/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>44848602
Depends, I switch between ~5 or 6 titles for lns, 2 vns and 3 jrpgs as of this month, sometimes it's more vns, more jrpg, and less of the others.
I don't feel like it's impacting my enjoyment at all, it depends what my mood is that day, tho it does take me longer to finish a title, since new volumes release quite fast for some of them.

>>44855772 was for >>44850950

Does anyone know how the Ro-Kyu-Bu light novels end?

>>44855795
They all die and get reincarnated in Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax

>>44855772
Interesting. I believe you're the only one (besides the anon with his smut secondary pick) who said you split it up. The thought came up the other day as I was looking through my LN backlog and noting how many manga tabs I had open. Feels a bit intimidating, though I also have many LN stories I'd like to give a go. Yet, at the same time, as a slower reader, that's a potentially very long commitment for me. I feel the people who split it up as you do must have a fair amount of commitment to finishing it all, unless they just get bored with a work quickly. Just some thoughts.

What's the best site to download pdfs of Ero LNs?

>>44858764
https://ktc-store.com/

>>44858875
Well, I meant for free, but thanks.

>>44859707
LNs are already niche but eros are even more so, especially those officially published rather than being up on nocturne or yomu.
So finding pirated copies of anything eros is surprisingly difficult, and honestly if you aren't looking for anything specific you're better off diving around on nocturne's side of narou.

>>44859707
Not him, but both Z Lib and the DJT Guide site's 小説 section have an alright share of ero contents to dig through. Maybe Nyaa. DL-Zip is mostly going to give image dumps and epubs, so you'd need to convert/compile them, but that's an option. For convenience, Z-Lib can auto-convert stuff to PDFs if you select so in the dropdown upon downloading, and you can convert epubs/etc from DJTGuide using online converters if necessary.

>>44859707
What's with you guys being into a very niche and obscure medium but not wanting to support it? The industry's still small enough that every sale counts, we're not talking about Hollywood or something

>>44860665
a lot of people are poorfags and/or third worlders
not saying this as an insult, just a fact, i have seen spanish fan tls discussed on the weekly scheduled seething about how shit the translation industry is

>>44860665
>>44860711
Poorfag here, I buy LNs whenever I have the spare cash to do so. Its about all I buy that isn't a necessity, but even then I still only buy books a few times a year. If they aren't gonna gain a sale from me anyways, I'd rather pirate the book than not.

>>44860665
In my case, I have a few practical reasons outside of cost, but it comes down to mostly ignorance and selfishness on my part. I can freely admit that much.
>1. Ownership
I'd like to order physical volumes, but because it's much easier for me to read e-books (being able to quickly look up definitions and adjust text/fonts), I don't. That frustrates me.
>2. Ignorance and long-term value
Because I lack intimate awareness of the authors I like best (aside from an inkling or two), I don't know what is worth spending money on. I need a lot of time to read, so it's a long commitment, and if its contents aren't suitable for my tastes/needs, then it's wasted money on my part. For example, what if I buy something and it's 90% dull padding, or is unexpectedly NTR豚 shit? Then, it'd get too exhausting or abhorrent to read. As such, I acquire a wide variety of them illegitimately as a means of dipping my toes.

That said, I recognize that only ever pirating content is undesirable for the industry. I've been looking into stuff on Kakuyomu lately, and it's not so bad. I kind of like how many WNs have shorter chapters so I can comfortably pace myself. I'm giving this a try right now: https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16817330661730670311
NovelUpdates doesn't mark it as having any kind of romance or whatever, though I kind of hope the protagonist gets to flirt with and/or romance the gyarus a bit. Only on Ch 7 at the moment, but I like the premise, and I think I'll get a satisfying scene for the protag soon.

>>44860665
Who said I wasn't supporting them? I just can't afford paying for some of the more expensive stuff right now.

>>44860665
Industry supporter here
>>44861172
Based

>>44861141
the 3 volume rule is a thing for a reason, anything that can't get past that is garbage not worth reading
>it got axed
>it didn't get axed but the author ran out of ideas and/or wrote himself into a corner
>it's good, but it will leave you wanting more
pick your poison
avoid anything with less than 3 volumes and no joke you avoid 99% of the garbage
tales of people going full malicious schizo and crashing the story like the infinite stratos author are notable exactly for how rare they are, and even if you get unlucky and get fucked anyway you can at least cope with the fact you witnessed history be made

>>44861198
>>44861172
How do you based and redpilled industry supporters personally search for and decide on what to get? Do you completely finish most works you purchase, and do you still "indirectly collect" any LN goods? I wonder how much 'clean' people spend both locally and internationally. While I don't properly support the industry, my pirate's nest of LNs feels increasingly like a PC gamer's insurmountable Steam backlog. I guess I'm just a filthy degenerate 泥棒魔。
>>44861245
>avoid anything with less than 3 volumes and no joke you avoid 99% of the garbage
Is it because many authors want long serializations? I've found a lot of the stuff with synopses I liked were listed as 1 or 2 LN releases amidst ongoing writing (often with a vast WN written already). So, I don't know what to make of it. It's a bit concerning that it's difficult for me to assess if a work has been or will be axed. I feel like I'd have to snoop around each author's social media just to find out. Had to do that earlier today for a manga I was reading, and sure enough, it faded into obscurity in favor of a new book.

All said, considering I enjoyed a single-volume LN as my first, I'm not sure if I agree fully with this. Though, I'm sure you have more experience under your belt to speak about it with greater authority.

>>44861329
most creators get into animation or manga or vidya or something relatively straightforward to tell shorter but self contained stories
for someone to get into LNs as an author they are either a bandwagoner that will fail before volume 3 or they are an autistic lunatic with a long ass story to tell, no real in between, this is why a LN either lasts 1-2 vols, or lasts for 20+, with some reaching 50 while still having stuff to explore
>All said, considering I enjoyed a single-volume LN as my first, I'm not sure if I agree fully with this.
short ones that actually do finish under 3 volumes or are just a trilogy obviously don't have the rule apply to them
they are, and i say this in the most smug shit way i can, the exception that confirms the rule

>>44861369
So the massive volume ones aren't so often just padded the fuck out? That's usually the impression I get (without reading them), especially with typical isekai/fantasy or school-themed works. I feel like if I had to read a slew of chapters of inane, totally autistic meta shit instead of actual character development all the time, I'd lose my shit. I think I just need to read stuff I have on hand so I can develop a better taste for things. It'd be nice to support the creators properly and enjoy more recent releases when I'm not feeling so skittish about potentially burning a bunch of money because the content ends up being a chore to go through, or 180s into trash out of nowhere. In any case, thanks for your input.

>>44861329
1. For a lot of stuff, I already know I like it because I'm migrating from the WN
2. I don't mind wasting $6~ a couple times a month
3. I'm easy to please
If I feel really iffy about a book I'm not against pirating it first before buying but I like to think I'm pretty good at judging whether something's for me just based on the description/tags/cover.
Piracy has kinda made people forget that media purchases are just naturally a gamble; I don't get pressed about wasting a few dollars on something that turns out bad.

