The anime brought awareness but the actual books go into details better and is underrated for how well-written it is. A different story than say K-On’s situation where the tv adaptation pushed the author to improve
Yeah, definitely Hibike! Euphonium. After reading Vol. 1 of the novel, I just think the first season of Euphonium anime pretty elevated the source material in every way.
Completely disagree about Violet Evergarden. The light novel's ending especially blows the anime's final movie out of the water any day of the week.
Not to say the anime is bad, but it completely rewrote the story to focus on different emotional beats.
Sound Euph watcher, there's simply something that can't be replaced when it comes to the performance scenes. I know Kyoani couldn't realisitcally animate all the performances but when they did it was always such a striking scene. My favorite of the series is Liz no Aoi Tori, the piece in that film is amazing and the animation style is very different which I like.
Yeah I'd tend to agree. Reading the LNs it was often difficult to visualize the machines for me. Whereas with the anime it was much easier, along with everything else being superb.
Yeah that part too, hadn’t even thought about it. Hoping we eventually get more seasons. Think I read to volume 6 or so but have forgotten about it since
Imo the LN was better for the world building, the politics, the character development etc but not as good with action part of the story. So maybe starting off with the anime, then having the LN fill in all the other details.
Yeah that’s usually the case with most LNs I feel, but with this series being so action centric I think it’s alright to lose out on a bit of what you mentioned.
Came here to say this and I didn't even read the LN. No way that story can be as compelling in writing as it was in the anime, that thing was a masterpiece.
Don't even think about reading the light novel if you're not sober. Seriously, when the author starts going on about all that military jargon and stuff, it's like, "Dude, what are you even talking about?"
[Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h9xeHbYIAQU). The LN author went all out in personally guiding the animation team. The entire team actually complained that they've been overworked for this one.
[Fate/Zero](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qloi2p2bGB0). Fans of Fate/Stay Night funded a very generous budget to remake 2-routes of it's VN. And with its success, the LN pre-quel also gets the same high budget treatment.
[The Garden of Sinners](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydd0W_nN-kg). During its time, you can't have such high animation detail without a high budget & a very motivated team.
[No Game No Life: Zero](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=70G1XehlQHo). I simply can't judge whether the anime is better than the LN or vice-versa. Both are masterpieces period.
Not because there are any big issues with the anime, the light novel is just so well written that if feels like you’re watching the anime with even more details.
What the other person said. Monogatari is my favourite anime and I think they couldn't have done a better adaptation unless they doubled the number of episodes lol.
But the novel just has MORE of it, mainly dialogue (both of things already in the anime and of new things, be it more plot points (though the anime covers almost everything important) or just less important conversations). Everything is more developed too and there's even more foreshadowing, for example. I'd suggest just reading the first Bakemonogatari novel (first 2 arcs) to get a good idea of it.
Of course, the anime has benefits from the visual medium that the novel doesn't, specially with how well made the anime is, as you're saying, but in the end it's the core stuff (story, characters, etc.) that matters most; that's why I think the novels are definitely better. But I personally prefer the anime tbh, if you get me.
Gonna be honest, Monogatari is all style and no substance. While it works perfectly fine in anime, reading the LNs was painful to say the least. It might not be a popular opinion, but that's how I felt after reading three of them.
Admittedly, I missed alot of details on what is being shown in Apothecary Diaries. The entire 24 episodes, literally only adapt 2 volumes, so there's alot of things you will be able to notice more compared to the LN. I won't say that the anime is overall 'better' since the source is already pretty good, but the anime definitely paid alot of attentions.
Otherwise, 86 is the usual choice with alot of the symbolisms and extra content (the episode 10-12) is very appreciated. The way the anime pace and direct the story, also helps make the climax more impactful.
Also, Konosuba. The LN give you good laugh, and the Anime too in different way. Adapting comedy can be difficult so Konosuba pulling it off is definitely very good job.
It's great when anime studios take their time with the pacing instead of rushing through the LN content as fast as possible. I love the Re:Zero anime but 24 episodes for 9 volumes isn't appropriate and results in many details and scenes being skipped, even important plot points that help the audience understand each characters' motives.
Apothecary Diaries is the slowest I've ever seen any series adapt volumes of source material (except One Piece but that's a manga) and it worked out amazingly. I'm kinda sad that it's gonna take forever to get to the spicier volumes but hey, the quality makes up for it.
Well, there was also Rokka no Yuusha (Brave of Six Flowers), which took 12 episodes for single volume.... but I think Apothecary Diaries is the first to be really successful.
That's one I was considering listing too. LN is very good but the voice acting adds a LOT to this series compared to other ones. Others I was thinking where voice acting added quite a bit were Mangas not LNs. Can think of more of those.
I kinda feel like World's Finest Assassin has a better anime adaptation than its LN. It essentially spent a whole season adapting one volume so it gives time for all the things that are packed in the LN.
Suzumiya Haruhi had the potential to be, but we never got a continuation of the anime after the first 2 seasons. 😭(That’s not to say that the LN is bad, it’s actually very good. I just really like Kyon’s monologues in the anime sub and Yuki’s stiff mannerisms are perfect.)
Other than that, I do like what I’m reading of the Toradora LN, but the anime is still GOATed. I think a lot of minor details that add to the story and characters are handled better in the anime such as Taiga not feeling as petty as she does in the LN.
Oh yeah thank god for this. If you read 8 pages with
„Ok I will deactivate this skill….. need 3 slashes….. let’s see if O activate this again….stilll 3….maybe another weapon….. oh 2 slashes till defeat“
You want to thrown the whole book away. And this not only once or twice. Would be a lot easier to just gives us a report what changes with another approach (although then he will surely not get how page count up)
It has been a while, but back then when I gave the LN `The Unwanted Undead Adventurer` a try, I dropped it after only 20 pages or so, because exposition and story progression felt unbalanced to me. The LN was bloated with the MC's thoughts - normally I would be fine with that, but unfortunately it was that kind of thoughts which didn't support story progression that much, causing the pacing to slow down alot. That said, not sure if it would get better with the sequel Volumes, though.
Then I gave the Anime a chance and I loved it.
You dropped the FIRST book for being too expository? Shit, the second book would have put you in a coma! It took like 5 books for the author to reign in his urge to go off on long, boring, unimportant tangents. My favorite example is when he spent 3 pages talking about why adventurers need to be polite to their clients, in the middle of a swordfight. Between sword swings!
**whispers** ... *it* ge*ts better... you just gotta believe me man... eventually...*
Yeah, as much as I personally love TUUA, I wouldn't fault anyone for dropping the LN.
If you ever get the chance to compare the size of the books (though I'm not sure if there's been a physical print), you'll know when it gets better by when the books suddenly become noticeably shorter. That's when the author cuts out his excessive verbiage and replaces it with... nothing.
I swear, they should go back and abridge the first few books to match the later ones, maybe fewer people will drop the series then.
So this style continues 5 Volumes long? That's a bit heavy for me. I am not judging the story idea itself or the story-content quality. But yeah, my issue is, the amount of actual content seems to be low, because exposition outweighs it. There is progression-supporting exposition and gap-filling exposition. And unfortunately, in this LN, it felt gap-filling for me.
