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  • Quantum TigerQuantum Tiger Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    Cambiata wrote: »
    Brainleech wrote: »
    Cambiata wrote: »
    The latest chapter of the light novel Under The Oak Tree is agonizing. I'm going to be quietly dying while waiting the couple of days for the next translated chapter.

    시간을내어 한국어를 배우는 것이 그만한 가치가 있습니까?

    Bro, I actually went to the Korean website to buy the next chapter and use a translation tool on it, I was that desperate. The problem is that the Korean website that has it, Ridibooks, won't let you create an account unless you give them your cellphone carrier, and the four cellphone carriers listed are not available in the USA. It's impossible for me to give my actual cellphone carrier, and thus it's impossible for me to purchase a book chapter there.

    All they want to do is send me an SMS, I have no idea why my carrier matters, but I guess they're deliberately trying to keep non-Koreans from using the site? Maybe as a way to cut down on fan-translation piracy?

    From what I understand, mobile numbers in Korea have been tied into a kind of national identity verification service. I think an app is involved and you have to have a monthly contract with a carrier as well

    Edit: https://asiasociety.org/korea/mobile-phone-verification-can-i-get-your-number

    Quantum Tiger on
  • PaladinPaladin Registered User regular
    Yeah that part of Korea is the worst. Like, don't ever misplace your password for any korean app if you don't have a Korean mobile carrier

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  • djmitchelladjmitchella Registered User regular
    Cambiata wrote: »
    Bro, I actually went to the Korean website to buy the next chapter and use a translation tool on it, I was that desperate. ?

    I've had to resort to using the google-translate-via-camera tool with my phone pointing at a monitor to try and work out what happened in some manga where the fan-translation stopped, and that is _no fun_, let me tell you. (especially in places where it's not always super obvious who a particular speech bubble is coming from)

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  • GundiGundi Serious Bismuth Registered User regular
    klemming wrote: »
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    Dumbing of Age

    This is certainly some kind of coping mechanism, I guess.
    Someone actually going to college with the plan of "I want to be president" is laughable.

    Like this (fictional character) actually annoys me. Yes, Indiana has more than enough to do if you want to make the world a better place. Literally everywhere all the time has more problems than there are people to fix them. Being president is not the only way to fix problems. (I would personally argue that being president is, in fact, usually not a way to fix problems.)

  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    Cambiata wrote: »
    Bro, I actually went to the Korean website to buy the next chapter and use a translation tool on it, I was that desperate. ?

    I've had to resort to using the google-translate-via-camera tool with my phone pointing at a monitor to try and work out what happened in some manga where the fan-translation stopped, and that is _no fun_, let me tell you. (especially in places where it's not always super obvious who a particular speech bubble is coming from)

    To be fair I'm pretty much being a whiny baby here, I just have to wait a couple of days to see the fallout - though it will probably only be the beginning of the fallout, meaning I'll be just as hungry for the following chapter - and ever since book 2 started they've been updating the translation a lot more reliably on Webnovel. But I still would commit a lot of crimes to get a glimpse of those chapters right now.

    There's a sort of interesting story behind why there aren't any fan translators of Under The Oak Tree anymore. About a year ago, the other got pissed at illegal translations and formally told people to stop doing it. Surprisingly, this actually did work and all the fan translations stopped. I'm glad for the author's sake that they are getting paid appropriately now! I just really want my translations faster, that's all, which i know isn't a good reason.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    K6BD
    that looks an awful lot like human white chain, did we already know she survived?

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  • NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    K6BD
    that looks an awful lot like human white chain, did we already know she survived?

    yes, so sayith zaid

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  • PsykomaPsykoma Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    K6BD
    that looks an awful lot like human white chain, did we already know she survived?
    It also looks like she interestingly has Solomon David's Key

    Edit:

    Also,
    Zaid mentions White Chain being alive and fighting for the last "several years" while Allison was in the delirium
    https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/breaker-of-infinities-4-163-to-4-164/

    Psykoma on
  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    ah right I forgot

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  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    Call me devoted to patterns, but it feels right for the series to have six books versus the planned five.

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  • OdinOdin Registered User regular
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    Same energy

  • ScooterScooter Registered User regular
    Gundi wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
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    Dumbing of Age

    This is certainly some kind of coping mechanism, I guess.
    Someone actually going to college with the plan of "I want to be president" is laughable.

    Like this (fictional character) actually annoys me. Yes, Indiana has more than enough to do if you want to make the world a better place. Literally everywhere all the time has more problems than there are people to fix them. Being president is not the only way to fix problems. (I would personally argue that being president is, in fact, usually not a way to fix problems.)

