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@Haru-chan: lolz. Good for you in blowing his socks off. He deserved it.
In contrast to the vid, I can come up with a gazillion reasons why I find no interest in the western theater of modern entertainment and why I watch anime instead. Anime promotes violence... lol.
In contrast to the vid, I can come up with a gazillion reasons why I find no interest in the western theater of modern entertainment and why I watch anime instead. Anime promotes violence... lol.
Gainx75 wrote...
Abunai Gigolo wrote...
Gainx75 wrote...
Abunai Gigolo wrote...
omega9999 wrote...
This game looks good..kinda like Devil May Cry gameplay..
i agree with you..
i wouldnt say "badass finishers" i'd say "EROTIC FINISHERS" o.o
It's badass and erotic at the same time... and probably more erotic than badass with certain techniques.
Ieryuuda wrote...
What would happen if the Parallel World exsist.Everytime I fart, I kill off one of many parallel universes in the multiverse. It's slightly inferior to Jacob's ability to divide by zero.
ZeroOBK wrote...
I respond to what I feel like responding to,Cool.
ZeroOBK wrote...
so of courseYeah.
ZeroOBK wrote...
my replying setupOkay.
ZeroOBK wrote...
has no sense.Then I should feel free to disregard your argument in its entirety, because my replying setup has no sense... right. Good job invalidating your argument, but I'll debate with you further before moving on.
ZeroOBK wrote...
Last I checked we were talking about a novel that takes place in a European-medieval-type setting, were we not? There goes point #1.I said heavily influenced. Never did I say, "Oh, it's all based on Japanese society!" The fact that the a) the author is Japanese, b) there are manga illustrations, and c) the fact its a light novel is based on the author's decision to target the current Japanese youth/adult in Japan. If this was meant to be sold for all audiences, a translation would have been made and sold simultaneously as the Japanese version.
ZeroOBK wrote...
Point #2 is irrelevant since we are not talking about expanding the age of the audience, but just making sure the cover leaves a good impression on Americans of the same age bracket.Oh I'm sorry, did you just try to discredit my argument by not defining what you meant by "mainstream" in your context? Good job in making yourself clear.
ZeroOBK wrote...
Also, S&W seems to be appropriately placed in the Fantasy section, rather than the Manga section. Point #3 is true in most cases except for this one. S&W in the Fantasy section? Check. S&W being called a "novel" instead of "light novel"? Check. An attempt at the only practical marketing tactic? Check. You really can't ask for too much more than that. A commercial is out of the question, and only the most popular releases are lined in the store-front.I'll check my local bookstore next time I visit it.
To be honest, this isn't like you, ZeroOBK, to make incohesive arguments.
Or in short, which I think what Longevity meant to say was that your internet speed sucks. I loled at the other options.
@ZeroOBK: I get the feeling that you're arguing for the sake of arguing here.
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This is true. As someone else put it, "Once you open the book, you get a face-full of manga."
What you did was split my argument into individual points that make no sense, even though the second quote shows you understand my point. Pessimism is not the issue here.
Again, you're saying something that deviates from the point I'm making. My point is that light novels are sold and read by the same audience that basically makes up those that read manga and watch anime, i.e. Japanese teenagers and young adults in Japan and otakus/weeaboos/Japanophiles in America (for example).
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How naive. Just how much larger will the "phenomenon" need to be to support light novels just on their own? It's because the community is too small that the cover change was necessary.
My counter to this is that by replacing the front cover image, it's supposed to somehow sell the idea of "light novels" to the Western audience and expand the target audience... what?
1) Light novels are heavily influenced by Japanese modern, pop culture.
2) Light novels are targeted mainly for the teenager/young-adult audience.
3) Light novels are usually sold in conjunction with manga volumes at bookstores.
It's quite obvious from these facts that light novels aren't meant to sell outside of a rather small and selected target audience. Trying to appeal to the general audience will take more than just a cover change, e.g. placing light novels in the stands where regular novels are placed or marketing them as novels instead of "light novels". Either the phenomenon gets bigger or Yenpress comes up with better marketing tactics to sell more light novels. In short, my entire post (before you decided to tear it apart to non-coherency) was saying that a cover change is not enough as a marketing tactic.
ZeroOBK wrote...