>>44861329
>How do you based and redpilled industry supporters personally search for and decide on what to get?
As I can only buy LNs a few times a year, I usually only buy volumes I've already read pirated, ones which I already know that I like and wish to support. However, if I had the money to spend on as many LNs as I read, I'd probably just buy anything and everything that I'd consider reading without caring as much about whether or not I'll actually continue to read them.

>>44861453
The only stuff that can really afford to be meandering and have constant filler is mainstream bestselling stuff, and even then it's not really always the case, probably less than half of them do it.
Stuff like Overlord, Meikyuu, Slime, to an extent MT and Honzuki later on, and Konosuba can be extremely meandering.
Meanwhile Re:zero, Tate, COTE, Arifureta, Kagejitsu, Danmachi, Hell Mode, and so on don't really do, the argument could be made they have filler arcs, as well as the occasional "My editor is on my ass about needing to sell something ASAP because I'm taking too long" volume, but as a whole the pacing is fast and even what can be considered filler arcs still serve for character development.
Smaller stuff (so pretty much 90% of the industry) can't afford to be meandering, exactly because monetarily speaking they need to build up and keep a fanbase, and more objectively speaking, an author that starts meandering with extreme amounts of filler before volume 3 is not going to have much creative juices left in the tank to go any further than that.

>>44861465
I think you bring up some points of note. I'd imagine a slew of these authors move from WN releases to LNs anyway, so it probably is in fact a good way to learn about them and how they write so I know what to support. I hear みょん subverts expectations a lot with his titles/plots, so I've been interested in reading his stuff too, and thankfully, he has plenty of WN stuff uploaded. I guess I need to be more comfortable with stuff underdelivering until I find my place.

I suppose this "I want physical copies but read epubs more comfortably" autism is silly, too. I play PC games and use FLACs/etc, after all. Though, when it comes to books and special game/music content, the idea of owning the physical media, especially if exclusive, feels somewhat nice.
>I'm pretty good at judging whether something's for me just based on the description/tags/cover.
I have wavering confidence in that. I wonder what sites end up having the best sales and non-リア充 stuff. Bookmeter probably has more results than a site like Novelupdates, but I like the tag system there.
>>44861752
Physical or digital when you do buy them, and do you re-read, or is it more like paying your dues after being satisfied?

>>44861828
>Bookmeter probably has more results than a site like Novelupdates
given NU these days is mostly KRshit and CNshit, that's a given

>>44861828
I buy physical, and generally use the act of buying new LNs as an excuse to reread the entire series, (obviously) including the volume(s) I just bought, unless I'm buying BECAUSE I just read it, then I generally wait.

>>44861859
I thought that was just an annoying coincidence. Does Bookmeter have such a tag system? I didn't see where on the site to search in such a way, or if there were rec lists, etc. Just stuff like title, author name, ISBN, etc.

>異世界料理道
Anyone read this shit?
I don't think I'll like it because cooking generally bores me but I want to give it a shot for that same reason. Do I go LN or WN?

>>44862325
I think the manga's alright

damn already

Man, I'm kind of new to WNs (having only really read LNs), but it's rather cool, maybe cute even, seeing fans comment in a chapter and them getting responses from the author. Do any of you ever do that? It must feel really rewarding to exchange such direct responses on each release. That must foster a nice, intimate feeling in the community. I wonder how most people go about (respectfully) offering critique, too.

>>44862637
Some isekai murder mystery? Well, the ratings are really high on Amazon, so I imagine it was successful. Makes sense.

>>44862637
>another toi8 ln that's going to be butchered artstyle-wise by it's anime

>>44862637
What, I thought it was a self contained volume

>>44858875
I posted this half-jokingly since obviously "download" means "for free," but I picked KTC because anon asked for "pdfs" and KTC is maybe the only (non-doujin) label selling their books as regular old PDFs, no DRM viewer program required

>>44863618
>no DRM viewer program required
This is something annoying I noticed with some online storefronts. An anon recommended Honto JP to me, and while there were/are some neat freebies that seemed cool, a bunch require you to use the app, and the (laggy) browser-capable ones don't seem to enable mouse hover-over, so I can't use Yomichan to check definitions. It seems like a lot of the sites work this way, whether for novels or manga, and I consider that a service failure. I think Bookwalker is similar, but not sure if they offer DLs or not.

It's effectively book streaming when they're not typically large files at all. Forced online, restricted usage, poor performance, so on, yet it's accepted somehow? Relevant:
https://youtu.be/pLC_zZ5fqFk
I guess at least Amazon offers DLs, but that can't really be the only reliable storefront that offers them that way, right?

>>44860665
>>44860711
I tend to buy stuff that I can't find for free online off the amazon jp kindle store, importing stuff from japan is ridiculously expensive so unfortunately I don't feel comfortable about ordering physical LNs as sad as it is. LNs on a volume by volume basis are actually pretty cheap thankfully but it'll cost a lot more if you want to get into a long running series like toaru but obviously you don't have to buy everything at once, just take your time as your reading it. But yeah, the state of the JP LN /Manga piracy scene is really shitty.

>>44864184
There's other places that work like Amazon, like Rakuten Kobo
And even ebookstores that don't have apps for Windows generally have smartphone apps that download whole books locally first rather than load every page individually over the internet
But most places uses DRMed files so they try to force you to use their reading program instead of your favorite epub/PDF reader.

>>44864281
To clarify, does Rakuten Kobo offer epub (or similar) DLs for most of their novels? I was peeking around the FAQ, but I didn't see any comments about that. Just makes me wonder where/how some authors publish 'riskier' contents too. Certainly an interesting industry to learn about, anyway.

>>44864401
>Just makes me wonder where/how some authors publish 'riskier' contents too.
smut publishers have been a thing since ever, they just learned to avoid any attention from english speakers like the fucking plague

>new trpg chapter
Oh, power levels finally reached the god-killing stage, even though it's just a low level one

>>44864925
didn't Fidelio already kill a fallen god in volume 8

>>44864962
That's just remnants of a fallen divinity, and for that matter erich did too in the vol 8's cave adventure. But this time it's a true living one.

>>44864401
Kobo uses a format called kepub which is epub with some minor additions or something; if you strip DRM from it it's readable in regular epub readers

>>44864231
>importing stuff from japan is ridiculously expensive
I >>44861198 bought 26 LNs for $180 which comes out to just under $7 which is basically half of what you pay for English copies. Compared to the couple of years before Covid it's definitely gone up but I don't think it's going back down, just the new normal.

>>44864281
>But most places uses DRMed files so they try to force you to use their reading program instead of your favorite epub/PDF reader.
which is also why most rips are literally screenshots as if they were digital scans, it's far easier than trying to figure out DRM bullshit

>>44867926
Aren't there established DRM-stripping tools? How the fuck is per-image ripping quicker than that? This Dark-Ages scan dump shit is so frustrating.

is there a tool to rip bookwalker lns?