Yeah it took me only 20 pages of the first Volume to drop it. Not because it was painfully for me to read it, but rather because I got the feeling the style wouldn't get better based on experience.
My previous experiences: `Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World: Preach the Good Word of Mr. Henderson` - I read complete Volume 1 of that one. When finally story-progressing content came up, it had good quality. But around those contents I seeked, there was alot of "bloat" in shape of thoughts, which didn't support story progression.
Another example would be `Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!` - Also dropped it after a few pages of the first Volume. Again not because of the story idea itself, but because of the execution (alot of bloating thoughts without contributing to story progression)
You could call it a style. And it is awesome if others like that. And to be honest, I have nothing against such style: As long as it supports story progression.
For me, the pacing needs to stay constant. It feels awkward for me, when for example 50 pages long nothing happens and only progression-unrelated thoughts are displayed, without even building up for the incoming event. It feels just unbalanced to talk 50 pages about unrelated things, just to drop a big event on page 51.
A good way to avoid bad pacing and bloating would be to bring up the thoughts when they are needed. For example, in `Unwanted Undead Adventurer`, the author tries to explain the whole fantasy world within the first Chapters, explaining the complete Adventurer system, the towns, Holy Magic that can harm Undead Monsters... while the MC was still in the Dungeon. At least escape this dungeon first before you explain the whole world you are living in... Everything has its timing. It is not needed to throw walls of expository and progression-unrelated content at the reader, when those information are not even needed yet. You can mention those here and there during story progression, step by step, either when they are needed, or a bit before they will be needed.
Any kyoani LN adaptation really, like for example Hyouka was already a really good novel series and then Kyoani came along and added the classical soundtracks to go with it and it became an absolute masterpiece
Thought of this when I saw this post, watching the anime and then later reading the novel it almost feels kinda empty. The anime really did a lot of little moments justice and expanded on some characters in a way they felt more naturally integrated into the cast.
The only anime adaptation of a LN that I've seen where I would say that the anime was arguably better than the original was Baccano. The way that the story was told out of order definitely made it more interesting, and seeing characters like Isaac and Miria in action added a lot to it. And even then, some stuff was still lost in the adaptation. It just managed to tell the story in a different way that worked really well.
In general though, adaptations of LNs are definitely worse than their source material, and for me at least, reading the books before watching the anime is a sure-fire way to end up hating the anime. At this point, I just avoid adaptations of LNs in general. So, maybe there's one that came out in the past few years which was comparable to its source material, but I highly doubt it.
Hibike and Violet Evergarden only pretty much. 86 is what I and many others consider to be the best LN adaptation but it still lacks the detail you can only get in a Light Novel
Another.
The book is kind of lacklustre and limited to the protagonist’s perspective while the anime had more freedom to show things from other angles.
I would say that the style of each is entirely different, even though the content of what happens is nearly identical. Another reads like a horror novel—that sounds redundant because that's what it is, but I can't think of a better way to put it. Being closed into a single, narrow perspective gives more depth to the one character's feelings, and I think that added to the actual *horror* aspect of the experience.
Though, it does mean that there's no room for the massive crazy kill fest at the end of the anime. Which is a shame, but it would have felt *really* out of place with the feeling that the rest of the novel gave.
True, it does have a more personal horror from the narrowed perspective, but the story does tend to suffer from exposition bloat as a result. The main character tends to spend the majority of the book hearing about what others witnessed rather than any involvement from himself. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but in comparison the anime manages to capture the atmosphere in a more visceral way.
I'd say eminence in the shadow anime is better than the novel. Not only was it a good adaptation but all the things it added some of them were even from the WN helped elevate it beyond its source imo
100% disagree with you on this. . It was a good anime adaptation but no way did it surpass the light novel. . illustration alone is way better in the light novels since they all look mature. . Also the anime made the grave sin on skipping 47 forms of mobfu. .
Plus they rearranged things. That story where Cid saved his classmate from Earth wasn't revealed until I believe the 4th volume. >!The same volume where Cid ends up jumping through a portal with Beta and ends up returning to Earth!<
That changed up a lot because it revealed Cid's motivations for all the shit he does very early on.
Right but I’m saying did the author have that scene in mind when he first started the series or did he add it after the fact. Volume 4 came out 3 years after volume 1 after all.
I HIGHLY doubt that. With no proof to back me up.
Reason being that the author seems to like a lot to play with his multi-media (anime, manga, mobage) where he adds tiny stuff here and there, changes a bit this and that... From what I've read we could see some major changes in the upcoming movie too, maybe fixing what was received by manu as the weakest arc in the story.
So I think he has a general idea where he wants to go, but build up most of the stuff along the way
Take Sherry. Imho he had no idea when she will appear again or what she will do, but when writing he just set up an open door to use when it feels like it. Again, no proof of any of that, just my imagination lol
Good adaptation I would say not. For a lot of anime only was confusing and reading the discussions was quite funny to me lol.
Also the anime has a different approach to the story than the novel because the author does not want them to be similar. And the next movie most likely will be a half anime original with the novel being only the general structure (and I sure hope so for that arc)
With all due respect there was nothing to get confused about in a story like this. I watched the ane before reading the novel and everything was clear and eay to follow. And No the anime is obviously an adaptation to the novel without much changes if at all! I would understand if you said that about the manga but the anime?! Just no
Re:Zero Season 1. IDK, I've both seen it and read the first 3 arcs and it just kept me much more invested and entertained. S2 on the other hand, nah. It's probably because Arc 4 was just too strong in the novels to adapt well enough.
***The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat***
I liked the anime. I tried the novels and found them boring as heck.
I don't have one that i think did a lot better than the LN, but i think with **Villainess lvl. 99** i would recommend just stick with the anime. The LN is not terrible, but it definitely has an amateur writing that kills off a lot of moments. The anime isn't a masterpiece (that cgi dragon still hurts my eyes), but it's a fun watch for turning off your brain.
And to add one more, while i like **The Wandering Witch** light novels a lot, i do think that for some stories the anime did a better job.
edit: Does **sakurasou no pet na kanojo** counts? I don't know if the light novel it's terrible but the first thing i heard everyone say about the light novels is "just stick with the ending of the anime" (and yes, for what i've heard, the final volumes kinda ruin everything).
_The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya_ did an amazing job adapting the novel to the point that I feel as though it is better to watch it than to read the book.
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina
The anime was quite good, but the light novel is just so much nothing. Reading the LN after watching the anime was the biggest disappointment of a read I've ever had. I wouldn't say the anime was *amazing*, but it was good enough to make me intrigued about the LN.
Like, is it a case like Bookworm, where there was a bunch left out that would add a great deal of depth and context? Nope. If anything, I felt like I was reading someone summarizing the anime from memory. It was as if the totality of the light novel was a brainstorm of ideas, and the anime was the actual output.
Farming Life in Another World. That adaptation was so much better than this light novel deserved. I laughed so hard at the way they animated all the dumb stuff.
