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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: (translation) Violet Evergarden by Kana Akatsuki
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:15:40 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <lru9tfFhsclU1@mid.individual.net>,
Chris Buckley  <alan@sabir.com> wrote:
>On 2024-12-11, Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 14:08:28 -0000 (UTC), jdnicoll@panix.com (James
>> Nicoll) wrote:
>>
>>>Violet Evergarden by Kana Akatsuki 
>>>
>>>A nigh-superhuman battlefield killer finds new purpose in life as 
>>>an affectless amanuensis.
>>>
>>>https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/memories-made
>>
>> I've seen at least two anime movies about this character; there may or
>> may not have been a TV series or I may have misunderstood something
>> and they came directly from the books. Seeing the films might help, or
>> might not, but what you say about the situation seems very familiar.
>
>I, on the other hand, have just seen the TV series, not the movies,
>and have not read the 2 books. I'm curious how the movies stood up on
>their own; at least one was supposed to be a direct sequel to the
>TV series.
>
>The TV series was quite good; I'm a bit surprised at James's reaction
>to the novel. Perhaps it is the translation, though there are reports
>that the novel and the TV series are not consistent with each other.
>The novel won a notable award (Grand Prize at the 5th Annual Kyoto Animation
>Festival), though there is the question of how it won the award in
>March 2014 when the novel was first published in December 2015.

It could be an issue with the translation. It wasn't a pro translation. 



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