>>44859784
>Not him, but both Z Lib and the DJT Guide site's 小説 section have an alright share of ero contents to dig through.
I've checked the DJT guides, but all I found were regular LNs. Same with z-lib, plus Z-lib says I need a premium account.

>>44868083
not that i know of and that's exactly why bookwalker is cancer

>>44868083
>>44868191
Someone shared a link for one on /a/'s scanlation thread a few months back. Apparently they keep it on the downlow because every time BW catches a whiff of one they change their algorithm.

>>44868187
You sure you need premium? Are you on the correct Z-Lib? I have a basic account, and it lets me convert azw3 files to epubs, so I don't think they'd charge to convert to PDFs. You get up to 10 DLs daily with a basic account as well. Even if neither has explicitly PDFs, you can always just use a converter tool on epubs/etc.

and this is why z-lib is a meme

>>44868294
Can you post the site? I found two sites, but non seem to have any Ero LNs and the LNs they do have, they don't have a download link for.

>>44868351
>>44868315
NTA, but that's why I always said to use the tor site
loginzlib2vrak5zzpcocc3ouizykn6k5qecgj2tzlnab5wcbqhembyd.onion

>>44868440
Yeah, I just figured it out, and it definitely has Ero LNs that I never though I would find online!

All the onion z-lib shilling makes me think it's an elaborate IP grabber scam or something.
Feels way too artificial.

>>44868211
I found some telegram groups for bookwalker but the invite links are dead

>>44868351
https://singlelogin.se/
The TOR link the other anon posted should work as well. What books are you looking at? Anything spicy?
>>44868480
The link anon posted is the same one linked in the Z-lib R*ddit, so it's probably legit too. I just use the other link.

>>44868505
>https://singlelogin.se/
>The TOR link the other anon posted should work as well. What books are you looking at? Anything spicy?
Like I stated, I already figured it out, and here's one of the LNs I was looking for.

>>44868480
>onion
>ip grabbing

my issue with zlib is that some negros don't bother merging the epubs with the azw6 images, so you're left with shitty quality for illustrations

>>44868480
>onion z-lib shilling makes me think it's an elaborate IP grabber
How did you end up in 4chan if you're this tech illiterate?

>mail code doesn't arrive
sasuga shitlib

>>44868083
>>44868211
>>44868191
it has been posted here you should be able to find it on warosu

>>44868622
>merging the epubs with the azw6 images
What do you mean by this? Is it related to how there can be dupes of some novels, but with different file sizes?

just use anna's archive if creating a zlib account is too hard for you.l

>>44868480
fucking retard lol

>>44868826
oh no they got him

>>44868803
it seems that warosu is down for now

>>44868884
no...

>>44868826
Oh wow it actually has a decent selection of stuff, it even has niche-ish stuff I already had.
The only problem is some of the uploaded epubs have shit image quality.

>>44868826
>doesn't have evil lord or the spinoff
damn

>>44870290
It's just a search engine for z-lib

>>44868826
It doesn't really matter but if you're scared about IP grabber like this retard >>44868480 downloading from ipfs download link in Anna's archive actually expose your IP

>>44870892
ngl this type of aggressive shilling for zlib and it's mirrors does feel sus

>>44871250
>convenient and easy to use with a bunch of LNs
>UHHHH the reason people actually recommend it is to HACK you!
are you 12?

>>44871358
like i said, extremely sussy baka senpai dono degozaru

>>44871455
Piracy itself is already sussy you baka

the whole thread just got way too sussy baka. think it should burn.

>>44868823
>dupes of some novels, but with different file sizes?
yes, essentially amazon stores the higher quality images on a file separate to the ebook, unfortunately a large number of uploaders fail to merge the two and just upload the ones with shit quality, normally epubs upwards of 10mb are the ones with the actual illustrations

Any opinions on which one I should try reading first out of tearmoon, hikikvgomari and buta liver?

Why don't light novel publishers have weekly magazines like manga publishers?

>>44879488
Komarin first.

>>44879634
because the average WN has daily chapters instead

>>44879634
For what purpose?

>nanatsu volume 12
>"Oliver if you don't fuck me right now and become friends with benefits with me, I'm going to simultaneously ride the cock carousel and impregnate every female I see. Don't worry I don't want to steal you from Nanao, you just gotta dick me down every night"
what the fuck pete

>>44880351
pretty wild right

anyone has vol 7 of 経験済みなキミと、 経験ゼロなオレが、 お付き合いする話?

>>44880415
Yeah sure thing bro, I'll send it over to you once I'm done with it

>>44880443
thanks a lot, bro
no hurry

>>44880351
HOLY BASED

how do you cope with the fact that you'll die before finishing your backlog?2dmmn0

>>44881908
I work on my backlog 15 hours a day, so I'll finish it first.

>>44881908
Statistically speaking it's functionally guaranteed you will die while leaving something unfinished.

Of all the things I was expecting in TRPG bonus stories, cat lore was not one.

>>44882007
Is Vol 7's premium epub out on usual sites?

>>44882308
Not yet, this is my own paypig copy. If it isn't up in the next few days I'll pastebin them or something.

do I have to follow a specific procedure to buy from the kindle store on amazon.jp?

>>44883430
No. Just make sure that your card works for international transactions

>>44883456
cool, thanks! are there any other recommended sites to buy from? I've mostly consumed manga, so I'm pretty ignorant on this

>>44883500
i think the only other site recommendation is rakuten kobo since that and amazon are the easiest to rip drm off
that said, when it comes to amazon stuff released from 2023 onwards requires a workaround with android (can use your phone or an emulator), there are tutorials and it's pretty simple

>>44883500
If you don't mind not being able to rip and having to use their dogshit reader, bookwalker has the best offers

>>44884037
there is tools to rip from bookwalker

>>44884455
they're not public though

>>44884479
There's always digital scans (screenshot rips) :^)

>>44884525
epubs are preferable since i can customise the font/size but i definitely prefer screenshot rips over those shity epubs with the low res images

>>44884583
Epub is just zip file, you can easily replace all the low res image

anon pls give me the tools to rip from bookwalker
this is a private thread

>>44885078
PrtSc key on your keyboard

Finished Volume 12 of nanatsu no maken, it was nice to see Guy get some focus but that isn't necessarily a good thing for him...
getting real tired of katie's shit though and this is a friend group with Pete, the magic slut rapist.
Wonder who the target will be for the 4th year, the curse teacher is getting some development but she's gone for the school year along with Vanesa, so that leaves Gilchrist who seems like another conscionable following Demetrio.

>>44886252
Well by process of elimination it has to be whoever is leftover since obviously Esmeralda is the final boss. Well unless the author is going to pull some tweest or something.

>>44870480
how is it so easy to read otome mob raws as a piratefag but evil lord raws are nowhere to be seen?

Anyone read Overwrite? Kinda fascinated by the idea of someone exoticising Bristol of all places

>Tfw you get a perfectly devistating revenge plot arc scene to finish a chapter in a WN/LN.
So satisfying, lads. Been reading this recently: https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16817330661730670311
Enjoying it a lot so far. On Ch 3 now. Looking forward to more character/plot development. Anyone else feeling it with their LN/WN?

