Log Horizon Anime General Discussion Thread (NO SPOILERS)

[jeroz]

Negotiation and good loot!?

[Quol]

Originally Posted by jeroz

Negotiation and good loot!?

Secret Maneuvers and Secret Negotiations. One can only guess what they do

[totoum]

Originally Posted by Dark Wing

Why in the world would he want to go to 4chan? Quick someone send him an invite to anisuki where he'd be more appreciated.

Someone he knows suggested it.
I actually seriously considered it but even if I send him an invite on twitter and he accepts,would mods allow him to post in japanese (since technically that's against the rules) and would there be someone available to translate?

Seems complicated.

[NorthernFallout]

My god, that was one of the most hilarious and awesome threads I've read in a while. Watching /a/ go ballistic in a positive way is a guilty pleasure. LH author a real bro, too.

Brain, y u not know roones ;_;

[Klashikari]

Originally Posted by totoum

Someone he knows suggested it.
I actually seriously considered it but even if I send him an invite on twitter and he accepts,would mods allow him to post in japanese (since technically that's against the rules) and would there be someone available to translate?

Seems complicated.

Considering the circumstances and the purpose of such project, I would definitely allow it to pass, so long it actually doesn't trouble him too much, as AS is a western forum instead of a BBS.

[Estavali]

Glad Mamare's such a bro!

His comparison of the Courtesan (gonna stick to this one for the time being) to the higher-ranked prostitutes in pre-modern Japan and the salonnières helps a lot in understanding what inspired him to create this class as well as what it has in potential. To call it just a sex worker job would be an understatement; the women associated with this idea could and had in many times been capable manipulators and imho politicians in their own right.

[Random Wanderer]

Is there any chance someone could either post or link a translation for the whole discussion? Or was there not actually that much?

[aohige]

Those are some MAJOR spoilers, some from the current seventh novel.
Delete and move to novel thread dude.

[liro]

Here's the archived thread from the author's Q&A:

archive.foolz.us/a/thread/95479152/

Here's the copy of the Q&A, the answers are translated by /a/nons:

>@marmalade_macro おはよございます! 元気ですか? The subclass 娼姫 ,what it means? Prostitute princess or more like Hostess?
It is a difficult question. Because there are a variety of cultural history.
Culture, such as "Dayu", "Yukaku" of medieval Japan will help the understanding.
Alternatively, such as culture and intrigue court romance medieval Europe, the salon you will also help.
Whatever the case may be, understanding that is a prostitute, it is beside the point."
OK,じゃ日本語で行こう。伝わらなくても許して欲しい。
95480689は橙乃ね。
〈エルダー・テイル〉において「娼姫」はとてもレアなクラスで、開発者の気まぐれで作られたようなモノだよ 。
文化的な背景は話したとおり。
宮廷内での暗躍と交渉を役割としている。好感度が上がりやすい能力や、金品をランダムに得る能力を持ってい たよ。ゲームだったころはね。

Spoiler for translation:

>@marmalade_macro おはよございます! 元気ですか? The subclass 娼姫 ,what it means? Prostitute princess or more like Hostess?
>It is a difficult question. Because there are a variety of cultural history.
>Culture, such as "Dayu", "Yukaku" of medieval Japan will help the understanding.
>Alternatively, such as culture and intrigue court romance medieval Europe, the salon you will also help.
>Whatever the case may be, understanding that is a prostitute, it is beside the point."
>Ok, let's go with Japanese. Forgive me if the message doesn't get across clearly.
>95480689 is Touno.
>娼姫(shouhime) in Elder Tale refers to a very rare class, it was created on whim by the creators.

>"What class would he play if he played Elder Tale?"
きっと神祇官(kannagi-shaman)をプレイするよ。
EQ2ではENCとSHMをやっていたよ。

>Could you tell me more about druids? I want to know more about the class and the skills, please.
http://ncode.syosetu.com/n5313bu/10/
http://ncode.syosetu.com/n5313bu/11/
ドルイドクラスについてはここに資料があるよ。
残念だけど全部を翻訳するには橙乃のパワーは小さすぎるよ。
誰かがそのうち紹介してくれると思う。

>>Is the manga any good? Only 1 chapter translated?
コミックはどれもいいよ。
小説版のイラストレーター、ハラカズヒロ氏（ボクの友人だよ）の描くキャラはどれも魅力的。
ほかのアナザーストーリーもそれぞれ個性があるよ。
好きなキャラで選ぶと良いよ。

Spoiler for translation:

>"What class would he play if he played Elder Tale?"
よし、翻訳
>I'd probably play as a Kannagi/Shaman.
>I played as an Enchanter or Shaman in EQ2


>Could you tell me more about druids? I want to know more about the class and the skills, please.
http://ncode.syosetu.com/n5313bu/10/
http://ncode.syosetu.com/n5313bu/11/
>Druids are described in detail right here.
>Unfortunately, my power is too low to translate all of it.
>I believe that someone will do it eventually.

