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(We are going way OT now, so I hope that this will be my last post on this subject here. Otherwise, we might have to ask for the discussion to be moved to the general thread.)
The reason I ask you and other LN readers to keep your complaints to the LN forums is because
it's not just about spoilers. The constant allusions to 'scenes that are missing' or 'characteristics that are overemphasised' colour the way that anime-only viewers interpret what they see or don't see. Furthermore - and this is by far the more insidious problem - it contributes to the negative cycle where viewers looks for things they expect instead of trying to figure out what the anime is actually trying to do. E.g. some characterisation - people keep complaining that Mayumi's character hasn't come through enough: I will continue to argue that viewers can see the characterisation -
if they actually treated this series as an animated piece of work instead of a text-based piece of work.
Let me give one example of how readers of the original work ruined a series for me by constantly alluding to what happened without actually 'spoiling' it:
From what I can tell, LN novel readers are having a similar effect in that they're 'ruining the experience' of those viewers who might appreciate the themes of
Mahouka otherwise. Or who might observe some of the subtleties of the anime if they didn't keep expecting far more obvious characterisation.
It really is up to you - from what I can see, all the complaints from LN readers and the vehemence with which some readers defend the LNs 'because the anime is getting it wrong' are just putting anime-only viewers off. Feel free to complain about production values, scenes that don't flow well etc etc here. But if you want at least some viewers to try the LN because it goes into the world of Mahouka 'so much better', then I strongly suggest keeping all references or allusions to the LN in the LN forum. People will read it if they are interested in the themes or in the characters - why not try highlighting those aspects when they show up in the anime (
e.g. the last part of my post here), no matter what you think of how well or badly they have been represented?
I'm not going to say that this is an easy thing to do (it certainly takes a lot of effort on my part when I do it, which is why I didn't comment that much on the Chihayafuru anime as it was airing, for example). And I know that a lot of you probably don't want to bother, given what you wish the anime production team had done instead. But if that's the case, then please keep those complaints to the LN threads, because that's where they really belong.
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, I rather they be pointed out than be ignored or overlooked and it's telling that not just a few people on this site but on many other sites point out the same deficiencies and inconsistencies that this series has and as someone who has read the original source (LN) I have to agree with them because it's tha same reactions I found myself having while reading and I do think that the premise is interesting but it does have it's many faults
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I never said my opinion is more critical than yours (persecution complex much) and I never said anything about not liking this series, I like it just fine i'm just not going to praise it as "teh bestest thing evar" as others do
, this series has many problems that keep being pointed out by the people watching the show and as someone that has read the LN I agreed with them because I noticed them when I read it.
