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I've been visiting a lot of Korean sites lately because I'm an impatient bastard. Sadly my adblocker is getting in the way, but it turns out the source still maintains all the picture files even if the page crashes, so I just opened the developer mode and let the developer screen take up the whole screen, thereby getting a makeshift ad-free manga viewing experience hehe

I admit though my Korean is far from developed, so I don't end up knowing all the words. I'd say 70% understanding, rest I just fill in via inference. I'm sure it's same for any of you who speak other languages. But I kinda got a lot of joy out of reading a lot of stuff that's still not available here. They also had like ch 33~35 of Mushoku Tensei manga, which were surprisingly great chapters. The manga is probably the worst way to read this series, but the mangaka did the reunion and fight between Rudeus and Paul (Paulo according to Korean translation, but they have a grand way of translating foreign name sometimes. Probably because they're usually direct translation of European versions of the name rather than American. Zenith was Jenis, but I think early translation of MT had her as Jenis until the official artworks told otherwise) and yeah that scene was done very well. It's hard to ruin what is a beginning of a gradual flurry of emotional scenes, but if he can maintain at the very least that sort of quality for the upcoming chapters and stop trying to force perverted scenes and stupid looking covers to juxtapose against the MT LN's sublime covers, that'd be a good enough justice to the series.

One other interesting thing was that Rudeus' speech patterns are unnaturally polite. They constantly mention that he speaks politely to everybody except his direct family, that some people find it bothersome. This is entirely lost in translation to English. It's supposed to be a means for him to apologize for wasting away his previous life, that he always considers himself beneath others. It's a lot more powerful actually reading it in Korean and in polite form for all of his speech to even characters like Eris.

Meanwhile, the main reason why I went to that Korean manga site was for Hajimete no Gal. I think the main character and the girl start the series off extremely frustratingly. But their relationship is constantly on thin ice, and each of the characters have a step up moment where it's clear to see them grow as people and as couples. It's just that before you get to that point, the series is incredibly infuriating. But supposedly the anime is only 10 episodes. And they already showed the black haired girl in the previews, and her arc is the last one, meaning it'll probably have 3.5 chapters worth of content per episode and cover 35 chs of the manga. I dunno... I'll definitely watch the anime, but I think it might go overlooked. Obviously there are romance anime/manga that are written well and very dramatic. But the point is that the typical romcom manga that targets younger audience don't have developing relationships like this series does. People were shocked that in the first few chapters (and probably the 1st episode of the anime) they were already going out, though it's under a shaky pretense. It's shaky precisely because neither the guy or the girl have any idea what the hell they are even supposed to do for each other. It ends up being more realistic than the brooding emotional discussions that fill the lives of high school students in other prominent and serious romance anime/mangas.

Because high schoolers are young. They don't know shit. End of story. So it's a story that I recommend and like, but I am also afraid it can be so easily written off. Or that I'm overanalyzing it. It's almost always the latter.

Well, ramble over.
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