, the demons and humans, deceived by the knife-eared piece of shit Potimas, try to kill D, It fails, kill an entire class, but D decides to use the occasion to disappear. She brainwashes the class spider with her memories, creating Kumo, and releasing her something in the labyrinth. Correct?

And then stuff happen, some classmates get tortured, other die, Hugo throw a fit, decides to rape the teacher, get manipulated by Kumo, and then the resurrected students arrive to the elf village, but they're rescued by Spider-chan and co.
Right?

Currently reading this.
It's nice seeing Fuminori taking a break from writing anything shounen.

Paladin of the end volume 1 was pretty good, I like how finally there's a mc that fights for his family, no harems at sight. Is it gonna have some? might drop it or not depending on answer, I can't stand harems.
Any recommendations? I've heard good things about Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka?

Kamisu reina was pretty great also, there should be more novels about horror/paranormal.

>>17714317
I love those overlord book covers, the art is pretty good. Is it hardcover?

>>17721860
He is a little boy in all but name.

>>17724216
only read up to vol 2 but no possibility of harem detected. though there is a halfling bard loli in the party theres no ichaicha at all.

i must say vol 2 mostly kinda disappointed me. vol 1 is a proper arc with a beginning middle and ending whereas 2 kinda meanders about

>>17724219
Not hardcover, sadly

>>17724216
reminder DD volume 5 finally came out a few days ago, so we should be seeing TL in like a week.

Is this any good?

>>17730539
Is the anime good?

>>17710135
Reading raws is overrated, it sucks for your wallet too.

>>17730601
>>17730539
Volume 1 (Episode 1-6) was decent.
It's all downhill from there.

>>17731380
What didn't you like about the later volumes? The reviews I can find that aren't complaining about loli seem positive.

>>17731501
Latter volumes deals with little to none character development. Kind of hate it.

>>17714148
>Do you read them in japanese ?
Yes
> Do you buy them in your country ?
I usually buy from Amazon Japan. The shipping is expensive, but crazy fast

>It's easy for manga to get scans and buy them everywhere, but LN are very hard to find, it looks like there not so much translation
No, the translated stuff is just as easy to find as manga, there's just not a lot of it.

>>17722750
>I'm going to recap what I remember, and you'll tell me if I'm right, okay?
>In a semi-fantasy world where technology is still a thing, a gigantic asshole named Potimas basically destroyed the world, trying to gather souls to become a god or something.

He just didn't want to die

>The Goddess secluded herself to try to protect what was left of the world,

No, she tried to sacrifice herself (which wouldn't have worked anyway), but Gyurie intervened and contacted D, who set up the "System"

>and Guyrie tried to build a paradise for the people who die, correct?

Kinda. That paradise was for the souls so broken form the repeated reincarnations, that they wouldn't have endured another cycle

>Then D, the real god of the land, go on a vacation, the demons and humans, deceived by the knife-eared piece of shit Potimas, try to kill D, It fails, kill an entire class,
yes

>but D decides to use the occasion to disappear.

not really
>She brainwashes the class spider with her memories, creating Kumo, and releasing her something in the labyrinth. Correct?
yes

>And then stuff happen, some classmates get tortured, other die, Hugo throw a fit, decides to rape the teacher, get manipulated by Kumo, and then the resurrected students arrive to the elf village, but they're rescued by Spider-chan and co.
>Right?

Yeah, but Kumo was mostly just there to get rid of Potimas because she can't save the planet as long as that guy keeps screwing things up.

>>17733158
>No, she tried to sacrifice herself (which wouldn't have worked anyway), but Gyurie intervened and contacted D, who set up the "System"
Okay, I guess I haven't reached that part yet, though it doesn't surprise me. The Goddess seems to be on the verge of killing herself.

>not really
But I thought that her life as a schoolgirl was some kind of holiday that she intended to expand by having Kumo act as a body double?

>Kumo was mostly just there to get rid of Potimas because she can't save the planet as long as that guy keeps screwing things up
So she get better. When she leaves the labyrinth, she's mostly interested in eating things, and later, she decides to kill everyone. I remember her trying to interfere with the Goddess to try to help her, but when does she change her mind about saving the planet rather than killing and eating?

Adorable little Kumo.

>>17733194
>But I thought that her life as a schoolgirl was some kind of holiday that she intended to expand by having Kumo act as a body double?

You don't understand how crazy powerful D is. She(?) doesn't need to hide from anyone, she just does what's fun, like giving intelligence/memories to a random spider just to see how far it can get.


>So she get better. When she leaves the labyrinth, she's mostly interested in eating things, and later, she decides to kill everyone. I remember her trying to interfere with the Goddess to try to help her, but when does she change her mind about saving the planet rather than killing and eating?

That was an order from D, and you don't disobey D.

>>17733207
>You don't understand how crazy powerful D is
Not really. I understand she has insane power, being able to read Kumo's mind and torture her if she feels offended, but there's still that maid that controls her and drag her back to work.

>That was an order from D
Guess that clear things up.

I'll really have to resume reading that, but being an ESL and having to read strangely worded stuff is tedious.

>>17733219
Read chapter 510 (Past Arc #23)

>>17733238
Raising the dead only goes to chapter 310, and since I've been using novelplanet until now, I fear they may not have the same way to numerate chapters.

>>17733246
http://raisingthedead.ninja/2017/09/04/kumo-desu-ga-nani-ka-past-arc-%e3%89%93/

Can someone recommend me an easyish LN for a JP newbie?

>>17734420
Eromanga Sensei was super easy to read. I'm assuming OreImo is as well, since it's by the same author, but I haven't tried that.

>>17734463
grabbing eromanga now, thx mate!

>>17734463
>>17734529
Looks like no one has epubs of eromanga sensei, could you hook me up?

Why aren't you translating LNs for money, /jp/?

>>17734973
I think you mean making machine translations slightly more coherent.

>>17734973
I have a full time job. I'd rather spend my free time actually reading LNs.

>>17733254
>The dragons had left Gyurie, and left the planet.
But then who are the dragons that Kumo and Ariel fight in the deepest part of the labyrinth?

Also, I can't help but imagine Gyurie looking exactly like pic related.

>>17735238
They're imitation dragons created by the system.

>>17735255
Well, that explains why Gyurie is so constantly pissed off at everyone.

>>17734973
How can I apply?

>>17735472
Do you have an N1 understanding of Japanese and also an English degree?

