Hey, for the one who didn't read the novel, at the end of Chapter one of the manga, there actually should be a speech from Prince before they declaring to create a legend.
I was really let down that the manga completely miss that out as that speech is what make Prince more lovable.
For the one who didn't start off the manga, please read chapter one before reading this:
This is actually at the end of chapter two of the novel, I will quote from Prince Revolution translated novel:
There came a day when Lolidragon and I were taking a breather on a cliff, worn out from fighting mobs. Lolidragon lay on the ground while I stood in the face of a strong gust of wind, looking down on the landscape. At that moment, there was a sudden, overpowering feeling in my heart – an overwhelming urge to sing.
“Lolidragon… I want to sing!”
“Go ahead then!” she replied lazily.
“This ain’t a song for the broken-hearted / A silent prayer for the faith-departed / I ain’t gonna be just a face in the crowd / You’re gonna hear my voice when I shout it out aloud / It’s my life / It’s now or never / I ain’t gonna live forever / I just want to live while I’m alive (It’s my life) / My heart is like an open highway / Like Frankie said I did it my way / I just wanna live while I’m alive / It’s my life”
[Lyrics by Bon Jovi – “It’s My Life”]9
I ran my fingers through my wind-tousled hair.
“Lolidragon!”
“Yeah?”
“Perhaps it’s not really for as inane a reason as proving my brother wrong that I decided to become a guy.”
“Then, what’s the real reason?”
“Maybe the real reason is that I just don’t want to hide behind anyone… not anymore.
“I want to kill monsters to my heart’s content, using all kinds of crazy methods and moves, without anyone calling me a violent woman.
“I want to swear and cuss while killing and whenever I’m pissed or annoyed… but without anyone saying that it isn’t ladylike.
“I want to be able to laugh after hearing an off-colour joke – or even add my own retort. I don’t want to be forced to pretend I don’t get it, just to prove how pure and innocent I am… but I don’t want to be called a vulgar woman either.”
I finished speaking, and Lolidragon did not say anything as I lay down silently, looking up at the boundless sky.
After a long while had passed…
“Prince.” Lolidragon rolled over and propped herself up as she looked at me.
“Yeah?”
“Let’s create our own legend!”
“What legend?”
“The Legend of Prince! Second Life’s greatest player, Prince!” Lolidragon said with a brilliant gleam in her eyes. “We’re not going to take pride in being the wives of the best players; we’re going to take pride in being the best players.”
Create a legend! I mused.
After a moment, I turned to look at Lolidragon, and we shared a smile.
It’s my life. Legend, begin.
You see why I said the manga shouldn't miss this part now right? XD
Yeh i liked that part a lot. Completely put all the feelings i feel normally in a nutshell. Did i ever say i can connect a lot with feng lan [except the gender bender part] and how she thinks?
p.s. i wonder I think the author forgot that no normal teen would remember a 100 year old song...
me too, because I think lots of girls want to be like her, i mean exactly the part which she is saying... and I personally dont mind the gender bender part, I'd like to try it too...
her brother making her play games since he has no one to play with is my case too... 5-6 year old me playing super mario and contra 2 player with my older bro instead of playing barbie [i HATE barbie that stupid bimbo]. Oh that reminds me all you little ones probably don't know these VERY very old games
No shit old lady... I played super mario (that makes me old man? xD)
I can understand Feng Lan feelings (I used term "Violent woman" few times, mainly after receving kick [kick from someone on high heels... it's different kind of pain]), but I actualy have more respect for girls that don't act "all innocent angel" like.
noobzilla said: her brother making her play games since he has no one to play with is my case too... 5-6 year old me playing super mario and contra 2 player with my older bro instead of playing barbie [i HATE barbie that stupid bimbo]. Oh that reminds me all you little ones probably don't know these VERY very old games
when i was a child i was afraid of barbies and all sort of dolls D: (dont know why... but those human faces scared me xD)
i also played super mario, the oldest one.. but with my big sis and my cousin xD
coming back to the topic...
i think that, that things that Feng lan is saying of that girls always have to act (or at least herself) as if she were innocent just to others dont say that she is a "vulgar woman", maybe it's something more related to her country way of looking at woman..
because i have never seen a INNOCENT woman (that its not a little child) in my country xD
lolz barbies...I remember those xD especially when me and my cousin(who's a guy) shaved one of the barbies head one time...that was my sister's barbie too. After that incident we were banned from playing with barbies and scissors xDDD
I had barbie vs G.I Joe duels... even though the G.I action figures were smaller they shot barbies head off... uh imagine a screaming little girl after someone does that to their dollies.