>>Is the manga any good? Only 1 chapter translated?
>The manga are good, yes
>I like how the LN's illustrator, Harakazu Hiro(a friend of mine), draws characters
>The other stories each have their own charm.
>Choose your favorite characters.

>How did you find your way here?
日本のファンがこっそり教えてくれたのです。
4chanのスレッドにいる人はMMOが好きな人が多く、日本よりも知識が深い。MMOの本場だからと。

>Who is your personal favourite character in Log Horizon?
今書いているキャラクターです。どんなシーンでも、登場しているやつが一番好き。

>Can an alchemist create drinks and alcohol or is that only a brewer thing?
どちらでも出来るよ。どんどん出来ることが増えていくよ。世界が広がる、というのがテーマの1 つだよ。

>来年出版されるTRPGのことは何か教えてくれませんか？
ヘイトシステムがつまれるよ。
それに大物ゲームクリエイターがリプレイで登場します。

>私は本当にあなたの作品を楽しんだ。
こちらこそありがとう。沢山の人に届いて、作者もとても嬉しいよ。

Spoiler for translation:

>How did you find your way here?
Japanese fans told me about it in secret
There are lots of MMO fans on 4chan, so you guys know more about it than Japan. You're the home of MMOs after all

>Who is your personal favourite character in Log Horizon?
Whoever I'm writing at the moment. My favorite characters are always the ones who appear in that scene.

>Can an alchemist create drinks and alcohol or is that only a brewer thing?
He can do both. The number of things they can do increases as they progress. One of the themes is that the world is expanding.

>私は本当にあなたの作品を楽しんだ。
Thank to you too. An author is always happy when his work can reach many people.

>秋のアニメには、どちがすきですか？（log horizon以外）
キルラキル、京騒戯画を楽しんでいます。あとのんのんびより。

>こんにちは橙乃ままれさん
>あなたの文庫はすごくいい。　私は日本語よくわからないけど読むやってみて
こんにちは。編集者のベストな仕事です。

>Log Horizonアニメが日本に人気ですか。
少し書いておきたいことがあります。
アニメはまだ三回目、人気があるかどうかはまだわかりません。
（原作者の理解しているかぎり）
このアニメを作るにあたって、NHK（日本の国営放送です）は悩みました。
日本の文化で、世界の若い人に判ってもらえるモノは何だろう？
この先十年の間共通の話題に出来るモノは何だろう？
NHKは国営放送なので、女の子が沢山出てきて短期的な人気が出る作品を望みませんでした。
多くの会議の結果このプロジェクトがスタートしました。
だから、こうして英語で会話をするスレッドが存在することが、
このアニメの成功の第一歩です。
伝わった、という意味ですからね（≧∀≦）

Spoiler for translation:

>私は本当にあなたの作品を楽しんだ。
>I'm enjoying Kill la Kill and Kyousougiga. And aside from that, Non Non Biyori.

>こんにちは橙乃ままれさん
>Hello. My editors are hard at work.

>Log Horizonアニメが日本に人気ですか。
>Well, about that.
>The anime is on it's 3rd episode, and I still can't tell if it's popular or not.
>(as far as I can understand)
>I was a bit worried about having NHK (Japanese state-funded channel) air it.
>Does the youth of the world know about current Japanese culture?
>Do you know about the most common thing of the past 10 years?
>NHK is a state-funded channel. And I didn't want it to have a short lived popularity based around the number of girls.
>It was a project discussed in many meetings.
>So me being here conversing with the English community is one of the first steps of the anime's success
>By which I mean that it reached all of you（≧∀≦）

>Will shiroe and akatsuki date?
アニメでもちゃんと見ることが出来るよ。
……シロエは少し臆病で鈍感かもしれないけれど。

>Wait so he has at least 2 charcters and the second one is called "Roetwo"?
シロエのサブアカウントのことですか？
彼女の名前はロエ２(roe2)。
今後登場します。内緒ですよ。

>Are you considering an English release if Log Horizon will be popular or is that out of the question?
どちらの意味の質問か、ボクの英語力じゃ確定できなかった。
1)英語版のDVDはきっとでるよ。
2)英語版の書籍は、かなり難しい。日本の本の英語翻訳は本当に売れないんだ。

>I-im sorry for pirating your works and for being a poorfag.
立場上、あんまり大きな声じゃ言えないけれど。
気にしないで良いよ。いつかお金持ちになったら、そのときの素敵な作品を沢山買ってあげてね！