>>17734630
No, I have the physical books

You'll have to make do with scans, or actually spend some money on your hobby

>>17735561
I think for LNs being an N2 like you is enough.

>>17735561
>Needing an English degree to translate LNs

>>17736132
And this is why everyone complains about LNs having "bad writing"

>>17736162
ba in english != good writer

So, I'm done with this. Short version: If you don't care about (or like) the binaural voices, it's not worth it. I personally had some hope in it because one of its voice actresses wrote part of the scenario, but that didn't end up doing anything.


The scenario is disappointing. There is no pov changes, which is pretty bad in itself. Essentially all the good VNs do that to an extend, and for good reason: It brings characters A LOT closer and gives depth. So with actual women writing the scenario (at least the other names also sound female), I hoped that this would be used to create some characters that manage to have a bit more to them than just what you see after 20 minutes. Well, doesn't happen.
The game is really just about random scenes. Those can be fun to an extend, but once you hit the character route and that still continues it gets awkward. As much as I do like the rest of the cast not vanishing, this felt like it still had common route events later on. I'm not checking a second route to confirm that though. With me also disliking half of the main heroines, I didn't exactly like these common route typical group events. (that funny enough barely happen during the common route)

So, what about the romance? Doesn't really exist. The game does probably pretty consciously avoid actual romance. So the confession is just there to lead to sex. There's no real buildup or anything there. So, why wait so many hours then? Once sex starts, you get it pretty frequently. Could've probably been done earlier and spaced better.
Speaking of sex. Disappointing, at least for the girl I played the route of. Please eroge. If you have such a nice looking succubus costume for a heroine for which you even do a CG and sprites... how about you actually have an ero scene with that? That should be normal. I'm actually surprised that that didn't happen.


So yeah, it's fine if you like your binaural stuff, as there's no real other eroge around with that anyway. To make it better: This isn't even too bad comparing it to other moege. Not too bad music, enough care given to the art so zooms aren't blurry messes and whatnot, plenty of sprite changes each line to make things more lively. It's all there. But if you aren't heavily there for the binaural audio, that's it.
Oh yeah, I tried some other headphones that were worse and it sounded a little better. So changes can be achieved. My biggest problem however remained with the binaural stuff: There is never a "front" feeling for me. The supposed "front right" for example sounds like "right" to me. Back works. In fact, sometimes it sounds like back even though it shouldn't. Perhaps normal, I don't know.

>>17737119
Hey buddy, I think you got the wrong thread. The vn general is two blocks down.

>>17736132
You do. Or you end up with shit that comes off as very strange.

Thinking about it, I like the plot twist in Kumo. It makes sense that it makes almost everyone insane.

>>17737635
Yeah, being forced to read the Past Arc is something that would make lots of people insane

>>17737702
More like learning the truth.

>>17737483
I can't even tell if you are joking or not at this point.

Wops, I don't have an English degree so I guess you couldn't understand this post!

>>17737881
More like if you don't have an English degree, your translation will be clunky and awkward.
But better follow with a slippery slope than really aknowledge the issue.

>>17738001
You shouldn't assume everyone is as bad at English as you are. Most people trying to translate from Japanese, English degree or not, will produce clunky, awkward translations. It takes a unique kind of descriptive talent to take ideas and phrasing that English isn't well-equipped to handle and convert them to natural English without significantly changing the meaning and sacrificing nuance, and that's not something an English degree will give you. Natural-sounding translation is much harder to accomplish than natural-sounding writing because the ideas you're working with aren't your own.

>>17738080
Lol.

>>17738080
Man just give up. I'm pretty sure you are being baited at this point.

>>17738177
Of course, everyone who disagree with "him" must be a troll. There's no way people are upset by shitty translations.

>>17738180
I'm sorry I don't have an English degree. I can't understand your post.

>>17738195
You got it the wrong way round. You can't understand his post because he doesn't have an English degree.

>>17738195
>>17738198
You're both retards.

>>17738180
You can be upset at shitty translations all you want, but if you think the solution is to throw English degrees at the problem, you're dumber than the shitty translators causing it.

>>17738276
See >>17738201

I just finished reading J-Novel's latest Faraway Paladin release, and man I hope the latest chapter isn't an indication that the latter volumes are going to be terrible.

>>17739862
Anon, I...

Isekai Mahou is caught up with the latest volume now!

I started reading Kuro no Mao, its strong point is that it probably has one of the most realistic isekai stories. The downside is that its a harem, neutral side its full of yanderes and they will probably kill each other to get the mc eventually

How do the japanese manage to keep up with so many WN/LN series?
Now that I think about it, it shouldn't be hard for a japanese to start filling out a shelf with nothing but LN volumes

>>17740292
I want to get into it but does the mc actually improve? I got through volume one and he seems like a mediocre prick whos surrounded by less mediocre people.

>>17740667
they probably use Wakobay

>>17740603
>neutral side its full of yanderes and they will probably kill each other to get the mc eventually
It's like the Blood Games.

>>17740603
Also theres a trap that gets raped by a tentacle monster thing and the mc saves them and he(she?) ends up thirsting for mc dick in their boii pussy because of hentaimonsterx approdisiac secretions and forcing trap-chan to swallow medicine.

>>17741009
I like that. Tell me more about the trap.

>>17740603
I have shit tastes, but I'd like a story where the main character is completely powerless and carried by his group that end up fighting for his dick without him having any right to complain or object.

Is Raising The Dead up to date when it comes to Kumo, or is it a bit late?
Finally caught up to the wole Sensei breakdown, and it was adorable, but then some scrub whines about mini-Hitler being killed.

>>17741062
The MC doesn't think the trap is a guy for the majority of the series, and the loli yandere is cautious about him more so compared to everyone else including the ridiculously op apostle yanderes. Also, trap-chan regularly calls the MC nii-san. The story has started cutting to bits where the trap is fantasizing of the MC. Its kind of interesting since the trap was into girls and was teased by them alot for how girlish he seemed. But the whole tentacle monster thing kind of mind broke him and fucked up his sexuality. It is coming to a head soon though.

>>17741082
You're making me doubt my own sexuality.

>>17741146
Are traps gay?

>>17741152
They are.
I'm sure that bending that trap over a table and pounding his little ass is gay. Especially if he whispers in the trap's ears while mercilessly widening his ass.
I'm absolutely sure.

Could someone give me a rundown on Shin Sekai Yori?

>>17741299
It's not a LN.

>>17741303
it was published as ln though.

