Accel World

That and what I said aren't mutually exclusive.

Yes they are. What I said doesn't match up with what you said at all.

edited 13th Feb '13 4:52:30 PM by Chariot

Just checked Wikipedia. Apparently this is what happened:

As for which is more popular, ANN provides rather conclusive numbers in terms of recent sales, showing that SAO sold 2.7 times as much as Accel World in the same time frame. That gap's even worse when you remember that Accel World's anime ran first, so it had more time to build that momentum.

edited 13th Feb '13 5:30:50 PM by burnpsy

So...pretty much exactly what I said.

edited 13th Feb '13 5:32:03 PM by Chariot

Except for Accel World being more popular. Couldn't have been more wrong about that. We were both wrong about one thing each.

edited 13th Feb '13 5:33:41 PM by burnpsy

...I am reminded of The Argument.

Have fun listening! And hearing it over and over again.

So.....we might finally have confirmation of KYH's name. Kuroba Yukiko

Also, volume 13 spoilers.

Also, yikes those spoilers have actual action. Poor Taku (although what else is new?) but everything else is moving forward. Wish the author would finally throw Taku a bone and give him a girlfriend.

edited 1st Mar '13 2:33:21 AM by Izaak

It almost seems like a parody of sexism.

Remembered an old thing I drew◊. Thought you might find it amusing.

A bit, yeah.

It is possible that Kawahara-sensei has since changed it. Or there is also a possibility that the author did not change it, but instead gave her nickname as its alternate reading.

• "Yuki" in "Yukiko" can be written in Kanji as either "snow" or "luck". In the case of "Yukiko", it's the former. However, "luck" is usually spelled in Romaji as "Sachi", NN's nickname for KYH.

edited 2nd Mar '13 9:56:40 PM by judasmartel

Interesting. Still hoping for a second season though since I don't think the novel translations are very far.

All aboard the Niko Bus!◊

Accel World EX 02: It was nice to see Sky Raker fighting as a member of Nega Nebulas. Otherwise, I didn't find it particularly interesting.

Whoever did that physical exam must have sucked.

Hey. Has anyone read the spinoff manga?

Dub preview:

Sounds like a good dub so far.

Also, Kawahara and the light novel publisher wants to bring both of his series' novels overseas.

edited 12th Apr '13 9:14:08 PM by burnpsy

I approve of bringing the AW novels over.

Wow, the dub is so cash. Has good potential to become the best ever since dubs by FUNimation.

I might get used to Haru and KYH speaking in English. It's so much better. Japanese!KYH sounds too stern, while Japanese!Haru sounds too wimpy.

I have high hopes for this dub.

edited 13th Apr '13 4:24:43 AM by judasmartel

Viz has the rights to the video games for this series.

I wonder if they'll bother releasing them.

I hope they bring over both the PSP and PS3 versions if they do.

Accel World EX 02 revealed that Haru actually used to be thin and was pretty popular with the girls, too. Separation from his father, however, threw his self-confidence into the trash, and he started eating a lot of food to overcome his anxieties and loneliness. Turns out Haru's father is a pretty good gamer as well.

Furthermore, it was stated by KYH that if Haru were to lose weight, he would be even more popular with the girls than he already is now. Though fat Haru's harem factor was probably helped by his alternate personality Silver Crow. I mean, come on, if she still gets all the pretty girls despite looking like a pig, imagine him surpassing Touma-level harem-making ability once he loses weight.

So, what do you think of the dubs? I thought it's pretty awesome. I even like it better than the original dub.

edited 29th May '13 8:46:14 PM by judasmartel

Haven't seen the dub but hopefully if it does well enough we might get the novels as well.

So, Yen Press has picked up the light novels.

Anyone here getting them? I sure am.

If I had the money? Yep. Especially since they are professional translations and thus probably more accurate and better written than the fan translations.

edited 23rd Aug '13 1:41:57 PM by Chariot

Definitely. At least they won't be screwing around like Baka-Tsuki is. They've got the first four volumes complete but they've only done the first half of volume five, then the first half of volume six, only the first chapter of seven and a third of eight, none of nine, most of 10 (though that's the side story volume) and about a third of eleven.

At least an official release won't jump around like that.