Are all Light novels this bad? I kinda got my interest Piqued

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>>112383683
it is a web light novel.
you are supposed to enjoy it's simplistic feel.
as far as light novels go, MT can be considered quite in depth.
if you did not enjoy MT, then that may be due to either personal preference, or a general distaste for the majority of japanese LN's.
these things cannot be helped.
on the bright side, if you do not like it, you do not need to read it. things will progress as they have whether or not you participate in reading MT.

I do have to admit though. Chapter 127 was fairly lackluster, given how extensive the previous focus was. I expected more, given the focus of chapter 127.

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Light Novels General? Light Novels General!

Feel free to repost your favourite fanfiction-tier trash like you do in every LN General.

Pic related. It's my favourite fanfic of the year.

Now hesitating between finishing Chaika before the second season starts, reading Escape Speed or reading Money & Wisdom.

>>112383683
Don't bother best girl gets NTRed by a boring bitch.

>>112384148
how does roxy get NTRed by sylphy?

>>112384195
woosh

Why can't shitposters ever capitalize their I's?

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>>112384148

>>112383683
It's actually one of the better light novels out there.
Just let that sink in.

What was the LN with the Shield Hero called again? I wanted to look into it but forgot the title.

>>112384332
don't bother, it's shit

>>112384034
Honestly i think the problem may have just stemmed from the translation itself, it felt stilted and unnatural, something that Kills Dialog in most books.

I'd be more than willing to try out some with more substance in the Poise.

132 never

>>112384332
Have you tried googling that?
There's not a lot of series with a shield hero

>>112384332
Chrome shel something something?

>>112384383
Does he even know that we're up to him now? Im tempted to skip to 133 but I figure the last chapter in a volume probably has some very important stuff.

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>>112384034

>>112384482
His last journal post was 6 hours ago, so he probably knows

>>112383683
>but i just couldnt handle how amateurish and simplistic it felt
Eh, I don't find it any more simplistic or amateurish than most of the other books I've read. Maybe if I was comparing it to some Stephen King books it'd be slightly inferior or something. Perhaps you've set the bar too high?

>>112384348
>Paulo

;_;
never forget

>>112384332
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari.

>>112384610
stop taking that bait

>>112384610
Funny, I was actually reading The Stand just a few minutes a go.

I guess im just not going into this with the right mindset, i didnt really know what to expect whenI started it.

>>112384590
I just hate how there's no acknowledgement of it. I feel so much better when I have a rough idea of when to expect it. That way I can choose whether to skim for a crappy summary and skip, keep refreshing every 15m, or go to sleep and hope it's there to greet me when I wake up.

>>112383683
>Does it get any better?

from chapter 3? of course
you can at least wait until the MC grows out of diapers

>>112384709
One thing to note is that a lot of the feeling and professionalism is lost when we fan translate from one language to another (or sometimes one language to another language to another language).

>>112384287
At least he knows how to capitalize random words.

Considering there are active threads about this, Is it actually good?

>>112383683
>>112384034
MT had its plot just meander around for two volumes. The main plot actually begins on Vol 3 while the first 2 volumes only set up everything. At least read the first 3 to 5 volumes before making any real judgements on MT.

>>112385199

Considering that there aren't that many other translated LNs out there that aren't the usual big names, no.

Either that or learn moon so you can see how awful most LNs are.

>>112385199
"This is super popular on /a/, I guess it must be good!"

You serious?

>>112385199
It's good in that we like it

on /a/
liking it = good
do not believe quality is any more than that here.

I want to break Roxy through drugged gangrape.

>>112383683
>>112383683
I only read like 3 LN before this, the last one I read was Re:monster and it was good but this one blows that out of the water. It might be you have set your expectations high. I really liked how well the author did at writing some nice stories about Rudy being a baby and growing up.

>>112385199
I personally think Mushoku Tensei is one of the best LNs I've ever read. Characters develop. Powers develop. Relationships develop. MC isn't overly beta, isn't overly dense, still has weak points. People die. People have children. Your favorite girl probably wins. etc.

>>112385383

>3 LNs before this

Honestly the best light novel I've read has been Kino no Tabi. I love it's different worlds, dark atmosphere and strangeness.

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>>112384056
Huh, those anons sure weren't kidding about the MC. I'm still only 3 chapters in though. And it's somewhat enjoyable.

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>forever 68%

>>112384696
Thank you

>>112383683
>>112385199

It is usually called "one of the best wish fulfillment series"

But in all seriousness, yeah it's good, also it's not a LN it's a web novel (which makes the quality it has far less possible).

>>112385484
Sorry, I meant to add "I'm reading pic related." to the front of my post.

>>112383683
Read Arifureta and then come back to me.

Tell me about those Guilty Pleasures.

171 is out. Poor Luke, with all the OP people around him, he seems like the author's favorite punching bag.

I'm currently reading MT right now, but I noticed there is no more illustrations after volume 4. Is that because it is a web novel or something or did baka-tsuki just not add any.

>>112385425
I made it a rule to not read LN I only make exemptions for certain things, i only read this one because I heard MC actually has children with his harem but the overall story surprised me.

