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  1. Thu, 10-01-2015, 09:47 AM #161
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    Quote Originally Posted by NeoCybercoin View Post
    What this show has mostly shown for me is that magic casters are OP. So I'd really love to see a lv 100 warrior or other melee based player doing similar feats of destruction. It'd be one heck of an unbalanced game if the magic casters were OP.
    It would probably take a level 100 player with a melee character. Shalltear was already quite a strong melee fighter, but in the end I reckon these former NPCs (or the people of the land to borrow the term from another series) are in a certain sense more straight-forward and pure characters than players, especially since the original game didn't even allow to reach level 100 following only a single path. Ains is also a combination of a bunch of magic related classes. I'm not sure of NPCs, not to mention the random humans populating this new world, are such or if Shalltear is simply a pure vampire class 100%.

    In short, a level 100 melee player would still be a versatile character no matter what.
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  2. Thu, 10-01-2015, 12:22 PM #162
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    To those who wish to continue with the LN.
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  3. Tue, 10-20-2015, 03:12 PM #163
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    Wow... I just watched this and I'm totally satisfied with just about everything. No, really, why where all the other "gaming turns reality" shows so *bad* compared to this one?

    Probably the most fun I've had in a while watching anime.
    I liked *all* the characters, they all acted pretty reasonable and while MC is OP as fuck 85%+ of the time, he doesn't end up wasting it. (I can't express enough how much I appreciated that)
    Best MC in years. Best show too.

    Season 2 when? WHY Japan, WHY Madhouse? Don't do this to me

    Yo Shinta, did you read V1-3? Anything worth reading from it - side stories, maybe whole arcs that were left out because they didn't really advance the story?
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  4. Tue, 10-20-2015, 03:39 PM #164
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    Quote Originally Posted by KrayZ33 View Post
    Yo Shinta, did you read V1-3? Anything worth reading from it - side stories, maybe whole arcs that were left out because they didn't really advance the story?
    Haven't read any of the LNs, but I do have them saved. They got licensed, so fan translated stuff will soon disappear.
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  5. Tue, 10-20-2015, 04:07 PM #165
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    I have read what's translated of the LNs. It's jolly good stuff, really, even if occasionally morbid. Better written than the other LNs I've read (though they aren't many). The anime was faithful to the source. Bits and pieces were cut, mainly stuff concerning other characters than the Nazarick folks (that is, concerning the original denizens of that world). They were probably cut because they are only really meaningful for later parts of the story. This is the exceedingly ordinary situation when there are no plans whatsoever to continue the anime beyond the initial run, so anything not relevant to it can be cut.

    I won't describe it any further to avoid spoilers. I'd suggest reading it from the beginning. Just skip chapters covered by the anime if you want.
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  6. Tue, 10-20-2015, 05:27 PM #166
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    Do you happen to have them in .pdf files or something?
    I usally save them as Rich Text Documents, but I'm not really satisfied with that.

    edit: NVM got them, nicely and well done by some random dude - the illustrations look awesome for this one. Especially the one with Narberal Gamma in a Bunny Suit <3

    Need to keep in mind that they'll stop translating this at the end of the year. I wish official releases weren't so slow (freaking 3-6 months/volume just to translate and press things )
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  7. Wed, 10-21-2015, 01:15 AM #167
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    Quote Originally Posted by KrayZ33 View Post
    Need to keep in mind that they'll stop translating this at the end of the year. I wish official releases weren't so slow (freaking 3-6 months/volume just to translate and press things )
    If the pricing Yen Press sports wasn't better called highway robbery, I might even consider buying them, likely as ebooks if they make those. But since their name should be Dollar Press, not Yen Press, I don't know. Maybe I'll just forget the series ever existed. Assuming I'd remember it in any case since it'll take them years to reach volume 10.
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  8. Wed, 10-21-2015, 11:52 AM #168
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    Is it really that expensive? They cost between 5-15€ depending on how old/kindle/book version.
    That's totally fine by me. The only problem I have is that they are slow.
    I bought "Is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon" and since it gets a 2nd season, I don't feel like waiting for the rest because it will take even more time for them to catch up - that is, if the 2nd season isn't all original content.
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  9. Wed, 10-21-2015, 12:09 PM #169
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    Are those light novels just novels, or are they interactive, with multiple outcomes of various situations depending on your choice?