>>17741398
講談社文庫 isn't a LN Label.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%96%B0%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%82%88%E3%82%8A-%E4%B8%8A-%E8%AC%9B%E8%AB%87%E7%A4%BE%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E8%B2%B4%E5%BF%97-%E7%A5%90%E4%BB%8B/dp/4062768534/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1507552535&sr=8-1

>>17739862
What's wrong with the latest part? volume 2 was a dip from volume 1, but I thought volume 3 was a return to form.

>>17741064
We're up to date, the translator basically translates a new chapter as soon as it's out. Fuck Shun, fuck his whiny ass.

>>17742026
Oh, okay.
So I caught up, and now it's the waiting game.

So one of the preview illustrations for Volume 7 of Kumo Desu ga Nani Ka are out. I really would love to know the context of what the fuck is going on in this image.

For WN readers, it seems that in the LN, Kumoko hasn't ascended to godhood, and still remains an Arachne after picking up Sophia.

>>17743701
Ok, someone gave a spoilery synopsis of how Volume 7 ends up going down.

>Yes, Shiro becomes a god at the end after absorbing a lot of energy and hitting Divinity Area Expansion 10. However, the details are rather different. There was a large battle with Potimas and he was trying to blow up Shiro and Ariel with a special bomb... so Shiro ate it (they were in an anti-magic field at the time btw)

>In the last chapter, while apotheosis is occurring, D visits Shiro in person and explains a few things (basically D intervened a little bit so that Shiro could survive the situation) and Shiro sees D's face (but doesn't describe anything). Shiro wakes up 47 days later but she can't even get out of the cocoon - Ariel breaks it. Shiro can't even walk. She can't use skills, doesn't have status and hasn't yet learned to use magecraft. So she's basically like a human with a huge amount of energy. Ariel treats her like a dress-up doll Since Shiro is currently so weak a villager could kill her, she plans to sponge off Ariel. (Shiro and Ariel are totally buddies by this point)

>There is an image of human form Shiro at the end but not with a close-up of her eyes. She does have the same pupils as in the WN - 5 pupils in each eye for 10 in total.

>In the epilogue, Potimas knows that Shiro has become a god and plans to kill her. Also plans to use Oka for that...

>>17743722
I was a little bothered at first but it makes sense that the LN and the WN have different stories.

>>17741844
>Goddess harem (and probably Menel and the halfling chick in the future too)
>Stagnate being (sort of) reverse trap.
>Even more OPness from the dragon blood and probable cliched "MC lose his mind and go full edgy/battle lust do to said curse" development in the future.


Now I'm not saying it completely jump the shark, but the first volume hardly had any tired and lazy tropes in it, but it started to looks like it might in future volumes. Like >>17740028 imply.

I really really like Death March.

>>17744101
Menel already has his tsundere elf waifu though. Halfling chick is literally just a PR agent.

I bought the vol 1 of Yahari Ore no Seishun, but I wonder does the LN's have more insight on Yukino's and Hachiman's "friendship"?

>>17744758
Yes, obviously

Anyone here reading Risou no Himo Seikatsu?
It's pretty good read.
MC is summoned to other world to be breeding horse for Queen.
It's way different isekai than you're used to, it's got shitload of politics

Juuni Taisen is underrated.

>>17727892
YES!

>>17727892
>>17744929
The fuck is DD? Dungeons and Dragons? Dragons Dogma? Dictators Dingus?

>>17744913
Also recommending this, MC and Queen are cute as fuck, even new Tomboy princess is great

>>17744101
From what I'm reading so far of how the narrative is treating those things I'm not worried really. It's not like Paladin was a huge subversion of clichés in the first place, it's more like a throwback to an older set of clichés than most contemporary ORETUEEEEEEE isekai tensei shit. Author outright cites a bunch of old Western fantasy crap as his inspirations. As long as the execution is competent.
Also I don't know how you could have read so far and expect either Menel or the hobbit to be part of a harem.

>>17744913
Meh, I'll pass. It sounds like one of these stories who has a lot of teasing but he never get to actually fuck her ass silly.
Plus the art depicting a woman and a midget isn't interesting either.

>>17746342
>Meh, I'll pass. It sounds like one of these stories who has a lot of teasing but he never get to actually fuck her ass silly.
They actually fuck, a lot even.

>>17744950
Dungeon Defense

>>17746623
What's it about? A Dungeon Keeper's life?

>>17746634
mc gets transported into the world of a game he just completed and becomes one of the lowest ranking demon lords

>>17746661
Brb gonna play tera online.

>>17746342
She got impregnated, trying hard for 2nd child too

Is 蜘蛛ですが、なにか？ good? The first 3 volumes are 70% off right now

>>17747537
yes

>>17747537
half of this thread is discussing it

>>17747595
Seems like mostly WN and machine translation readers. I'm interested in the opinions of people who read the LN in Japanese.

>>17747670
I read the first 5 volumes (got distracted by other things and still have the 6th one lying around) and I like it. The LN version fixes a ton of the things WN readers complain about, so if you only want to read one version, definitely read the LN.

>>17747739
Yeah, but the WN has a lot of cute/fun scenes that are replaced in the LN.

Anyone here read Saekano? Is it a decent first LN? How much vocab should I know going in?

>>17748894
I heard it's discount Oregairu

>>17748955
So how hard is Oregairu?

>>17748894
Don't bother, the MC is pretty cringy. In a way he kind of reminds me of Haruki from WA2 but at least Haruki was tolerable because the dude was a massive normie. The MC in saekano is just some loser.

>>17714148
In Japanese and I just grab them on Amazon, though kindle versions mostly since I also read them at work.

Finished this last week because someone mentioned that the heroine is really lovable. That anon was very much correct and the book itself was a fun read. Didn't even realize it was originally a WN from narou until I read the afterword.

>>17714148
Buy them raw off nip Amazon or Rakuten, often second hand, have them shipped off to my forwarding warehouse which saves me anywhere between 40~60% it would cost me on a straight delivery.

>>17734973
I'd actually be interested in that. Leaving my job in a few months to be an elite neet for a while and some side income wouldn't hurt. I figure I could crank out typical LN prose in days with the free time.

>>17750756
Not me of course because I speak Japanese fluently, but I have a friend who doesn't, so could you name the LN you're talking about in English?

>>17750756
What forwarding service do you use that it saves you so much?

>>17750756
>ReDrop illustrations
NANI
how the hell do these LNs manage to get these god tier ero artists to draw their stuff

>>17751717
There's not much to draw and it pays well.