>>112385691
probably because only the first few volumes have been published as light novels so far

Tokyo Ravens is a nice read if you like heart attacks.
>>112385691
It's a web-novel, the published version is only up to vol 4.

>>112385691
Only the first 3 volumes are out as an LN. They have the cover picture for the fourth volume. However starting from volume 2 every translation uses the web-novel.

>>112385691
It's a web novel and the illustrations are coming with the official releases. vol.5 is going to be published soon, I'm hyped for more kishirika pics.

>>112385691
The LN isn't out yet, after volume 3 translations are web novel translations.

>>112385691
MT is a webnovel adapted into a LN. Being the crazy and glorious bastard he is, the author has decided not to take down the chapters he has on the website. What's more, he's still churning out 1 volume every month and releasing them on the site. I guess that's the difference between working for money and working because you enjoy it.

>>112385846
though he did demand that the translators don't translate past vol 20.

>>112385846
Oh shi-, I didn't know he was still releasing new web volumes. This makes my month even better. I thought I was going to have to wait until the LNs started catching up with the web novels before we got more volumes.

>>112385846
What's the authors name anyways, an anon mentioned in a past thread that he was a model or something?

>>112385925
No, that's the LMS author...

>>112385925
LMS fag pls go

>>112385765
>>112385766
>>112385798
>>112385809
>>112385820
>>112385846

Thanks for answering kind /a/nons.

So another question before I move forward, is it implied at the end of volume 2 that Rudeus created the mana calamity and the subsequent mass teleportation? It seems a bit bizarre and random to be quite honest how a saint-level spell that was to make a storm created something totally different.

>>112385951
Why is he such a jew?

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>>112383683
I enjoy books. I also enjoy light novels.
you can learn how to enjoy things for what they are intended for.

just because you like gourmet food, doesn't mean you shouldn't be able to enjoy a fast food burger too.

unless you're super fancy, but then I would question what a fancy guy like you is doing browsing /a/.

arifureta a shit though.

>>112385985
He didn't.

>>112385985
It's not really implied, he just had a lot of bad luck

>>112385985
No, the spell and the phenomenon were unrelated. He just happened to be starting his spell when he noticed the disturbance.

>>112386008
He's just like Weed, anon.

>>112385985
That shit gets explained later on keep reading it's actually bigger thing than was first implied. I was surprised by how much it affected the world in later volumes.

I wish I could read LNs without stopping every 5 chapters or so. What do I do /a/?

>>112385484
Dude gets reincarnated into a girl? Does he just overtakes the body or something?

>>112386138
Keep wishing.

great settings
great characters
great moments
great harem

It's a webnovel translated by fan translators so the writing is going to be a bit stiff but otherwise, yeah, it's good.

>>112386189
The MC is a trap.

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>>112385985
mana calamity was actually caused by farts.
there was a god who ate so many farts. Then one day, all the farts he ate suddenly burst out. there was a lighter present.

presto. magic ball of light and mana calamity and people got blown to different parts of the world due to magical flaming farts.

just read the story and stop asking questions. you're just asking to be spoilered. what kind of guy "who actually reads books," would ask for spoilers?

do you actually read books or ask people for summaries?

>>112385985
>>112386057
>>112386058
>>112386061


It was implied that he played a role in causing the calamity. For example, how he noted his mana was depleted in the beginning of volume 3. His mana was probably one of the factors that caused the teleportation. The true mastermind is still unknown.

>>112386244

It's a small point that was bugging me for a while. I don't like big spoilers, but I felt no harm in learning about this particular spoiler. I could read on but it's late and it is stuck on my mind right now so I wanted to know before I went to sleep, that's all.

>>112386313
You're just asking to get spoilered by people that read 130+ chapters, cool it and keep reading.

>>112386313
They explain it in the later volumes anon. You're trying to quickly to place the cause.

>>112386189
/a/'s wet dream is a different LN. This one, mech otaku gets hit by a vehicle and winds up in a somewhat medieval world where surprise surprise, the brunt of the combat is done by mechs.

>every MT thread there's loads of interesting LN recommendations
>almost none of them are translated at all

I mean I know it's my fault for not into runes, but still ;_;

Anyone got the pastebin for 130? Can't search for it on .moe currently.

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>>112386527
>Reading Moonlight Sculptor and Arifureta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXiwYUCe_bY

>>112386617
http://skuizaan.deviantart.com/journal/?catpath=/

>>112383683
>>112385484

LN's with shota protagonists are the best.

Today was a good day. I'm still patiently waiting for 130 to finish, but it's funny how everyone was freaking out that v.13 wasn't going to finish, but the next day almost all of it is done.

For those who missed it.
http://pastebin.com/SaaQe2Rv 127
http://pastebin.com/SmS9Ud3b 128
http://pastebin.com/yhNnPuqr 129

http://skuizaan.deviantart.com/journal/Mushoku-Tensei-Vol-13-Ch-13-Spoilers-3-4-done-476399430 131

http://pastebin.com/W5jywiLD 131

>>112386662
Grateful as always.

>actually reading Light Novels
/a/ has reached a new low.

