/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>21341163
That's one cute and attractive little witch.
Is she the protagonist? Or does she at least have a good amount of screen time?

>>21342177
She's the MC.

>>21342191
This is that Slime genocide isekai right?

Often isekai stories aren't particularly different from normal fantasy stories after the initial part.

>>21342202
No it's not, they do look similar from covers though.

>>21342254

Isekai almost always has MMO crap.

>>21342271
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-23/kono-light-novel-ga-sugoi-reveals-2019-series-ranking/.139859

Funny how they both made latest top10. I hope we get more stuff about witches.

>>21342254
if something is an isekai, i automatically distrust the metaphysics of the universe because it's one that exists for the purpose of wanking generically nice japanese students/salarymen/NEETs regardless of how the rest of the world is built.

>>21342272
I wish nip make more comfy SOL VRMMO. OSO, Nonbiri, Shield loli and that Rabbit Summoner are pretty good.

>>21342294
The comedy ones can be ok. Sometimes. Rarely.

>>21342294
I wish they flesh out the whole transmigration thing. Like are the world actually in different dimension or just another planet in the same galaxy as us?

>>21342254
I can't think of one case where this was true.

>>21342324
the primary complaint i've heard about dedicated comedy isekai like konosuba (which mind you i never actually read) is that even if they start off as being rollicking comedies they eventually run out of steam and graduate to being proper isekai

i'd tentatively guess it's because once people start getting attached to characters, they want to see them develop rather than remaining one-dimensional caricatures, and without a real narrative or crisis that can't happen and so eventually the universe has to go that way

tragic really

>>21342485
Yeah, this definitely happened to Konosuba. But I think stuff like Slime genocide is safe from it.

>>21342485
I'm on volume 9 right now and it's one of the funniest volumes so far, top tier. So I don't know what the other guy is talking about, though I haven't read up to vol 15 yet. There are ups and downs, sure, but the formula hasn't changed.

Real shame that Elaina manga is bi-monthly. If chapter 2 caused this kind of reaction on manga sites already it's going to be great reading reactions to maid or lone princess chapters.

>>21342294
I still don't understand how this pathetic concept got so popular. I realize that japan has a bunch of suicidal salarymen who want to dream about being Gary Stus with harems but all those video game isekai are just fucking pathetic.

I don't know why I like Yuusha-sama no Oshishou-sama so much, but it's now my favourite LN.

>>21342272
So does a good bunch of non-isekai.

>>21342202
>>21342177
Majo no Tabitabi for anyone interested. Best comparable to Kino no Tabi (short stories, mostly disconnected from each other, though they share the same MC).

>>21345872
I honestly like it more than Kino no Tabi. Elaina is a wonderful MC.

I already like this author.

And goddammit Majo no Tabitabi is making me want to kill myself more then Touhou ever did.

>>21345643
It is literally no different then America's "grim shooter mandude with big gun that shoot big things" obsession. People want to be a cool main character in a story but no matter what culture you're in they'll all hit the relative same points.

>>21346743
But stories like those are pretty much dead in US cinema.

>>21346898
It's still a cornerstone of television and video games at least from what I know.

>>21345907
A nice thing about Kino no Tabi is that even if you fall in love with its world, you don't actually want to live there. It leads to fewer cases like >>21346642.

>>21348296
Well, Tabitabi is around 2/3 comfy SoL adventures of super cute asshole so the suffering stuff is in minority unlike Kino.

>>21345643
It turns out most readers don't care a single bit about story structure nor craft, and are perfectly okay with reading what's basically video game self-insert fanfiction. The protagonist's advanced wisdom (Japanese competitive school system) and crazy work ethic (black companies) makes the reader feel validated for being Japanese. Like ethno-nationalism, it appeals to the most pathetic and vulnerable among us, and tells us that we're better than other people, even if we're just some depressed shut-in who plays video games and maintains a cum jar.

>>21348396
But stuff like ReZero or Konosuba that make fun of this or straight shits on isekai tropes are top selling isekai.

Are there any other episodic LNs anon would recommend?