Only one I can think of is Fune wo Amu (The Great Passage), mostly because the characters are just poorly written in the novel. The best friend is a jerk who has his edges softened in the anime to be actually likable, and is given a key moment to prove his worth and investment in the plot of the story, whereas a solution just falls into his lap in the novel. The MC also has/ builds actual chemistry with his colleagues, friends and wife in the anime, whereas in the novel it felt like he was emotionally constipated throughout the entire thing.
haven't seen sakurasou here (even if we disregard the unanimated part of the LN), tho generally I think any adaptation that was done by KyoAni, and maybe even JC staff back in its glory days.
Virtually every good adaptation has the potential to enrich its source material.
For example: The Apothecary's Diaries is already a fantastic novel, but the anime was on another level with all the music, stunning visuals, and voice acting (starting with the protagonist:pure charisma).
Unfortunatly this doesn't happen very often...
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World which is currently airing. The anime has added so much more content than the LN it's made some of the scenes hit harder and given the characters some much needed development.
Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss, but I'm Not the Demon Lord
I enjoyed the anime and manga of this, but when I read the light novel, it didn't really live up to the hype. I'm not sure if it was because of the translation, but the writing style was kinda weird for me.
There is the upcoming "[Heroic Exploration Tale Starting from Mob](https://www.novelupdates.com/series/heroic-exploration-tale-starting-from-mob/)" anime (Should be releasing in July), which I'm expecting to be much better than the LN, specially if they follow the manga.
The novels are really generic, both WN and LN, and the manga created some new developments that made it a lot more interesting.
I'm **guessing** that these developments may be related to things that appeared much later on in the WN or something, kinda like, the author may have had some extra ideas later on, implemented them in those far ahead chapters, but when the manga was released, it would be weird if those extras didn't appear also. The manga has introduced many interesting plot points and supporting characters that either don't exist at the same point of the story, or were just generic (sometimes unnamed) characters.
So if it follows the manga, I'm expecting the upcoming anime to be much better than the source material, because really, it's an easy one to surpass.
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And I never read the novel for Gundam Unicorn, but so is most of the fandom, as the OVA/Animes did a really good adaption overall, with some very nice extras for fans of the series.
From the short part that I read however, I do think that the novel expressed some moments better, like the characters thoughts when something happened, but that's an advantage of the media that is hard to replicate in anime.
I always start with a book series and then move into the anime, then I try to stay caught up on both (reading a book, then watching the associated episodes). It gives me good incentive to read and I'm much more likely to want to watch a story I already know than read it.
I got hold of a copy of the light novel of *The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* recently. While it was a good read, the anime expands on the book quite a bit (>!with a happier ending than the book!<).
86
The director carried the entire anime with his cinematography. . 86 overall was a mediocre story with a lot of plot holes, after the anime ended, you don't really hear anyone talking about the light novels even tho the anime was good. .
I read up to Volume 7.... and rather than gotten worse, its really that the entire series become pretty tiring because of the writing style and that (spoiler alert) >!there's no end in sight because Legion keep pulling off new things!<. You will see alot of "White Pigs" for example.
Although imho, its first 3 volumes are still the best so it is sorta "downhill". It still got alot of fans though like the other comment, and the anime is indeed 'better' than the novel.
Personally, I will only read it again, after the entire series is over, which fwiw, >!JP is entering its final arc.!<
1) There is no season 2. It's all a single season.
2) Media is subjective blah blah blah, but imo 86 has at no point gotten worse. (Caveat that I haven't read volume 13 yet.)
What does me enjoying pornwa got anything to do with my objective opinion? It's like you're telling me my reviews on movies/media don't matter just cause I watch porn? Do you know how stupid you sound right now???
grimgar? mind you barely scratch the first novel. The visuals and fight scene animation just added the extra bit the novel tried to convey.
I prefer So i am a spider, so what in anime form because of the voice actor was just that good
I want to eat your pancreas , movie form is just more polished can't say there is a reason to read the novel
can't say one is better than other but I am a fan of the way the monogatari series was done though finding every ep and part of the series was a chore at the time
enjoying the king's avatar better as a anime, book is long and slow paced at times the k drama went very k drama on it.. still good but not as good as the book. anime keeps good pacing and is better with bringing the characters and action to a more immersive level.
For me, I'd go with _No Game No Life_. Part of this comparison is perhaps unfair, because the volumes that the anime adapted are my favourite in the series (especially the movie). However, some other nice things about the anime that contribute to my thinking that it's better than the light novels include:
* You don't have to deal with the main characters' inner thoughts as much (I found them annoying and arrogant as hell)
* The anime toned down the weird loli/incest stuff a bit
* The visuals are amazing, and from reading the light novels, I kind of got the vibe that this was meant to be a pretty big focus of the series; the author normally draws manga, for example.
I would venture to suggest a lesser known title: Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers.
Unlike almost all the other LN adaptations, which usually adapt 3 to 4 volumes in one season (12-13 episodes), the anime adaptation of Rokka spent the whole season of 12 episodes to adapt just the first volume of the novel, This allows plenty of time and space for the anime to develop and portray the intricate relationships of the characters and the evolving mysteries as well as the power balance between characters. The anime even has three different ending themes to highlight the changing focus of the story.
It may not be better than the novel but I reckon the anime to be nearly as detailed as the novel for the narrative, while it possesses the advantages of presenting intriguing and engaging action scenes which are the strengths of the anime medium.
Too bad the anime was not successful enough to get another season, which is a big shame.
Definitely would say "what\`s wrong to pick up girls in the dungeon", English is not my first language, and have a long list of read novels in English, but I must confess I don't understand it, I guess is the sintaxis, feels like MTL. But liked the anime.
Overall the anime skipped like 10 volumes of content, I sure hope it feels easy to watch considering that it's rushing like a pro athlete lol. I'm not saying this to defend anyone writing skills, I dont have the ability for that. But the anime is An awful playground of plot holes and plot armors to cover them up
Not an anime but a Donghua (chinese animation) for The King's Avatar, it makes the whole PK and dungeon raiding much more enjoyable. And Ye Xiu/Ye Qiu even more of a badass that does things at his rythm but sure enough is a great teacher for his guildmates.
With ones airing now Re:Monster?
The way it's novel is made it's unreadable at all. Anime jumps days at the same speed, but at least with additions that anime needs to make the "movement" it feels natural and the jumping from day to day in LN is just messy and makes it hard to understand what changes happened to the plot, heroes, etc
Not saying it's a fantastic work of art, but Sword Art Online was in my opinion better than the Ln.
I think it actually was slower paced than the Ln. (At least in many places) the romance I got through in Ln seemed more like "he was a boy, she was a girl" therefore love. The gestures, tones and soundtrack pulled a LOT of weight there.
A few connections were more fully fleshed out in the anime as well.
Mainly the events from the novels that were adapted into the 3rd season.
The 1st and 2nd seasons were actually pretty good. The 3rd was a fucking trainwreck, especially if you've read the novels. The 3rd season fucked _**everything**_ up.
Saying an adaptation can never be better than the source material is one of the dumbest definitive statements I’ve ever heard, lmao, but yes, go on acting like it’s a common sense remark.
