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You never realize how long chapters can be until you spend two evenings editing an entire chapter and an epilogue.  This may come as a stunning surprise, but the Konosuba translation kinda lost a lot going from Japanese to Chinese to English! It makes editing a frustrating process of sitting down with the raws and comparing each sentence to see if it was right. I've found that the main thrust of each sentence is still right, at least, but a lot of little details like tone and wordplay were lost. Also a whole lot of noises of exasperation; for some reason basically every stretched out "Uwaaaaaaah?!" or "Haaaaaaaaah?" or whatever just got turned into "Ah!" or "Uh." I sure hope the translator from volumes 1 to 7 did better, but I guess I shouldn't really expect 100% translation quality from a speed translation anyways. Less off-topic, basically all of the LNs I'm really following now are waiting for their next volumes. If it weren't for this editing thing I wouldn't have anything to read. 
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I like how Meng Hao's totally forgotten about the grave danger in favor of the cartoon dollar signs branded onto his eyeballs. I also like how he seemed to have prepared those bags beforehand for just such an occasion. These are my connin' bags.
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May 20, 2016 05:50
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Translations of Only Sense Online volume 9 has just started.
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May 20, 2016 14:45
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I'm looking forward to seeing how Meng Hao loses his vast wealth, because given the story to date I can't imagine him managing to keep it.
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May 20, 2016 18:37
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The Sandman posted:I'm looking forward to seeing how Meng Hao loses his vast wealth, because given the story to date I can't imagine him managing to keep it. He spends it all to create 10 sword tips.
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May 20, 2016 18:39
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The Sandman posted:I'm looking forward to seeing how Meng Hao loses his vast wealth, because given the story to date I can't imagine him managing to keep it. I'm guessing demon hearts can be made to explode, and given his fondness for saturation bombing it wouldn't be hard for him to burn through a few hundred thousand demon hearts in a couple of minutes.
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May 20, 2016 18:41
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He still hasn't found an edge against the wang patriarch. I kinda wish that guy had a name instead of a title.
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May 20, 2016 18:43
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jon joe posted:He spends it all to create 10 sword tips. drat this seems totally plausible. I am happy that Meng Hoa found a drinking buddy. Now they can go fishing and drinking together like real Southern buddies. 
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May 20, 2016 19:23
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:drat this seems totally plausible. I didn't think they were really buddies before, but now they are more than drinking buddies. They are money-making comrades.
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May 21, 2016 01:22
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BlitzBlast posted:You never realize how long chapters can be until you spend two evenings editing an entire chapter and an epilogue. All your troubles are finally over, friend: https://twitter.com/yenpress/status/733707705865605120
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May 21, 2016 14:01
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That is in fact the source of his troubles.
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May 21, 2016 17:41
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Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:drat this seems totally plausible. I was wrong, it was half, only 5!
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May 22, 2016 18:09
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jon joe posted:I was wrong, it was half, only 5! On the other hand, he got enough Demon Hearts on the fishing trip that he should be able to make the other five now. Something I just thought of: are Demon Hearts different from the Demon Cores Meng Hao was scarfing down like candy back in the Qi Condensation stage? It seems like the sort of thing that could just be a change in the translation.
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May 22, 2016 19:31
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They are different.
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May 22, 2016 19:43
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Of course his loving Severing is the Dao of Independence and of COURSE he's severing the Resurrection Lily as part of that. Whoever it was that said that Meng Hao put max ratings in Luck at character creation was completely right.
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May 24, 2016 04:48
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I wonder if he is still gonna have to run away from the wang patriarch? A false immortal is between true immortals and spirit severing, no?
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May 24, 2016 05:27
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Serious Frolicking posted:I wonder if he is still gonna have to run away from the wang patriarch? A false immortal is between true immortals and spirit severing, no? Yeah, spirit severing -> dao seeking -> immortal, it seems like a false immortal is someone at the peak of dao seeking who couldn't find their own dao. This is Meng Hao's first severing but with his special body arts he may be able to survive a battle with someone at dao seeking after completing his first true severing. At the end of the day we know he's going to survive either by being strong enough or through some deus ex machina (same thing?) but it will be super entertaining regardless. Maybe the blood mastiff will make its return? I do like that Er Gen keeps most of the power ups relevant long after you would expect them to be forgotten.
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May 24, 2016 05:47
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ah, i forgot about the dao seeking stage. i thought it went from spirit severing to immortal. however, the wang patriarch's biggest weakness is his longevity. he was hanging out as a mummy to conserve it while waiting for a chance to swipe a dao and become an immortal. also, he is there in his true body and he has never seen meng hao do anything with time treasures. gimme the GOD DAMN candy fucked around with this message at 06:46 on May 24, 2016 |
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May 24, 2016 06:43
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Lyon posted:
Speaking of forgotten power-ups, I think he could also use the Frigid Snow legacies at full strength to help fight off the Wang Patriarch.
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May 24, 2016 08:21
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Furious Lobster posted:Speaking of forgotten power-ups, I think he could also use the Frigid Snow legacies at full strength to help fight off the Wang Patriarch. i thought he burned through all of those?