>Which MMORPGS did you get inspiration from?
>You mentioned Everquest2 and it looks like there's some Dungeons and dragons, are there any more?
>Did you also put in something from personal, in-game, experience?
Everquest1,2　Ultima　Online Diablo1,2　他にも沢山。
FF14も素敵なゲームにしようと頑張ってると思う。
Dungeons and dragonsはred boxのころからやっているよ。

>先生、paypalアッコウントがありますか？DVDが買えなくだが金おあげたいです。
ないよ。気にしなくてＯＫ。「これ面白かったぜ！」っていってもらえればそれが十分援護射撃だ よ。

Spoiler for translation:

>Will shiroe and akatsuki date?
>You can see it in the anime.
>Shiroe is a bit timid and dense, though

>Wait so he has at least 2 charcters and the second one is called "Roetwo"?
>Shiroe's sub account?
>Her name is Roe2.
>She's gonna appear sometime. Keep it a secret.

>Are you considering an English release if Log Horizon will be popular or is that out of the question?
>I don't really know what exactly you're asking.
>1) We'll definitely get English DVDs
>2) Getting the LNs translated into English is a bit complicated. Japanese books rarely sell when translated.

>I-im sorry for pirating your works and for being a poorfag.
>Considering what I am, I can't really say it in a loud voice, but...
>You shouldn't worry too much. If you ever become rich, make sure to buy many great works!

>Which MMORPGS did you get inspiration from?
>You mentioned Everquest2 and it looks like there's some Dungeons and dragons, are there any more?
>Did you also put in something from personal, in-game, experience?
>Everquest 1/2, Ultima, Online Diablo 1/2, among many others
>I really think they're trying hard to make FF14 into a great game.
>I've been playing DnD since red box

>先生、paypalアッコウントがありますか？DVDが買えなくだが金おあげたいです。
>No. No need for that. Just saying "This was interesting!" is more than enough support.

>Are economics and world building the things that you like to write in your series?
それは手段に過ぎないです。
僕たちが住んでいる現代の世界にとって、政治や経済は、もはや山や海と同じくらい自然で切り離せなくなりま した。
中世の人が嵐や日照りに怯えたのと同じように、僕らは不況やテロに怯えて生きていかなければな りません。
そのなかで勇気を失わないで生きていく人々を描きたいです。

>ローズガーデン・プリンセスってなに？と、この人が知りたいです。
小説においてはほとんど一人のキャラクターのために創作されたサブクラスです。
アニメでもそのうち登場する、怠惰なお姫様ですね。

>I hope your work will be successful. Do BD/DVD matter or are only tv ratings important?
視聴率と、国内のファンの応援、海外のファンの応援ですね。
国営放送なので、諸外国との関係は重要なのです　

>Do you play many games outside of MMOs?
たくさんのゲームをプレイします。大半はテーブルゲームですけれど、ビデオゲームもかなり。
>Do you play Fire Emblem? Have you played Fire Emblem: Awakening? Who is your waifu?
『ファイアーエムブレム 聖戦の系譜』が好きです。嫁はアイラね。

>我々海外のファンに何か質問あるですか？
登場人物の中で誰が好きです？
直継についてどういう評価なのですか？
作中の戦闘についてうまく理解出来ていますか？
OP&EDと、作中の音楽についてどう思います？

Spoiler for translation:

>Are economics and world building the things that you like to write in your series?
>They're just a means to an end.
>In the world we're living now, governments and economics are as natural as seas and mountains
>Like the people in the middle ages feared storms and drought, many of us live in fear of recessions and terrorism
>I want to write about people who don't lose courage and live on in those and similar situations

>ローズガーデン・プリンセスってなに？と、この人が知りたいです。
>It's a subclass made for a single character in the LN
>She'll be in the anime soon enough. It's the lazy princess

>I hope your work will be successful. Do BD/DVD matter or are only tv ratings important?
>TV ratings and support from fans, both Japanese and otherwise
>It's state-funded, so foreign relations are important

>Do you play many games outside of MMOs?
>Do you play Fire Emblem? Have you played Fire Emblem: Awakening? Who is your waifu?
>I play a lot of games, most of them tabletops, but I don't forget video games
>I like Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War. Mai waifu is Ira.

>我々海外のファンに何か質問あるですか？
>Who's your favorite character?
>What do you think of Naotsugu?
>Do you understand what's explained in the battles?
>What do you think of the OP, ED and the music overall?

