@l-sama You know, I actually was thinking about that series. It still doesn't offend me as much as Re:Monster, although I admittedly didn't read too much into it.

The big difference I think is that in Maoh no Hajimekata, we know off the bat that he's a bad guy. It's in the name of the title even, the main character is not supposed to be redeemable. Not to say it's good, but at least it's obvious up front what type of story it's going to be.

Re:Monster offends me because it sneaks up on you with that shit. It has the gall to give Rou some sort of moral objection to rape and then turn around and basically have him commit rape anyway. All the while comment about how virile and strong he is, it's revolting.

Because of the discussion with Hal's father (details in another volume), Souma realized he needed Hal and Kaede as a set. Kaede is, of course, the smart one of the pair, so she got the big promotion.

@the-green-death said in Are there any plans for an english eBook format for the "Archenemy & Hero (Maoyuu Maou Yuusha)" Light Novels to be sold in the USA?:

Was this the Light Novel that started as a series of posts on 2chan?

The author’s legal problems (same guy as Log Horizon right) may also be causing delay

Wow... legal problems seem to be something of a “thing” in Japan for some writers.

@paulnamida exactly, I don't care what people write about in a fictional story. I like south park cuz they pick on every race. I think that makes it fair. What's your guys opinion on how South Park sometimes does something racist but in a humors way. Sitcom to say.

I second Rokujouma. Great breezy read with characters that evolve in believable ways. One of my favorite LN series.

@terrence I liked Magical Girl Raising Vol. 2far better than one and am excited to read 3 when my backlog dies down. 3 continues from 2 so there’s still room to screw the pooch on this though.

And if it works like Infinite Dendro, we might see the first part like, on the 28th, 29th, or something. The people here are awesome with that when they're able. :)

@dtta I used Google Translate on the WN of Watafuta. I thought my head was going to explode.

@terrence said in Harem Poll - 3 votes (you can choose up to 3 options in your vote):

(If there's literally no Yuri in an All-girls school setting in Stratos, I'll actually find that a bit curious; you'd think there'd be one or two Lesbians in the school; the old-school metaphors and mysogynistic chivalry of the hero make me think it's going to be too masculine to feature Yuri though).

There probably is the MC is just not going to notice. My bet is the crazy inventor is crushing on Chiyafu.

Honestly, without mentioning the specific series or sites, there are probably many J-NC members who frequent fan translation or scanlation sites. I am fully aware of the copyright infringement part. However, because of how broken the Amer. copyright system is in terms of when things should be public domain (copyright and trademark), I don't really feel guilty about reading them. Yes, I am aware that is a cop-out explanation. Numerous times on Twitter I have admitted such an act makes my rants about the deprivation of works entering Amer. public domain a moot point.

In fact they put in the trademark logo... Soon™

I wonder if that means Valve time version of "Soon"... - I hope not, I really enjoyed Strongest Gamer.

@renofury Google Translate left me with a rough outline of the story and a splitting headache. Worse is that I'm not sure how much of the WN the author is going to use.

Oh I am happy seeing danmachi doing well, a big thing I like in that series is that Bell is not OP as in many other light novels that seem to appeal to delusions of grandeur

I’ll give you that Lynette is a pretty good measure for how most people think about the second queen. That everyone (and even Fie) believes the marraige is legit. However there should have been some paperwork or ceremony that a Fie would have to be a part of. Which we never see or is mentioned. Plus Roy doesn’t want a wife, let alone a second one under suspicion of hurting another member of royalty.

Why saddle himself to someone he thinks is a potential criminal? All the book says for sure is that she is a part of Fielle’s dowry. If Roy was only thinking politically (even though it’s still a stupid decision) why not accept the girl, but not marry her till after the investigation is complete. After all rumors have already assumed Fie is the worst. Why not have a rumor that there’s a second queen, without the actual paperwork? It’s not like anyone of importance talks to Princess Fie anyway.

Maybe all that Fie really needs is a fantastic lawyer.

Did you guys see Bookwalker are bringing Overlord and Goblin Slayer authors (and Overlord's anime director too iirc)? So I don't know if we should be expecting any new Bookwalker licenses or just Q+A with those guys.

@sam-pinansky said in Let's play a guessing game. What will be licensed in AX?:

@terrence Mimic is by the same author as "My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World".

Ahh, I hadn't even realized. I love that series too.

The opening for Mimic is really fun.

I haven't checked out anything beyond though. Maybe I should toss out a real request for it anyways.