    This has been her primary defining character trait since the start, as far as I know. She wants to be president. She has no particularly strong ideology or cause or things she wants to fix. She's literally pursuing power for the sake of power.

  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    Gundi wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
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    Dumbing of Age

    This is certainly some kind of coping mechanism, I guess.
    Someone actually going to college with the plan of "I want to be president" is laughable.

    Like this (fictional character) actually annoys me. Yes, Indiana has more than enough to do if you want to make the world a better place. Literally everywhere all the time has more problems than there are people to fix them. Being president is not the only way to fix problems. (I would personally argue that being president is, in fact, usually not a way to fix problems.)

    This has been her primary defining character trait since the start, as far as I know. She wants to be president. She has no particularly strong ideology or cause or things she wants to fix. She's literally pursuing power for the sake of power.

    I'd probably use the word "achievement" instead of power. She doesn't seem super interested in power in itself, but boy does she want status and recognition.

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  • Quantum TigerQuantum Tiger Registered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    Gundi wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
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    Dumbing of Age

    This is certainly some kind of coping mechanism, I guess.
    Someone actually going to college with the plan of "I want to be president" is laughable.

    Like this (fictional character) actually annoys me. Yes, Indiana has more than enough to do if you want to make the world a better place. Literally everywhere all the time has more problems than there are people to fix them. Being president is not the only way to fix problems. (I would personally argue that being president is, in fact, usually not a way to fix problems.)

    This has been her primary defining character trait since the start, as far as I know. She wants to be president. She has no particularly strong ideology or cause or things she wants to fix. She's literally pursuing power for the sake of power.

    I don't think it's even necessarily power

    I think she sees becoming the president as the life equivalent of getting straight As in school. Like it's a test and becoming president is how she knows she's passed

    But yeah, she's got no drive, no ideas

  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    Scooter wrote: »
    Gundi wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
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    Dumbing of Age

    This is certainly some kind of coping mechanism, I guess.
    Someone actually going to college with the plan of "I want to be president" is laughable.

    Like this (fictional character) actually annoys me. Yes, Indiana has more than enough to do if you want to make the world a better place. Literally everywhere all the time has more problems than there are people to fix them. Being president is not the only way to fix problems. (I would personally argue that being president is, in fact, usually not a way to fix problems.)

    This has been her primary defining character trait since the start, as far as I know. She wants to be president. She has no particularly strong ideology or cause or things she wants to fix. She's literally pursuing power for the sake of power.

    I don't think it's even necessarily power

    I think she sees becoming the president as the life equivalent of getting straight As in school. Like it's a test and becoming president is how she knows she's passed

    But yeah, she's got no drive, no ideas

    Nah, I think she does have a list of things she wants to fix once she's President, and I bet it's a long list. It's just not relevant until she gets there. She's been sold on the idea that getting that office is how she gets the power she wants (to fix everything, because she knows what's best for everyone).

    She has a Plan, it's just a naive and unrealistic one.

    Commander Zoom on
  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    Odin wrote: »

    Looks like Princess Jack Moonshine continued her evolution up the devil-mask ladder; shame we had to skip her green skull mask phase

    Also, Solomon is still on the cover; doesn't necessarily mean anything, but it's possible he is still alive as well

    Also also, no Mammom/Mottom. Probably dead?

    Indie Winter on
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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    So if seven keys, white chain has grandpa's ans turnes it purple?

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Odin wrote: »
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    Same energy

    Hai yo

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  • Quantum TigerQuantum Tiger Registered User regular
    Scooter wrote: »
    Gundi wrote: »
    klemming wrote: »
    7ker4ge4c2u2.png
    Dumbing of Age

    This is certainly some kind of coping mechanism, I guess.
    Someone actually going to college with the plan of "I want to be president" is laughable.

    Like this (fictional character) actually annoys me. Yes, Indiana has more than enough to do if you want to make the world a better place. Literally everywhere all the time has more problems than there are people to fix them. Being president is not the only way to fix problems. (I would personally argue that being president is, in fact, usually not a way to fix problems.)

    This has been her primary defining character trait since the start, as far as I know. She wants to be president. She has no particularly strong ideology or cause or things she wants to fix. She's literally pursuing power for the sake of power.