>>112383683
There are alot of LN, and they aim at different type of audiences.

Unfortunately the one most likely to get translated are shounen-like works similar to how Naruto/bleach/onepiece are always translated first.

>>112386755
Where do you think we are

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Liking this so far. Only a single chapter is out though.
It's in the teaser section.

I'm finishing up 130 now.

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>>112386511
>winds up in a somewhat medieval world
He looks cute as hell (no homo). He should have reincarnated as a woman for maximum genericity.

>>112386699
anon the devianart link is for 130 not 131

>>112386699
My crack addiction won't be satisfied until Eris meets back up with Rudi again and probably joins the harem.

Until we get somewhere near that I have a feeling I'm going to be refreshing pastebins and deviantart pages multiple times a day.

>>112386878
It was a typo.

>>112386699

Looks like Dark Kato would at least work on 132 before he retires.

>>112386846
Damn.

I really should of held out and waited to read Volume 13 in its entirety instead of this hamster feeder like reading

Anyways great work

12 Kingdoms and Narita's books are the only LNs that I liked.

>>112386846
<3 lots of love.

How goes your progress with 136? (Since it's listed as in progress after all.)

>>112386846
shit, now I feel bad for skipping tha3/4 of 130 but thanks


now waiting for 132

>>112386846
Will be eagerly waiting.

>>112383683
>"Is every LN the same?"
>"Is every TV show the same?"
>"Is every video game the same?"
>"Is every movie the same?"

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>>112386527
IIRC these LN are being frequently translated:

Mokushiroku Arisu
Taimadou Gakuen
Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria (waiting for the 7th volume)
Gate Jieitai (translations never - read the manga)
Maou na Ore to Fushihime no Yubiwa
Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance
Campione
Gekkou (completed)
Iris on Rainy Days (completed)

>>112386699
yea some anon saved the day with 128 and 129

>>112386858
There's always the one which I mentioned here >>112386511 was /a/'s wet dream.

>Reincarnates as a loli girl
>In medieval fantasy world
>Builds a harem
>Go on lesbian loli adventures with harem
>Starts to turn bisexual and become attracted to men

>>112386138
Stop having ADHD.

>>112387249

Sadly blade dance is the only one that interests me.

>favourite genres will never be translated

;_;

>>112387229
yes they are

>>112385533
God you had to remind me

;_;

>>112383683
Honestly, you can't expect that much substance from LNs. I just read them because they're light reads and are mostly just fun to talk about. In terms of substance though, I would say that "When Hikaru was on Earth" is probably one of the better written ones, though it is extremely flowery. Overall though, I would say don't expect much but a fun read, if sometimes irritating one.

>>112387229
Dumblord, OP used a rhetorical device called exaggeration to trigger your corrosive emotions.

>>112387249
is Hidan no Aria's LN actually good?

though it's not a good indicator for quality both the anime and manga adaptions were horrible

>light novels
>being light

WHO WOULD OF FUCKING KNOWN.
I'm pretty impressed that they would have such a distinction.

>>112386880
That chapter has been reserved by the guy who did v10 c1 and 2 (which still needs much editing).

I don't think you'll be seeing it for a long time unless someone else decides to do it anyway.

>>112387437
No, treat it like Arifureta.

>>112387127
you didn't miss much, an anon in the previous thread basically summarized it.
Gisu is a bro, Roxy a best, Sylphie a love, and Zenith a potato.


I want a doujin of Lilia NTR'ing Aisha with Rudeus, making her sit seiza while she is is made to receive instructions. Bonus points if Norun is there to tease her.

>>112387342
Wait what? Blade-Dance esque series with magic schools full of only woman are one of the most common LN types in existence. I can name 5-10 of them off the top of my head.

Overpowered protagonists in fantasy settings is also as common as hell.

Unless your favorite genre refers to contracting spirits or something. That's a bit harder.

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Despite many cliche's I would recommend this just because in the first volume there is a mutual confession.

>>112387437
Personally I find the plot to be kind of shit. It gets nowhere and the author keeps introducing the stupidest things out of nowhere.

>>112383683
one side says it's good, the other side say all LNs are shit

pick and choose

>>112387529
It's depressing that that is a actual selling point.

>>112387304
Yes, so Knights & Magic, from >>112385484
So dude does indeed reincarnate as a girl. Nice.

>>112387547
Pretty sure one of things that people are complaining about is that the author pretty much spells it out to you. Well it did surprise me at some points.

I don't understand how it "gets nowhere" can you explain? I don't see much development happen in other manga or LN. It's not perfect of course.

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>>112387529
I need new chapters for the manga.
FeMC is too lewd.

>>112387304
so is there any chapters of it translated?

please tell me there's chapters translated

>>112387666
>FeMC is too lewd
fucken picked

>>112387484
you just need a Badigadi-sama laughing in the background and is perfect

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Any action/adventure LN where the relationships actually progress at some point? I can't read moonrunes so possibly something translated.
Even stuff like DxD is fine. I can't deal with these fucking relationship limbos anymore.

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>>112387249
>Mahouka
>Frequently translated

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>>112387734

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>>112387845
Mushoku Tensei

>>112387560
it's like asking whether a particular battle shounen is good or not.