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May 24, 2016 08:32
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Serious Frolicking posted:i thought he burned through all of those? No, he used the Agarwood 1st legacy 3x already but that's different from the other legacies or brands that could be used fully after reaching spirit severing.
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May 24, 2016 16:42
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I'm not sure how Meng Hao keeps track of all these items and legacies he has.
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May 24, 2016 18:16
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How tall is Meng Hao now? Seems like he is just constantly getting taller with every powerup.
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May 24, 2016 21:20
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And whiter. Taller and whiter. I assume the end of this arc he'll just be a 17 story burning sun.
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May 24, 2016 21:32
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Kumo-chan manga has updated, and the hilarity doesn't end. She's up to the first evolution now, things will only get better from here on out.
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May 24, 2016 21:46
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Furious Lobster posted:No, he used the Agarwood 1st legacy 3x already but that's different from the other legacies or brands that could be used fully after reaching spirit severing. The Frigid Snow Legacies helped him defend the Frigid Snow Clan at the time but I believe it was said that going forward the legacies are only useful for providing Meng Hao a higher chance of his spirit severings succeeding. I think there are three severings that need to be performed and you have a high chance of dying in each attempt so those legacies will help him with his severing and then he has the resurrection lily which will help him with his immortal ascension I guess. Does anyone have clarity on what exactly Dao Seeking constitutes? After you complete the three severings does that immediately make you Dao Seeking? It seems like you need to discover your own Dao to become an immortal which is what the Wang Clan Patriarch has failed at so he is attempting to steal Meng Hao's.
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May 24, 2016 21:50
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Aside from the wang patriarch, I don't think we have seen anyone in the dao seeking stage.
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May 24, 2016 22:23
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I've been following as many of the series Yen Press is bringing over as I can afford/care to (Log Horizon, No Game No Life, DanMachi, The Devil is a Part-Timer, A Certain Magical Index, Mahouka, more to come,) and comparing them to the fan translations I've read/anime I've watched really makes me wish there'd been just one more pass by an editor. It sorta feels like they stuck a single translator on each series and don't quite offer them enough support. I have no idea which version is closest correct, but I feel like there's misattributed dialogue and awkwardly translated sentences just often enough in the Yen Press translations to take me out of the story (or lack thereof.  )Basically, BlitzBlast, please go work for Yen Press somehow.
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May 24, 2016 23:28
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So I hesitate to ask, but what's the translation of Mahouka like? Was the series brought over in all its horrific glory, or did Yen Press take some liberties to increase its appeal beyond the Japanese equivalent of Baen fanboys?
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May 25, 2016 00:02
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My understanding of Yen Press' Mahouka translation is <This post's completion has been delayed, please wait three months.>
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May 25, 2016 00:10
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I mean, it's only the first volume that's out over here right now, so the content is still relatively inoffensive. The book ends before we even get to the weird lecture Tatsuya gives Miyuki about filthy poors or whatever. None of the events or exposition seems to differ greatly from the fan translation that floats around, which means you still get the nationalist undertones and the author's weird ideals present in all the exposition about recent history and society that gets vomited all over the reader. So basically, BlitzBlast posted:My understanding of Yen Press' Mahouka translation is <This post's completion has been delayed, please wait three months.> This, yeah. Of course, the most important issues are that Onii-sama got localized to Tatsuya as well as decreased in frequency, and suffixes in general were dropped, which means the translator is a baka gaijin. 
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May 25, 2016 00:21
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Serious Frolicking posted:Aside from the wang patriarch, I don't think we have seen anyone in the dao seeking stage. Probably a couple of others I forgpt.
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May 25, 2016 00:58
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There was also that black sieve sect patriarch that tried to get through immortal ascension but was killed at the peak of dao seeking
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May 25, 2016 02:25
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None of those people really had much to do with anything. There have been so many mysterious figures sitting in caves reacting to things that they all kind of blur together.
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May 25, 2016 02:27
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Well, what about the Agarwood? That was a dao seeking legacy, the Agarwood was Dao Seeking level Pill Demon might be Dao Seeking level? Most of the major sects have a dao seeking level dao reserve for emergencies, like the Wang clan patriarch is
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May 25, 2016 02:37
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What I want to see what a thousand mountains look like flying towards someone, how does that work?
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May 25, 2016 02:40
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I guess what it comes down to is that there have been loads of characters who are explicitly at spirit severing but most of the dao seeking folks were mysterious dudes in caves whose stage of immortality was never specified.
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May 25, 2016 02:41
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jwang posted:Kumo-chan manga has updated, and the hilarity doesn't end. She's up to the first evolution now, things will only get better from here on out. Man the manga is going at a fast pace, it's pretty awesome though. Here is a link: http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Kumo-Desu-ga--Nani-ka
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May 25, 2016 03:53
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In other manga adaptation news, Honzuki's second chapter is out by easy going scans
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It makes me sad to see Kumoko's body all smashed up.
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