>>44889146
Still reading ゴルダナ帝国衰亡記.
Waiting for the weekly update is killing me though, and the last few WNs I've tried haven't really stuck with me.
The current war arc is ending, and I'm looking forward to the political struggles that will probably happen in the next arc.

>>44861767
>Stuff like Overlord, Meikyuu, Slime, to an extent MT and Honzuki later on, and Konosuba can be extremely meandering.
>Meanwhile Re:zero, Tate, COTE, Arifureta, Kagejitsu, Danmachi, Hell Mode, and so on don't really do
I can understand overlord and slime, but how could you say the rest and on the same breath list Danmachi and COTE as not being meandering? the latter in particular has always had .5 volumes where mostly nothing happens(and thats not getting to the abysmal first half of year 2), and the former has a number of volumes that could at best be called slow setup volumes (not counting the ss volumes).
All i ever hear about hell mode is how much of slog it is

>>44889752
>All i ever hear about hell mode is how much of slog it is
can't believe i'm doing this shit, but i will step on this hill and say it is a slog, but not because it's meandering, but because it's the exact same shit constantly
it's like it's written someone whose only knowledge of shounenshit is the power creep memes alongside their only LN knowledge being what "the isekais anymays" do, and went with it unironically
and at the start it wasn't even that bad either, the first 2 volumes were well above average but past that point it just decays to shit slowly but surely

>>44855629
Does anyone have a download link/epub file for "Kyou Kara Ore wa Loli no Himo!" LN? I checked Zlab and they didn't have it.

>>44890683
Here: https://files.catbox.moe/an7ngw.zip
Someone uploaded a lot (all?) of the lns uploaded on the tmw discord on nyaa: https://nyaa.si/?f=0&c=0_0&q=tmw

>>44897655
>most of them can be found in other place
so the meme way is really meme?

>>44897745
most novels end up on zlib or dlraw eventually but it's still your best bet for new releases so I keep my eyes on it. started reading pic related today

>>44898215
for anyone using the meme way just remember to avoid their jp learner discourse like the plague, it's nothing but bucket-crab anki grinders like djt but somehow even worse
enter to grab your epubs or request some then bail out of any discussion

Big fat fucking thank you to f******* on nyaa for filling the JNC backlog! absolute chad.

>>44897745
not really
downloaded their torrents and it contains a lot of stuff that is mostly found as print-screened trash or incompletes on the other places

>>44897655
Holy shit, thanks anon! I assume non of the collection has any 18+ LNs?

>>44898244
>like djt but somehow even worse

>>44898589
The psyop to make people waste time with anki instead of actually learning japanese is far stronger outside of chan boards.
Thanks to the fact raw kanji grind can be so easily gamified to give the illusion of progress it ends up being extremely dangerous but also extremely useful for anyone sabotaging those trying to learn japanese.

>>44899590
What would you say is a good way to learn Japanese, if you don't mind me asking.

>>44900184
Just do the usual.
>Learn kana, don't even worry about nailing it to perfection, just "good enough", this takes 1-2 days.
>Skim a grammar guide like sakubi, and only the basics, you will use it as a textbook for years: https://sakubi.neocities.org/
>Learn the first 2 grades of joyo kanji, again only to "good enough", takes 3-4 days.
>Get started on reading, go back to grammar guides or a dictionary whenever needed, which will be often.
>Repeat for like 2-5 years until N1.
Just remember to avoid hover dictionaries and j*sho because the databases are compromised, just JP > JP dictionaries instead, MTL if you have to.

>>44900184
>>44900224
Why would you try to be good enough with individual kanji?
Just get some basic vocab and then dive in.
And N1 is a meme term and anyone can pass that test easily without necessarily being good at the language for a lot of things.
>avoid hover dictionaries
Hover dictionaries can have JP-JP.
>MTL
dont do this lol

>>44900238
I'm simplifying it far too much obviously, but the general stuff still applies.
Yes it's better to learn kanji as words rather than in isolation, that much is obvious, hence reading and only looking up definitions as you come across them is far more effective.
Yes, N1 is largely a meme, but it's still an useful shorthand for "knows japanese to a decent level", which anyone can reach by simply using the language often enough.
Yes, hover dictionaries can have JP>JP, but they are also a crutch to avoid recognizing kanji yourself, and given the first database got compromised you're better off not taking your chances.
Yes, MTL bad, but it's still better than a compromised database or the average JP > EN translation, which is so bad that trying to learn by translating something and comparing it to the official translation is actively harmful.

i had a pretty good translation session with chatgpt once but it required me to routinely correct it on context and then have it try again, sometimes i just had to totally overwrite sentences. so i feel like you need to be beyond beginner level to use it well. at that point you're probably better served doing jp-jp dictionary lookups anyway.

what's so compromised about the jp-en dictionaries? i know sometimes they fail to contain a word or phrase.

>>44900253
>crutch to avoid recognizing
Yeah that's true, but as long as he can control himself to only turn it on after first mentally trying to identify it, it's still useful. JP->JP dictionary files for them come from actual JP dictionaries and aren't some sort of mixed JP and eng published dictionary, so shouldn't have problems there.
>comparing to translation
Better to not compare to any English at all imo. Using context and sentences you do understand to better understand sentences you're confused on works well.

>>44900291
>Yeah that's true, but as long as he can control himself to only turn it on after first mentally trying to identify it, it's still useful.
Self control is a resource, no point in mindlessly wasting it, the easier it is to smooth out the pains of the process, the better.
And learning radicals like kana to quickly look up kanji is far easier than guessing with OCR.
>Better to not compare to any English at all imo. Using context and sentences you do understand to better understand sentences you're confused on works well.
I'm not disagreeing with that either, but that's somewhat advanced tactics not anyone can do easily.
Though it's an inevitable necessity these days with how awful EN translations have become.

>>44900288
>what's so compromised about the jp-en dictionaries? i know sometimes they fail to contain a word or phrase.
Attempts at sabotaging anyone learning Japanese have reached to the point of sabotaging JP > EN databases used by both j*sho and hover dictionaries, these days you will get definitions that are either comically dry or outright wrong, exactly to push the "Japanese is too dry/robotic" meme.
For example look up 岩石 and 岩根 if you don’t believe me, pro tip: they aren’t synonyms.
You think it’s a freaky exception? It’s not, look up 降雪 and 天華, or 強風 and 一陣.
Again, they aren’t synonymous, or they are in the same sense “trees” and “delightful grove” are technically synonyms, in fact the rocks example isn’t even a synonym, not even close.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg by the way, look up 前, 先, 嘗て or 往 if you want to see how fucked up things have been for a while now.
Do yourself a favor and throw your EN > JP dictionary bookmarks in the trash where they belong, and bookmark kotobank,jp or any other JP > JP dictionary.

