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allfictions (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#9451: Nov 12th 2021 at 10:55:13 AM

Forgot to note, GT5's cover and summary are out, and its release date is December 10.

GT4 was just disappointing to me, so I approve of this volume seemingly focusing on its good part (the epilogue) and the events of GT3, which was way better.

Edited by allfictions on Nov 12th 2021 at 1:55:39 PM

Chaosjunction Since: Feb, 2010
#9452: Nov 12th 2021 at 2:06:30 PM

GT 4 was kinda like a throwback to OT, plus I liked how it set up things moving forward myself.

I've heard people speculating that we'll see more Frillsand this volume, so I'm praying this means we get more Kazakiri. She was criminally underused in NT.

HamburgerTime Since: Apr, 2010
#9453: Nov 12th 2021 at 2:39:53 PM

Do we know who that Etsu person really is yet?

Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#9454: Nov 28th 2021 at 5:58:54 AM

Railgun chapter 136.5 is up. Still dealing with middle-school politics for whatever reason, but this chapter was better than most in this arc. All level 5s are crazy.

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#9455: Jan 28th 2022 at 7:02:29 PM

Railgun chapter 137 is up. Is anyone still following this? There's less politics this chapter, just cool powers. Fat-control girl is a beast in combat, and there's another who can reconstruct a creature from its physical remains, letting her make dinosaurs for scientists to study.

Edited by Discar on Jan 28th 2022 at 7:02:38 AM

Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.
FOFD Since: Apr, 2013
#9456: Feb 22nd 2022 at 3:14:14 PM

How do Othinus's powers work?

She has a 50 percent chance to mess up an attack. Obtaining Gungnir lets her have a 100 percent success by trying to fail.

She has a litany of less important powers but the big one is "destroying all of existence with her magical spear but not really" and "laying another false reality on top of that."

Why isn't she able to kill Touma this way? Imagine Breaker doesn't actually negate or stop any of this.

And after the battle, how much power does Othinus lose?

Ikedatakeshi Baby dango from singapore Since: Nov, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#9457: Feb 22nd 2022 at 4:47:41 PM

     Othinus powers 
So basically these things called phases created through religious beliefs or superstition that alters reality, where countless are layered on upon the universe that add rules to it besides science, which is used for magic. Like, making a magic circle does nothing in the original world, but can be used to create spells with the added phases based on whatever rules created.

As a magic god, Othinus can manipulate reality by changing and adding new phases, but she needed Gungnir to have a 100% success rate rather than 50/50, but after being hit with a spell created to remove her powers, she used that spell to her advantage to achieve 100% failure before it completely removed her powers just by doing the opposite, than created Gungnir by herself to use 100% success and prevent the spell from destroying her. But omniscience is presumably not an option, since they would be unstoppable otherwise.

After turning into a fairy, she can no longer use magic, but her extensive knowledge in Norse magic means she can interfere with rituals of others using Norse magic and use them indirectly.

     Why she doesn't kill Touma 
She can easily kill Touma, but doesn't actually want to, claiming that she will break him so that Imagine Breaker will stay in him rather than in new less stable container, presumably keeping him in a unconscious state if he commits suicide. This is because Imagine Breaker is a reference point that can revert reality to before a change is applied, but is severely weaker while contained in Touma's right arm.

However, her actual subconscious reason for doing so is to find someone who can relate to her, being lonely from centuries of reality warping. She is conflicted about whether to restore her original world using Imagine Breaker or just alter reality until she finds one suitable for her, and keeps Imagine Breaker around as an option. However, by torturing Touma with going through thousands of different realities with no hope of returning to his own, she realizes she just made someone who can relate to her situation, thus restores Touma's world using Imagine Breaker.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#9458: Mar 19th 2022 at 7:40:51 AM

Reading Toaru Dark.

Like that I'm getting more DA action. They're really awesome bad guys.

Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
King of Anime
#9459: Mar 19th 2022 at 11:55:57 AM

Speaking of Toaru how are the Railgun manga and its spinoff, specifically in terms of the official translation?

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#9460: Mar 19th 2022 at 12:47:45 PM

Well, I stopped reading Railgun, but iirc it probably had the best writing in the franchise as a whole.

allfictions (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#9461: Mar 28th 2022 at 5:54:22 AM

They were asking about the translations lol.

Speaking of Toaru how are the Railgun manga and its spinoff, specifically in terms of the official translation?

Railgun is localized by Seven Seas, and it's usually up to date. Latest volume was volume 17 and it ended the previous arc and started the newest one. Astral Buddy volumes have all be released.

If you are asking about how the terms are translated in comparison to the fan translations, I couldn't tell you.

