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Jan 14, 2022 7:35 PM
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We talk about good manga getting really bad apations (TG, TPN, OPMS2) but what about Light novels? Which Good (or even decent) Light Novels have suffered from this?
This thread was inspried by that Gender Bend isekai in this season.
Jan 14, 2022 7:59 PM
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I feel bad for fan of this LN honestly
https://myanimelist.net/manga/95012/Kumo_desu_ga_Nani_ka
Jan 14, 2022 9:05 PM
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Look, an old testament
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Jan 14, 2022 9:08 PM
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SAO Alicization. At least the alicization part, WoU afaik was good adaptation wise (though in both cases that arc was still quite shit) but damn, they pulled the "omae wa mou NPC" to my niga Eugeo smh







I guess "bad" might be a bit of a stretch though
Jan 14, 2022 9:19 PM
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I know I've been saying it a lot, but since you ask, I'll repeat)
https://myanimelist.net/manga/98930/Violet_Evergarden
Studio Deen should have done it. KyoAni's adaption is trash 🤢
Jan 14, 2022 9:31 PM
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From the ones I have read, pretty much all of them were superior to the anime, but the ones who stand out the most would be The Testament of Sister New Devil, the anime skipped so much stuff and even censored most scenes, but its understandable considering this LN is one of the most explicit ecchis ever made.

Another one would be Drugstore in Another World, this one is a rather "comfy" SOL isekai but the anime overall just had a very bad production and changed the order of things quite a lot.

I also would say that the Re:Zero anime is quite inferior to the LN.

Jan 14, 2022 9:48 PM
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Classroom of the elite... they skip things from the novel, alot, and change Ayanokouji personality to an edgy of a character.
Jan 14, 2022 11:20 PM
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Although I only read 2 light novels, I am quite tolerant in terms of adaptation since they are a hit or miss due to the creative freedom (compared to a manga) in how many scenes and screen time to dedicate to presenting characters and trying to explain the plot to an average viewer, along with the selection of designs and scenarios.
In another aspect and in my perspective, Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun seemed correct as an adaptation; while Classroom of the Elite, despite certain licenses that could affect the perception of some characters, presented the topics of the series quite well.
Jan 14, 2022 11:27 PM
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i've only ever read one light novel, but Classroom of the Elite, though it's rumored to be a promotional anime for it's manga/LN, it could be way better than it is now. They completely changed Ayanokouji's personality like someone above me has already said.
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Jan 14, 2022 11:45 PM
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This season's Wiseman's pupil is my pick.

Campione is the most messed up light novel adaptation I've seen. They screwed up the order and skipped so many things. Last arc was weird, started out as before ending it with Anime original. Some Important character not at all appearing. It was no masterpiece but the Anime was a travesty. Those who liked the Anime even a little bit shpuy just read the novels. It's far better.

Not hate. Kuma Kuma Kuma bear. The studio confused the heck out of the watchers wh that weird watch order. Many thik she's playing the game instead of being Isekai'd there. Correct watch order 2> 3> 1> 4
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Almost every LN, which is established on school setting.
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Jan 16, 2022 8:41 AM

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re:zero. season 2 is a trainwreck. I couldn't believe i was watching the same thing I read
Jan 16, 2022 8:46 AM

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Mahou Sensou has an incredibly boring and bad anime adaptation.


Jan 17, 2022 10:56 PM
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SAO (#1 LN of the decade according to KonoRano, one of the best-selling; but the adaptation is horrible)
Toaru Majutsu no Index (#2 LN of the decade according to KonoRano, one of the best-selling; but similar to SAO, it's just horrible!)
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A Certain Magical Index.
The first two seasons were decent, but they simply had mediocre investment and skipped important content.
The third season was mostly a joke.
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Jan 18, 2022 5:39 AM

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https://myanimelist.net/manga/99815

The Faraway Paladin is pretty amazing and one of my favorite isekai but as you can tell from the score of the anime comepare to the source material, the adaptation was underwhelming. The animation sucks, the director sucks, they screwed up the character designs and also chose the wrong voice actor for the MC.

Well for a low budget small studio, they did their best.
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Jan 18, 2022 5:52 AM

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Tensai Ouji no Akaji Kokka Saisei Jutsu

I can't decide fully now, but from what I see in eps one so many content they cut for the story. one episode adaptation like half Vol.1 they rushed it, it will be garbage for anime.
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Jan 18, 2022 6:14 AM
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overlord is the title that came to my mind first. S2 and s3 are so terrible, already lost any hope for overlord descent adaptation.

As someone mentioned above, kumo desu ga is a tragedy.

But the saltiest adaptation is this one:

Jan 18, 2022 11:12 PM
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Easy pick, hand down SAO.

A1 Pictures is known for butchering source material(with the exception of 86 & Kaguya sama).
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Easy pick, hand down SAO.

A1 Pictures is known for butchering source material(with the exception of 86 & Kaguya sama).
yeah adaptation is like 60% of the LN and they entirely removes most of the kirito development from LN,the did the same with kirito in movie just because they want spotlight on other characters.
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Jan 22, 2022 12:49 AM
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Everybody here is saying that the sao ln is much better than the anime. No i dont agree, i have only read the first 2 volumes but the anime was def better, nothing mayor was skipped and the anime is chronological order and the ln is not. Idk about progressive i have not seen that yet.

Anyways i heard the danmachi ln is much better than the anime and i can believe that. There was always potential but j.c staff fucked up as usual.
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