>>44900324
didn't read you're a clown and none of this shit matters

>>44900484
>unironically defending cultural imperialism and academic sabotage
for what purpose

>>44900324
I mean jp-en dictionaries are shit but that isn't because it's run by (((saboteurs))) it's because pretty much any language to EN dictionary is about at that level, it's not aimed at that level of learning but at a very basic learner, as only such basic learners will need the EN definitions to begin with. That was my experience with studying two other non-Japanese languages too, you have to use their native dictionaries if you want to really dig into nuances and have actual example sentences.

>>44900574
the guy asked about it for the purpose of learning japanese and for that it literally doesn't matter because even if the meaning in the eng dic isn't 100% accurate (it never is because it's english and not japanese) it will self-correct over time by just continuing to read japanese and seeing the word used in context

and that is also why this post is wrong >>44900581 you're basically saying japanese people can't figure out japanese without a japanese dictionary which is only true for extremely rare and obscure shit

>>44900591
That's not what I said dumbass I said that only native dictionaries will give you example context sentences which EN dictionaries won't.

>>44900581
>>44900591
when flowery prose and braindead monotone are being translated as the same thing, and consistently across multiple definitions, i think it's fair to say it's literal sabotage
one thing is not adding complex etymologies that a newfag to the language wouldn't understand regardless, another entirely is translating "the action of taking an unaware anonymous and entering their anal cavity using a rod pumping in a corkscrew motion" as "thrusting" in a literal dictionary

>>44900288
That's because chatgpt only have context size around 4000 token. That's all for question and answer btw. And worse, single Japanese character took up entire 1-2 tokens as opposed to 1 token = 1-3 english word. Not to mention the model is censored unless you jailbreak it

>>44900626
you know jisho has a contact page with names and sources if you want to email them your schizo delusions instead
https://jisho.org/about

>>44900659
Or you could just use a JP > JP dictionary for full accuracy.

>>44900668
What's a good one I can use with yomichan? Going to put it above en and see if I can get the meaning from there first.

>>44900668
Or you could just throw your (((dictionaries))) in the trash where they belong and read real-world texts

>>44900703
>still defending cultural imperialism and the sabotage of the database jisho uses
for what purpose

>>44900679
do jp to jp dictionaries for hovershit even exist?
there's kotobank for a normal dictionary at least

>>44900710
dictionaries are a mechanism to control the definitions of words and push new meanings while erasing old ones to suit the jewish agenda (consider the coordinated redefinition of the meanings of "sex" "gender" "female")
the only way to learn the real meanings of words instead of the definition that (((they))) want you to know is to get out into the world and read how real people (not zionist shills and college numale cultural imperialists) use them.

>>44900744
thought you aren't wrong, i think sticking to "to push the meme that japanese is too dry and boring" sounds far less alienating and would convince people easier, because it's just a more curated way of saying what you just did

Trpg 9's 立ち読み is out

>>44900860
>not on BW
>not on Amazon
where

>>44900921
Always on overlap's site
https://over-lap.co.jp/Form/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?shop=0&pid=9784824006301

>>44900942
don't they release everything from the monthly wave in one go

>>44900942
That's a pretty good criminelf

>>44898215
can you upload it anon pls? Was interested in this one too
>>44900679
nta but I used 明鏡国語辞典 and 新明解国語辞典, tho it won't work for expression like 明暗を分ける and a lot of yojijukugo

>>44889146
Been reading モブ高生の俺でも冒険者になればリア充になれますか? because it got shilled to me and I have to say it's quite the bizarre experience.
It's not bad, just fucking weird, I'm too used to reading from the POV of social outcasts that don't care, so it's weird seeing the POV of a failed riajuu.

Anyone here read ティアムーン帝国物語? How is it?

>>44901983
Read 115 chapters of the WN and didn't really enjoy it. Probably mostly because I'm not really the target audience.

>>44900574
>cultural imperialism
lol the Japanese nation itself is a product of cultural imperialism
>>44900668
you get full accuracy by seeing the words used organically in different native texts you read, not from a dictionary

>Tfw reading a WN and the protag starts talking about comfy camping food he's cooking, and it's 5 AM, so I haven't eaten yet, but I want to keep reading.
It's a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with croissant dough and white sauce. This bastard...do you lads eat or drink anything while reading? If so, what kind of stuff?

>>44901983
>>44902143
I dropped it too, but I only read a bit because I drop things fast.
The protag being a retard and everyone around her thinking she's a genius is dumb.

>>44901983
tried to get into it but also couldn't
i know the appeal of misunderstandings comedy but even for me this was pushing it a bit too far, ended up reading only the first volume and it already felt the jokes would get old fast
if you have a higher resistance to that sort of thing it will probably feel like the best thing ever though

I'm strongly starting to believe "fuck off back to DJT" should be a phrase used more often.

>>44901983
i listen to the audiobooks, i'm on volume 8 now and quite enjoy it
makes me laugh or shed a tear occasionally which doesn't happen that often

>>44902759
If a series regularly gives me the urge to eat while reading it, I usually just drop it. Its more annoying than anything to try reading a series only for it to make you hungry every time.

>>44904458
Skill issue. I'm a picky-eater manchild so all those food scenes do nothing for me.

>>44904525
literally me

>>44904458
I didn't think this was such an issue for most people. I don't personally get all that hungry while reading like that, though food scenes might inspire me a bit in the kitchen. I sometimes feel I'm in the mood to chew on something while reading LNs. Maybe I should get into gum.

>>44904569
>one 4chan reply
>most people

>>44904569
I don't think this is much of an issue for most people, and I'd honestly hope not. In my case, I'm just always hungry and never satisfied with what I eat (how I'm not overweight, I do not know), and series like these just make that feeling worse for me.
>>44904525
It's specifically because I'm similar though that these scenes annoy me so much.

>>44900224
Can you write all this in Japanese? just for reference

>>44904882
dunno anon it sounds like a weirdly specific problem to have

i feel the need to eat whenever i read. i always read in tandem with munching. doesn't matter what kinda nastiness is happening on the pages.

>>44906597
based and gluttonpilled

But which reading habits embody the 6 other deadly sins?

>>44907116
Sloth - Tsundoku
Lust - Reading H

>>44858764
look here https://tatsumoto.neocities.org/blog/resources

>>44907116
Wrath - angry 1 star reviews, harassing creators on the internet

>>44907341
kill yourself spammer

>>44904882
>how I'm not overweight, I do not know
pretty high chance your metabolism is saving your ass there, which is also the cause of the perpetual hunger
either that or you simply don't eat crap caked and deep fried in sugar or sugar replacements

Does someone have an ebook for 紫色のクオリア? or even a pdf? i can only find it in english....

>>44908105
Just buy it, thief.

>>44906597
Are you an elegant ojousama who's secretly an otaku who eats chips and drinks soda while reading light novels?

>>44908105
it's on zlibrary

Love it when a WN author has a consistent, every other day schedule for the first couple of chapters while setting up the world and then dips right as things get interesting

>>44906401
It is, which is why I said I hope its not an issue for most people.
>>44907576
Metabolism's been my leading theory, yeah; its definitely not because I'm eating healthy though.

>>44908659
To be fair, in LN terms not falling to that means passing the 3 volume filter.