Edited by allfictions on Mar 28th 2022 at 8:54:56 AM

Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
King of Anime
#9462: Mar 28th 2022 at 9:25:43 AM

Well I was technically asking two questions in one so I can understand the confusion. I wanted to know how good the manga are in general as well as how good the translation is.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#9463: Mar 28th 2022 at 10:50:14 AM

The Index light novels are known for their poor prose. The translators can't do much about that. I don't know about the manga.

Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
King of Anime
#9464: Mar 28th 2022 at 11:43:25 AM

Yeah I've read some of the Index light novels and couldn't really get into them. And I fell off both anime ages ago (Though Railgun was mostly because I went through a phase where I barely watched any anime for a year and Railgun T happened to be airing during that year.). That's why I specifically brought up the Railgun manga and its spinoff.

asterism from the place I'm at Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#9465: Mar 28th 2022 at 3:24:52 PM

Railgun has about five spinoffs at this point. Like, I think Misaki and Kuroko both have their own series now.

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Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
King of Anime
#9466: Mar 28th 2022 at 3:31:04 PM

Astral Buddy is the one I was thinking of in particular.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#9467: Mar 28th 2022 at 3:51:28 PM

I heard that it was surprisingly decent when it came out. But expectations were really low and I don't know if it stayed decent.

allfictions (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#9468: Mar 29th 2022 at 8:46:44 PM

It stayed pretty good throughout IMO, with surprisingly dynamic action scenes.

But er, while you can somewhat understand the motives of the antagonist limited to the manga's story, a big part of who they are and why they are doing this is from the novels, which might lead to confusion.

Railgun has about five spinoffs at this point. Like, I think Misaki and Kuroko both have their own series now.

Nah, only Misaki, which is the second after AB. I'm guessing Nogi, the artist, did such a good job in AB and the fact that it was a quarter Misaki's story that they allowed him to get more work in the franchise by giving him an actual Misaki spinoff.

allfictions (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#9469: Apr 2nd 2022 at 8:18:18 PM

Mental Out chapter 8.1

After the reveal in chapter 6, it really seems like the story really will explore the previous Level 5s. Not the direction I expected, but a welcome one, it's one of those weird mystery/worldbuilding details of the setting people have wondered about for years.

EDIT: forgot to add, GT 6 preview has been translated too.

Edited by allfictions on Apr 3rd 2022 at 10:33:17 AM

Chaosjunction Since: Feb, 2010
#9470: Apr 3rd 2022 at 7:35:52 PM

GT6 preview is out and translated!

It's kinda hilarious how scared Touma is of trendy Shibuya when he's been to LA and London. Aradia and Bologna are also shaping up to interesting characters. Poor Touma got killed right in the prologue!

allfictions (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#9471: Apr 19th 2022 at 5:43:48 AM

How long has it been in real time since my debut novel? And in the story we've finally reached December 31!! Yes, the endless in-story year is finally over!!
Kamachi...

GT6 was pretty fun. Bologna Succubus especially was a better supporting character than I thought she would end up being.

Chaosjunction Since: Feb, 2010
#9472: Apr 20th 2022 at 7:15:20 AM

Yeah, Bologna was fun. Bridge Builders is a pretty thematically interesting group, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of them, especially the Alice mystery.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#9473: Apr 22nd 2022 at 10:16:41 PM

Read some outlines to the Handcuffs story.

Poor Tesso.

allfictions (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#9474: Apr 24th 2022 at 10:38:57 AM

Forgot to mention, the sypnosis of the upcoming Railgun SS for Railgun's 15th anniversary has been released and translated:

"Shirai Kuroko Does Not Hesitate: A dreamlike Friday. Kuroko has an exciting weekend planned with Misaka Mikoto, but then she is notified of martial arts training with the strongest busty glasses girl, Konori-senpai."
"Saten Ruko's Messy Bloodbath Paradise☆: Saten comes to visit Judgment Branch 177. Uiharu tries to surprise her by playing dead with fake blood, but it doesn't quite go as planned."
"Uiharu Kazari Can Work Hard Too: Exit App, a suicide tool that truly lets you die without feeling any fear is spreading across Academy City. Uiharu is tasked with investigating it for Judgment and she meets a girl who claims to have developed it."
"Misaka Mikoto and No More High Class: An unthinkable incident occurs in the School Garden. It spells the end of everyday life in that classy space. Mikoto pursues her missing classmate, but..."
"To celebrate 15 years of the manga, Kamachi Kazuma tells the story of the peaceful, ordinary, and ever-so-slightly unusual everyday lives of these esper girls!"

Chaosjunction Since: Feb, 2010
#9475: Apr 24th 2022 at 12:28:51 PM

The Mikoto and Uiharu stories seem promising.


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