>>17751353
中古でも恋がしたい
There's also a few chapters of the manga translated

>>17751746
>"Even if it is second hand, I want to fall in love"
Okay, thanks.

>>17751832
Do sluts and used goods deserve a second chance? Are they capable of being pure again?

>>17751954
To compensate, the sex is really amazing, and they can last longer instead of coming after one thrust.

>>17712732
From the start, it's pretty different from the anime.

Are the manga and novels equivalent? Due to a shipping error, I got a mix of mangas and novels instead of just getting the novels.

>>17752033
Probably not. You usually need like 3-4 volumes of manga to cover the content of one novel volume.

>>17752172
I have the the volume 2-3 in manga, and volume 4 in novel.

I guess I'm boned. And to make it worse, apparently they stopped printing the first volume, both manga and novel.

>>17743722
> so Shiro ate it
I hope that moment is as hilarious as it sounds.
It is a shame Shiro needed outside help for apotheosis this time, and Potimas knowing of Shiro's apotheosis probably means we won't get to see him shit his pants nearly as hard when Shiro energy drains his fleet, but I still really like the new changes to the LN.

>>17743722
>Ariel treats her like a dress-up doll
That sounds adorable. I liked how Ariel slowly grew used to Kumo in the WN.

help i'm starting to dedicate too much into series, now I don't even feel comfortable with reading the manga, I have to read the WN/LN first if possible

I thought reading the manga before anime adaptations was enough but now I can't stop

>>17752835
I'm not a seer.

SukaSuka 1 and 2 where

So J-Novel revealed another license.
>Walking My Second Path in Life

>Fie, first princess of Daeman, finds herself isolated and stranded in the foreign Kingdom of Orstoll all by her lonesome - effectively having been wed off as a dowry gift in accessory to her sister, Princess Fielle's marriage. Trapped and isolated in a small back garden that once used to be a storehouse, Fie lives her days without purpose, and eventually without food - after the only member of her entourage, the chef, resigns. Just as Fie was about to give in to despair, she finds a pamphlet advertising a squire's test for the Royal Knights of Orstoll - beginning her journey of friendship, hard work, and guts, along with masquerading as a boy to walk her second path in life. What will Fie find along the way?

>>17753408
Gonna be a fun time when they try to castrate "him" to serve in the court.

Meanwhile, Yen Press delayed a bunch of their series "due to the recent weather in the eastern part of the US."
No Game No Life Volume 7 was already delayed from October to December, and then just now all the way to February.
Is this franchise fucking cursed or something?

>franchise
That's just Jew Press milking a series for all it's worth as usual

>>17753495
>>>/pol/

>>17751662
Tenso Japan. I order in bulk with a bunch of other stuff besides books so the price point per volume drops significantly.

Being able to order from second hand stores is the real boon though. A new volume from amazon themselves typically go in the 600~ range but getting it used can be as cheap as 258 - 1 for the book itself and 257 for shipping per book. It gets to the point it'd cost me as much as if I were actually living in japan.

>>17751717
Could have been a fan before it turned into a LN.

Does that thread deal with fantranslation or only with paper books and official translations?

>>17754229
Which thread?

>>17754231
The thread we're in right now.

>>17754233
There's a lot of posts about fan translations and even web novels.

>>17754235
I was just curious, I see many posts that are also about LN release.

>>17749043
Do you know if there's any kind of limitations on buying jp kindle versions from overseas?

I'm trying and I just get the message "If it's your first time buying a kindle book, please set up 1 click", even though I've already done it.

>>17753638
Am I missing something? An average book weighs about 200g and 600 Yen each, so if you buy 10 it would be 6k Yen plus 4.7k for the shipping with EMS. On Amazon this costs 6k Yen plus 3.8k. In both cases on average you still pay close to double the amount someone in Japan does.

Or I guess you go with the Surface Mail option? Though that doesn't have tracking and takes forever, doesn't it?

>>17754505
Not that anon, but technically they are not selling any jp kindle books to someone outside of Japan.

It's easy to get around that restriction though. Just add an jp adress to the account and set that for the kindle.

When i bought a lot i got some message wether i've moved and to contact the customer service to reset that limit of books that can be bought. Then you just need to buy one book with a jp ip and it works as before.

>>17754593
man this sounds so simple but i'm so dumb i would never come up with it by myself

>>17753408
Thank fuck.
>>17753419
I just want to see the guy's face when he realizes what his second wife was doing all this time.

I'm only reading the translation, but

>Nemesis
>Gardranda
>Marie

Is Infinite Dendrogram definitely not going down the harem road?

>>17755023
Can't wait until he gets to summon Gadranda, only thing better than one goth loli is two goth lolis.

>>17755082
Cute spooders.

>>17754569
I live in southeast asia and most books I buy are second hand in pretty much new quality. Plus I have Prime to cut down on local shipping for new books too.

Here's a sample based on 10 books I bought in my current package. This is set for 10 books at 2kg but I typically bring in orders of at least 7 kg and 20~30 books, plus other stuff, so the savings factor per book rises with the weight of the package.

The ratio I buy new vs used is 2 or 3 new vs for every 10 used. They're all in very good condition too but if I'm willing to drop the condition to acceptable I'd see way more priced at 1 yen too.

Buying in series sets can save money too, especially if they deliver internationally since it'd only cost 900 yen for shipping. I've done that 3 times before so it's really a matter of getting lucky enough to find an international seller for a series you like.

>>17755161
Whoops. Forgot to adjust the shipping for the Chuuko books. These are the right numbers.

>>17753408
i cant get over the authors pen name. otaku de neet, amazing

>>17755023
Multiple female character presence alone a harem does not make.
That list of yours will increase, but really, there's no need to worry until you see a romantic scene between Ray and someone other than Nemesis.
Having read all of the 10+ LN volumes worth of WN, I'd say that no such scenes exist, though that just might be my high standards for what counts as "romantic."
Also, I think Kaidou said that Ray's on the Nemesis route. At least, that's the impression I got when reading 2ch's Dendro generals. Those guys seem to know his writing blog inside-out.

>>17755161
>southeast asia
I guess that part is an important factor, Europe has to pay much more for shipping. You did inspire me to try some of those 1 yen used books at least, I was always a little worried about those but I guess it's unwarranted.

>>17754241
The LN threads in /jp/ used to be about japanese releases only, but since the mods in /a/ keep banning LN threads there, translation discussion migrated here,

is yen press gonna do the goblin slayer prequel LN?