Does anyone have this Light Novel in a file format like PDF and or EPUB?
https://exhentai.org/g/564883/bd80f67833/
No matter where I look, I just can't seem to find it anywhere, and what makes it really frustrating is the fact that the LN shares the name of the VN, making it even harder.

>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJ44HH5Z
Is it hard to deDRM amazon epubs? I couldn't find any rip on nyaa yet

>>44910340
It's easy if you don't care about super compressed illustration

>New Dendro WN part
Well, that explains why Kaido added the AE Godslayer story to the LN.
It's a bit of a bummer that it's the last part of the year, though. But at least he's still working on vol 22 and preparing the final act of the war. Vol 22 is gonna be 50% new stuff, and considering the pieces still on the board and the factions involved, I imagine that arranging the war into something coherent and satisfying is gonna be a challenge.

>Fran broadcasted her love letter towards Ray throughout the kingdom
Kaidou, for the love of all things holy. Please, just this one time, make an alternate timeline where Fran hatefucks Ray every day thinking it'll leave a bad taste in his mouth if she ever got pregnant and made him pay for child support.
>>44914138
>AE story addition
Indeed, already expected someone from the ~Incarnation Era to join the fray (since recent Pale Psalms' powerlevel goes off the rails) but didn't think Horobimaru would show up, I guess it's safe to say that none of the Superiors would survive Tri-Flags now. I wonder how the typing works though? Would it count as an Irregular UBM or Autonomous Golem/Equipment/Mount?
>Last part of the year
Yeah, that's a shame. But at least we'll have AE to compensate for that.
>Final act of the war
Fuck, can't wait for Fran's Mechagodzilla depiction and Behemot's Sanic Godzilla fusion (would be pretty funny if she turns into Ultraman), wonder what kind of bullshit the bear has in store to deal with the schoolshooter wannabe.
>>44907116
Pride - >muh isekai bad, >reed reel lihteraychuh, or alternatively just a simple >reading
Greed - You Wouldn't Torrent a Light Novel.jpg
Envy - Shitposting popular/mainstream series, salesfagging
>>44902759
Nah, I'm the type that consistently forgot to eat/drink/sleep/etc when focused. I would in fact appreciate hunger/thirst more when reading a cooking series since that would allow me to imagine the scene even better.

>>44915305
i figured pride would be "read the source material in the original language you plebs" and would be the official vice of our thread. but yeah "muh real literature' is also a good candidate.

>>44915305
>Would it count as an Irregular UBM or Autonomous Golem/Equipment/Mount?
The part says that there's no name above it, so it can't be a monster/UBM. I'm pretty sure a golem that's operating completely independently would also count as a monster, so I assume it's a piece of equipment that's carrying out someone's(the smith's?) directive. Like Acra-Vasta, I guess.

>>44915541
>i figured pride would be "read the source material in the original language you plebs" and would be the official vice of our thread
with the absolute state of translations that isn't so much a vice as it is a necessity

Any other worthwhile novel upload sites besides kakuyomu, narou, and novelup?

Arifureta after's abyssgate chapters are fucking entertaining. The author may as well publish them as a separate spinoff at this point

>>44918846
アルファポリス

Anyone have recs for WNs/LNs with themes of the protagonist starting as a piece of shit (or bad guy otherwise) and redeeming his chatacter? To clarify, I don't mean just being a mob. I've noticed this kind of setting with some reincarnation/isekai works, and rather like that core concept, so I'm curious if anyone has found some particularly good ones.

>>44898215
Anon, can you share the epub please...
I don't use discord

>>44923102
you would have to be a bit more specific than that exactly because having the mc start off as kind of an ass but get better over time happens in a lot of stuff

>>44919868
That's fully up to overlap, which to this day hasn't even announced the LN version of the first part of the afterstory.
Fucking REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>44925897
I mean like being an evil or otherwise very ill-reputed person who, upon some happenstance (like reincarnation or an accident), works against his character flaws and negative reputation to bring about a positive result. I don't mean just being mean or cold, nor just "mob to god" type of thing, but "that guy is a villainous, atrocity-committing scumbag...to positive entity" sort of story. Think tyrannical fatass princes, brutal fuckboy bullies, etc. I know みょん has some works like that, and I have a few in my reading list for after I finish catching up on a WN I'm reading now, but I'm curious about what of note others have read or heard of.

>>44927345
You mean like death flag?

>>44928407
Possibly, I haven't read it to be sure. The premise of that one seems neat, but is it on hiatus, or is that just Novelupdates speaking for the EN releases? I'd read JP releases anyway, but I don't want to start on something that got axed.

>>44929311
I wouldn't trust NU on anything japanese after the korean/chinese shills took over, it's way too outdated now, have seen stuff that says ongoing when it got axed long ago or hiatus when it has had consistent volume releases.

>>44929472
I see, thanks for warning me about that. I've used it to search for series, and skipped out on otherwise cool ones when seeing Hiatus/Cancelled listed. Is there a comparable JP site? I heard some anons mention some "Nocturne" site before (not sure where). LNDB is seemingly buggy or dead. Feels like every site for sorting through LNs/WNs has a major flaw.

>>44929472
>check the dendro page
>it finally updated to 20 LN volumes ongoing after all this time
it was fucking hilarious every time, sad someone actually fixed it
>says 408 WN chapters ongoing
>WN is currently at 657
>WN chapter 408 came out in 2018/12/31
>>44929592
>skipped out on otherwise cool ones when seeing Hiatus/Cancelled listed.
go read them anyway, even if they shit the bed before volume 3 it would at least be a decent read if it's pandering to your interests
>Is there a comparable JP site?
not that i know off but you're still better off through word of mouth, somehow in the jp side LNs remain a mostly otaku secrit club kind of thing
>I heard some anons mention some "Nocturne" site before (not sure where).
nocturne is literally the r18 version of narou and functionally identical aside from allowing sex scenes

>>44929311
It's hiatus as in LN definitely "axed" but manga adaptation somehow doing well enough. Just read the web novel

>>44929635
Thanks for the notes. It's bit annoying how there aren't many consistent references for WNs/LNs online, but I suppose you're right about word of mouth. I'm a bit of a slow reader, but I'll post about anything I end up liking after I speed up a bit.
>>44929638
Thanks, I'll look into the WN. That aside,
>LN definitely "axed" but manga adaptation somehow doing well enough
How often does this happen? I've noticed a few cases of novels seemingly being dropped entirely, but a manga adaptation living on. This is one I saw recently: https://www.novelupdates.com/series/isekai-kaeri-no-ossan-wa-fusei-sukiru-de-fathercon-musume-tachi-o-tororori-ni/
Checking the Narou page, it indeed hasn't had an update since 2020, but apparently, the manga got updated up to late 2022 (and possibly completed?): https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/cihxiv8/isekai-kaeri-no-ossan-wa-fusei-sukiru-de-fathercon-musume-tachi-o-tororori-ni

Can anyone reccomend me a modern-world but with dungeons/magic novel?
Preferably something that I can easily find on narou or in epub form...

