MDZS Interest Check

[croptoptux]

I had started a side project a couple years ago where I was reading the JP novel translation of MDZS (published by FrontierWorks) side-by-side with the Exiled Rebels EN translation, and then proceeding to get lost in the weeds. I like the weeds. It forced me to do a lot of research. Unfortunately, tumblr is not a good place to put five page essays on the regular. I only had one person who read my stuff.

But it seems like DW is a place where people find long posting significantly less objectionable??

I have all that stuff saved in a word doc somewhere. Minus tangents where I translate Tang dynasty poetry, it's 62 pages long, and I only finished the prologue through Chp 3.

Would anyone read it if I started reposting it?
 

Comments

[larryhammer]

Quite possibly, especially if it's chunkable.

[thewayne]

I'm not familiar with that series as I just don't have the time to follow anime, but the Tang poetry intrigues me.

[elyusion]

I actually saw your stickied post when you first shared it on the Latest Things page, but I'm normally resistant to subbing to people for Reasons. But I just saw you again on the Latest Things page*, and after going through your blog again I've decided I have to follow you. So yes, I would read it! I hope I can come up with comments every now and then as proof that I'm reading, but I really would read it. I'm not really a MDZS fan for real, as I only watched half the live-action show before forgetting to finish, but I like seeing comparisons and criticism of translations.

*I started Ys with Ys Origin, and then the first two games, in case you were curious about anyone's experiences. I played the version of Ys I + II that's on Steam, which might be different in ways other than graphics. Unsure. But I do like Ys :]

[croptoptux]

That’s ok. CQL is a lot. Even I fell off it the first time I watched it. I much preferred the source material. I’m just happy to see comments at all.

Also YAY a fellow Ys Fan!!!! My friend and I spent all last year streaming every single Ys game in Adol’s POV order before Nordics came out. (I have a soft spot for Ys V due to Trails being one of my primary fandoms.) Then I back seat translated all of Nordics for them as we went along. I’m really curious about the non-canonical games too but we have a lot of Falcom Fridays to get through before we do that. Friend wants to play Zwei once we’re done with Xanadu Next. :3