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Karasu-Lacryma
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That's what I've heard, too. I believe it was that, due to the differences between English and Japanese pronouns, they thought they couldn't avoid giving away a certain twist and just shoved it to the front instead. Sigsawa seems to love wordplay and experimenting with unorthodox narration (e.g. most books have at least one story with its second half told first) so he really requires a dedicated translator or a lot of explanatory annotations. Hoping someone skilled enough gets the job, should it be officially released. Kino's Journey as a series is so different from most LN's/anime that it'd be interesting to see a widespread release. I have multiple friends who have no interest in "Japanese stuff" that still like it, because it follows such different conventions than most Eastern (or Western) media. I think if marketed right it could fill a very distinct niche. (Much as I'd like to see it grow popular outside the anime market, I think the cover illustrations would attract only anime fans. Say, didn't Tokyopop try and change the covers, too?) |
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