Thread:Ashleyien/@comment-918376-20150707020140/@comment-26580819-20150711132812

Ah, I've never been that good at skim reading unless I'm just looking over something I've already read and trying to find a certain part. In school I was very good at reading stuff then going "what did I just read?" especially when I was reading it on the bus in the morning. I'd have to read the same paragraph a few times before it sunk it. That was just sometimes though. I was very good at remember what the page looked like that had the info I needed when it came to tests. I usually did well on tests considering I never really studied much.

I've never seen the WWB manga except anything you might have shared in LHFF. It's good he got more characterization than in the LN / anime. He's more of just a side character until after Krusty vanishes. It's like "Okay, Krusty is gone, time to let other characters have the spotlight for a bit." I remember Krusty was main focus in the second half of season 1. So far in what I've read I haven't seen all that much of him, but I have just finished book 3 so maybe he has a bigger role in book 4 (along with the princess). There are several other people in the Round Table who really don't get much attention. Actually I totally forgot about Eins until episode 22 just before the "Older Member Meeting" when they mentioned his plans. I was like "Who's Eins?" and had to go look him up. I was like "Oh that guy in the Round Table group whose eyes are always closed and I totally forgot existed."

On a side note about the "Older Member Meeting", I remember a lot of people complaining that Tet shouldn't have been a part of that group for various reasons. People were calling it the "Older Members and Tetra". I'm not sure if it's because they thought she was a kid or if it's because she's the newest member so she doesn't deserve a spot there (or they just don't like her).

Back on topic... Rezarick is pretty cool. I feel sorry for the poor guy getting paperwork dumped on him (do most guild masters hate paperwork or something?) [I was picturing Marie being forced to work and suddenly had the song "Girls just wanna have fun" in my head with the lyrics "Marie's just wanna have fun".]  Sorry, tangent again... At least I could figure out who he was in beach training part, there's a guy that was in Shiroe's group that I had no clue where he came from. A few days ago I was like "oh is that who is" when I was reading the LN but now I forget again. He seems to have more of the personality they describe most clerics as being (with Marie & Tet being exceptions to the rule).

LOL. I was never a fan of Shiroe x Kanami. There was no way the kid was his... Shiroe has never even had a girlfriend (I think he said that in vol. 1). I think he said he does like girls I just get the feeling he kind of feels like he's not the type girls would like and he's too preoccupied with other stuff (game & school / round table & finding a way home, etc) to really think about a relationship. I think if he was to get involved with anyone it'd be Akatsuki, and that's mostly because of the way they're usually paired up in the series & the art. Even then he seems to think that her interest in him is just her Lord/ninja roleplay. Neither one seems very good at dealing with people. I don't think he'd ever be involved with someone like Kanami because he seems to like predicability, not to mention he thinks she's crazy (even if he does admire her). In terms of a romantic relationship, at most he might have thought "she's pretty" but I doubt it would have been more than that. If he does get into a relationship with someone I think his mind would be more on just spending time with them than getting laid... the bedroom part would be a whole other hurdle for him to get over since I think he'd avoid it out of embarrassment.

I didn't think the translation was terrible. It was easier to read. I do wish that there was more interaction between the translator/company & Mamare to make sure stuff is correct and such. The links should have been updated. I was also hoping to get an official English version of the names but the Koryuu thing pretty much said that isn't going to happen. Too many names have too many versions and different people go with different versions, like you like Maryelle and Tetora and I tend to write them as Marielle and Tetra (partly because of Crunchyroll and partly because that's what Google translate changes them to...not that it's reliable... Naotsugu becomes Direct Passage, Direct Relay or ChokuTsugi). Oooh SS profiles would be cool. Have they been released or was there just a note somewhere that said they were forgotten?

Oh, I wanted to mention in the manga section but I kept going off on tangents and it didn't fit in, I've never read WWB but I did read some of Honeymoon Logs. I'm not a big fan of HL and it seems a little AU since it doesn't really fit with the LN or anime. I also didn't like how Henrietta & Marie looked exactly the same irl. They're supposed to be Japanese so they should have looked Japanese. Yeah, died blond hair is kind of common but most Japanese don't have breasts the size of their head. Marie might be busty in real life but I doubt she looks exactly like her ET character.

Thanks. I haven't cosplayed too much but it's kind of fun to be someone else for a day. I tend to alternate between feeling self-conscious and having fun getting into the role. Role-play can be fun.

Eeek, this took way too long to write... now I have 30 minutes to get dressed and packed and stuff.