>>21348597
Anon recommends kenja no mago

>>21341163
>>21345872
Just read the first chapter and liked it a lot. Elaina is cute and sexy.

>Only three chapters available
JUST fuck my shit up

>>21348681
>A Japanese salaryman who was killed by a truck and reborn into another world. Raised and trained by Merlin Wolford and Melida Bowen, his magical and combat skills are considered S-rank. He can also create and modify magical gear to what can be considered National Treasure level abilities.

Anyone enjoying shit like this should be executed.

>>21348689
3 first novel volumes are translated. Those early manga chapters are nothing, it gets far better later.

Probably my favorite light novel series right now and it sucks so much that translations died months ago. At least drama CD got translated recently.

Gods I want to be a cute witch.

>>21341163
Do raws for this exist beyond volume 2? It's pretty nice, but not 1200 yen per volume nice.

>>21348693
A Japanese salaryman who lives in a world where reading isekai is forbidden is executed for his hobby and reborn in another world...

>>21350508
>I'm an isekai writer in another world.

>>21350461
I'm sure there are sites with LN raws. Chinese sites have almost everything.

>>21350537
A /jp/sie is hunted down and killed for particularly severe abuse of the quote function. He wakes up in a world where everyone speaks, thinks and writes in greentext. It may or may not be hell. He must collect a large sum of hell money to buy a pass out.

looking for 化物語 raws

>>21341163
I was interested in this, heard it was an LN, and became immediately uninterested.

I don't think all LNs are bad, but there are SO few good ones. It's a big red flag for me when I see "adapted from a novel" in a manga's tags.

>>21345872
>>21345907
That, however, is an intriguing vote of confidence. I should probably try it out as KnT is one of those few good light novels

>>21351154
It's great. First volume translation is not stellar but it's so worth it to stick with it. It's so fucking annoying that now it's getting "translated" by some slow as shit fag begging for donations and other people don't want to pick up the translation since it would obviously start some crappy drama.

>>21351167
Just read the raws

>>21341163
I actually started reading this earlier after seeing this thread. Only dipped my toes into the few chapters the manga had, but it really hit the same beats that Kino no Tabi hit for me back when I marathonned what was there years ago. That kind of sense of wonder in every place is great.

>>21351691
If only it was that easy.

>>21351713
Those early stories are okay but it gets much better later.

If only series like this got fast translations.

Thoughts?

>>21351833
I started the anime and kinda forgot about it after few episodes.

>>21351856
Boogiepop Phantom or the new one?

>>21351859
The new one.

>>21351691
God I hate how the last country still creating good entertaining must use some archaic fucked up language.

>>21355268
That's why it's good. Nihongo has an inherent noob filter

>>21348335
She is so 性格悪い it's great.

>>21351154
Light novel is a medium, not a genre. I'm sure there's plenty more. Tabitabi is great though.

If anyone missed it, first drama CD is now translated.

https://youtu.be/08XLlMmx-Y4

>>21348689
>>21348709
There is no justification to be reading translations.

>>21355441
Spending 2 years to learn one of the most difficult languages on the planet to read few novels does not sound very smart.

>>21355444
imagine spending two full years of your life training up your language skills just so you can read shitty narou novels with it

>>21355444
>>21355450
cope

>>21355444
Learning another language in your free time seems like a smart thing to do.

>>21355450
Imagine spending years reading shitty inaccurate translations and talking about the source material on an image board instead of learning the language.

>>21355444
I spent five years but that's because of VNs too and my untranslated backlog probably amounts to a hundred. I hate reading pure text in translation. Subs/manga/VN I can deal with, but not LN.

Not everyone wants to consume everything but I always wonder how people don't get bored of pure English consumption.

>>21355450
Why would you read narou in the first place?

>>21355636
>I spent five years
Pretty much everyone spent somewhere between four to eight years getting there unless they really a NEET or else someone who just sat down and drilled for three hours a day like it was their only hobby. The two years thing is a meme.

>>21355658
This is the main reason why I can't find the motivation to start. Fucking kanji shit. Spoken japanese is easy but that archaic retarded writing system is a joke.

