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NEWS: Infinite Stratos Novelist Yumizuru Confirms More in the Works

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If that is the case, how do you explain the fact that most shows--which includes many of the titles disliked by people here--by far, are poor sellers, remaining in the red for a long time. You even acknowledge this: aereus wrote: IS wasn't a slouch either. I think between the BD and DVD sales, it was in the 35-40k range for Vol1, which is still an overwhelming success. I don't think there have even been more than a dozen or so series ever that sold that well. Maybe 20 tops. ... which is in contradiction to your previous statement. If it's so easy to write crappy big hits, then why are there only a handful that make it (that is, quickly recoup their investment)?

It contradicts nothing. Those poor sellers still sell; someone out there is still buying them.

Changing the subject somewhat, Chihayafuru (which is a great show) got a second season despite the first season selling two thousand copies per volume or so, which is absolutely bad and well below the level of profitability. Keep in mind that Anime is mostly created to boost sales of Manga, Light Novels and games. Then there's merchandise. Now it's true that only a few shows manage to outright make a profit just from home video sales, but many of the works which don't still eventually end up turning an overall profit. Hollywood is the same. Waterworld, one of the most expensive and infamous flops in Hollywood history, did manage to turn a profit more than fifteen years on. I think Justin Sevakis mentioned that it can take years for a typical Anime series to be profitable due to merchandise et cetera.

Just because profitability takes a while on the Anime side of things doesn't mean that the storylines weren't incredibly easy to write up. The only smart thing that this Yumizuru fellow did was mix Mecha with Harem, thereby gaining both fanbases. But each and every individual element to the story and character's personalities are by-the-book and lacks any creativity whatsoever.

Why can't the headline ever be "NEWS: Infinite Stratos Novelist Yumizuru found dead in hotel room due to suspected auto-erotic asphyxiation"? That would be the best.

And maybe JUST MAYBE that's why some of us like it. I mean i can enjoy dark and serious(hell Bokurano is still one of my favorite series) but it IS nice to have a series so cliched and full of stupid stuff that it's just relaxing.

Because wishing death upon someone, even if it is a joke, is not funny.

If they really cared about their paycheck that much, how can they be trusted to write a good story?

I'm going to ask this once and only once:

Why bother posting in a thread for someone who you CLEARLY hate?
Serious question.

Because wishing death upon someone, even if it is a joke, is not funny.

Grow up.

That's all I'm going to say go read the damn book for your-self then make a judgment if the franchise as a whole is shi* if you can't read moon runes then stop complaining about something that isn't meant for our market.

So it does affect us, and therefore I do have a right to be annoyed that the Infinite Stratos Light Novel series is getting more books?

Why can't the headline ever be "NEWS: Infinite Stratos Novelist Yumizuru found dead in hotel room due to suspected auto-erotic asphyxiation"? That would be the best.

So it does affect us, and therefore I do have a right to be annoyed that the Infinite Stratos Light Novel series is getting more books? Instead, why not give a chance to a bright up-and-coming novelist with big fresh ideas, or an established author who can actually write characters properly? Or a guy who understands physics and robots better than the grade-school experience-level of Yumizuru?

dtm42 wrote:

Why can't the headline ever be "NEWS: Infinite Stratos Novelist Yumizuru found dead in hotel room due to suspected auto-erotic asphyxiation"? That would be the best.

Indeed, it would be awesome, but why stop there? Why not include the author of OreImo and Yumizuru dead after committing erotic asphyxiation together?

dtm42 wrote:

So it does affect us, and therefore I do have a right to be annoyed that the Infinite Stratos Light Novel series is getting more books? Instead, why not give a chance to a bright up-and-coming novelist with big fresh ideas, or an established author who can actually write characters properly? Or a guy who understands physics and robots better than the grade-school experience-level of Yumizuru?

I completely agree with your sentiment. Why can't we see better? Why must a book be so terrible that, taking up someone's challenge, I couldn't even get through the first chapter it was so bad (I read it in the original Japanese to make sure), I only wish there were more Kurimoto's and less Yumizuru's in the world, but hey life certainly isn't fair.

dragon695 wrote:

dtm42 wrote: Why can't the headline ever be "NEWS: Infinite Stratos Novelist Yumizuru found dead in hotel room due to suspected auto-erotic asphyxiation"? That would be the best. Indeed, it would be awesome, but why stop there? Why not include the author of OreImo and Yumizuru dead after committing erotic asphyxiation together? dtm42 wrote: So it does affect us, and therefore I do have a right to be annoyed that the Infinite Stratos Light Novel series is getting more books? Instead, why not give a chance to a bright up-and-coming novelist with big fresh ideas, or an established author who can actually write characters properly? Or a guy who understands physics and robots better than the grade-school experience-level of Yumizuru? I completely agree with your sentiment. Why can't we see better? Why must a book be so terrible that, taking up someone's challenge, I couldn't even get through the first chapter it was so bad (I read it in the original Japanese to make sure), I only wish there were more Kurimoto's and less Yumizuru's in the world, but hey life certainly isn't fair.

It's thoughts like these that japanese fans see that go well they don't like our work so why should we care. Why should share what we do with the rest of the world when we get praise in our own country??

Logic like this is what keeps visual novel/eroge, light novels and other source material out of hands people here that want it. I understand hate for something but is some-one holding a gun up to your head and forcing your watch, read or worship it?? If not shut the hell up and let people enjoy what they enjoy, this is why I am starting to hate the anime fan-base in general.

Idiotic hate

More idiocy

dtm42 wrote:

Idiotic hate

dragon695 wrote:

More idiocy

You people have serious issues, grow up punks. Wishing harm or death to someone just because they wrote something you dislike is completely unnecessary and moronic. You clearly have no appreciation for life. You two need to be banned, permanently, and I'll make sure of it that you two will be.