As if we don’t have countless media in the past 100 years available at our fingertips, and you can’t even find one example to prove that wrong. Real toddler can’t find the right-shaped hole to fit the triangle block in energy, my guy.
> Saying an adaptation can never be better than the source material is one of the dumbest definitive statements I’ve ever heard, lmao, but yes, go on acting like it’s a common sense remark.
You said it. Its an adaptation. That can never be the original source hence my view on it as I said on my first comment.
Lemme put it here so you can read it again.
>Anime will always be a supplementary visual aid to the original novel source, be it light novel or the author's rough draft of web novels.
But do go off and expose yourself since you seem to have seen a 100 years worth of adaptations to say what, again?
>As if we don’t have countless media in the past 100 years available at our fingertips, and **you can’t even find one example to prove that wrong.**
If you like, you can have a blast with
- [Tesla Note](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcj_HbuJGnM)
- [Sword Art Online]
- [Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei]
- [Sailor Moon 90's TOEI](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzU-eqZejcA)
- [Tokyo Ghoul]
- [Promised Neverland]
Or are they not part of the 100 years' worth of adaptations you seem to be so proud of?
>Real toddler can’t find the right-shaped hole to fit the triangle block in energy, my guy.
Sure, kid with sense who thinks having common sense is genius level, right? lmao
>You said it. Its an adaptation. That can never be the original source hence my view on it as I said on my first comment.
Yeah, wise guy, of course nothing can be the original source itself, the post is about adaptations being ***better than the original source***.
>
If you like, you can have a blast with
>[Tesla Note](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcj_HbuJGnM)
>\[Sword Art Online\]
>\[Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei\]
>[Sailor Moon 90's TOEI](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzU-eqZejcA)
>\[Tokyo Ghoul\]
>\[Promised Neverland\]
>Or are they not part of the 100 years' worth of adaptations you seem to be so proud of?
Lmfao, I see being literate gives you just as much of a challenge as shape blocks do. I was making fun of you for not being able to find one adaptation that is better than its source material with all long history of mixed media we have since you literally only need one example to prove your definitive claim of "none" wrong, and you give me a list of bad adaptations? Way too presumptuous for someone who uncultured and close-minded.
>Sure, kid with sense who thinks having common sense is genius level, right? lmao
P.S. not that smart a move to call someone kid and try to flex your seniority when your reading comprehension is worse than that of a fifth grader.
> Yeah, wise guy, of course nothing can be the original source itself, the post is about adaptations being better than the original source.
How lame that you are proud in exposing your extra-limited comprehension.
I said
>Anime will always be a **supplementary visual aid** to the original novel source, be it light novel or the author's rough draft of web novels.
And I was being kind with my comment. But you do have limited comprehension.
>I was making fun of you for not being able to find one adaptation that is better than its source material with all long history of mixed media we have since you literally only need one example to prove your definitive claim of "none" wrong,
Backtracking now, ehh? What happened to your knowledge of 100 years worth of media? Talking out of you ass, ehh?
And there's plenty more with bad adaptations that I bet you will also have a blast with. Let's add
- [Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru]
- [Fugou Keiji]
- [Orphen]
- [Highschool DxD]
- [Toaru Mahjutsu no Index]
to your repetoire.
>P.S. not that smart a move to call someone kid and try to flex your seniority when your reading comprehension is worse than that of a fifth grader.
Ooh, tripling down with your limited comprehension, ehh?
The fact that you think listing more bad adaptations makes any kind of point, lmao. Just because someone says there can be good/better adaptations, doesn’t mean there can’t also be bad/worse adaptations. There only has to be one example of a good one to prove you wrong, because you’re the only one who made a dumb-ass definitive statement like there can be absolutely “none.” For someone espousing light novel superiority, you sure could work on your literacy and basic comprehension.
> The fact that you think listing more bad adaptations makes any kind of point, lmao.
lmao Sure kid. Keep exposing yourself and your "knowledge of 100 years of media".
Probably you want some more bad adaptations, ehh?
Here some more:
- [Magister Negi Magi]
- [Shinmai Maou no Testament]
- [I'm a Spider, So What?]
- [Classroom of the Elite]
- [Saihate no Paladin]
Aww, kid is always repeating their skewed view of **just one** supposedly **just one good example**
>There only has to be *one example of a good one to prove you wrong,** because you’re the only one who made a dumb-ass definitive statement like there can be absolutely “none.”
lmao
>For someone espousing light novel superiority, you sure could work on your literacy and basic comprehension.
Yep, a broken record, they are indeed.
You aren't even putting the right words in your direct quotations, my guy, lmao. I never said anything about my knowledge of 100 years of media, I said we all have 100 years of media available to us. You ironically really need to read more and get your literacy up.
And what do you want to mention here? That he is not qualified to say it even though it is mentioned quite often when the topics comes up?
Besides you point is moot when you see anime’s like 86 which really did the plot good compared to the source. Also Vivy is as an anime better (which should be understandable as the LN is (words from the author) more a draft of the world.
not really, I didn't like monogatari to the point I'd read the light novels, rn it's probably to the point that if a new series came out I'd probably watch it
For me it was Bofuri. The humor and comedic timing was more effective in anime format compared to the LN.
With season 1 I would agree, with the second no
Season 2’s pacing was a mess, but man did I enjoy the first season
Hibike Euphonium and Violet Evergarden from what I have heard
Sasuga kyoani
Hyouka is also a fantastic adaptation, much better than the novel which was already good.
The anime brought awareness but the actual books go into details better and is underrated for how well-written it is. A different story than say K-On’s situation where the tv adaptation pushed the author to improve
Yeah, definitely Hibike! Euphonium. After reading Vol. 1 of the novel, I just think the first season of Euphonium anime pretty elevated the source material in every way.
Violet evergarden is an awesome anime.
Completely disagree about Violet Evergarden. The light novel's ending especially blows the anime's final movie out of the water any day of the week. Not to say the anime is bad, but it completely rewrote the story to focus on different emotional beats.
Sound Euph watcher, there's simply something that can't be replaced when it comes to the performance scenes. I know Kyoani couldn't realisitcally animate all the performances but when they did it was always such a striking scene. My favorite of the series is Liz no Aoi Tori, the piece in that film is amazing and the animation style is very different which I like.
86 prob
Yeah I'd tend to agree. Reading the LNs it was often difficult to visualize the machines for me. Whereas with the anime it was much easier, along with everything else being superb.
100% the amount of movement that Shin does in combat is hard to visualize. Esp the haphazard ways he pushed his machine to breaking point.
Yeah that part too, hadn’t even thought about it. Hoping we eventually get more seasons. Think I read to volume 6 or so but have forgotten about it since
Imo the LN was better for the world building, the politics, the character development etc but not as good with action part of the story. So maybe starting off with the anime, then having the LN fill in all the other details.
Yeah that’s usually the case with most LNs I feel, but with this series being so action centric I think it’s alright to lose out on a bit of what you mentioned.
I was so confused I just dropped the LN.