>>17755161
>>17755170
>1 yen used books
???????
mom and dad throwing out their useless NEET son's worthless collection?

>>17755959
it's actually 1 yen + "shipping", same as the 1 cent items on amazon.com

see also
https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=97

>>17753408
Hell yea! Praise the Lord!

This anon got it right >>>/a/162835392

anyone here reading Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken? looking for a place where I can find volumes nicely wrapped in pdf/epub files instead of per-chapter downloads

Can someone please hook me up with ebook versions of the first two volumes of SukaSuka or all of Eromanga Sensei?

Too many requests go to >>>/r/

>>17744101
Pic related, it's Stagnate

>>17758130
So a SukaSuka is worth 4.5 Eromangas?

>>17758130
SukaSuka is even on sale atm:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B06XDNBQ83/ref=series_rw_dp_sw

Eromanga-Sensei:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B075FXG7MD/ref=series_rw_dp_sw

Just Finished World End aka Suka Suka and fuck you who recommended it I'm still sad and will be till the sequel series gets a translation

>>17753312
Literally google it but also prepare your heart

>>17759804
I heard Planetarium was also really bad.

Just want to get a gauge on the typical reading speed eng vs jp comparison for LN raw readers here like so:

English: Order of the Phoenix in 5 hours at my fastest. JS06's Heavy Object volumes in 2 hours. Bedtime reading Poirot novels in 3 days.
Japanese: 2-3 days for a LN I'm really digging. A week for casual reading.
Experience: Non-native. Self-study. 9 years.

>>17755396
well the latest translate part Marie literally says that she's become enchanted by Ray, and Xunyu is also a girl, so that's not encouraging

>>17759804
Redpill me on this. I'm curious.

>>17761496
Days or "a week" don't really tell us anything about your reading speed.

I need ~8-10 hours for an LN volume in japanese, depending on page count.

>>17762201
Then I suppose 10~12 hours actually spent reading a 300~ page LN. That's about as much spare time and energy I could squeeze out in 3 weekdays.

Final Volume.

So anons do you prefer to read the LN written in first person narrative or third person narrative?
I tend to prefer the former because I feel the story is pretty standing out when the narrating MC is telling story in an interesting way, and it also makes the MC seem to have a soul inside. Though such kind of masterpieces like pic related is pretty rare to find.

>>17762428
I prefer third person perspective. It allows the author to suggest what the characters are thinking rather than writing it down.

>>17762428
Third. First is limiting and the more amateurish instances of LN writing tend to be in first person.

>>17762083
>Character is revealed to be a girl
>Instantly assume harem
Prolonged exposure to haremshit might've made you a bit too sensitive to it.

>>17762270
17762201 here
Just finished 鑑定能力で調合師になります 4. 303 pages (including illustrations), and it took me 8:48 hours.

>>17762157
Basically its been five hundred years since humanity went extinct and the rest of the races had to flee the land into the sky. Down below terrible beasts roam without rest constantly threatening the last civilization in the sky. Into this scene enters a strange young man and his encounters with strange young girls. Its really good and tugs the heartstrings

>>17763060
Okay, I'll make sure to stay away from it, then.

I'd rather laugh than cry.

>>17762806
In one sitting?

>>17764115
No, spread over this week

>>17709454
I don't read inferior literature written by talentless hacks

>>17764160
Welcome to the LN thread then

>>17764160
Ironic really.

has anyone read oregairu in japanese? how hard was it?

>>17764720
Depends how good you're in japanese

So i'm pretty retarded. I wanted to get into SukaSuka so I started reading the first volume, until halfway through I realized I was actually reading the sequel series instead of the original.

Did I fuck myself hard with spoilers?

>>17765016
Probably not what did you learn and please translate for us poor eops

New Kumo chapter is out.
Why do readers hate Shun so much for being a "moralfag"?
Is it because he steals too much screen-time from Shiro?
Because he's not the MC but still act like one? (I've seen readers unfairly attack other characters with similar positions)

Do isekai/tensei stories just happen to attract edgy people with a narrow world view, or what?

>>17765675
>asking a charged question just to bait people
Stop that.

>>17765687
Ok, that last one was pretty bad. But I see a lot of discussion where everyone seems to think Shun is just stupid, without considering anything Shun says. Even the translator seems to think as much.

Tried reading that shield palading story or whatever the name really was.
I don't know how you people can read that. No matter the situation, he always get fucked, betrayed, distrusted, exploited, and he can't catch a break.

Makes me wonder why he doesn't go "fuck them" on everyone.

>>17765692
Because Shun is idealistic, and thus comes off as naive. Haven't read the new chapters, but I assume he's still whining about Hugo/Yuugo getting killed?

The advantages of killing that whiny little bitch outweight Shun's idealism, and since he only starts whining this late, not only he comes off as a moralfag with strong ideas, but he also gives off the impression that he's a armchair expert that arrives after the battle and start whining about how war is bad.
See what I mean?

Did Shun ever connect the dots between the Remains of the Nightmare in the labyrinth and Kumoko?

Beside, if Kumo means spider, shouldn't be called Kokumo for small spider? What does Kumoko means?

>>17765735
Kumoko literally means "spider girl".
In any case, Shun, Katia and Oka already know that a reincarnator created the spider babies, but they haven't really seen Shiro's abilities. Dunno if there are too many dots to directly say that Shiro is the so-called Nightmare, other than maybe her freaky eyes.
Saying that she's at least associated with their creator would probably be pretty obvious though.

>>17765746
>Kumoko literally means "spider girl".
So if ko is a prefix, it means little, and if it's a suffix, it means girl? Does that mean that Koko means "little girl"?

>Shun, Katia and Oka already know that a reincarnator created the spider babies, but they haven't really seen Shiro's abilities
Looking forward to that. Potimas freaking out was incredibly satisfying.

>>17765750
>So if ko is a prefix, it means little, and if it's a suffix, it means girl? Does that mean that Koko means "little girl"?
No. It's not an affix at all, and Japanese just has a lot of homophones.

子, pronounced "ko" = "young woman"
小, pronounced "ko" = "small"

>>17765762
>they're pronounced the same same way
>but have different meaning
What a pain in the ass.

>>17765768
These are not a problem unless you're retarded.

>>17765771
Well... I am kinda bad at other languages.

>>17765675
didn't his soul get fucked by his kindness skill?

>>17765768
Actually, I lied (or made a mistake); 小 is only pronounced "ko" when it's a prefix. On its own it's usually pronounced "Shou".