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One translator down, rip Kaito.

>>112387845
see>>112383683

>>112387911
We did got a new translator today tho

>>112387249
Don't forget Yahari.

Though romcoms don't seem to be trending in these threads as of late.

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Here comes a new Callenger

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>>112388041
Challenger*
I fucked up.
Let's discuss why it's cute to have an ahoge.

>>112388041
she is so cute

>>112388018
A decent one or one we'd be better off without?

>>112388022
>yahari
>frequently translated
>volumes 3, 4, 5 and 6 never

>>112387845
By relationship, do you really just mean love relationship

>>112387848
at least is better than >>112385533
this shit this is the majiko of LN

>>112388139
Decent one.

>>112387665
I just felt like the author just kept introducing more and more random plot developments out of nowhere. It went from "School for Agents" to "Battle against (pretty much) monsters with random bullshit powers" ridiculously quickly.

Also, their relationship hasn't really progressed that much and neither have the two characters actually developed that much.

Of course, I dropped this after the "This is not the end, only the beginning" note that the author gave so I my opinion might not be 100% correct.

>>112388139
Decent.

>>112388172
Yes

>>112388149

Anime.

>>112388149
I should've stayed a NEET.

>>112387617
I'm not sure if you're misunderstanding me or if I'm misunderstanding you.

However, Knights and Magic has a male MC. The one I was talking about was another LN which I don't remember the name of at the moment.

>>112388245
Don't worry, we still love you and you're doing god's work.
It's just that it would be nice to have all of them translated.

>>112387724
No, the LN is on a long hiatus too IIRC because the publishers went super-Jew and demanded the artist to do 100 illustrations in a month or something. It's probably possible to just scrape the webnovel off of narou using the wayback machine though.

>>112386655
but that's just LMS

Arifureta is my edge

>>112388218
Besides LNs almost always being better than the anime; the anime skipped over a couple of scenes.

>>112388245
But then I wouldn't have been able to read what happened after the anime ended. Also the LN you're translating is fucking deep-- you do a good job at still giving us the ability to read between the lines.

>>112386008

Because Koreans took the worst aspects from America (capitalism on crack + R&B culture), the worst aspects from Japan (corporate culture on crack), and combined them along with growing insecurities of China's growing power into what they proudly call Korean culture. Also they promote leg fetish which is a redeeming trait.

>MT ends up getting an anime
>only the first two volumes are adapted
>S2 Never
>no good doujins of it

LNs are just cheap pandering. Don't waste your time and read something actually good instead.

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>>112386880
>probably
anon confirmed for being made out of diamonds

>>112388373
The anime, when it comes, will cover too many volumes, leave out scenes, and skip inner monologues.

It will definitely give us good doujins though.

>>112388373
>S1 ends at the first fucking turning point
What's the point man, actual plot started after that.

>>112386527
>Overlord
>Hero BBS
>Knight's and Magic
>Irresponsible goddess
>that one slime reincarnation series
>none of them translated

WHY MUST YOU TORTURE ME /a/, WHY MUST YOU TORTURE ME!

>>112388469
>When
There's no chance in hell

>>112384610
It's on the level of a child's fantasy novel, with young adult levels of "mature" content. It compares poorly with, say, Artemis Fowl or the Abhorsen Trilogy or anything by Diana Wynne Jones.

It's just... it's not really very good. It's pretty solid for fanfiction - translated fanfiction, at that - but that doesn't mean it's actually /good/.

>>112388521
I'm giving it somewhere in between 4-7 years.

>>112388511
You also forgot that Military otaku one wherein MC gets reincarnated with little magic but he uses his previous life's memory and made guns using the little magic he have. Now he have a firing squad that's also his harem.

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Why does it always have to be "random useless guy dies and wakes up in world X as character Y", "random useless guy start playing a virtual reality game as character Y in world X" or something along those lines?
Why not just cut the crap and have the main character be a native of the world the LN is set in?

>>112388469
>It will definitely give us good doujins though.

that's what they said about Medaka Box.

Did japtem drop Re:monster?

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>>112388511
Because despair is the magic that turns dreams into reality.

>>112388593
There's tons of fantasy LNs where the MC is a native of the world the LN is set in.

>>112388603
Japtem never had Re:monster, they're just hosting it. The TL group right now is busy so the updates are slow translating.

>>112388593

otaku self insert

Who do you think buys these?

>>112388588
I was going to put that and Master of Monsters but those aren't in the usual threads.

still want them though

>>112388644

Too bad no translations.

>>112388598
The elf banggangs like 5 guys when she gets introduced. And then the lolis.

We'll get good stuff. Trust me, this has perfect source material for doujin artists.

>>112388603
I think the translators moved to MT and Shield knight.

>>112388606
That game was so shitty it made the original bad for me.

>>112388373

KanaHana as Sylphy.

>>112388018
He's already gone with the wind, though.

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>open baka-tsuki forums
>shakugan no shana and kaze no stigma have still their own forums

>>112388500
It's just enough content to have a SoL rom-com about a guy and a abusive tsundere voiced by Kugimiya Rie.

