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@keonas on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-09T16:37:20-04:00

Catloaf said:

Am I the only one bothered by the apparent misspelling of "Louise?" The katakana says it should be 'Louise' (ruiizu) but then it's written as 'Louis' which is pronounced quite differently (ruisu/ruuisu), as well as being incorrectly engendered.

I would kindly link you to the other post of many characters from this series.

These translations are no way near perfect, I was just the first one willing to put in the effort of transcribing, translating and adapting the names at the time.
If you feel a name was mistranslated, feel free to change it, everyone wants these tags to be correct.
Plus, we won't know how it's actually supposed to be till some official audio or translation comes out.

Personally, I'm more annoyed by how Lyle -Raerutiosu-, -Stelliana- and -Lidiana- turned out.

@Catloaf on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-09T15:05:18-04:00

I'm I the only one bothered by the apparent misspelling of "Louise?" The katakana says it should be 'Louise' (ruiizu) but then it's written as 'Louis' which is pronounced quite differently (ruisu/ruuisu), as well as being incorrectly engendered.

@azurelorochi on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-09T01:26:51-04:00

Wilfriback said:

I see no problem when each season there are more slice of life series.

The thing is Slice of Life can very often act more like a background setting more than an actual genre. It's not the main center of the show and can be easily integrated with other genres. You can have slice of life with drama, with mystery, with comedy or with action and the "slice of life" section of the story wouldn't feel stale.

Harem on the other hand are filled with overused cliches, cringeworthy scenarios and ultimately adds absolutely nothing new. It spends third its story cramming in boobs, butts and lollies for fanservice's sake, another third in fawning over the ever-one dimensional protag and only a third in things like action/mystery/comedy, all of which is almost guaranteed to be written very half-assedly and derivative. It's like having Twilight and copypaste it 30 times to make an entire year's worth of anime.

Often times it feels like both the LN authors and the anime directors know that their works is going to drown in the sea of overused mediocrity, but just kept on doing just for the sake of keeping the food on the table instead of trying to tell a good story and making an even better profit.

@Wilfriback on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T23:32:04-04:00

I see no problem when each season there are more slice of life series.

@CodeKyuubi on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T16:37:11-04:00

I dunno about you guys, but Mushoku Tensei is a good read in the isekai genre.

@azurelorochi on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T16:11:02-04:00

keonas said:

Dude... all of those are ANCIENT! There are ~200 new anime every year, trends move faster than in any other studio medium. Recently they've just been adapting shit novels, in that pool, Re:Zero is a shining beacon, of "pretty good".

"Trend moves fast" please elaborate then why are there still 3-6 harem animes coming out every single season ever since 2009. Even if you like the genre, it has to be the most oversaturated thing in the industry.

And it's not like any of these are making much money either, many Japanese people also have been associating many LN adaptations as being instant garbage because of how prevalent and ceaseless this "trend" is.

We may have moved from wimpy harem protag to Gary Stu harem protags, but still I wouldn't call that an improvement by any stretch.

@keonas on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T11:52:17-04:00

Tetsamaru said:
Pretty much this, Anime as of late (as in the Actual Animation) has been subpar when it comes to conversions from source material such as eroges, manga or LNs.

Negima, Kenichi Strongest Disciple and even Suzumiya Haruhi to name a few series that really don't do their original source Justice and you really HAVE TO read the originals.

And let's not get into the whole mess of Tsukihime's anime.

Dude... all of those are ANCIENT! There are ~200 new anime every year, trends move faster than in any other studio medium. Recently they've just been adapting shit novels, in that pool, Re:Zero is a shining beacon, of "pretty good".

@NNescio on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T10:24:00-04:00

Tetsamaru said:

...And let's not get into the whole mess of Tsukihime's anime. ...

What Tsukihime anime? Never heard of one. *cough*

@Tetsamaru on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T10:18:48-04:00

Seiei97 said:
Not at all... You could at least go read some reviews before assuming as such.

Pretty much this, Anime as of late (as in the Actual Animation) has been subpar when it comes to conversions from source material such as eroges, manga or LNs.

Negima, Kenichi Strongest Disciple and even Suzumiya Haruhi to name a few series that really don't do their original source Justice and you really HAVE TO read the originals.

And let's not get into the whole mess of Tsukihime's anime.

The Anime studios usually take liberties such as adding in non-canon episodes all for the sake of making sure they turn a profit if they feel the source material is either going too slow or it's too dark.

