Re: Bakatsuki, a place for accessible English Light Novels
Yeah the top post and title are pretty obtuse for those not in the know.
And the word accessible doesn't actually mean anything here. All wikis are by default.
In more detail, it's a wiki for translating light novels from Japanese to English by fans. It's completely voluntary and unofficial, so anything that does get officially translated must be taken down.
Worth noting most series do get made into anime, so there's some cases where series that never get English localization for the anime themselves provide a workaround.
It helps to watch a good few anime before you go in, some tropes and terms may be a little confusing for those not used to how translations sound.
Most are pretty derivative, but there are some gems. Blazblue luckily has it's books directly adapted from the games, so you have a choice of watching the game cutscenes which as a whole do have rather great English casts, or the novels. Or, both if your curious about t
he differences.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Spice and Wolf are excellent. Unfortunately they had to be taken off, but translations are really easy to come by. For Haruhi both methods of official and unofficial translations are pretty readable, though I'd go with scans of the officials if your a newbie. Spice and Wolf's official translations by Yen Press are a bit dry and overly formal, but still far from bad. The fanlations are a bit casual in tone so there'll be some adjusting when you make the jump, but you don't miss anything and the humor is a bit more natural.
Bacano is pretty cool as well, it's good pulpy fun with an easier than usual translation, since it takes place in America that uses translated American slang in Japanese, so it's much easier to back translate.
Worth noting all three have very good English dubs for their anime adaptations, but sadly only cover about 4 books each. Still worth a watch however.
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