>>44934188
d-genesis is the first thing that comes to mind

>>44934644
Never heard of it, thanks. the synopsis looks to pretty mostly spot on, it actually sounds 1:1 like 地獄の沙汰も黄金次第 but with a more serious atmosphere? which is is not unwelcome.
The more the merrier tho.

>>44934188
最強の力を持ってしまった幼なじみの２人、ダンジョンにて全力で蹴落とし合
It's 偽・聖剣物語 without the annoying sword so the MC can act like scum as he wants

>>44931330
The 3 volume filter exists for a reason, the vast majority of LNs get "axed" in the sense the author runs out of ideas and stops writing.
Yes, it counts as a hiatus, but when it's basically guaranteed they will never continue, it's fair to call it an axe.
It's not rare for those manga adaptations to at least try wrap up the plot somehow either, which is why they continue for a little while.

>>44935617
>in the sense the author runs out of ideas and stops writing.
but the wn is still ongoing?

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>>44936104
>that smartphone cover
bros...
bros............

>>44936178
yes bro?

>>44936104
>>44936178
I can't put this on my shelf.

>>44936112
doesn't kagejitsu release on 30/10?

>>44936104
As for me, it's sheriff Sakura in the back.

I need danmachi sword oratoria vol 13

I wonder why yp is really slow, its been 2 year

>>44938514
i'll keep it for you.

>>44939493
yes.

>>44943051
2 year learn japan

>>44943051
something something spaced releases to milk more money
yes it makes no sense either

Falling asleep while the MC describes the world's flora and fauna and perking back up as soon as main girl is introduced, I am ラブ豚

>>44900238
What's a good jp to jp dictionary to use for yomichan?

>>44948508
i use 旺文社国語辞典 and 三省堂国語辞典
I don't remember where I found them so I uploaded them incase you or someone else wants to use them.
https://gofile.io/d/itQv5F
https://gofile.io/d/2kxZjC

>>44949068
thanks.

It may be stupid for asking this but how do you guys know stuff like 走高跳 or 棒高跳? Just search it in google and add とは？It only showed up in Jmdict for me while none existent on >>44949068

>>44949357
I just google it. But actually that's very rare because most of the time I can more or less get the meaning from the kanji as in this case.

>>44936104
uohhhhh

How long does it take you to read an LN? Takes me about 8 hours, I'm slow.

>>44950556
depends on the ln
a dumb romcom i can read in 4-5, a normal fantasy ln in 6, a more elaborate fantasy ln with lots of exposition in 8-10

>>44950556
Assuming it's in Japanese, 8 hours is only slightly slower than the average I have seen here.

>>44950556
>8 hours
>slow
10 maybe (which is what i take) but 8 isn't that slow

>>44950556
3 hours in english
50 hours in japanese

Are the kyoukai senjou no horizon novels any good
28 just seems like a lot

>>44950556
8-13h

>>44950556
Find something you like on Novel Up and compare your read time to the listed one. Not sure if it's designated by the author, votes, or some algorithm but it seems pretty reasonable.
https://novelup.plus/ranking/all/millennium

>>44956042
they take the number of characters and divide it by 30k

>>44955721
Thankfully that is one of those series where if you read the first volume you will either get filtered quickly or ride it until the end.
Personally I would recommend it but it's not for everyone by a long shot.

feels like i'm one of the only EOPs around still stuck with translations until i learn more but, finally a new volume...

>>44955721
Eh, I got filtered.

I read through like 5 or 6 books of it but the sheer number of historical battles being recreated along with the ridiculously large cast meant you get ridiculously long chapters that keep focusing on new characters that you quickly lose track of.

Reincarnated as a Sword volume 13 (epub) released early on October 12th apparently.

Do you have recommendations for anything good with a female protagonist?
Preferably it shouldn't be like ポーション頼みで生き延びます！where everything just goes just as the protagonist planned, even though the plans are terrible.
Bonus points if there is no romance.

>>44964557
i'm going to say what nobody else would and say all stuff with a female protagonist goes down as you described with surprisingly little depth
if anything stuff from FUNA is on the better side of the spectrum with the MC facing some halfway interesting stuff

>>44964600
I suspected most stuff is like that. Not that it's surprising as most LNs fall into that sort of trope.
I think 本好き does is pretty well, even though it could use a bit less filler sometimes.

>>44964557
>ポーション頼みで生き延びます！where everything just goes just as the protagonist planned
lol what story did you read

>>44964691
>Not that it's surprising as most LNs fall into that sort of trope.
/a/-tier generalizations and trope faggotry is a meme, this is largely a female MC problem
even ignoring literal feminist stuff like sexiled you would be amazed how much stuff goes out of their way to inconvenience the female MC as little as possible, even when doing so is actively detrimental to the story like in virgin road

>>44964557
乙女ゲームのヒロインで最強サバイバル

>>44964557
Uh, do genderbent feMCs count?

野生のラスボスが現れた！
TS衛生兵の成り上がり　(which is the WN title, I think the published version may have a different title)

>>44964557
https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4845ec/
overall it's not really protagonist driven since it's about her observing the ups and downs of civilization and "humankind" evolving
yuri tag but it's not really all that relevant

>>44964776
>much stuff goes out of their way to inconvenience the female MC as little as possible,
it's just being realistic, female MCs play on easy mode. just like in real life

>>44964776
If you want to see feMCs experiencing brutal/tragic/cruel fates then you're probably better off with 18+ stories or games.

Like an 18+ RPG maker game (King Exit) probably has one of the most tragic stories for the feMC along with most of the female cast and truly makes the player sad and depressed.

>>44964776
it's not a feminist thing anyways, it's because otaku don't like seeing girls be sad, especially the ones they favor

>>44966583
I legitimately don't think I have seen a single "because le ebil otaku" argument be right in probably the entire last decade.
You're ignoring the mountains of stuff that have the female characters, even the ones you're supposed to root for, go through anywhere from harsh stuff to actual emotional torture to have a payoff later only because female MCs almost always have it easy.

>>44965128
>male MCs
>conflict is so inevitable it may as well be fated, and impossible odds will be overthrown by superhuman amounts of autism bordering on literal high functioning mental illness

>female MCs
>everything steps aside to roll the red carpet and throw flower petals to the wind

why does this happen anyway? can't even blame it on a "woman moment" and female authors when this happens to male ones too

>>44966654
With female MCs and female authors it's just a woman moment.
With female MCs and male authors it's the kanokari effect, the author ends up writing his totally perfect donut steel wife but is too much of a cuck to also write himself into the story and engage in an actual relationship with her, so nothing ever ends up happening.

The solution is female MCs that are actually just mentally men like Tanya in Youjo Senki.

