Sword Art Online (light novel)
| Are the light novels any different than the anime? A lot of people hate on SAO so I was wondering if the light novels are any better. |
| Well......... I, for one absolutely love them. I do think they are better than the anime. There is a TON of world building, there is more explaining of things, there are more rational reasons as to why characters come to like Kirito and why Kirito has a lot of skill. Best of all is Kirito's "first person" narration. You are placed in his head. And he can be very snarky and hilarious sometimes which makes him a LOT more fun to go on the journey with and you get to know him WAY better too. Kawahara REALLY has a knack for painting a picture in your head with pretty words. Particularly just the way he expresses an action or scenery. If you like that kind of writing, definitely go for it. The official licensed version is better than the scans though. |
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Chiibi said: I was thinking about buying some off of Amazon or something because there fairly cheap and I have some extra money lying around.Well......... I, for one absolutely love them. I do think they are better than the anime. There is a TON of world building, there is more explaining of things, there are more rational reasons as to why characters come to like Kirito and why Kirito has a lot of skill. Best of all is Kirito "first person" narration. You are placed in his head. And he can be very snarky and hilarious sometimes which makes him a LOT more fun to go on the journey with. Kawahara REALLY has a knack for painting a picture in your head with pretty words. Particularly just the way he expresses an action or scenery. If you like that kind of writing, definitely go for it. The official licensed version is better than the scans though. |
Karma1303 said: I was thinking about buying some off of Amazon or something because there fairly cheap and I have some extra money lying around. Yeah, I say go for it. It's really the best way to experience the series. Be sure to get Progressive too; it has more stories from Aincrad. I really liked the first volume. |
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Chiibi said: Alright ill get the first volume thenKarma1303 said: I was thinking about buying some off of Amazon or something because there fairly cheap and I have some extra money lying around. Yeah, I say go for it. It's really the best way to experience the series. Be sure to get Progressive too; it has more stories from Aincrad. I really liked the first volume. |
nicethings said: I’ve heard the LN is better than the anime. You can just assume that statement is true for every single anime adaptation ever. XD (maybe Toradora is an exception) |
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Chiibi said: Best of all is Kirito's "first person" narration. You are placed in his head. And he can be very snarky and hilarious sometimes which makes him a LOT more fun to go on the journey with and you get to know him WAY better too. Oh? Well this sounds like it'd be a step up from the narrator describing how pretty the girls are. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
GlennMagusHarvey said: Chiibi said: Best of all is Kirito's "first person" narration. You are placed in his head. And he can be very snarky and hilarious sometimes which makes him a LOT more fun to go on the journey with and you get to know him WAY better too. Oh? Well this sounds like it'd be a step up from the narrator describing how pretty the girls are. Lol Asuna is the only one he describes in detail and it's rather cute. It's like....a little cheesy and overdramatic but feels what a young boy in love would say. XD Unlike the shitty Twilight novels, it doesn't feel like the author projecting his own thoughts on Asuna but it really feels like Kirito just loves her that much. And it's not constantly mentioned either....to that eye-rolling point. Then some of the other characters get their turn to be in your head. Liz's point of view on how much Kirito pisses her off at first is particularly funny....then switches to heart-warming as she bonds with him later. |
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Chiibi said: Do they show what happens during the time skips that were in the anime?GlennMagusHarvey said: Oh? Well this sounds like it'd be a step up from the narrator describing how pretty the girls are. Lol Asuna is the only one he describes in detail and it's rather cute. It's like....a little cheesy and overdramatic but feels what a young boy in love would say. XD Unlike the shitty Twilight novels, it doesn't feel like the author projecting his own thoughts on Asuna but it really feels like Kirito just loves her that much. And it's not constantly mentioned either....to that eye-rolling point. Then some of the other characters get their turn to be in your head. Liz's point of view on how much Kirito pisses her off at first is particularly funny....then switches to heart-warming as she bonds with him later. |
