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organism posted:I really liked this in the beginning because it seemed like, finally, an author was going to make good use of the whole "reincarnated in a medieval fantasy world with modern scientific knowledge" thing whereby the main character actually uses his knowledge of science to improve his magic. My Disciple Died Yet Again has been pretty good with this, as far as I've seen, but the translator got a job and seems to have stalled out on it.
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Ehhh, but "Fang Mu goes to weed wizard college" was pretty great In retrospect, though he didn't outright steal anyone's poo poo there and the change of pace made it one of my personal favorite segments, he's still conning the literal entire sect just by chilling there under an assumed name while they're all out for blood looking for him booksnake fucked around with this message at 04:49 on May 14, 2016 |
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Captain Bravo posted:The reason I was able to stomach it in MT was because of the family stuff. Arkeus posted:Mushoku Tensei is pretty horrid all around yeah. It has this thing where it bends over backward to justify the MC being a horrible human being and basically does all the "once the MC bag the woman she is irrelevant" thing that the genre loves to do, where all non-MC character agency only happens if he isn't there. I'd like to share my story on Mushoku Tensei: started with the manga adaption, (where the fact the main character is a pervert felt somewhat subdued), crossed over to reading the WN translation after the chapter where he becomes, uh, friends? sort of? with Eris, had a good wholesome time reading about adventures in the demon continent, until they bone (strike one), powered through magic school where he reunites with his elf girlfriend (ultimately strike two but didn't seem that bad at the time), and then he goes off and gets his dad killed but gets double married (strike three, I'm out). However, there's one shining moment in chapter 107, where he tries to console his sister who is shut up in her room and is filled with these doubts and memories of his own brother from his original life and it had this striking emotional impact to it. I'm not sure if it's actually good writing or if it's just something that resonated with me personally, though, so I've been hoping someone could weigh in on that. booksnake fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Jul 22, 2016 |
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Captain Bravo posted:I'm just going to keep posting quotes from How to Kill... because they're so good ya'll. The translation's good, agreed, but the pervert side of the weird conman-cheerleader premise keeps breaking my immersion
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Aug 11, 2016 07:53
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Captain Bravo posted:Double Edit: Man, am I the only one that gets pissed off with the stupid loving summaries people put on novelupdates? Look at this poo poo: I don't know the cultural context of "valuable kidney" but I'd hazard the guess it's either "Su Zhan Mo, did you get enough brain food growing up? You want me to bear 2 babies in 3 years, do you think I'm a brood sow?" or "Su Zhan Mo, what diet did they put you on to be so energetic? You want me to bear 2 babies in 3 years, do you think I'm a brood sow?" Not to ignore your criticisms, because they're understandable, I just don't have any more to offer.
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Aug 27, 2016 19:48
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ATTE should have yakety sax playing in the background constantly. (I just read the part where he's madsciencing pills on Purple Cauldron)
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Immortal meridians are literal manifestations of someone bragging to the world "check out my bad self"? I'm simultaneously let down and amazed at the appropriateness of how petty this reveal is
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