@Seiei97 on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T09:45:16-04:00

bunkhead said:

So it's just another fantasy harem comedy show with a promise of darker depths but rather than delve into those depths it decides to faff about with cute moe girl hijinks and harem bullshit? Thought so, thanks for validating my reason of skipping this.

Not at all... You could at least go read some reviews before assuming as such.

@bunkhead on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T09:00:07-04:00

Rathurue said:

Read the LN.

So it's just another fantasy harem comedy show with a promise of darker depths but rather than delve into those depths it decides to faff about with cute moe girl hijinks and harem bullshit? Thought so, thanks for validating my reason of skipping this.

@Rathurue on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T08:46:03-04:00

bunkhead said:

Does the show actually state any of that as fact or is this all just you filling in the gaps? Because all I got from it is that it's yet another fantasy harem comedy.

Read the LN.

@bunkhead on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T08:02:59-04:00

Rathurue said:

It's harsher than you think.
MC's ability to 'Revive on Death' is actually 'Jump to parallel universe body upon death to pre-specified place'. He has no knowing how to make a 'save', and unlike Souls, he won't get any hints how to advance, neither any level-up or increase in strength to ensure the next 'life' would be easier than the last one. To elaborate more in that, he also haven't realized that by exiting the 'current' world and 'loading' the next one, people in those worlds are permanently affected by anything that happens by his presence. Oh, so you want to 'load' into another world by jumping off a cliff to your death? Poor Rem, who would be traumatized for whole life. The harshest part being the secret of his own ability: it literally pulls another 'him' from the normal world he lived in, and subjected that new 'him' with the same things all 'him' had done before. It's a giant dripdown reverse pyramid where there is no win situation, only death and more death and some advancement.

Does the show actually state any of that as fact or is this all just you filling in the gaps? Because all I got from it is that it's yet another fantasy harem comedy.

@Rathurue on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T06:34:16-04:00

bunkhead said:

An inability to die permanently a Dark Souls does not make. I've watched the first two episodes and it feels nothing like Dark Souls, too much slapstick and harem anime bullshit.

It's harsher than you think.
MC's ability to 'Revive on Death' is actually 'Jump to parallel universe body upon death to pre-specified place'. He has no knowing how to make a 'save', and unlike Souls, he won't get any hints how to advance, neither any level-up or increase in strength to ensure the next 'life' would be easier than the last one. To elaborate more in that, he also haven't realized that by exiting the 'current' world and 'loading' the next one, people in those worlds are permanently affected by anything that happens by his presence. Oh, so you want to 'load' into another world by jumping off a cliff to your death? Poor Rem, who would be traumatized for whole life. The harshest part being the secret of his own ability: it literally pulls another 'him' from the normal world he lived in, and subjected that new 'him' with the same things all 'him' had done before. It's a giant dripdown reverse pyramid where there is no win situation, only death and more death and some advancement.

@bunkhead on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T02:41:51-04:00

NNescio said:

Funny that you should mention that... considering Re: Zero has been just adapted into an anime...

YOU DIED

Some even call it Dark Souls: The Moe Edition.

An inability to die permanently a Dark Souls does not make. I've watched the first two episodes and it feels nothing like Dark Souls, too much slapstick and harem anime bullshit.

@NNescio on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T01:53:48-04:00

keonas said:

Indeed, all of them are "(generic stand-in for the audience) gets magically transported to a magical world".

And 9 times out of 10 they get killed by Truck-san and get some OP ability that the amateur translator decides to literally transliterate as "cheat" for some reason.

(Because seriously, when a Japanese uses the word "cheat", he means "OP ability" in the context of a video game. When he means "cheat" instead, he uses "cunning". Side note: "consents" are power sockets. Why? ~~Because fuck you Japan, that's why~~ Because loanwords change meanings when they're borrowed from one language into another.)

Konosuba is awesome by twisting both clichés on their heads.

bunkhead said:

Does get stale after a while. Personally I think it needs a nice fresh Dark Souls-y twist.

Funny that you should mention that... considering Re: Zero has been just adapted into an anime...

YOU DIED

Some even call it Dark Souls: The Moe Edition.

@bunkhead on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T01:50:16-04:00

Does get stale after a while. Personally I think it needs a nice fresh Dark Souls-y twist.

@keonas on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T01:17:26-04:00

Indeed, all of them are "(generic stand-in for the audience) gets magically transported to a magical world".

@Rathurue on post #2354284 (sharon, stelliana, lyle raerutiosu, louis carlson, and sawatari takeru (koku gensou wo item cheat de ikinuku) drawn by ban)

2016-05-08T01:11:58-04:00

So many new LNs...but all the same genre. Ptoooi.