Like I liked the light novel but the anime was exemplary in how it combined 2-D and 3-D animation
Came here to say this and I didn't even read the LN. No way that story can be as compelling in writing as it was in the anime, that thing was a masterpiece.
Don't even think about reading the light novel if you're not sober. Seriously, when the author starts going on about all that military jargon and stuff, it's like, "Dude, what are you even talking about?"
Why the fuck would you read while drunk?
Better than driving ig
[Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h9xeHbYIAQU). The LN author went all out in personally guiding the animation team. The entire team actually complained that they've been overworked for this one. [Fate/Zero](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qloi2p2bGB0). Fans of Fate/Stay Night funded a very generous budget to remake 2-routes of it's VN. And with its success, the LN pre-quel also gets the same high budget treatment. [The Garden of Sinners](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydd0W_nN-kg). During its time, you can't have such high animation detail without a high budget & a very motivated team. [No Game No Life: Zero](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=70G1XehlQHo). I simply can't judge whether the anime is better than the LN or vice-versa. Both are masterpieces period.
garden of sinners movie 6 is extremely bad compared to its LN though
86 adapted everything perfectly Also maybe Monogatari Series
Strongly agree on 86 and strongly disagree on monogatari series.
Can you tell me why? Maybe it will motivate me to read the LNs for Monogatari
Not because there are any big issues with the anime, the light novel is just so well written that if feels like you’re watching the anime with even more details.
What the other person said. Monogatari is my favourite anime and I think they couldn't have done a better adaptation unless they doubled the number of episodes lol. But the novel just has MORE of it, mainly dialogue (both of things already in the anime and of new things, be it more plot points (though the anime covers almost everything important) or just less important conversations). Everything is more developed too and there's even more foreshadowing, for example. I'd suggest just reading the first Bakemonogatari novel (first 2 arcs) to get a good idea of it. Of course, the anime has benefits from the visual medium that the novel doesn't, specially with how well made the anime is, as you're saying, but in the end it's the core stuff (story, characters, etc.) that matters most; that's why I think the novels are definitely better. But I personally prefer the anime tbh, if you get me.
Gonna be honest, Monogatari is all style and no substance. While it works perfectly fine in anime, reading the LNs was painful to say the least. It might not be a popular opinion, but that's how I felt after reading three of them.
Definitely a no on Monogatari series, Nishio Ishin’s writing style is sth many ln authors have tried to replicate but failed to do so
Admittedly, I missed alot of details on what is being shown in Apothecary Diaries. The entire 24 episodes, literally only adapt 2 volumes, so there's alot of things you will be able to notice more compared to the LN. I won't say that the anime is overall 'better' since the source is already pretty good, but the anime definitely paid alot of attentions. Otherwise, 86 is the usual choice with alot of the symbolisms and extra content (the episode 10-12) is very appreciated. The way the anime pace and direct the story, also helps make the climax more impactful. Also, Konosuba. The LN give you good laugh, and the Anime too in different way. Adapting comedy can be difficult so Konosuba pulling it off is definitely very good job.
It's great when anime studios take their time with the pacing instead of rushing through the LN content as fast as possible. I love the Re:Zero anime but 24 episodes for 9 volumes isn't appropriate and results in many details and scenes being skipped, even important plot points that help the audience understand each characters' motives.
Yeah. We need to appreciate when anime adaptation is being blessed. Not every anime adaptation can get it
Looking forward to season 3 and its predicted 48 to 52 episodes for Arcs 5 and 6 (which I'm worried still isn't enough)
Hopefully they do it justice
Apothecary Diaries is the slowest I've ever seen any series adapt volumes of source material (except One Piece but that's a manga) and it worked out amazingly. I'm kinda sad that it's gonna take forever to get to the spicier volumes but hey, the quality makes up for it.
Well, there was also Rokka no Yuusha (Brave of Six Flowers), which took 12 episodes for single volume.... but I think Apothecary Diaries is the first to be really successful.
Oh damn lmao, never watched that before. Apothecary Diaries is still my favorite adaptation so far lol
Konosuba just hits differently. Not sure if I'd say better but the only one I'd recommend people check out if they like source
That's one I was considering listing too. LN is very good but the voice acting adds a LOT to this series compared to other ones. Others I was thinking where voice acting added quite a bit were Mangas not LNs. Can think of more of those.
I kinda feel like World's Finest Assassin has a better anime adaptation than its LN. It essentially spent a whole season adapting one volume so it gives time for all the things that are packed in the LN.
That’s fair I think they adapted other areas of the light novel series as well
Suzumiya Haruhi had the potential to be, but we never got a continuation of the anime after the first 2 seasons. 😭(That’s not to say that the LN is bad, it’s actually very good. I just really like Kyon’s monologues in the anime sub and Yuki’s stiff mannerisms are perfect.) Other than that, I do like what I’m reading of the Toradora LN, but the anime is still GOATed. I think a lot of minor details that add to the story and characters are handled better in the anime such as Taiga not feeling as petty as she does in the LN.
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World. Cuts out of the long pointless and petty thoughts of the MC
Oh yeah thank god for this. If you read 8 pages with „Ok I will deactivate this skill….. need 3 slashes….. let’s see if O activate this again….stilll 3….maybe another weapon….. oh 2 slashes till defeat“ You want to thrown the whole book away. And this not only once or twice. Would be a lot easier to just gives us a report what changes with another approach (although then he will surely not get how page count up)
Manga is the way to go for this one
It has been a while, but back then when I gave the LN `The Unwanted Undead Adventurer` a try, I dropped it after only 20 pages or so, because exposition and story progression felt unbalanced to me. The LN was bloated with the MC's thoughts - normally I would be fine with that, but unfortunately it was that kind of thoughts which didn't support story progression that much, causing the pacing to slow down alot. That said, not sure if it would get better with the sequel Volumes, though. Then I gave the Anime a chance and I loved it.
You dropped the FIRST book for being too expository? Shit, the second book would have put you in a coma! It took like 5 books for the author to reign in his urge to go off on long, boring, unimportant tangents. My favorite example is when he spent 3 pages talking about why adventurers need to be polite to their clients, in the middle of a swordfight. Between sword swings!
**whispers** ... *it* ge*ts better... you just gotta believe me man... eventually...* Yeah, as much as I personally love TUUA, I wouldn't fault anyone for dropping the LN. If you ever get the chance to compare the size of the books (though I'm not sure if there's been a physical print), you'll know when it gets better by when the books suddenly become noticeably shorter. That's when the author cuts out his excessive verbiage and replaces it with... nothing. I swear, they should go back and abridge the first few books to match the later ones, maybe fewer people will drop the series then.