>>17765779
Japanese is especially weird, due to the fact that Japanese and Chinese are nothing alike, but Japanese still borrows heavily from Chinese in a lot of ways, especially loan words and the writing system. Because they borrowed from many different dialects of Chinese, and the fact that each Kanji holds both foreign Chinese and native Japanese pronunciations, it makes the Japanese writing system one of the most retarded in the world.

That said, having a lot of homophones is nothing weird—many languages have it worse. Usually accent, intonation and context are enough to distinguish between words well enough.

>>17765812
>小 is only pronounced "ko" when it's a prefix. On its own it's usually pronounced "Shou"
What a PAIN.

What if I learn just spoken Japanese and not written Japanese? English is already enough of a pain in the ass.

>>17765823
>English is already enough of a pain in the ass.
Pathetic.

>>17765895
We all know you are, don't worry.

>>17765823
That's basically impossible, as there are no learning materials teaching only "spoken japanese". You'll have to read eventually, or be stuck at retard level forever

>>17765823
You think that's bad? Some spellings can be pronounced 4 ways or more, with no definite rules for telling them apart.

Has there been any word on the translation status for Imouto sae ireba ii?

>>17766033
Gradeschool-tier comeback breh

Is the Little Busters steam release going to be good?

>>17768540
Well, considering it's done by Visual Arts/Key themselves, it should be pretty fucking good

I wonder how many series Shitkai Project has ruined by now

>>17759825
I can't find the epubs anywhere and don't want to pay for it

>>17768607
Search here. http://djt.netlify.com/

>>17768649
literally the first place I looked

>>17768797
You should gave seen this then.
https://mega.nz/#F!8J53xBSJ!QODoUOS86zCl3YodMhYhYw

>>17744758
When you get to the last release, prepare for the mind crushing endless wait.

Also, Iroha is best girl.

>>17768848
Not the anon that was asking for it, but that doesn't have SukaSuka 1 and 2. It has 3, 4, 5 and EX and SukaMoka 1, 2 and 3.

>>17753408
Can't wait to rage all over again. Seoriusly this is the only instance where I feel ntr is justified

>>17769309
If the guy actually "wins" I'll probably take up drinking.

>>17753408
wasn't this written by a brazilian?

>>17769309
The king's probably the end game capture target though, considering he met Fii when she's a child and teach her writing.

>>17769437
That's NGNL.

>>17769309
She should get with the brown guy and on there wedding night the king should sit in the corner of the room. This is the only ending I will accept.

>>17753408
Oh boy. More fii suffering

>>17753408
Reminder that Fii is cute.

>>17772239
And while I'm at it, boo this man.

Finished volume 5.
It's still comfy (no powerlevel inflation so far), but but the protagonist is so dense it hurts.

What's the best reincarnated-into-villainess story now?

>>17773561
Dunno, Kenkyo and Akuyaku Tensei are my favorites so far.

>>17768848
Can you fucking read? That doesn't have the first two volumes

>>17773725
I'm sure you'll get your free LN if you just insult enough people

>>17773561
Not sure if it's the best, but Bakarina is a good entry level introduction to the genre.

>>17773561
It's weird that this is a niche now.

>>17776009
It's because in otome games the villainess is always the sexiest best girl. Everyone wants to be her.

>>17776009
People really love themselves some ojou-samas.

>>17776009
People like redemption story.

Plus a subset of that genre is where the villainess got her fiancee stolen by the protagonist girl. Seeing the villainess rose up from that and prove to be better than the main girl and/or having the fiancee turn out to be an utter retard is fun.

>>17776010
I have never played an otome game with a villaness rival. Maybe amnesia. But even she varied from route to route

>>17718737
>>17739862
>>17753408
Redpill me on J-Novel Club, what are their dirty secrets? Is it accurate to say that they have no business ordering takedowns of WNs when what the licensed was the LN and not the WN?

>>17777193
>I have never played an otome game with a villaness rival
Yeah, I've heard they're not all that common as these otome game web novels are making it out to be. I imagine there's maybe a hand-few like that, and after one author made a story with that premise, every other web novel writer decided to piggy back off that.

>>17777314
Speaking solely on Second Life here, mostly going off what I remember and a quick check on wayback machine.
The original translator for the WN actually got permission from the author. Even had some input on a character's name, turning クーイヌ into Doug because of inu/dog puns. They had an agreement that the WN translation might be taken down if any licensing problems came up in the future though.

Honestly, the WN is still up there on narou, perfectly accessible without needing to jump through any hoops and it's still being updated to boot. I feel like there was no real reason for it to be taken down, but maybe the average person doesn't know the difference between a WN and a LN so things have to be this way.
It was also taken down long before the J-Novel announcement >>>/a/162837762

Make your own opinion. I'm personally disappointed, but can't argue against this particular situation due to the previous agreement.

>>17777314
We actually don't know the details of the license, and how broad or narrow any licencor's ability to take down fan translations is. This is all concealed under the cover of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA), and it's likely intentional. Fact of the matter is, if someone like Yen Press decided to bring a fan-translator to court, a defense like "It was a translation of the web novel, not the light novel", probably wouldn't be taken seriously, and you probably wouldn't even be able to prove that their license doesn't extend to the web novel (especially if the differences between the Web Novel and Light Novel are minuscule).

That said, J-Novel Club is pretty relaxed about fan-translations. I haven't heard about them actually shutting anyone down as aggressively as other publishers, like say, Yen Press did with Danmachi.
There was an AMA with the founder back in February, and when asked about this he said:
>J-Novel Club's policy is: we ask nicely. And if you refuse, we crush you with our merciless translation quality and speed.

I'm digging this LN. Is there anything else out there that's in the same vein?

>>17777837
>We actually don't know the details of the license, and how broad or narrow any licencor's ability to take down fan translations is.
The web novel and the light novel are separate entities. The former has copyright belonging entirely to the author and is published for free on the internet, the latter is a distinct derivative work for publication, and the former frequently continues being written online even as the latter is being printed. I can't see how YP or JN licensing the light novel would also give them rights over the web novel and the right to be even asking people to take down WN translations, whether aggressive or not.

>>17778028
The web novel staying up isn't a given, there have been many examples of web novels being taken down after being picked up for publication, like SAO and GATE and Youjo Senki for instance. So it's possible that the Japanese companies do own the rights to the web version as well. As said the details of these licenses are always hidden behind NDAs so it's not possible to say for sure how they work. And of course, when the text of the WN and the LN are 80-99% congruent things get murky.
So far YP hasn't ordered any WN takedowns that I know of, and JNC's requests have had no actual legal threats to back them up as a number of translators have ignored them to no ill effect - to me they seems more like a litmus test for whether the translator wants to actually support the author or whether they are just in it for the e-peen.