>Do you know of any plans to release figures of
作者も楽しみにしてます。どこかの会社で作ってくれないかな。
どの登場人物のが欲しいですか？

>Touno-san, why do you do not sleep at this hour?
MMO-playerってそういうものでしょ？

>This is truly a nyanderful day.
Yes! grate nyanderful

>EQnextを見ませんでしたか？それはどうと思う？
すっごく楽しみにしてます。専用休暇とりたいです。

>セララと他の方々には、一生にそのクラスにいらなきゃ？それとも、クラス・チェーンジも出来る ？
サブクラスは変更できますよ。

>スレは今からどんどん早く動きます
追いかけるので精一杯です（＞＜）

Spoiler for translation:

>Do you know of any plans to release figures of
>I'm pretty excited about that too. I wonder if any company would take up the job.
>What character's figure would you like?

>Touno-san, why do you do not sleep at this hour?
>That's part of being a MMO player

>This is truly a nyanderful day.
Yes! grate nyanderful

>EQnextを見ませんでしたか？それはどうと思う？
>I'm very excited about it. I'll even take an exclusive holiday

>セララと他の方々には、一生にそのクラスにいらなきゃ？それとも、クラス・チェーンジも出来る ？
>You can change subclasses

>スレは今からどんどん早く動きます
>I'm doing my best to keep up （＞＜）

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Spoiler for translation:

DATABASE DATABASE DATABASE DATABASE
DATABASE DATABASE DATABASE DATABASE
DATABASE DATABASE DATABASE DATABASE

みんなごめんね。
いま日本では07:15。朝食の時間になってしまいました。
今回はここで切り上げようと思います。
応援してくれてありがとうね！

Spoiler for translation:

>Sorry, everyone.
>It's 7:15 in Japan right now and I'm going to eat breakfast.
>I think I'll leave it at that for the moment.
>Thank you for your support!

[Random Wanderer]

Thank you, liro!

[Elestia]

Great work, liro.

Using 4chan for a Q&A to reach out to the western audience of 2chan is an interesting move. I would even go out on a limb and say it was a great move considering the positive response it got from the users. Utilizing 4chan's potential to go viral definitely a gamble but it seems to have paid off.

[Quol]

Spoiler for :

This basically describes how i feel about being able to actually see him answer questions and talk normally. I was also impressed that he had the courage to post on another country forum but it seemed to have greatly positive results.

[Caithsith]

Originally Posted by Elestia

Great work, liro.

Using 4chan for a Q&A to reach out to the western audience of 2chan is an interesting move. I would even go out on a limb and say it was a great move considering the positive response it got from the users. Utilizing 4chan's potential to go viral definitely a gamble but it seems to have paid off.

Funny thing is, it's all started because some /a/non asked about what exactly is a "Prostitute" subclass on twitter.

[Quol]

Originally Posted by Caithsith

Funny thing is, it's all started because some /a/non asked about what exactly is a "Prostitute" subclass on twitter.

That seems to be the most controversial class/subject in the series at the moment

[bastek66]

>Wait so he has at least 2 charcters and the second one is called "Roetwo"?
>Shiroe's sub account?
>Her name is Roe2.
>She's gonna appear sometime. Keep it a secret.

So basically he spoiled that there is other female Shiroe with all his memories (kinda like Jessica Drew in Ultimate Spider-man) on different server?

[Quol]

Spoiler for Speculation!:

Does this mean that any sub account that wasnt used on the day of the apocalypse was made into a copy of the player and set free into the world?

[Estavali]

Originally Posted by Quol

Spoiler for :

Someone should make this into a meme image for fangrills/boils

Originally Posted by Caithsith

Funny thing is, it's all started because some /a/non asked about what exactly is a "Prostitute" subclass on twitter.

Originally Posted by Quol

That seems to be the most controversial class/subject in the series at the moment

It's definitely not something you'd see in most non-H games

[Caithsith]

Originally Posted by bastek66

So basically he spoiled that there is other female Shiroe with all his memories (kinda like Jessica Drew in Ultimate Spider-man) on different server?

He didn't said anything beside that Roe2 is Shiroe alt, and we already knew that Shiroe has alt characters.

[teja208]

Spoiler for Speculation based on author's comment.:

Originally Posted by bastek66

So basically he spoiled that there is other female Shiroe with all his memories (kinda like Jessica Drew in Ultimate Spider-man) on different server?

Originally Posted by Quol

Does this mean that any sub account that wasnt used on the day of the apocalypse was made into a copy of the player and set free into the world?

Isn't this becoming a bit too spoilery? At least move to LN thread.

[Quol]

Not exactly sure if it could be considered a spoil since these are just baseless speculation on some information that the author randomly said, but i should still put it in a spoiler for now.
Also yea this conversation seems more light novel then anime