Good news everyone!

This week’s midweek discussion question is a simple one:

What is your favorite genre?

My favorite are fantasy novels. Bonus points for everything that has a leg in the Slice of Life genre as well. Even more bonus points for everything that has little to no drama. I read to relax I can only read so many books that don’t let me relax at a given time. Reading the current arc of Bookworm is exhilarating and bad for my finger nails, but I really need something comfy in between.

  • 佐藤カズマ@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    I honestly don’t know, because I’ve read so many different things and enjoyed them. My JNC reading list alone has been:

    • Haibara’s Teenage New Game+
    • Chillin’ In Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
    • Now I’m A Demon Lord! Happily Ever After With Monster Girls In My Dungeon
    • The Frontier Lord Begins With Zero Subjects
    • An Introvert’s Hookup Hiccups: This Gyaru Is Head Over Heels For Me
    • Peddler In Another World: I Can Go Back To My World Whenever I Want!
    • You Like Me, Not My Daughter!?
    • Isekai Tensei: Recruited To Another World

    Throw in “Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian” and “Chitose Is In The Ramune Bottle,” and, uh…yeah. Also, I fucking love “The Saga of Tanya the Evil”. Honestly, even if it is a (somewhat) hot take, I think the series is pretty underrated and criminally under-read.

    And in Japanese, I’m currently reading 田んぼで拾った女騎士、田舎俺の嫁だと思われている and 俺ん家に来た女騎士と田舎暮らしすることになった件, as well as 受付嬢に告白したくてギルドに通い詰めたら英雄になってた。

    • NineSwords@ani.socialOPMEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      “The Saga of Tanya the Evil”. Honestly, even if it is a (somewhat) hot take, I think the series is pretty underrated and criminally under-read.

      Doesn’t look under-read to me. At least I see it often discussed after the success of the anime. An argument could be made that it is still under-read even after that, but you can bet that I would say the same about Bookworm in that case ;)

      But if you are reading in Japanese, do happen to have read Tearmoon Empire in its original language, I would love to know how it compares to the translation. Is it just as witty or less so?

      • 佐藤カズマ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        I can’t say I’ve read Tearmoon Empire in any language. But as far as Youjo Senki is concerned, the anime pretty much completely ignores the source material. It’s truly an abominable adaptation…

        • NineSwords@ani.socialOPMEnglish
          3·
          6 months ago

          It’s truly an abominable adaptation…

          Ah come on now… Did the lightnovel have a completely unhinged Aoi Yuuki? No, it did not! But you convinced me. I put the first volume eon my plan to read list.

          • 佐藤カズマ@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            6 months ago

            I’m just going by the standard of “how well did the anime put on screen what’s written in the light novel”, and in that regard it did do a rather poor job. But I can’t disagree with loving Yuuki Aoi at her most…dangerous, shall we say. The chemistry between her/Tanya and Hayami Saori as Visha is fucking impeccable.