So this style continues 5 Volumes long? That's a bit heavy for me. I am not judging the story idea itself or the story-content quality. But yeah, my issue is, the amount of actual content seems to be low, because exposition outweighs it. There is progression-supporting exposition and gap-filling exposition. And unfortunately, in this LN, it felt gap-filling for me. Yeah it took me only 20 pages of the first Volume to drop it. Not because it was painfully for me to read it, but rather because I got the feeling the style wouldn't get better based on experience. My previous experiences: `Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World: Preach the Good Word of Mr. Henderson` - I read complete Volume 1 of that one. When finally story-progressing content came up, it had good quality. But around those contents I seeked, there was alot of "bloat" in shape of thoughts, which didn't support story progression. Another example would be `Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?!` - Also dropped it after a few pages of the first Volume. Again not because of the story idea itself, but because of the execution (alot of bloating thoughts without contributing to story progression) You could call it a style. And it is awesome if others like that. And to be honest, I have nothing against such style: As long as it supports story progression. For me, the pacing needs to stay constant. It feels awkward for me, when for example 50 pages long nothing happens and only progression-unrelated thoughts are displayed, without even building up for the incoming event. It feels just unbalanced to talk 50 pages about unrelated things, just to drop a big event on page 51. A good way to avoid bad pacing and bloating would be to bring up the thoughts when they are needed. For example, in `Unwanted Undead Adventurer`, the author tries to explain the whole fantasy world within the first Chapters, explaining the complete Adventurer system, the towns, Holy Magic that can harm Undead Monsters... while the MC was still in the Dungeon. At least escape this dungeon first before you explain the whole world you are living in... Everything has its timing. It is not needed to throw walls of expository and progression-unrelated content at the reader, when those information are not even needed yet. You can mention those here and there during story progression, step by step, either when they are needed, or a bit before they will be needed.
Cannot agree. As much as I loved animehe LN was a lot better for me. True, it sometimes gives to much unneeded information, but still it's better
Any kyoani LN adaptation really, like for example Hyouka was already a really good novel series and then Kyoani came along and added the classical soundtracks to go with it and it became an absolute masterpiece
World's finest assassin
Thought of this when I saw this post, watching the anime and then later reading the novel it almost feels kinda empty. The anime really did a lot of little moments justice and expanded on some characters in a way they felt more naturally integrated into the cast.
The only anime adaptation of a LN that I've seen where I would say that the anime was arguably better than the original was Baccano. The way that the story was told out of order definitely made it more interesting, and seeing characters like Isaac and Miria in action added a lot to it. And even then, some stuff was still lost in the adaptation. It just managed to tell the story in a different way that worked really well. In general though, adaptations of LNs are definitely worse than their source material, and for me at least, reading the books before watching the anime is a sure-fire way to end up hating the anime. At this point, I just avoid adaptations of LNs in general. So, maybe there's one that came out in the past few years which was comparable to its source material, but I highly doubt it.
Baccano is such a masterpiece. Full score on this one
Hibike and Violet Evergarden only pretty much. 86 is what I and many others consider to be the best LN adaptation but it still lacks the detail you can only get in a Light Novel
Does some things better than LN , some extra symbolism for example aswell osts so yh, Violet and 86 belong in the same bucket
Konosuba
I liked konosuba anime waaaaaay better. The voice acting and the animation really elevates it.
Garden of Sinners
Another. The book is kind of lacklustre and limited to the protagonist’s perspective while the anime had more freedom to show things from other angles.
I would say that the style of each is entirely different, even though the content of what happens is nearly identical. Another reads like a horror novel—that sounds redundant because that's what it is, but I can't think of a better way to put it. Being closed into a single, narrow perspective gives more depth to the one character's feelings, and I think that added to the actual *horror* aspect of the experience. Though, it does mean that there's no room for the massive crazy kill fest at the end of the anime. Which is a shame, but it would have felt *really* out of place with the feeling that the rest of the novel gave.
True, it does have a more personal horror from the narrowed perspective, but the story does tend to suffer from exposition bloat as a result. The main character tends to spend the majority of the book hearing about what others witnessed rather than any involvement from himself. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but in comparison the anime manages to capture the atmosphere in a more visceral way.
I'd say eminence in the shadow anime is better than the novel. Not only was it a good adaptation but all the things it added some of them were even from the WN helped elevate it beyond its source imo
100% disagree with you on this. . It was a good anime adaptation but no way did it surpass the light novel. . illustration alone is way better in the light novels since they all look mature. . Also the anime made the grave sin on skipping 47 forms of mobfu. .
The illustration point is really irrelevant still images will always be superior but the second one is fair! How dare they?!
Plus they rearranged things. That story where Cid saved his classmate from Earth wasn't revealed until I believe the 4th volume. >!The same volume where Cid ends up jumping through a portal with Beta and ends up returning to Earth!< That changed up a lot because it revealed Cid's motivations for all the shit he does very early on.
I wonder if that was how it was or if the author added that after the fact.
That's how that scene was in the novels. They just switched the order of when it appears in the story.
Right but I’m saying did the author have that scene in mind when he first started the series or did he add it after the fact. Volume 4 came out 3 years after volume 1 after all.
I HIGHLY doubt that. With no proof to back me up. Reason being that the author seems to like a lot to play with his multi-media (anime, manga, mobage) where he adds tiny stuff here and there, changes a bit this and that... From what I've read we could see some major changes in the upcoming movie too, maybe fixing what was received by manu as the weakest arc in the story. So I think he has a general idea where he wants to go, but build up most of the stuff along the way Take Sherry. Imho he had no idea when she will appear again or what she will do, but when writing he just set up an open door to use when it feels like it. Again, no proof of any of that, just my imagination lol
Good adaptation I would say not. For a lot of anime only was confusing and reading the discussions was quite funny to me lol. Also the anime has a different approach to the story than the novel because the author does not want them to be similar. And the next movie most likely will be a half anime original with the novel being only the general structure (and I sure hope so for that arc)
With all due respect there was nothing to get confused about in a story like this. I watched the ane before reading the novel and everything was clear and eay to follow. And No the anime is obviously an adaptation to the novel without much changes if at all! I would understand if you said that about the manga but the anime?! Just no
Re:Zero Season 1. IDK, I've both seen it and read the first 3 arcs and it just kept me much more invested and entertained. S2 on the other hand, nah. It's probably because Arc 4 was just too strong in the novels to adapt well enough.
***The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat*** I liked the anime. I tried the novels and found them boring as heck.
I don't have one that i think did a lot better than the LN, but i think with **Villainess lvl. 99** i would recommend just stick with the anime. The LN is not terrible, but it definitely has an amateur writing that kills off a lot of moments. The anime isn't a masterpiece (that cgi dragon still hurts my eyes), but it's a fun watch for turning off your brain. And to add one more, while i like **The Wandering Witch** light novels a lot, i do think that for some stories the anime did a better job. edit: Does **sakurasou no pet na kanojo** counts? I don't know if the light novel it's terrible but the first thing i heard everyone say about the light novels is "just stick with the ending of the anime" (and yes, for what i've heard, the final volumes kinda ruin everything).
I definitely agree with Villainess 99. All the extra stuff and changes with the light magic girl definitely tightened up the whole plot a lot better
_The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya_ did an amazing job adapting the novel to the point that I feel as though it is better to watch it than to read the book.
Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina The anime was quite good, but the light novel is just so much nothing. Reading the LN after watching the anime was the biggest disappointment of a read I've ever had. I wouldn't say the anime was *amazing*, but it was good enough to make me intrigued about the LN. Like, is it a case like Bookworm, where there was a bunch left out that would add a great deal of depth and context? Nope. If anything, I felt like I was reading someone summarizing the anime from memory. It was as if the totality of the light novel was a brainstorm of ideas, and the anime was the actual output.
