Got the new volume for I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire!, I'm around 40% and it is definitely the best in the series yet.
I am constantly laughing. Highly recommended.
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The Only Thing I'd Do in a No-Boys-Allowed Game World - I am 80% sure that this one has been praised by u/quof [bookworm translator] I will check it out.
So I've read the sample chapter and that's a definitive "no" from me. Maybe this is a lost-in-translation case and it's better in Japanese but in English the MC is just terrible. I get it that they've aimed for "quirky" and "endearing" but it comes across as "obnoxious", "gross" and "off-putting". Here are some quotes from MC just from the prologue:
“This is so easy. It’s about as easy as day-old bathwater is on your skin.”
My dream is to become a houseplant in an apartment shared by a cute lesbian couple and have them water me and feed me romantic scenes every day.
“N-no, no… I’d be putting my life in danger if I kept playing any longer… I need yuri to cleanse my mind…or I won’t be human anymore…”
My yuri sense began to tingle.
“…Ah, I haven’t even been able to read this month’s Princess Yuri yet.”
“So the yuri pairing is safe, huh? Then I guess this is fine…”
“Absolutely not! I’ll protect those yuri couples even at the cost of my life!”
The order of priority went like this: yuri >>>>>me>>others.
“Nothing gets by me when it comes to yuri girls.”
“Oh, I have a yuri IQ of 180.”
“Never in my life have I insulted a yuri girl with a joke. As a dutiful Japanese citizen, I have never once failed to pay my taxes or protect the sanctity of yuri.”
“Well you took away my precious oral moisture. Give it back.” I pointed to the puddle of water at her feet with a grin, and she walked away. (<<<- This part is one I don't understand since the girl he's talking to didn't do anything to cause the puddle. My interpretation is that he wants to drink from the puddle because she stood in it)
There is a lot more of that. And that's only the prologue.
I have read halfway and it tingles my funny bone for sure. The thing that is most wrong with it for now is editorial stuff and half-assed translation. Some jokes I can somewhat guess what are indeded in japanese but land flat. Some that are situational land great. In editorial stuff for example, retrospection section isn't clearly marked. There are sentences that just hang there like some sort of broken print. (I hope that is just my high seas version and not the official one)
After a bit of thought, I wanted to compare Eminance in the Shadow with this but the MC is different. Hiiro is sincere in his unhigedness. He clearly wants to manipulate feelings for his enjoyement but at the same time he wants to be a good guy. Eminance thinks that the world is a stage for him to perform. Being unhinged dosen't matter as he lives in different world than everyone else. Hiiro on the other hand lives in reality but his fetish clashes with being virtous. The novel doesn't acknowladge this inner conflict and instead focuses on conflict between MC and The World.
The most comparable novel I can think of is Mushoku tensei. Sone bad stuff, some good stuff. I will see if the plot/comedy in this is as good as mushoku.
P.S.
“S-so when you’re told to start walking into the hall—cough! Ahem! S-sorry…I’m n-nervous…and I feel like I’m going to throw up… Can I play a ten-shot gacha game first…?” On the first day of school, the Class A students were astonished to see this teacher panting as she swallowed sedatives.
That is meant to be funny and it is just sad.
The byline sounds funny "Reincarnated as a Yuri Ship-Sinker"
Lot's of stuff for me this week. I'm looking forward to the most to Frontier Lord.
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