>>17778028
>The web novel and the light novel are separate entities
Not necessarily. That's a convenient view to look at it as someone who consumes one but not the other, but it's still largely the same story, with some tweaks here or there. We actually don't know how much of the story's rights do the Japanese publishers have. It's very possible that the author is merely given permission to hose his web novel, because in all honesty, the publisher isn't really going to leave this sort of thing to chance; if what you said was true, an author could go to 5+ different publishers and get the same story published just to get more exposure.
Fact of the matter is, we don't know what was on the contract the author signed, and it very likely included the distribution rights of all versions of his story. The fact the web novel is allowed to exist on a single website could just be an exception granted by the contract or publishing company, for the sake of keeping reader interest alive.

>I can't see how YP or JN licensing the light novel would also give them rights over the web novel
Because it's just a slightly different version of the same story written by the same author, that the publishing company has rights to license over the rights to distribute a translation of the story.
If anything, the web novel can be considered as little more than a published draft of the final product, and I'm pretty sure publishing companies are still allowed to sue for copyright infringement if someone leaks and distributes copies of a novel's draft. The Web Novel would be no different in this regard.
The WN fan-translation community has just invented these technicalities about the two not being the same in order to feel they have some moral high-ground, when the reality is that these translators never actually had any right to translate and publish these novels.

>>17778054
>>17778062
What about the almost nonexistent scenario where the translator actually asked and got permission from the author to translate the WN? I only know of 3 series where they allegedly got the OK, though one of them doesn't have a published LN which makes it irrelevant to this discussion.
Of the two, both of them had published LNs or a deal in progress at the time 'permission' was given, and only one of them currently has a licensed english version.
Might as well add on that I've also heard of scenarios where people have attempted to get permission, were rejected, and then proceeded to translate anyway. Don't recall any specific series, only stories that it has.

Did the author have no real right to grant permission for the WN translation? Was the publication company in on this and told the author to give the OK so that they could use it as a tool to spread overseas and hook a licensing deal?
This is the outlier, something that shouldn't be taken as a view of the whole, but I just don't get it.

>>17778259
In those cases, did the author grant permission before they had received a publishing deal from the Japanese?

>>17777837
Wait so hoe frequently do they update there translations? If it's fast enough I might even get a membership

>>17778301
Usually each book gets split into 8-10 parts and one part gets released each week. Then when they finish a book they spend two weeks doing another editing pass and it's added to Amazon etc. and about 2-3 weeks later it's taken off the online reading list and buying it is the only way to read that book. This is why IMO the normal membership doesn't really make any sense, at least the premium one lets you keep one book per month. Though IIRC they're planning to start opening up certain series for online reading on a monthly cycle.

>>17778301
1 full volume every 2-3 months, which puts them at least in the roughly upper middle tier of speed when compared to most fan translations. I'd not recommend the basic membership though since each volume doesn't stay up permanently, if you're going to sign up the premium one is a better deal.

>>17778301
They push out a "part" per volume every week, with about 8 parts per volume. That's faster than most fan-translations, and at better quality too. Whether it's worth it or not is up to you, seeing as they take down volumes after they're published, and only put them back up temporarily for certain events.

>>17778322
Yeah, they've already had periods where they'd open up certain series so new members can catch up. In fact, for the month of October all of their launch titles are available for new members. (Grimgar, I Saved Too Many Girls and Caused the Apocalypse, My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World, Occultic;Nine, My Little Sister Can Read Kanji, and Mixed Bathing in Another Dimension)

>>17778271
Can't say for sure. One of them had a deal in the works but I don't know whether the author gave permission before they were approached, while they were negotiating, or after everything was finalised and were waiting for the published LN release.

As for the other, it was Wild Last Boss. The author rejected the translation offer while the WN was still new, saying they weren't confident enough in their story for an overseas audience. They have apparently granted permission for it to be translated recently.
I never followed the series too closely though, gave up after the rejection, and I've heard that they already had a publishing deal even before releasing the WN. No idea if this claim is true.

>>17778328
So what do they do for the LN's that only have a few volume releases in Japan (like "I'll live my second life" which only has 2 volumes released at the moment) do they wait for more volumes to be relased and stall the translations?

>>17777991
Can't say, but it looks interesting. Is it actually fun or is it just "cute girl does cute things and basta"?

>>17778337
>do they wait for more volumes to be relased and stall the translations?
More or less, yeah. They have caught up to some Japanese LNs already, I think. They mentioned that for Realist Hero, they technically already had the rights to some unreleased volumes, and if/when they catch up, they could start translating immediately.

However, unlike companies that publish in Print, J-Novel doesn't need to wait 6-10 months to publish a book, because they do everything purely digital. Yen Press, slow as they are, have caught up to at least one or two series in Japan, but when the next volume comes out, they don't release it until nearly a full year later thanks to how the printing process works.

>>17778349
It's a harem series. The girl on the cover is a Dungeon, who summons the main character to be a monster that fights off invaders, but instead he ends up becoming her master. He's a lazy ass who just wants to sleep, so he solves his problems through laziness... or at least he tries to, but ends up doing more work in the process.

>>17778369
>The girl on the cover is a Dungeon
Oh, my. I'd gladly explore that dungeon's backdoor.

>He's a lazy ass who just wants to sleep, so he solves his problems through laziness... or at least he tries to, but ends up doing more work in the process.
That does sound fun. Reminds me a bit of the current novel I'm reading, where the main character is insanely powerful and tries to pass off as an average girl.
After accidentally breaking a rock in two.

Found this old thread where js06 answers questions. The most interesting question and answer:

>5) Have you ever considered translating anime or entire novels?

>(…)As for a novel, I suppose it could be fun, but the idea of doing a whole novel is a bit daunting.

https://mangahelpers.com/forum/threads/the-js06-thread.55802/

>>17778374
Name?

>>17778405
I Said Make My Abilities Average. It's on novelplanet, with translators that always blog a lot.
I don't know the Japanese name, but it probably sounds like 私はアナルセックスが好きです.

It's a comedy "isekai" (reincarnation) story about an average girl.

>>17778413
Oh yeah, Seven Seas licensed that but won't release until 2018.