    "She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
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  10. Wed, 10-21-2015, 12:35 PM #170
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    Just normal novels that are really short and usually badly written.
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  11. Wed, 10-21-2015, 01:15 PM #171
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    Quote Originally Posted by KrayZ33 View Post
    Is it really that expensive? They cost between 5-15€ depending on how old/kindle/book version.
    That's totally fine by me. The only problem I have is that they are slow.
    I bought "Is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon" and since it gets a 2nd season, I don't feel like waiting for the rest because it will take even more time for them to catch up - that is, if the 2nd season isn't all original content.
    Hmm... Maybe I was mistaken. I have only cursorily glanced at the pricing of manga in English, and it always seemed bafflingly expensive, but I think the situation isn't as simple as I thought, now that I had a better look at it. My bad.

    Although I still think it should be cheaper in English than in Finnish, not cost anywhere near the same. I mean, I bet popular manga will sell more volumes in English than the total population of Finland. That should somehow be reflected in the price. This is also one reason why I decided not to buy manga in English, only in Finnish.

    In any case if I pay, let's say, ~9 euros for real (paperback) novels, I'm definitely not going to pay the same for short light novels with subpar writing quality. Yen Press bosses can buy their next Lamborghinis with somebody else's money.

    Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
    Just normal novels that are really short and usually badly written.
    With a few pictures included to spare you from the trouble of having to use your imagination.
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  12. Wed, 10-21-2015, 02:35 PM #172
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    In any case if I pay, let's say, ~9 euros for real (paperback) novels, I'm definitely not going to pay the same for short light novels with subpar writing quality.
    Well, you either enjoy them or you don't, it's entertainment after all and not about who is being the deepest shakespeare.. The price is all right, depends on how much the author actually gains from it though.
    Because if I'm buying it, I'm buying it because I want more of it in the future.

    But since (as mentioned several times now ) they are too slow, I lose intereset before I even decide to invest money most of the time.
    Same goes for other franchise, like blu-rays n' stuff. Series are way too expensive, but movies are somewhat reasonable. I've got Rebuild 2.22 here, payed ~15-20(?)€ for it and it came out like 1-2 months later than the nippon version or so? That was pretty cool.

    I'm like "do it more often!" and throw money at them as thanks.

    But what about the situation at hand now?
    - I watched the anime
    -> the anime is clearly made to enhance LN sales
    -> 1st official translated LN mid ~2016
    -> if they follow their normal schedule 2nd will be around late 2016
    -> Anime went up to Volume ~3-4
    -> Thus new story content would release end ~2017
    -> 2 years after I got interested in this series.... Ya right, as if I even remember half of this then.

    6 month / release is what the Author has time to come up with stuff and write the story, why does a translation need that amount of time? I get that they need time to press things and to polish it and that you don't want to end up having to wait for the author for new content... but 6 months for ~300-400 DIN A-fucking-6 pages?

    We are not talking about a book that takes days to read.... Right now, whenever something gets licensed that I like, I feel like dropping it even though I'm actually extremely willing to pay a somewhat reasonable price (please not 50€ for 3 episodes). However, by the time I can actually get my hands on it, I'm not really interested anymore.
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  13. Wed, 10-21-2015, 03:00 PM #173
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    They are too slow period. It is clearly unreasonable.
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  14. Sun, 03-12-2017, 11:11 AM #174
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    So Overlord is getting a second season
    http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...season/.113293
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    Do you call it solitude? Do you call it liberty?
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  15. Sun, 03-12-2017, 01:33 PM #175
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    I wouldn't have expected that considering the material they cut, but apparently the recap movie is going to have new scenes, so maybe they will insert some of them to make the second season more valid. At least that would be nicer than starting the second season with such scenes.
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  16. Sun, 03-12-2017, 02:40 PM #176
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    Sweet thanks lord! Leaving this with just season 1 as asinine. Now get a 3rd season of Log Horizon running and remake Claymore and we´re talking!

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  17. Wed, 03-15-2017, 04:31 PM #177
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    Man, been looking forward to this since I finished the first season. And totally agree with remake of Claymore.
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    There would be a lot better choices than Log Horizon, which ruined itself with the second season. I didn't believe in Overlord getting a second season, so this news was mighty fine. Now if only Mondaiji and No Game No Life would get one as well.
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  19. Thu, 03-16-2017, 07:46 AM #179
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    No Game no life definitly needs a continuation, too, yes.

    Btw I´m still waiting for s2 of Ride Back, lol

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  20. Thu, 03-16-2017, 10:14 AM #180
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    Definitely need more No Game No Life as well. But I don't see it happening any time soon. Then again I thought the same about Overlord.
    Then again....when I saw the Overlord poster in Youjo Senki when time stopped, I had a suspicion it might happen but I left it at that.
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