>>112388738
Nope Re:Translation's translators got busy, so the ones left are semi-translators that translate EC(Byr), and Tsuyokutte New Saga(The new translators), Vidar went' MIA for 2 weeks now, xz is waiting for people to come back, laverdy logs in every two days and TL for 15 minutes, and I am busy with my midterms so I put TL aside and use the little time I have left for relaxing.

>>112388842
I don't think Kugi fits her though. She's more like a Miyuki Sawashiro if you ask me.

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>>112388842
>SoL rom-com about a guy and a abusive tsundere voiced by Kugimiya Rie.

I need more of that in my life.

>>112388702
There's Vanadis, Danmachi, LoLH, Samayou Shinki off the top of my head.

>>112388567
>Artemis Fowl
>Garth Nix
Poor examples there, anon.

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Is ch 130 done yet?

>>112388718
and I want a doujin where Rudi passionately loves his blue-haired loli goddess.

But it ain't going to happen because Japans hates giving me what I want.

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>>112387249

DanMachi can go up there. BT only has the first volume. But it's actually up to Vol 3 and the guy doing it works fast.

Provided he actually comes back in September after his break is over. But that's a Jinx in the making.

>>112389122
Can you feel it now mr. crabs?

>>112389004
>Samayou Shinki

I didn't know this one, how is it?

>>112389109
Of what? Children's fantasy novels?

>>112387249
>Shitver dracule still getting translated
I don't get why people like that.

>>112383683
The guy is still a baby in the first three chapters. Not too many thing that will be interesting in that time.

It only took 3 months for BT to translate ~150 chapters of Mushoku Tensei. That got to be a record.

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>>112389448
Other TL groups are you even trying.

>>112389448
Seriously. When I looked at the update history I was so surprised. It's like with all our powers combined we form a sixth grade elementary school girl.

>>112389448
and it's still running on a fast rate

we keep clamoring for faster chapter updates, but yeah I'm impressed by the translators speed.

>>112389328
I've only read the first volume so far but I enjoyed it.

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>>112389448
Is this the LN with the fastest translations?

>>112388187
THIS right here. I may have liked Strike the Blood, but Hidan no Aria can be compared to StB due to introducing a lot of concepts that feel like an excuse to introduce more girls.

>>112389679

No self respecting anon would own an deviantart account, so /a/ really can't claim much for how fast MT got translated.

>>112388593
Because it easier to relate with the MC, making the developments more interesting. By easier to relate, I don't mean as a self insert, but that your knowledge of the setting is on the same wavelength as the MC. whatever he's experiencing in the world is first time just like it is to you. It provokes the reader to have more thoughts like "What would I do if I am in MC's position?"

>>112389815
I'm sure. Even js06 has to spend two weeks for a volume of Index. But then again, he's also working on Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon.

>>112389921
Meh. Kaito's account is 11 years old. That's back before youtube. Having an account from back then isn't bad.

Also, I went through the trouble of copypasting kind anon's 128/129 to BT because why not.

>>112389004
>Samayou Shinki

Not entirely true seeing as the MC was summoned into that world. Of course, he's pretty much a native now seeing as he was only a kid when he was summoned.

>>112389951
Someone is actually insane enough to translate Horizon?

>>112389387
Not anymore. It's fully translated now because it got axed after Vol 5 I think.

>>112389336
yep even amongst children novels they're garbage

>>112390055
He's a machine who translates everything written by Kazuma Kamachi, Color Wars, and Owari no Chronicle and Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon by Minoru Kawakami.

Yep, he's a force to be reckoned with.

>>112390055
Js06.exe is also doing Owari no Chronicle and Zashiki Warashi.
And translates Hayate no Gotoku every week.

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>>112390196
>>112390235
Is he being paid?

>BT threads are now being made regularly on /a/
Will it be the next sadpanda?

>>112390276
Signs point to no.

>>112390184
Not the anon you were responding to, but I actually kind of liked Garth Nix. Also, I'm fairly certain the Abhorsen is at least young adult, not children seeing as they have implied sex and stuff in there if I remember right.

Artemis Fowl is children's but I do agree that the series got progressively worse.

>>112390329
I would actually be really happy because that means we'd get professional translations I can just steal.

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>>112388794
oh my.

>>112390329
It has already bent over when C&D notices got sent in. SAO and Shakugan no Shana were the two I remember but I'm sure there have been more that have been taken down.

Basically, whenever Yen Press or somebody decides to release the novel, you can kiss the translations goodbye.

Somebody should ask Vanant if it's alright to copypasta his stuff into BT as previews. I want to make volume 13 a pretty blue.

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Has no one still posted the tranlslated chapters to BT for mushoku?
Lets let Vanant just skip working on those so he can focus on the other ones.

>>112390493
Fuck Viz for Shakugan no Shana.
But at least Yen Press still allowed New Testament Index to continue translations even though they picked up the 22 volumes of the Old Testament.

>>112390402
Not necessarily because it might take years for them to catch up to the LNs if at all. Some companies don't play catch-up and release translations at the same pace/slower than the release of the actual novels. Even then, it'll usually at least a couple of years until the entirety of an already unofficially translated novel becomes released by the translation companies.