    I don't think it's even necessarily power

    I think she sees becoming the president as the life equivalent of getting straight As in school. Like it's a test and becoming president is how she knows she's passed

    But yeah, she's got no drive, no ideas

    Nah, I think she does have a list of things she wants to fix once she's President, and I bet it's a long list. It's just not relevant until she gets there. She's been sold on the idea that getting that office is how she gets the power she wants (to fix everything, because she knows what's best for everyone).

    She has a Plan, it's just a naive and unrealistic one.

    I would say there have been certain parts of DoA where her goals as president would have been relevant

    Like, a friend of hers had a dad come on campus welding a shotgun just because said friend was a lesbian

    We could learn something about Dorothy's ambitions based on how she reacts to the systems and laws that allowed that to happen

  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    She was basically Leslie Knope from Parks and Rec, for better or worse.

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    They're basically sitcom or soap opera characters. There are allusions to these characters having real world problems, but they're always going to be undercut by the fact that they're in a world where one of the characters is a superhero because she has a poorly written mental illness.

  • EtiowsaEtiowsa Registered User regular
    Odin wrote: »

    Looks like Princess Jack Moonshine continued her evolution up the devil-mask ladder; shame we had to skip her green skull mask phase

    Also, Solomon is still on the cover; doesn't necessarily mean anything, but it's possible he is still alive as well

    Also also, no Mammom/Mottom. Probably dead?

    I'm pretty sure Jaggahog and and Dave are still stuck in the infinite relief sphere, so seeing him isn't too surprising. And we litetally saw Mammon and Mottom get pasted and their keys taken, so their lack is also not surprising.

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    Who dat weirdo in the background?

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    white chain did seem to be manifesting some unusual key-like energy at the end of chapter 4

    but, you know, didn't see much of her after that on account of the holy trinity

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Anzekay wrote: »

    I think is grandpa lizard's, because salami wears the purple

  • PsykomaPsykoma Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    't necessarily mean anything, but it's possible he is still alive as well

    Also also, no Mammom/Mottom. Probably dead?

    Mottom:
    Mammon:
    See, here's where I had originally linked the page where Jag literally rips Mammon's head open. But then I realized that Jag's hog is like, 50,000% super visible and highlighted, so I just reiterate: Jag decapitated Mammon, then tore the decapitated head in half before absorbing Mammon's key.

    they're suuuuper dead.

    Psykoma on
  • DessertedDesserted Dessert desertRegistered User regular
    White Chain key
    I'm thinking Solomon gave White Chain an aspect of his key to her? I forget what they call it, but I remember the key holders being able to impart some of their keys ability on their followers. No idea why Solomon would do it, but they have the same color energy so I figure it's something like that.

  • AnzekayAnzekay Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    Desserted wrote: »
    White Chain key
    I'm thinking Solomon gave White Chain an aspect of his key to her? I forget what they call it, but I remember the key holders being able to impart some of their keys ability on their followers. No idea why Solomon would do it, but they have the same color energy so I figure it's something like that.

    The other option...
    Solomon may be on the cover, but that doesn't mean he has to survive the book. If he dies and White Chain gets his key, then that would make sense for everything on the cover.

    Anzekay on
  • TransporterTransporter Registered User regular
    White Chain
    I'm black, I can say this, but White Chain quite vividly ripped the black off Solomon David, so like, it stands to reason as she is literally flesh of his flesh, there can be some key transference shenanigans. Besides there's gotta be a payoff as she did what no one except a keyholder could do, and landed a hit on him, I could see him using that as a reason to give her the key. Also to keep Jag's from it. I suspect he's on the cover because we'll get a post mortem explanation of why she has it in some sort of mind palace flashback.

  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
    In today's Alfie... is this when her mom shows up?

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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited February 2023
    White Chain
    I'm black, I can say this, but White Chain quite vividly ripped the black off Solomon David, so like, it stands to reason as she is literally flesh of his flesh, there can be some key transference shenanigans. Besides there's gotta be a payoff as she did what no one except a keyholder could do, and landed a hit on him, I could see him using that as a reason to give her the key. Also to keep Jag's from it. I suspect he's on the cover because we'll get a post mortem explanation of why she has it in some sort of mind palace flashback.

    fwiw
    abbadon specifically said white chain has always "been" black, and that has nothing to do with her confrontation with Salami Dave

    now, as a non-black person I don't know whether or not I can attest to how genuine this statement is, but there are illustrations of White Chain's "humansona" in Abbadon's tumblr all the way back from 2014 where she was portrayed as black

    take that as you will

    Indie Winter on
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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Nobody remembers the singer. The song remains.
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