>>17778443
Oh good. I wonder if they sell in Europe too, I prefer reading paper stuff over screen stuff.

>>17778443
June 2018 to be precise.
I wonder why JNovel didn't grab it, It's published by Earth Star, same as Second Life here >>17753408 and being isekai it's more up their alley.

>>17772523
Wuzzat

>>17778501
A novel.

>>17778501
If you have to ask, you can't read it anyway. There's no translation project going on, and it doesn't even have a NovelUpdates page

Rather offtopic, but anyone here read and write decent Japanese able to help me send a short email to support for a game? I'll pay $25 in return.

>>17780073
try /djt/

>>17780092
Thanks, will do.

Anyone feel like some light novels skimp way too much in descriptions. I feel like some focus entirely on conversation between characters with sparse details in in between

>>17780244
Yeah.

>>17780244
Since you say "some", can you think of any which noticeably don't? I think kino no tabi is possibly an example, but it's been a while since I read it so I don't remember very well.

>>17780244
Read authors you know and like and/or just read outside of LNs to avoid this. The reason they're like that is because that's what a lot of consumers want, but if you pay attention to reviews or try samples of LNs before purchasing you can find more interestingly written ones.
>>17780521
ミス・ファーブル or 妖姫のおとむらい
Kino is part of the "skimp" group, but the brevity fits its style and has charm. Most other novels that employ it just feel overly plain and boring in comparison.

>>17780244
Yeah, it seems to be the current style in the LN/WN scene over in Japan. There are still a number of Light Novel authors with more traditional writing styles, but being short and skimping on details is certainly "in" right now.

I feel that some writers don’t show enough detail while also focusing so much on exposition it’s tiring. I don’t get how they do it.

>8th volume of Isekai Mahou is a beach episode
why

>>17780608
Because LNs are anime in book form and as we all know every anime needs a beach episode so the cast can scream UMI DA for five minutes.

I wan't to read クズと天使の二周目生活. Too bad I can't find the ebook version, but maybe that's not so weird since it was released today. Feels good to pay +10€ in shipping for a book that's 7€

>>17780647
It’s shameless.

>>17781225
I'm fine with shameless pandering, don't really get why I'd get upset about being catered to, I'm not reading high brow stuff here. Not that I ever read high brow stuff, the closest I got to that were things like Monte Cristo and Shakespeare's four great tragedies.

>>17779951
Ah that's a shame
Looks comfy af

>>17782200
It is. It's mostly figuring out new recipies by trial and error, and basically going on dates with the girls (lots of hand-holding and head-patting).
Despite all that, the protagonist is too dense/pure to realize that the girls like him.

>>17780608
>Isekai Mahou
"Reincarnated Demon"?

>>17782443
>the protagonist is too dense/pure to realize that the girls like him
It's a bit disconcerting how years of immersing myself in anime has made me numb to this. At this point, not only do I consider this the standard, I actually look forward to this all the time, I can no longer get angry at dense, genre-blind romance retarded protagonists anymore

>>17782502
You got both words wrong.
It's "Otherworld Magic".

>>17782566
Ha... So my dream of reading an inverted Isekai story where a wizard is reincarnated in our world won't happen because Isekai means Otherworld rather than Reincarnation?

Also, noticed I mistook Mahou and Maou. Too bad, Madoka would've been real fun if it was about Maou Shoujo.

>>17782578
The closest you'll get is Hataraku Maou-sama, which if you haven't read it is about a Demon King that escaped to Earth (where there's basically not magic) and starts working at not-McDonalds to get a living.

I did see a web-novel about a wizard who died, reincarnated on Earth as a girl (but couldn't use magic) and then ends up being isekai'd again to the world he/she came from.

>>17782601
Kinda a fan of Hataraki Maou-sama, even if it takes some liberties and raises many questions.

The other sounds interesting, but the fact that it's a WB kinda scares me. The writing is usually shit tier.

>>17782578
Although Isekai Mahou is pretty much about an amazing magician getting transported to a world with very inferior magic so he's pretty much a demon lord to all of them.

For once I'd like to see an Isekai where the MC is transported to a world in the distant future (like, 200,000 years ahead or an equally absurd number) where it's the MC's turn to get shit on for being extremely backwards as fuck at everything, from knowledge to morals and what not.

It's just, for once I'd like a MC who can't exploit "MUH MODERN KNOWLEDGE, MUH SUPERIOR JAPANESE CULTURE" in what's essentially a medieval world with magic and get treated like a caveman for once and it's his turn to adapt to future shit

>>17782632
As much as I like the genre, I kinda agree with that.
Even Konosuba who does its best to make his MC miserable still have him exploiting his knowledge to become rich quick (thus erasing the need to take on quests).

And fuck that MUH JAPANESE CULTURE shit, honestly.

>>17782443
The reviews for this series on Amazon are so bad... your description makes it sound rather enjoyable, but it's like 3 stars at best online

>>17780521
I noticed it mainly in goblin slayer to be honest. Though that probably focused more on details since the point is the MC is hard to talk too. I also switch between LNs and western fare so that might exaggerate comparisons. I'm not complaining too much it just makes some lns feel really light in content

>>17783424
It's fine, as long as you
- don't expect anything exiting to happen (stuff does happen occasionally, but the majority of the content really is just the protagonist figuring out recipes and going on "dates" with the girls). There's like one battle per volume. and the protagonist is mostly just supporting from the background while actual adventurers fight
- don't expect the economy to make sense (mixing two common herbs from just outside town with boiling water really shouldn't be worth multiple days at an inn).
- don't mind a super dense protagonist

Those were the main things people complain about in their reviews. If you can handle that, give the books a try.
Note: I only skimmed the first few chapters and the chapter titles, but the web novel version seems to be wildly different, so don't base your judgement on that

>>17780521
Seitokai no Ichizon
it doesn't skimp on descriptions, it completely skips them. The pages are basically anime scripts, since every line starts with the currently speaking character's name.

>>17765694
He has no place to go or to run to. even if he did, he's still going to get teleported to the waves.

>>17784587
Guess I misunderstood, then. I thought that "dying" would send him back to his world.

>>17784860
The lore does say that those who give their everything to stop the waves get rewarded in the end. Besides... the only way to summon more heroes is to have the old ones die. And all of them dying during the waves (or a wave) means the world also dies.

>>17785738
Still surprised he stays alive. I would have ragequitted a long time ago.

Anyone making a new thread? I enjoy hearing about books from you guys.

>>17788615
Make away and link it when it gets ready to die.