As if being pessimistic is really going to help produce more S&W in English....
This is true. As someone else put it, "Once you open the book, you get a face-full of manga."
What you did was split my argument into individual points that make no sense, even though the second quote shows you understand my point. Pessimism is not the issue here.
ZeroOBK wrote...
Except no one in the mainstream knows what a "light novel" is. And S&W is more or less the same size as a regular novel.Again, you're saying something that deviates from the point I'm making. My point is that light novels are sold and read by the same audience that basically makes up those that read manga and watch anime, i.e. Japanese teenagers and young adults in Japan and otakus/weeaboos/Japanophiles in America (for example).
ZeroOBK wrote...
Except no one in the mainstream knows what a "light novel" is....
How naive. Just how much larger will the "phenomenon" need to be to support light novels just on their own? It's because the community is too small that the cover change was necessary.
My counter to this is that by replacing the front cover image, it's supposed to somehow sell the idea of "light novels" to the Western audience and expand the target audience... what?
1) Light novels are heavily influenced by Japanese modern, pop culture.
2) Light novels are targeted mainly for the teenager/young-adult audience.
3) Light novels are usually sold in conjunction with manga volumes at bookstores.
It's quite obvious from these facts that light novels aren't meant to sell outside of a rather small and selected target audience. Trying to appeal to the general audience will take more than just a cover change, e.g. placing light novels in the stands where regular novels are placed or marketing them as novels instead of "light novels". Either the phenomenon gets bigger or Yenpress comes up with better marketing tactics to sell more light novels. In short, my entire post (before you decided to tear it apart to non-coherency) was saying that a cover change is not enough as a marketing tactic.
I think Pikachu deserves something better than a 7.9 (and how do you come up with such a number?). Ish so cuuute!
@Arbitor: -1 for not being a .gif, but I haven't seen a 3D image avatar on FAKKU! yet, so +1 for originality.
Overall, 8.5/10
@Arbitor: -1 for not being a .gif, but I haven't seen a 3D image avatar on FAKKU! yet, so +1 for originality.
Overall, 8.5/10
Messy forums, dumb threads, misplaced threads, dumb posts, lacking posts, etc.
And remember folks, common sense is so rare, it's a modern-day superpower.
And remember folks, common sense is so rare, it's a modern-day superpower.
Not a .gif, -1
I think she's decent, so overall 7/10
Now, behold the cuteness of Pikachu and die of diabetes.
I think she's decent, so overall 7/10
Now, behold the cuteness of Pikachu and die of diabetes.
Cool story bro.
Nah, I'm just kidding. Hey, people change all the time, for better or worse. Joining the army usually means for the better or as a last option "I've got nowhere/nothing else to do" kind of thing. Even I've got a friend that I thought would never join the ROTC did. He's still the same person more or less.
Nah, I'm just kidding. Hey, people change all the time, for better or worse. Joining the army usually means for the better or as a last option "I've got nowhere/nothing else to do" kind of thing. Even I've got a friend that I thought would never join the ROTC did. He's still the same person more or less.
No.
As if changing the cover art is going to attract the attention of the target market. Problem is that the inner illustrations are still manga-form, and the differences between the two creates a contradiction that won't sit well with readers. To be honest, I don't think they are making the right move in trying to reach to the general audience simply because light novels are almost synonymous with anime/manga. They should probably stick to the otaku audience and leave it at that until the anime/manga phenomenon gets even bigger. (Only very select animes are making it onto the American TV screen, which isn't much regardless.)
As if changing the cover art is going to attract the attention of the target market. Problem is that the inner illustrations are still manga-form, and the differences between the two creates a contradiction that won't sit well with readers. To be honest, I don't think they are making the right move in trying to reach to the general audience simply because light novels are almost synonymous with anime/manga. They should probably stick to the otaku audience and leave it at that until the anime/manga phenomenon gets even bigger. (Only very select animes are making it onto the American TV screen, which isn't much regardless.)
My internet crapping out, slow torrent speeds, the little things in real life that piss you off, road rage, etc.
I suppose it was York. I joined in the second motemote, and we had a "Yoko ftw" vibe going. Other than that, it was the guys at the Serious Discussion section that I had some great times deabting, like FPOD, Shaggyjebus, the jesus, persondude, and a whole bunch others.