>>44966693
>so nothing ever ends up happening.
this also goes the same way with male MC written by a female author

>>44966693
Forgot to mention it and it's probably obvious in retrospect, but this is also why nu-harems back in the day were so shit too.
>Not a real harem, just a bunch of orbiters and a dense retard.
>Said orbiters are various flavors of the author's fetishes but are never used for anything but extremely mild "lucky pervert" moments.
>But author is too much of a cuck to start anything with any girl.
>Inevitably the worst girl ends up winning before it gets axed or the story ends.
>And they became worst girl due to being so coddled by the author, rather than being like that from the start.
This is also why the only """""harems""""" that weren't complete garbage were those where the MC started a relationship with the main girl pretty much right away and going full power couple later.
Thank fuck people just grew up and these days you can have an actual harem with multi-sided relationship progress like smartphone which ends up being simultaneously cool as fuck and comfy as fuck.

in my opinion, Nigoru Hitomi de Nani wo Negau (Highserk Senki) is probably the best war related LN that's out so far...
you are free to discuss or disagree.

>>44966712
>>Inevitably the worst girl ends up winning before it gets axed or the story ends.
>>And they became worst girl due to being so coddled by the author, rather than being like that from the start.
why are you giving me infinite stratos flashbacks
why are you like this

light novels are likelier to have harem ends than manga because their audiences tend to be more receptive to that kind of thing and authors/editors don't want to disappoint them by making their favored girl/girls lose

>>44970587
depends, when you know it's the last volume, authors can make the girl they want win, since by the time audience will get the volume in their hands, there won't be more so it won't impact the next one even if their favored girl lose

>On this episode of shit localization, volume 6 of evil lord has “chengsi” instead of ‘jiangxi’
>the former is literally what comes up when you mtl the CN Raw

>>44962422
see >>44972925

>>44972946
That looks like the same anon bro.

>>44972925
>the CN Raw
I have been reading WNs more than usual recently to learn japanese too, often in a few cases the JP > EN will pop out a chinese word which was likely intended in the original.
Wouldn't be surprised if MTLing the LN raws also outputs jiangxi.

>>44972987
it’s not, green is me
>>44973176
in this case, the jp raw uses jiangxi in english as seen in her color pic

>>44973617
>the jp raw uses jiangxi in english as seen in her color pic
how in the absolute superior fuck did they manage to fuck that up?

>>44973632
Localizers and their editors are a special brand of stupid.

>>44973632
The script the translator was given might just have been an excel file without even having the romanizations on it, while the image editor may have been a blind idiot with no context to go off.
In one volume of Yen's Strike the Blood the description for one character in the colour illustration was copied and pasted from a previous volume even though the actual text had changed significantly while in another volume the labels for several characters were switched around, because the image editor was a blind idiot with no context.

>>44975999
in short, localization really is a bunch of chimps working independently in what is supposed to be a group effort

>>44976038
Look at the bright side, at least it wasn't actively malicious censorship.
Not this particular time anyway.

>>44976038
that depends entirely on the workflow, on one end of the spectrum you have fansub and scanlation groups or jewnovel fags where collaboration and 2-way communication is normal, on the other end of the spectrum you have shitseas with nobody talking to anybody else which is how you get editors deleting 1/3rd of the script or typesetters putting text in the wrong boxes (picrel)

Shitpress image typesetter managed to add a label for a character who wasn't even in the scene. I have no idea how they managed that.

>>44976109
what the fuck....

>>44976109
I remember mistakes like that happening on loner isekai too but that's shitseas, and I think they did fix that particular one.

>>44976067
Plenty of scanlation groups fuck this up too, mostly ESL MTL patreon scammers.

>>44976186
at least those have the excuse they are morons fishing for donations for 0 effort, this is what is supposed to be a professional publisher

is there a translation for ngnl v12 yet?

>>44977062
NGNL really is the kind of thing where reading it in japanese is basically required and the only way to experience it.
Mostly because LN fan TLs are largely dead and >shitpress.

>>44977062
>>44977096
...there's a volume 12 already? thought it went into hiatus again after 11

Me? Mushoku Tensei.

Me? Mushoku.

Me mu

>>44983851
nice one

>review written in english on Narou
I hope you guys don't do this

>>44986484
iirc not speaking in japanese is an unspoken bannable offense so it's probably not going to stay up for long

>>44986529
It's been up for a month. Can't report reviews.

>>44986484
why would you write a review at all?

>>44986484
nah I use deepl to translate to japanese from english instead

i feel a deep terror whenever i post anything in jp ln spaces that i'll be outed as an english speaker and murdered online.
gotta respect someone who brazenly posts en.

>>44986790
no need to feel scared over it, trust me, they will know regardless
you need pretty much years of immersion to really catch up on small casual keigo details, without that pretty much everyone will realize you're a gaijin
not like it matters these days, as long as you aren't being rude they don't really care

>>44986790
As long as you don't write in textbook japanese, you really won't get outed as a gaijin.

For me it's epub japanese.

>>44977096
I've enjoyed it translated so far. I'd just like to know if it's out.

>>44977096
So just like everything in JP.

is mitoushoukan a good read? i'm attracted to the main girl's design and i've heard tales about her being a good yandere which has also peaked my interest. i haven't read toaru or heavy object so i'm not familiar with the writer's game

>>44993896
I loved it, to the point I bought it physically despite currently being a dekinai.
The first volume kinda drags on, and the ending was okay at best but everything in between was cool.

>>44988350
Pretty much.

>>44964557
竜殺しのブリュンヒルド

>>44950556
A week if I'm really into it. I only read on the train, and my ride's like 20 minutes one way. My biggest problem is forcing myself to read. I have no issues with Japanese, but I'll read like 3 pages and just get REALLY sleepy.

>>44986484
kek this gave me a good idea.

>>45006764
pray do tell us anon

has anyone found any b/w leaks for youjitsu year 2 vol 10 yet?

My book's coming along, lads.
It's about a Gaijin in Japan teaching English when one of his students, (unbeknownst to him) an Idol girl, wants more personal private lessons to iron out her English pronunciation for her songs.
She starts crushing on him but he learns who she is and freaks out since not only is a student crushing on him he's heard horror stories of idol girl culture and he thinks both he and she would get it several times worse since he's not even asian and tries to distance himself from her (in vain).

>>45009950
i think i have heard your summaries on /a/
it sounds like the kind of thing that won't last more than a volume before getting "axed" by author perma hiatus

>>45009979
I don't think I've posted it on /a/. But it's not an outlandish or groundbreaking story, you're right.

>>45009950
sounds retarded

>>44855629
>Learning Japanese
is duolingo good for an absolute beginner?
how long will it take me to read/watch japanese with some dictionary help assuming i spend no more than 5 minutes a day on it?

>>45010268
>>44900224

>>45010329
thanks!

>>45010268
>assuming i spend no more than 5 minutes a day
probably 3 decades
jokes aside whipping out kana and the basics of grammar using shit like the sakubi guide shouldn't take you longer than 2 hours, upon which you can start reading by MTLing kanji definitions off kotobank or something
the hardest part of japanese is just switching your brain to not-english mode, once you start learning without translating them to english first it's an extremely smooth process

>>45010412
>start reading by MTLing kanji definitions off kotobank
this is autistic and also a complete waste of time when you can do it instantly with yomichan

>poking the beehive

Any LNs where MC sticks his dick into a beehive?

>>45011770
>>45011770
>>45011770