>>112390538
That will cause drama and hurt his pride anon. There's quite a lot who hold on to the e-peen factor of translating.

>>112390538
>>112390626
But someone already posted 128 and 129 there

>>112390598
At three volumes per year, the 22-volume Index would be completely released by 2021.

>>112390626

Fuck vanant.

The rest of 130 is done. Sorry it took so long. I'll throw it up on BT in a couple hours.

>>112390538
>>112390702
Changing the registration part confused me. Maybe one of the other translations can do it properly for now but I just added stuff in parenthesis.

Kaito said maybe tomorrow for 132, but no guarantees.

>>112391022
Thank you kindly

>>112391022
?????

Did you already start working on 136 before? Or is it basically 0%?

>>112391022
Why wait? I thought you just had to text dump.

>>112391022
thank you

>>112391022
you made the world go round

>>112391159
Formatting on BT is weird or something. When I copypasta'd 128/129 earlier in order to obtain the same spacing I had to press enter in between every single line.

Thankfully for some reason that's something I'm insanely good at doing.

>>112391022
holy shit, thaks as always

This is why I love the series, after all the hype and excitement over 13 now we get to be excited for even more goddess loving next volume.

Maybe even 164 and 165 some day

>>112391152
just small segments I had done here and there and spoiler tagged a in threads few days ago.
Since it's early in the night for me, I'm gonna make proper headway on it right now though.

Hakomari is one of the greatest LN's of all time.

New volume when?

>>112391235
Back to adorable slice of life
>>112391275
You're doing god's work anon.

>>112391159
He wants to turn people into his dick craving sluts hungering for chapters. Truly a fiend.

>>112391306
A majority of people in these threads are essentially coke fiends anyway he doesn't have to do much.

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>>112390196
>>112390235
I was so fucking happy when I heard that he started translated both OnC and Horizon. Given their size, I never expected anyone else to pick them up.

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Would you Sylphy's lolibutt?

>>112391275
Nice. I look forward to enjoying your work.

I have a feeling by the end of tomorrow we're all going to be waiting on Vanant again. But this time for 138. (and 139, 140, 141, 142?)

>>112391380
>that thickness
Do these still counts as Light Novels?

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>>112391380
Js06 is just a normal translator translating normal light novels anon.

>>112391380
I think a jp<->en dictionary is smaller than some of those volumes.

>>112391302
is someone working in Volume 14 I know 133 134 135 and 137 are done, but what about the other chapters?

Isn't js06 translating literally every Kamachi work? How much of a fanatic is he?

>>112391518
The rest have been claimed by vanant, which is why I want him to stop Translating 13 as his work there is finished.

>>112391576
We should have the kind anon who did 128/129 do 139/140/141/142 while we wait on Vanant to do 138.

>>112391456
>normancy

the most powerful magic known to man

anyone has a better 131
the one on the pastebin is horrible

>>112391541
Singlehandedly keeping hope alive until S3 is announced.

>>112391810
Eh? What do you find horrible about it?

>>112391772
Kind anon probably isn't coming back, or at the very least it's foolish to count on him.

>>112391576
Vanant just needs to clean and post 127 and 131 now, and Kaito needs to get to work on 132 and v13 is blue.
That untouched v15 is going to be interesting, 16 is touch-and-go, Awrya or whoever seems to be making steady progress on 17 and I don't even want to consider the reality of 18 and 19.
3 days should be the start of ch20.
Well, I think as long as we have at least one more active translator, we can probably come damn close to getting caught up by the end of september.

>>112391847
S3 was announced though? I saw a thread for it like a week ago.

>>112391850
nvm, the machine translated stuff was mixed with the edited part so I was confused

>>112391963
Yeah his pastebin has the raw japanese followed by the translated english. It helps a metric shit ton when you're trying to tlc it. Don't do any machine translations.

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>>112383683
Dunno why would you ask that to /a/. Most people here don't really know about the good LNs, and the rest just reads those half-assed Baka Tsuki translations. If I recall correctly, one of the Monogatari's TLs was so bad they removed it from the site.

>>112391937
I REALLY want to believe. We should really have somewhere for his stuff if he comes back or get permission to put in on BT.
He worked so fast.
>>112391963
I made the same mistake it was really confusing at first.

>>112392007
>or get permission to put in on BT.

Hmm? We got that too. >>112373854 128/129 are on BT now.

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Oh my

>>112392114
He did three if I remember.
>>112392134
For real though?

>>112391214
You could probably slap it on a paste bin somewhere, have somebody format it for you, and then send it back to you or uploaded it depending on what you want.

>>112392134
Hahahahahaha

>>112391913
what you mean by the untouched 15?'

also if we catch up to the end of September i swear i will kiss all the translations ass. You guys did like 200 chapters in 5 months

>>112392114
What about 131?

>>112391940
Fuck you, I almost believed.

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>>112392134
That's a joke right?

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One day js06 will have all of this translated. (Well at least he is reading CITY, I don't think he plans to translate it as of yet.)

>>112392322
>>112392245
>>112392163
http://balmunkfezarion.deviantart.com/
Go check his DA then.