Ohohohooh and so I played Contra and Mario Bros. too... And MArio Kart and Joe and MAc... man I miss those games XD!!! My my I'm as old as you noobzie,.. Su dun worry... Both we, along with the thirties woman are probalby the oldest people in this club... I dun really worry thou.... Old lady.. LOLZ... Nice speech... Thought the same... how the hell a teenager of that age.... a century after the... well two in fact but the song is pretty recent :P... can remember such an old song,... maybe Bon Jovi became suddenly ultra famous and now everyone knows him... hardly... but that's a really cool song you know :P
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Hey Im 21 too, soon 22, I also played Mario and what I played a lot was Prince of persia then quite long time nothing and then I played Duna 2000, I still have this game and I play it sometimes:)
Ok, ok Noobzie. What I meant to point out was not that I think you are old, but that some of those little ones DO know VERY very old games (and besides from chat I had here I think I'm the oldest guy here, so don't get that depressed xD). And so what you're older than me? I'll die before you, women live longer^^. And with this optimistical accent, I'll end.
swirly said: lolz barbies...I remember those xD especially when me and my cousin(who's a guy) shaved one of the barbies head one time...that was my sister's barbie too. After that incident we were banned from playing with barbies and scissors xDDD
Haha! I remember when I was younger I was afraid and hated barbies so I burned it's hand in our barbecue griller and then pulled off it's legs, head, arms and threw it in the trash can. Haha! I was very violent when it came to dolls before. Haha! But not anymore since it's a waste of money.... xD
Well not actually with barbie, but with teddybear. I remember that my and my cousins favorite game was operation^^. We opened teddy, and made him an artifical bloodstream (or blood system, I seriously don't know how to put it in english). Eh, it was so long ago.....
T_T I feel bad for the teddy bears you operated on... T_T I have 5 teddy bears and I love them all! Haha! But I don't go to sleep with them though... They're just for display.. xD
I didn't leave them opened....
When I was a little kid I used teddy as a pillow^^. For display I have now just bought vol. 1 of Black Lagoon (they finaly licensed it in poland^^)
I don't have stuffed animals.... you see my parents thought it was better to buy me barbies than stuffed dollies... i so regret that now. I wanna fill up my bed with stuffed toys .... mutilated version to give that creepy horror movie feeling. [not really]
Btw how did Prince's big feminist speech turn into toys, old people and mutilated teddy bears? ... its weird how the topics bounce from one thing to another. I don't mind though. Carry on, lol
Isn't it? But thanks to such spin off's threads won't die too soon^^
So I assume you have a big bed? I had to choos bed that fited my needs (lenght), so I didn't have much choice xD (and there was time when I almost sleept on the books xD)
Amazing speach! I love it! If I ever find a game like second life I will become a great female warrior! I will not hide behind some man and be forced to pretend I am all innoccent and stuff! I will be a warrior!... But maybe I wont smile when I cut some guy up and have their blood all over me... Unless I REALLY hate the guy XD Muahahaha!
noobzilla said: Yep double bed.. and i don't share; but i sleep like a log most of the time
My gosh!!! So I do... Lol.... You never know when you'll not be able to sleep well one of this days right? Hahahaha... Enjoy the pleasure of sleeping... YAY!
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Yes sleeping owns, you see all these interesting dreams, i don't mean perverted, just interesting, usually derived from the 100s of fictions i have read. If i could only remember them after i wake up then i'd make a great novelist i bet haha
i think the translators posted a page of that speech and that's what drove me to read the novel. :)
omg when i read the stuff about Street Fighter in the novel. I laughed my head off!!! I never really played video games (i blame my parents for wanting me to "concentrate on school" at a young age), but i still knew about that game.
wait... on the topic on her knowing Bon Jovi, why were they playing street fighter?? i rarely see people play it nowadays (but it's always funny to see someone playing it again). I doubt Street Fighter to still survive after 100 years.... unless they make a remake or something lol.
Its probably a remake and Bon jovi became a "classic" 100 years from now. Oh and i'm glad people are reading the novel due to the novel bits we put in the scans ^.^
That was really nice part that the manga missed out on. It explains how Xiao Lan wants to become a guy in Second Life than just a shallow reason on how she wants to beat her brother.
This is really why it's a toss-up between the manga and the novel.
Manga - you get to visually see the characters
Novel - There is more background and it is more clearly written (I think) ;)