Alkabane said: Chiibi said: Do they show what happens during the time skips that were in the anime?Lol Asuna is the only one he describes in detail and it's rather cute. It's like....a little cheesy and overdramatic but feels what a young boy in love would say. XD Unlike the shitty Twilight novels, it doesn't feel like the author projecting his own thoughts on Asuna but it really feels like Kirito just loves her that much. And it's not constantly mentioned either....to that eye-rolling point. Then some of the other characters get their turn to be in your head. Liz's point of view on how much Kirito pisses her off at first is particularly funny....then switches to heart-warming as she bonds with him later. The light novel only shows the beggining (Anime's first episode) and then there's a timeskip of two years and the story continues (Aincrad's second half). Episodes ~2-6 (those episodic adventures with a bunch of time skips) were a extra volume with short stories that was published after Aincrad ended. BUT there's the SAO Pogressive novels being published, a remake of the Aincrad arc without timeskips. |
Daviner said: oh ok, I'm interested in seeing if they make an anime adaption on the remake.Alkabane said: Do they show what happens during the time skips that were in the anime? The light novel only shows the beggining (Anime's first episode) and then there's a timeskip of two years and the story continues (Aincrad's second half). Episodes ~2-6 (those episodic adventures with a bunch of time skips) were a extra volume with short stories that was published after Aincrad ended. BUT there's the SAO Pogressive novels beinf published, a remake of the Aincrad arc without timeskips. |
| Personally I think they're just as bad if not worse... If you think SAO anime has bad pacing... Oh... Just wait till you read the novel... |
Chiibi said: Maybe I'll give the novels a try despite dropping the show, then.GlennMagusHarvey said: Oh? Well this sounds like it'd be a step up from the narrator describing how pretty the girls are. Lol Asuna is the only one he describes in detail and it's rather cute. It's like....a little cheesy and overdramatic but feels what a young boy in love would say. XD Unlike the shitty Twilight novels, it doesn't feel like the author projecting his own thoughts on Asuna but it really feels like Kirito just loves her that much. And it's not constantly mentioned either....to that eye-rolling point. Then some of the other characters get their turn to be in your head. Liz's point of view on how much Kirito pisses her off at first is particularly funny....then switches to heart-warming as she bonds with him later. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
| @GlennMagusHarvey I hope you enjoy the first one at least. :3 I'll say this: "They got me into reading REAL books again instead of just manga which is something I haven't done since the good old days of Harry Potter ;3;" |
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| I also wonder if the LNs are worth reading for someone who gave both SAO seasons lower than a 5. |
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| Well, its the same story but there's more detail so things may make more sense that whatever happened in the anime. While I love Alicization arc, I highly doubt the anime version will be as good if they try to cut corners. |
| A lot of users had been bashing the anime adaptation of the LN because it "skips" a lot of "good stuff" from the LN. Now, I dunno what the fuck that means since I also haven't read the LN. |
| Maybey, A-1 Pictures isn't known for making anime that surpass the source. |
| 1. They're light novels. 2. They're Sword Art Online. The only thing they're not terrible at is kindle. |
| Well if the fact that they are light novels is not something that drives you off, than you can go and read them. |
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| I preferred it from the anime but the fairy arc was still terrible |
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| My preference is the LN's, the original SAO arc in the novels is (Sad to say) more boring then the anime but from GGO arc onwards I prefer the LN's Progressive is only at 3-4 LN's and I already recommend it way more, even though it's already pushing Asuna into a semi-useless girl already (Despite the fact Kirito has experience to lev 10 and Asuna is a noob they make her look to dependable) |
| I read it out of curiosity. It's about the same quality as the anime. Decent. Bit more detailed than the anime. Though. The 1st novel gets to the end of the Aincrad arc really quickly though damn. Then the author realizes that he ended the aincrad arc too quickly so he made a second volume full of short stories/vignettes such as how Kirito met Silica and how Kirito met and joined that party Basically, half of the first 12 eps of SAO were filler moments from volume 2. Most LN's are shit, Spice and Wolf is the best of the best though |
| They're more detailed than the anime. Except, I found the Aincrad arc a little boring when compared to anime. Also, the fact that it's from Kirito point of view, I found it hilarious. They're some hidden innuendos as well. |
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| Personally I decided to skip most of them because I didn't like Kirito as a narrator. I did however read the Mother's Rosary novel, since that was my favorite arc in the anime, and thoroughly enjoyed it. YMMV. |
| ive read the first 3 light novels there really good, but i havent been able to read the rest due to my library doesn't have them in at the moment. |
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| Progressive is really great. It's a manga from Asuna's perspective, with a slow pace. I like it because it shows Asuna's character and strengths a lot more than the anime, where she is cool but constantly needs to be saved. Since I'm up to date with Progressive, I'll give the LN a try, too. Although anything with really good character interactions and romance plot, I would probably like. |
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