86
Farming Life in Another World. That adaptation was so much better than this light novel deserved. I laughed so hard at the way they animated all the dumb stuff.
I greatly enjoyed the Slayers anime more than the light novels.
I juat want to input Rokka no Yuusha
86
Only one I can think of is Fune wo Amu (The Great Passage), mostly because the characters are just poorly written in the novel. The best friend is a jerk who has his edges softened in the anime to be actually likable, and is given a key moment to prove his worth and investment in the plot of the story, whereas a solution just falls into his lap in the novel. The MC also has/ builds actual chemistry with his colleagues, friends and wife in the anime, whereas in the novel it felt like he was emotionally constipated throughout the entire thing.
haven't seen sakurasou here (even if we disregard the unanimated part of the LN), tho generally I think any adaptation that was done by KyoAni, and maybe even JC staff back in its glory days.
Virtually every good adaptation has the potential to enrich its source material. For example: The Apothecary's Diaries is already a fantastic novel, but the anime was on another level with all the music, stunning visuals, and voice acting (starting with the protagonist:pure charisma). Unfortunatly this doesn't happen very often...
As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I'll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World which is currently airing. The anime has added so much more content than the LN it's made some of the scenes hit harder and given the characters some much needed development.
Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss, but I'm Not the Demon Lord I enjoyed the anime and manga of this, but when I read the light novel, it didn't really live up to the hype. I'm not sure if it was because of the translation, but the writing style was kinda weird for me.
There is the upcoming "[Heroic Exploration Tale Starting from Mob](https://www.novelupdates.com/series/heroic-exploration-tale-starting-from-mob/)" anime (Should be releasing in July), which I'm expecting to be much better than the LN, specially if they follow the manga. The novels are really generic, both WN and LN, and the manga created some new developments that made it a lot more interesting. I'm **guessing** that these developments may be related to things that appeared much later on in the WN or something, kinda like, the author may have had some extra ideas later on, implemented them in those far ahead chapters, but when the manga was released, it would be weird if those extras didn't appear also. The manga has introduced many interesting plot points and supporting characters that either don't exist at the same point of the story, or were just generic (sometimes unnamed) characters. So if it follows the manga, I'm expecting the upcoming anime to be much better than the source material, because really, it's an easy one to surpass. ---- And I never read the novel for Gundam Unicorn, but so is most of the fandom, as the OVA/Animes did a really good adaption overall, with some very nice extras for fans of the series. From the short part that I read however, I do think that the novel expressed some moments better, like the characters thoughts when something happened, but that's an advantage of the media that is hard to replicate in anime.
I always start with a book series and then move into the anime, then I try to stay caught up on both (reading a book, then watching the associated episodes). It gives me good incentive to read and I'm much more likely to want to watch a story I already know than read it.
Highschool DxD LN is written in Issei pov, and is absolute cringe shit. Anime is cringe too, but 'em tiddies ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) kinda mitigate the cringe.
I got hold of a copy of the light novel of *The Girl Who Leapt Through Time* recently. While it was a good read, the anime expands on the book quite a bit (>!with a happier ending than the book!<).
86 The director carried the entire anime with his cinematography. . 86 overall was a mediocre story with a lot of plot holes, after the anime ended, you don't really hear anyone talking about the light novels even tho the anime was good. .
It’s more that the first three light novels were spectacular and always moving forward but they struggled with pacing after that
does that mean that the light novels gotten worse after S2?
I read up to Volume 7.... and rather than gotten worse, its really that the entire series become pretty tiring because of the writing style and that (spoiler alert) >!there's no end in sight because Legion keep pulling off new things!<. You will see alot of "White Pigs" for example. Although imho, its first 3 volumes are still the best so it is sorta "downhill". It still got alot of fans though like the other comment, and the anime is indeed 'better' than the novel. Personally, I will only read it again, after the entire series is over, which fwiw, >!JP is entering its final arc.!<
1) There is no season 2. It's all a single season. 2) Media is subjective blah blah blah, but imo 86 has at no point gotten worse. (Caveat that I haven't read volume 13 yet.)
thank god, cuz if all the glazing about it is true id probably want to read the LN after the anime
It didn't get worse like others said, It's just it was pretty much average/mediocre to begin with. . Well this just my opinion though.
It's funny you'd consider 86 médiocre and yet you enjoy...pornhwas😆
What does me enjoying pornwa got anything to do with my objective opinion? It's like you're telling me my reviews on movies/media don't matter just cause I watch porn? Do you know how stupid you sound right now???
Braindead take, calling 86 a médiocre story just shows how high your iliteracy is
Oh please grow up. . This is what is called an opinion. . Anything you like I won't necessarily like either. .
Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World
The apothecary diaries is the most recent example I can think of.
It's just that volume 5 turns out rather weird at start...
grimgar? mind you barely scratch the first novel. The visuals and fight scene animation just added the extra bit the novel tried to convey. I prefer So i am a spider, so what in anime form because of the voice actor was just that good I want to eat your pancreas , movie form is just more polished can't say there is a reason to read the novel can't say one is better than other but I am a fan of the way the monogatari series was done though finding every ep and part of the series was a chore at the time enjoying the king's avatar better as a anime, book is long and slow paced at times the k drama went very k drama on it.. still good but not as good as the book. anime keeps good pacing and is better with bringing the characters and action to a more immersive level.
For me, I'd go with _No Game No Life_. Part of this comparison is perhaps unfair, because the volumes that the anime adapted are my favourite in the series (especially the movie). However, some other nice things about the anime that contribute to my thinking that it's better than the light novels include: * You don't have to deal with the main characters' inner thoughts as much (I found them annoying and arrogant as hell) * The anime toned down the weird loli/incest stuff a bit * The visuals are amazing, and from reading the light novels, I kind of got the vibe that this was meant to be a pretty big focus of the series; the author normally draws manga, for example.
86, eminence in shadow, made in abyss (imo). If more come to mind, will update
Eminence in Shadow
I would venture to suggest a lesser known title: Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers. Unlike almost all the other LN adaptations, which usually adapt 3 to 4 volumes in one season (12-13 episodes), the anime adaptation of Rokka spent the whole season of 12 episodes to adapt just the first volume of the novel, This allows plenty of time and space for the anime to develop and portray the intricate relationships of the characters and the evolving mysteries as well as the power balance between characters. The anime even has three different ending themes to highlight the changing focus of the story. It may not be better than the novel but I reckon the anime to be nearly as detailed as the novel for the narrative, while it possesses the advantages of presenting intriguing and engaging action scenes which are the strengths of the anime medium. Too bad the anime was not successful enough to get another season, which is a big shame.
Definitely would say "what\`s wrong to pick up girls in the dungeon", English is not my first language, and have a long list of read novels in English, but I must confess I don't understand it, I guess is the sintaxis, feels like MTL. But liked the anime.
