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NEWS: Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Alternate-World Light Novels Get TV Anime

I dislike this series so much. Literally rips off one of the iconic moments from Tokyo Ghoul without any shame. Taking inspirations is fine but at least be original when you take stuff from other series.

I'd expect anime adaptations of Goblin Slayer and If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord to come at some point. Hopefully. Goblin Slayer definitely, a little less certain for the other...

Pierrot. wrote:

I dislike this series so much. Literally rips off one of the iconic moments from Tokyo Ghoul without any shame. Taking inspirations is fine but at least be original when you take stuff from other series.

Yes because Tokyo Ghoul created Marie Antoinette syndrome, something that has been a known condition way before the manga's conception. I also forgot the part when Kaneki uses guns and artillery to kill his enemies lol.

You know, speaking as someone who follows the novels, [i]Arifureta[/i] isn't exactly what I'll call good (you're not wrong if you find it icky). Yet, it is kinda fun. Chuunibyou he may be, but compared to other writers, the author actually has his way with words.

What I'm trying to say is that the series somehow manages to do more than just otaku pandering. The plot is actually decent. There are twists and surprises in it. The characters are... well, yeah, they kinda grow on you, and this is because the author actually manages to give them depth. And the action with the OP protagonist is actually cool.

As an additional note, the LN version of the story is much better than the WN. So use that version for comparison.

No comments from me about the staff. But I'm surprised White Fox is working on this. It has the potential to be a good adaptation, but only if they manage to get the story far enough.

I’m still very much a beginner when it comes to writing, so forgive me for the half-assed setting, overall lack of plot, and general randomness. I added things as they popped into my mind, and wrote a story that was more for myself than anything.

Even now, I’m still enjoying writing this story more than anything else... which is why I’m truly thankful to my fans at (Shousetsuka ni) Narou for supporting this fanfiction-tier story all the way until it got published officially. It’s not every day that an isekai author gets published out of the sea of isekai stories on there. Once again, I’d like to thank my readers for letting me enjoy myself all the way through.

I’m a huge chuuni lover...enough of one that I wrote an entire novel based on it. Enough of one that I’m going to write an entire second novel about it too. And I’m not the only chuuni out there. I’m sure... every human alive, has a bit of chuuni hidden somewhere inside them. So, to all of you chuuni lovers who have to hide away because of common sense, or your age, or how embarrassing it is, or how society sees you, if this book has helped unleash your burning soul just a little... then I consider my work complete.

Ironically, Arifureta's author seems to be aware he's writing poor fiction, but does it anyway because it's what he loves doing.

I quote his afterwords here:

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I’m still very much a beginner when it comes to writing, so forgive me for the half-assed setting, overall lack of plot, and general randomness. I added things as they popped into my mind, and wrote a story that was more for myself than anything. Even now, I’m still enjoying writing this story more than anything else... which is why I’m truly thankful to my fans at (Shousetsuka ni) Narou for supporting this fanfiction-tier story all the way until it got published officially. It’s not every day that an isekai author gets published out of the sea of isekai stories on there. Once again, I’d like to thank my readers for letting me enjoy myself all the way through. I’m a huge chuuni lover...enough of one that I wrote an entire novel based on it. Enough of one that I’m going to write an entire second novel about it too. And I’m not the only chuuni out there. I’m sure... every human alive, has a bit of chuuni hidden somewhere inside them. So, to all of you chuuni lovers who have to hide away because of common sense, or your age, or how embarrassing it is, or how society sees you, if this book has helped unleash your burning soul just a little... then I consider my work complete.

There's a certain unpretentious modesty to the admission which is admirable, IMO.

Another week, another piece of otaku pandering garbage being adapted... Jeezz, do people never get tired of this trash?

Also I recall there was an article on how original Bride is, as its basically beauty and the beast. That said its a really good work. Made from the Abyss isn't particularly original either, nothing really is these days. But if you are not going to make comparsion to an isekai work, you might as well say, man this looks like crap compared to Akira, Ghost in the Shell, and Cowboy Bebop, or even go a step further and compare it Spirited Away.

A brief timeline. Last season, summer 2017, we had three Narou anime, based on series that started on the following dates:

Isekai Smartphone: 2013/04/08
Knight's & Magic: 2010/10/16
Restaurant to Another World: 2013/01/04

In winter, aside from the continuation of Overlord, we've got:

Death March: 2013/03/03

And now, there's:

Arifureta: 2013/11/07

Re:Zero fits the "four, four and a half years to animation" trend too. I wonder if we're going to see any anime based on older web novels, or if all the remaining hits from 2012 and such have been looked at and passed over. I wouldn't bank on, say, an Only Sense Online anime. Still, we did get the almost-seven-year-old K&M...

And let's not forget about Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari/The Rising of the Shield Hero (2012/10/29) - another Narou novel anime. So no, they aren't passed over, it's more about the popularity of series after serialization.