>>112392295
I really thought it was, sorry I didn't look in the thread.

>>112392134
>Anon took 30 minutes to finish a chapters
>He sat on his ass for weeks
>Get mad

>>112392134
>>112392322

Probably not. He just wrote this on my talk page or whatever that is. I don't think he knows that I'm not the one who translated it. How do I into replying.

>Fuck you. Vanant (talk) 21:38, 18 August 2014 (CDT)

>>112392384
Go talk to him in deviant art
>>112392368
He got an account there.

>>112392384
Which TL are you? I'm really surprised he'd be offended that the project moved forward smoothly.
Well you might as well explain.

>>112392382
He took about 9 hours for both chapters though.

>>112392488
He's Fighter
check out that Talk page

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>>112392368
fuck hes mad

>>112392384
Forgot to add.
You could've took consideration that Vanant doesn't want people to jump into his reserved spots, he pretty much gets angry easily. Should at least talked about it.

>>112392488
I'm not even a TL. I'm just the person who put 128/129 up onto BT since the other guy did it.

>>112392551
I don't know how deviant art works either
>>112392558
Apologize? He might be a baby but the more TLs the better. Just say some random guy translated it and you posted it without understanding how BT worked.

>>112392555
It wasn't Fighter though
some random anon who did Chinese-English

>>112392634
>Apologize? He might be a baby but the more TLs the better. Just say some random guy translated it and you posted it without understanding how BT worked.

>Three words: go fuck yourself.

I think he's big baby.

I kind of knew this was going to happen. Another translator down I guess.
It all comes tumbling down.

>>112392748
Skuzaa and Fighter
You're our only hope

>>112392748
We will never see Eris Grayrat parts 1 and 2 translated ;_;

Once again, Rudy was saved my Greyrat perverted reputation

I don't think there is really any reason to put up "unregistered" translations on BT as long we have access to it, is there?

>>112392732
Still, he's a translator. Surely, we don't look at translators outside of their work, do we?

>>112392732
>>112392634
Eh I'd be pretty pissed too if someone took a jump on me.
You love to translate chapters __ ___ and __ because you loved those chapters so you reserved them. This one guy comes right in without knowing how BT work blatantly posted another translation without any say or message to the guy who was planning to do it. It's like saying fuck you.

>>112392852
Lets avoid that in the future.

The only LN I want translated and being made into an anime is that Hisasi one because I want an anime with Hisasi faptastic designs.

fight me

>>112392903
BT's rules are pretty fucking stupid though. Tons of fucking dumb "restrictions" and shit.

>>112392971
There is no more future. All hope is lost. Only despair.
Chinese anon is our only hope left.

>>112392903
yea but the anon who translate them didn't uploaded some other anon who did

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Yeah he's mad as all fuck.
Maybe he'll calm down who knows.

>>112393047
Fighter dun goofed
that's why Vanant shat on him

>>112392852
Unless you've got a pastebin reader app for the phone, I can think of one really good reason.

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Ah, translators. Endless fun.

Well shit I hope the Chinese anon comes back.

>>112392903
Its not like he can't just put his translations up.

Sure these should have stayed in pastebin but its not like you need to throw a shitfit over it,

Besides if he was actually bothered over it and not some shitty e-peen he could just post it on his deviantart.

>>112393136
Ctrl+A. Put on Notepad. Voila. That takes less than 30 seconds to do.

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>>112392992
I was thinking of Boku to Kanojo no Game Sensou, but it was Happoubi Jin.

All the LN are shit that because they have just a type of public and they are rotten otakus , that want their childish fantasies be written in every episode of the LN, just look the most famous LNs an the top sellers, all of them have one thing in common that is that they are written for otakus. The only LN that can be considered good is Spice & Wolf

Holy shit. Vanant really jumped a pile of dicks with this one.

Can he be more of a bitch? Someone got fed up with his aussie slacking and put up the stuff he was supposed to translate. So fucking what. Its not some special shiny place to be a chapter's translator. Its a willing gift you are giving we desperate fans. You don't get paid. You're doing it out of the goodness of your heart.

If you're having trouble and don't get it done in time, don't get pissy when someone else does the job because they thought they'd spend the time to do it.

Such a special little snowflake our Vanant is.

I hope a dropbear eats him.

Why even reserve 10 chapters at once? What about reserving one, working on it, finishing it, then reserving another one that isn't done/being worked on and so on... This translator drama is stupid.

>>112393301
Subscribed.
>>112393335
>Someone got fed up with his aussie slacking and put up the stuff he was supposed to translate.
And thanks to that bastard, your light novel has one less translator. Congratulations.

>>112393381
Being stupid and pissy really backfired on him.

He seems illogically mad. Apparently removing the translations from BT makes no difference to him.

>>112393442
Translators are so prissy. Its saddening. We got those two anons if they're willing to continue.

I can hope so. But really, if he wants to be prissy and hold onto chapters, we're better off without him.

>>112393381
It's because of BT's stupid rules. Seriously they make no fucking sense to me.

>>112393541
He is a Special Snowflake.