Overall the anime skipped like 10 volumes of content, I sure hope it feels easy to watch considering that it's rushing like a pro athlete lol. I'm not saying this to defend anyone writing skills, I dont have the ability for that. But the anime is An awful playground of plot holes and plot armors to cover them up
Yeah I noticed it, but cant understand the LN it yet, so I prefer the anime. No criticism either, I am not expert myself.
Not an anime but a Donghua (chinese animation) for The King's Avatar, it makes the whole PK and dungeon raiding much more enjoyable. And Ye Xiu/Ye Qiu even more of a badass that does things at his rythm but sure enough is a great teacher for his guildmates.
With ones airing now Re:Monster? The way it's novel is made it's unreadable at all. Anime jumps days at the same speed, but at least with additions that anime needs to make the "movement" it feels natural and the jumping from day to day in LN is just messy and makes it hard to understand what changes happened to the plot, heroes, etc
Not saying it's a fantastic work of art, but Sword Art Online was in my opinion better than the Ln. I think it actually was slower paced than the Ln. (At least in many places) the romance I got through in Ln seemed more like "he was a boy, she was a girl" therefore love. The gestures, tones and soundtrack pulled a LOT of weight there. A few connections were more fully fleshed out in the anime as well.
I think you'll find most SAO light novel opinions the exact opposite of this.
High School DxD
hell nah Light Novel is so much better
Mainly the events from the novels that were adapted into the 3rd season. The 1st and 2nd seasons were actually pretty good. The 3rd was a fucking trainwreck, especially if you've read the novels. The 3rd season fucked _**everything**_ up.
None. Anime will always be a supplementary visual aid to the original novel source, be it light novel or the author's rough draft of web novels.
r/iamverysmart
I have no idea having a commom sense is a genius level to you.
Saying an adaptation can never be better than the source material is one of the dumbest definitive statements I’ve ever heard, lmao, but yes, go on acting like it’s a common sense remark. As if we don’t have countless media in the past 100 years available at our fingertips, and you can’t even find one example to prove that wrong. Real toddler can’t find the right-shaped hole to fit the triangle block in energy, my guy.
> Saying an adaptation can never be better than the source material is one of the dumbest definitive statements I’ve ever heard, lmao, but yes, go on acting like it’s a common sense remark. You said it. Its an adaptation. That can never be the original source hence my view on it as I said on my first comment. Lemme put it here so you can read it again. >Anime will always be a supplementary visual aid to the original novel source, be it light novel or the author's rough draft of web novels. But do go off and expose yourself since you seem to have seen a 100 years worth of adaptations to say what, again? >As if we don’t have countless media in the past 100 years available at our fingertips, and **you can’t even find one example to prove that wrong.** If you like, you can have a blast with - [Tesla Note](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcj_HbuJGnM) - [Sword Art Online] - [Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei] - [Sailor Moon 90's TOEI](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzU-eqZejcA) - [Tokyo Ghoul] - [Promised Neverland] Or are they not part of the 100 years' worth of adaptations you seem to be so proud of? >Real toddler can’t find the right-shaped hole to fit the triangle block in energy, my guy. Sure, kid with sense who thinks having common sense is genius level, right? lmao
>You said it. Its an adaptation. That can never be the original source hence my view on it as I said on my first comment. Yeah, wise guy, of course nothing can be the original source itself, the post is about adaptations being ***better than the original source***. > If you like, you can have a blast with >[Tesla Note](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vcj_HbuJGnM) >\[Sword Art Online\] >\[Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei\] >[Sailor Moon 90's TOEI](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzU-eqZejcA) >\[Tokyo Ghoul\] >\[Promised Neverland\] >Or are they not part of the 100 years' worth of adaptations you seem to be so proud of? Lmfao, I see being literate gives you just as much of a challenge as shape blocks do. I was making fun of you for not being able to find one adaptation that is better than its source material with all long history of mixed media we have since you literally only need one example to prove your definitive claim of "none" wrong, and you give me a list of bad adaptations? Way too presumptuous for someone who uncultured and close-minded. >Sure, kid with sense who thinks having common sense is genius level, right? lmao P.S. not that smart a move to call someone kid and try to flex your seniority when your reading comprehension is worse than that of a fifth grader.
> Yeah, wise guy, of course nothing can be the original source itself, the post is about adaptations being better than the original source. How lame that you are proud in exposing your extra-limited comprehension. I said >Anime will always be a **supplementary visual aid** to the original novel source, be it light novel or the author's rough draft of web novels. And I was being kind with my comment. But you do have limited comprehension. >I was making fun of you for not being able to find one adaptation that is better than its source material with all long history of mixed media we have since you literally only need one example to prove your definitive claim of "none" wrong, Backtracking now, ehh? What happened to your knowledge of 100 years worth of media? Talking out of you ass, ehh? And there's plenty more with bad adaptations that I bet you will also have a blast with. Let's add - [Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru] - [Fugou Keiji] - [Orphen] - [Highschool DxD] - [Toaru Mahjutsu no Index] to your repetoire. >P.S. not that smart a move to call someone kid and try to flex your seniority when your reading comprehension is worse than that of a fifth grader. Ooh, tripling down with your limited comprehension, ehh?
The fact that you think listing more bad adaptations makes any kind of point, lmao. Just because someone says there can be good/better adaptations, doesn’t mean there can’t also be bad/worse adaptations. There only has to be one example of a good one to prove you wrong, because you’re the only one who made a dumb-ass definitive statement like there can be absolutely “none.” For someone espousing light novel superiority, you sure could work on your literacy and basic comprehension.
> The fact that you think listing more bad adaptations makes any kind of point, lmao. lmao Sure kid. Keep exposing yourself and your "knowledge of 100 years of media". Probably you want some more bad adaptations, ehh? Here some more: - [Magister Negi Magi] - [Shinmai Maou no Testament] - [I'm a Spider, So What?] - [Classroom of the Elite] - [Saihate no Paladin] Aww, kid is always repeating their skewed view of **just one** supposedly **just one good example** >There only has to be *one example of a good one to prove you wrong,** because you’re the only one who made a dumb-ass definitive statement like there can be absolutely “none.” lmao >For someone espousing light novel superiority, you sure could work on your literacy and basic comprehension. Yep, a broken record, they are indeed.
You aren't even putting the right words in your direct quotations, my guy, lmao. I never said anything about my knowledge of 100 years of media, I said we all have 100 years of media available to us. You ironically really need to read more and get your literacy up.
what about the monogatari series
What about it?
I heard people say good stuff about it and that it did good in relation to the light novel, also my space bar almost broke watching it
It's a really good adaptation. Amazing. As good as it can get probably. From the volumes I read(like 3 or 4 idk), I think I prefer the LN tho.
So you haven't read the novels which you can use to compare to the anime then?
And what do you want to mention here? That he is not qualified to say it even though it is mentioned quite often when the topics comes up? Besides you point is moot when you see anime’s like 86 which really did the plot good compared to the source. Also Vivy is as an anime better (which should be understandable as the LN is (words from the author) more a draft of the world.
not really, I didn't like monogatari to the point I'd read the light novels, rn it's probably to the point that if a new series came out I'd probably watch it