>>21355658
Wish there was a way to make it go faster.

>>21355688
It's not hard, just takes time and effort.

>>21355695
That's the definition of hard.

>>21355689
In reality how much do you need to pay to get a novel translated?

>>21355721
brainlet =/= lazy

>>21355738
At least $2000 assuming your average 300 page bunko format.

>>21355741
Judging by that file name, you are certainly a brainlet.

>>21355761
嫉妬？日本語ってそんなに難しくないよ。
もっと力入れろよｗ

>>21351833
It's great, my volume ranking would be this: 6>5>1>3>2>4

>>21351149
Nah, it's just translations are bad so you have a warped view. There's just as many bad manga, anime, books or TV series.

I haven't read it yet, but this one is on my list.

>>21355798
I hope you don't actually think you know japanese.

>>21351833
Isn't this the one that started the modern LN industry?

>>21362664
no

>>21341163
Wow, so not conforming to the mainstream genre gives you hope? Sounds like you have to dig in much deeper.


>>21342254
This is such a blatant lie. Post-boogie-pop urban fantasy LNs are nothing like isekai fantasy, which if anything are closer to the 90s fantasy LNs like slayers.

>>21363772
What I meant by fantasy was high fantasy (such as Slayers).

>>21360981
Seething.

>>21342272
This

>>21355738
On the plus side if you learn Japanese you can translate this sort of thing for money.

>>21371385
If you want to learn a new language like that Chinese makes much more sense.

>>21371385
It's pretty nice as a side gig but kinda sucks if you want a "real job".

>>21348410
because of the girls.

>>21371385
yeah but then you have to spend hours of your life on gradeschool level trash

>>21348693
Japan bought the Ulillillia novel and they love the way his protagonist Knuckles uses 9999 strength, 9999 intelligence, 9999 speed, and 9999 gliding to easily crush his foes.

>>21377453
Please get the gradeschool trash out of the light novel thread. The adults are talking.

>>21377453
Noone actually reads books for preschoolers when learning Japanese. Native kids may know tons more vocab but they're not as "smart" as adults.

I've been looking for something else to read. I recently got around to finishing reading Kino 21. I was behind on releases (or so I thought) so I went over to honto.jp to pick up the rest but it looks like nothing has been released since 21. Enjoyed the chapter about Master's past.

Looks like some are mentioning Majo to Tabitabi and it's similar to Kino. Other than it being the same feel can anyone else comment on it? Looks like there's 9 volumes so far so that can last me a bit.

Anyone reading Hibike? I believe it's not categorized as an LN but I guess novels are OK too.

I like having at least 1 physical thing I can read and since I'm out of Kino I'm looking for something else for now. I read it during my breaks in between eroge or normal games.

go even further and say light novels with no video game or rpg elements

>>21377850
Tabitabi is great but I guess it's not for everyone. I like the characters and setting more than Kino but stories are completely random and often you can have a comfy SoL story followed by some really dark stuff then comfy SoL again.

>>21378074
How am i supposed to know whay's going on if the protagonist doesn't bring up a video game stats screen

Oh wow this is really good. Feels more like actual fantasy series with proper worldbuilding rather than the usual otome villainess genre.

What do you think of Kamisama no Memochou?

>>21379960
I like the girl but it was kind of bland overall.

The worst thing about isekai is that now it is the default genre for works about NEETs. I'd rather read about NEETs who stay in this world and maybe do something interesting.

>>21377850
First person I see that read that many volumes of Kino. Does the quality keep up through it all? What are your favorite volumes? I only read the first few.

I don't know what you've already read and you didn't list any of your interests so hard to recommend stuff.

>>21380476
Fads come and go. Isekai is already losing steam.

>>21380944
What is going to be next?

>>21380950
Isekai 2nd wave

>>21377850
I have Hibike but haven't read it yet.

>>21380752
Same question, I've heard he starts getting preachy or whatever at some point when everything is more neutral in the beginning but that could be bullshit.

>>21378398
How dark does it get?