>>112393381
>this translator drama is stupid
You need to play the game to get your chapters. Now we're all paying for some idiot's stupidity.
Even if Vanant is a faggot, as long as nobody says it to his face, he'll live his life happy and be productive.

>>112392903
And he can still translate it. It'd be awesome if he did and he will be a better translator.

But the throughout these threads he stalled chapters, scooped up several other chapters, sat on them, then ragequited when someone else did it despite that. Note how before it came to his chapters the translations were running smoothly, but when it did it slowed to a crawl. I'm not going stand up for a translator that doesn't translate.

>>112393559
Can't be helped.

Welp, when that cn translator appears again, I guess we should tell him to start with 138.

Right. So without kaito and vanant will progress be hindered much?
Are we talking more than two months now?

>>112393678
Agreed. Oh well, we can hope good people take over.

>>112393541
What he's mad is not that some anon translated the chapter. But rather some guy used that anon's translation and posted it on BT that he himself reserved. I think the point here is he didn't even talked to vanant since vanant was the one reserving the chapters. And he's mad at how deadgye never even bothered following the rules and openly posted the chapters without consent at all.

>>112393721
I really hope he does. Is there a way to summon him? The only person I can summon is Diaz.

Is this how MushoTen dies?

>>112393752
>You are required to register which chapters you wish to work on. One portion of text at a time per translator, please.
>One portion of text at a time per translator, please.

What rules

>>112388041
Goddamn she really looks like a boy

>>112393815

That's a good thing.

>>112393815
It's certainly how it got a bit slower.
Now all we need to do is piss off Skuizaan and we're set.
I'm just kidding skuizaan I love you

>>112393882
Translator-san isn't an aboriginal so I think we will be fine

>>112393752
Hmm? The only rules I know of for uploading content is that you need the permission of said person. We got CN-translator-anon's permission to put them onto BT.

If you could help me find the other rules I apparently missed and broke, I'd be much obliged.

>>112393882
If I remember right, Fighter was already pissed because of the entitled consumer most of /a/ is. Fuck you Skuizaan you TL like shit. And Aisha is shit. Eat shit.

>>112393955
Whats the point of reservation then when other people can just hijack it?

>>112384319
Keep in mind rikai-chan translates light novel as "young-adult fiction" so it's definitely no Proust or Camus. Not that that's a bad thing mind. I don't want a lecture in my entertainment after all.

>>112394034
It's meant to show what chapters are being worked on so translators can avoid wasting their time on something someone else is already doing.

>>112393815
>implying you can kill the words of the goddess
hitogami no deshi, onegai.

I seem to remember taking quite a few days to get vol.9 ch.3 out and some anon here did it and uploaded it for the benefit of everyone else. I didn't talk shit, and even said thanks to them as well. It was there for people to read, and then when I had gotten around to putting my version up, i merely <hidetext>'d the link to the old preview on the registration page, and even kept the link there in the editor, because that shit was polite to do.

No point in getting mad over shit on the internet.

I just hope vanant kicks a dingo, then continues on 14. otherwise, if he moves to inactive, i'll keep in v14 and have to adjust my timetable is all.

I'm a fucking /a/non lifer. I can get shit on and not even get mad. And when I get mad, I just fap to a good trap thread or something on sadpanda and i'm chill again.

>>112394034
To prevent multiple people from editing the same chapter. However, the first and foremost rule to prevent that is not to register multiple chapters.

He didn't even upload a rough draft of 127 yet.

Oh the chapters got deleted from BT. Onizuka is only on the ball when translators cry and complain.

>>112394236
Does it even matter when he's not going to translate it anymore?

>>112394218
You're the translator we needed but not deserved

>>112393955
Technically the way they doing it is that no one could upload translation before they registered first (which is the first come first serve basis rule). It's also why they put Vanant's translation as preview for diary chapter because COTHER registered it first and the supervisor needs to contact him first before putting the translation.

Why is BT so shitty

>>112394331
He should at least translate those Eris Greyrat chapter first. I can't hate him because he's also an Eris bro ;_;

>>112394218
Hey maybe I should try doing that in order to calm myself down when my jimmies get rustled.

>>112394331
To leave a message for whoever ruined it for everyone

>>112394236
It's too late you can't return the spilt milk.

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>>112394218
You alright anon

>>112394236
So is there a link to those chapters now that they're not on BT? I guess I missed the thread where they were translated / posted.

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>>112394431
You should just learn to take it easy.

>>112394218
based Translator-san keep doing god works

>>112394504
you can always look for it in archive
maybe even in this thread

>>112386699

>>112394504
>>112394598

>>112394598
>>112394629
Yep my bad, I completely missed that when I skimmed through the thread when I first opened it.

>>112394218
Thank you for being a cool guy

>>112394666
Actually nevermind, those pastebin links are empty now. Does anyone have it?

>>112394666
>pastebin has been removed
>Deviant art page is unavailable
What

Why was the pastebin deleted?
Did someone save that?
Vanant was more of a faggot than I thought.

>>112394724
>>112394803
worked for me
you guys high?

>>112394859
No, save the text.

>>112394859
Did you try opening it now? I just get "This paste has been removed."