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INTEREST: January & February's Light Novel Titles are Really Weird


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relyat08



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:53 pm Reply with quote
shuusei wrote:
These are becoming absolutely ridiculous. Someone needs to put a stop to--

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Will You Like Me If I'm Cute But Slutty?



Localise this immediately.


Laughing Laughing Exactly my reaction. Please, someone do it.
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BlueAlf



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:08 pm Reply with quote
I think these sort of titles tend to fire up non-Japanese fans to start fantranslating stuff. IMO they all do sound interesting though.
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ItAintEazy



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:25 pm Reply with quote
I'm not sure when the long-titled light novel trend got started, but it certainly DID get a boost from "Ore no Imouto [redacted]," which parodies titles found in eroge, which themselves echo titles found in live-action pornography.
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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:54 pm Reply with quote
Most of these just sound outright awful
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whiskeyii



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:41 pm Reply with quote
I'll be honest, if I wasn't almost 99% the mom gimmick was just there for the MILF aspect, I think I'd get a kick out of the idea of some high school kid being dogged by his mom who keeps nagging him and doing embarrassing parent things even in a fantasy world while also saving his life from time to time a la Momma Bear mode.

Then again, given that anime and manga tend to portray moms more as beatific saints than as actual moms (ERASED is one of the few exceptions that stands out in my mind), I'm not super hopeful that particular title is going to have much going for it even with the mom angle. ^^;
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:56 pm Reply with quote
"Danshi Koukousei de Urekko Light Novel Sakka wo Shiteiru keredo, Toshishita no Classmate de Seiyuu no Onnanoko ni Kubi wo Shimerareteiru" 137 characters with spaces.
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Lelouch Vi



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 12:53 am Reply with quote
OK then
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 1:52 am Reply with quote
Cam0 wrote:
Some of these are hilarious.

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I Was Reborn as a Vending Machine and Wander the Labyrinth


lol, wtf.

Coffee Samurai did "reincarnated as a vending machine" really well, with a great dose of humor, and dashes of action and romance, but it was only a 30 minute OVA. Wonder if the light novel author was "inspired" by it and what they'll will do with the concept.

whiskeyii wrote:
I'll be honest, if I wasn't almost 99% the mom gimmick was just there for the MILF aspect, I think I'd get a kick out of the idea of some high school kid being dogged by his mom who keeps nagging him and doing embarrassing parent things even in a fantasy world while also saving his life from time to time a la Momma Bear mode.

Then again, given that anime and manga tend to portray moms more as beatific saints than as actual moms (ERASED is one of the few exceptions that stands out in my mind), I'm not super hopeful that particular title is going to have much going for it even with the mom angle. ^^;

Yeah, starting a stuck-in-an RPG adventure with a Momma Bear mom sounds like it could be fun, probable incest implications less so. Did sister fetishism get too tame? (*shudder*)
Wanna take bets on which of these will rise through the ranks of popularity and get multiple adaptations?
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Darkabomination



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:14 am Reply with quote
As hilariously stupid as some of these are, I'd like to see what Would You Like Me if I'm Cute but Slutty? is about. Especially if it's a female character who can fit both descriptors with how rare that's pulled off. This shit makes Is It Wrong to Try and Pick Up Girls in A Dungeon sound normal by comparison.
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SWAnimefan



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:55 am Reply with quote
I remember an ANN Article a few months back that mentioned a writing contest where everyone ended up entering a Fantasy / Reincarnated themes. Guess some of them got published. Razz

tentensan wrote:
This article is loads of interesting. Look at all those names. The era of short light novel names are almost over. Laughing
I should write a light novel titled "I Saw That Light Novel Names were too long, And I tried to Shorten mine but it became long as well and also, I got Reincarnated into a game character".

Also, what's with all these "teleported or stuck in another game world" scenarios? I guess it's an interesting topic among light novels in japan.


That's real good! Laughing

To me it would be "I saw a bunch of Light Novels with long names, and hit my head on the desk so hard that I got reincarnated into a Fantasy World. But it was just a bad dream!"
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Paiprince



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 3:05 am Reply with quote
whiskeyii wrote:
I'll be honest, if I wasn't almost 99% the mom gimmick was just there for the MILF aspect, I think I'd get a kick out of the idea of some high school kid being dogged by his mom who keeps nagging him and doing embarrassing parent things even in a fantasy world while also saving his life from time to time a la Momma Bear mode.

Then again, given that anime and manga tend to portray moms more as beatific saints than as actual moms (ERASED is one of the few exceptions that stands out in my mind), I'm not super hopeful that particular title is going to have much going for it even with the mom angle. ^^;


Way to kill the concept before it even became a thing. No red blooded male wants "real" moms in their fiction.
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Fenrin



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 3:09 am Reply with quote
Oh god I think the long title trend is actually working, the longest one sounds like the most interesting. Or maybe it's because it's the only one that isn't 'I teleported into a fantasy world' and doesn't sound sexual.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:04 am Reply with quote
Morry wrote:
I'm more curious what "I'm a Hero, But I Started a Pizzeria in a Fantasy World with My Elf Bride" is like.


To me it sounds like I Couldn’t Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job, except with pizza instead of a shop.
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Daemonblue



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:13 am Reply with quote
Cam0 wrote:
Some of these are hilarious.

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I Was Reborn as a Vending Machine and Wander the Labyrinth


lol, wtf.


It's actually fairly decent. In short and not to spoil too much, a vending machine otaku dies trying to save a vending machine from Truck-sama's ever loving embrace and then gets sent into another world as a vending machine that has to sell items to remain alive, as it were.
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DirtyCircle



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 6:33 am Reply with quote
Kougeru wrote:
Most of these just sound outright awful


I respectfully disagree. While I would love to see the Mom one get an anime series, most of these could and I would at least try watching a episode or two.
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