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Anonymous Sun Jul 31 18:55:01 2016 No.8344934 [Reply] [Original]

/lit/'s opinion on Japanese light novels getting translated into English? Thinking about picking up the first two "Legend Of The Galactic Heroes" books

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 31 18:59:08 2016 No.8344958 ya know there's an anime right?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 31 18:59:53 2016 No.8344964 >>8344958 So its shit

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 31 19:07:25 2016 No.8344993 It's the best of it's kind. Fun fact, it's been published in China since the 1980's, and it's actually extraordinarily well received there from what I heard.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 31 19:09:38 2016 No.8345006 File: 159 KB, 700x609, hitler fedora.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Japanese light novels fucking weeb tier shit

>>	OP Sun Jul 31 19:09:38 2016 No.8345008 >>8344958 Yes, I'm aware. But I'm one of those types who can read much faster than the typical run time of an anime episode or movie. Kind of prefer it that way actually

Anonymous Sun Jul 31 19:13:26 2016 No.8345027
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I don't know if i can be bothered to check them out. I like the anime, but is the book written well enough to justify reading them?

I read part of a fan translation years ago and it was horrible.

Anonymous Sun Jul 31 19:14:11 2016 No.8345030

I've read the first two novels (can't be bothered to watch the gazillion episodes), and they're nice stuff you can read in a day each. Some obvious influences from ancient Asian warfare and a lot from European history, sometimes very awkward formulations, often the 'opponents' of the two main characters make it way too easy.

You won't become a genius by reading these books but they won't dumb you down either.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 31 19:17:01 2016 No.8345040 >>8344993 It is one of the best-selling book series of all time (according to wikipedia) Surprised we didn't get a translation sooner desu, but then again, there really isn't much of a market for Japanese light novels in the west.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 31 19:27:17 2016 No.8345085 >>8345030 Is Dusty Attenborough in the Novels? Heard he was an anime original.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 31 19:27:18 2016 No.8345086 >>8345027 chortle

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 31 22:56:39 2016 No.8345926 >>8345006 >tfw read all of Spice & Wolf probably one of my few admitted 'guilty pleasures'

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