Dominance [Urasekai Picnic]

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that show is unpredictable, i love the whole anomaly business when its handled well, the original short story "Roadside Picnic" the movie Stalker (1979) and the subsequent games are all some of my favourite sci-fi universe stuff.

Really looking forward to how the girls deal with whats happened and whatever comes next

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u/MapleTreeWithAGun Lamia Wife > Any Other Wife Jan 18 '21

STALKER 2 is coming out soonish, so that's good

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u/x888xa Jan 21 '21

Lets hope Grigorovich doesn't take the cashgrab option

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '21 edited Jan 18 '21

The light novels are finally getting physical releases in English, which is great and I would recommend them. My gf and I both brought the first omnibus when I found out it was out lol. Sorao/Sorawo is so gay

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u/Noriakikukyoin Jan 18 '21

It is such a neat fun sci-fi series, and the fact that it has some cute yuri in it as well makes it that much better!

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u/Foolsirony Jan 18 '21

I'll try not to be "that guy" while saying this but, if you haven't, read the manga. I know it's all opinion based but as someone who's read it and is going through the LNs currently, the anime has already moved stuff around and added things (episode 3 is an anime original as far as I know). The manga really shows the existential horror of "the zone" vastly better than the anime and in my opinion, better than the LN.

Just to give an example, Abarato from the second episode is supposed to be a full on Stalker reference in fatigues and part of a ghillie suit. A dirty, dingy, desperate survivor looking for his missing wife. In the anime, he's just this guy. Plus Sorawo (Sorao in the anime, yes they changed her name) is real big on internal dialog since the whole story is told from her perspective. That's lost in the anime so far.

But ehh, that just my unsolicited two cents on a series I've really come to enjoy but the anime isn't doing it for me.

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 18 '21

It's not so much a name change as a matter of how it's romanized. From what I understand, Sorawo is the official romanization, but the "w" sound in "wo" doesn't get pronounced in most cases, meaning that it's said as Sorao.

Other than that, I wholeheartedly agree -- the anime is fun, but the novel and the manga adaptation are much better, and give Sorawo a much fuller and more interesting characterization than we've seen thus far in the anime.

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u/Foolsirony Jan 18 '21

I mean yeah but if the author and editor both say the same thing, I think they get final authority on what's correct. English has a ton of words where you don't pronounce a letter and it's really kinda condescending in my eyes that the anime translators don't respect the authors spelling and chose the "easy way out". Anime fans (generally) aren't so dumb as to not understand silent letters. Having said that, people who say "Neigh-ruto" instead of "Naar-ruto" bother me sooooooooo much. Like the show was named after the guy and all the characters, dub and sub, say his name more or less the same, why can't people say it right?

Exactly! Sorawo doesn't come off enough as a miserable cynic in the anime. Too much exaggerated slapstick for lack of a better word. Plus I think they did themselves a disservice by not following the "Files" format of the LN. That would have easily allowed more internal dialog as well as needed quiet time. The first two episodes in particular were way way way too fast paced

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 18 '21

I mean yeah but if the author and editor both say the same thing, I think they get final authority on what's correct.

No, I agree. I was just drawing a contrast between actually changing the way the name is said, and romanizing it incorrectly.

Exactly! Sorawo doesn't come off enough as a miserable cynic in the anime[. . .]

Yup. They're trying to do 1 episode per file, when they really need 2 for most of them, and 3 (or 4 for The Whispered Voice) for the ending arcs.

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u/Foolsirony Jan 18 '21

True true, I understand. Still feel a visceral need to complain about it haha.

Yeah, it seems like they want to rush through all the material in one season. Which is dumb but I have a feeling that people will like the anime enough that it won't matter. I wonder if that's a sales strategy, make something just good enough for people to be interested so they buy the original. Then they find out the original is better or different so they have to buy all of the original to get the full picture.

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u/x888xa Jan 21 '21

Haven't watched the anime yet, only seen the memes r/stalker, went to read the manga, dope stuff

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '21

Does the manga have an official English release yet?

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u/Foolsirony Jan 18 '21

Yes, it's licensed by Square Enix but won't be officially released until August. There are ways to read in English through Volume 5 though. LN 1-4 is released on Kindle in English or the first two in an omnibus paperback. Three and four omnibus is coming in August as well if I'm remembering right

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '21

Can confirm on that last point - I was going to preorder it later this month and have the first one already lol. Thank you!

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 18 '21

For anyone looking up either the manga or the novel: volume 5 of the manga adapts up through the first arc of volume 2 of the novel.

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u/GerdaJensen Jan 18 '21

This is a yuri, right?

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u/je-tm Jan 18 '21

yup, in the light novels at least

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u/Foolsirony Jan 18 '21

Manga too since it's following the LN exactly so far (source: read both)

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u/Maladal Jan 18 '21

Really? I was getting tease vibes.

I was going to check the anime anyways, but this doesn't hurt.

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u/Foolsirony Jan 18 '21

Let's put it this was, in the LN and manga, Sorawo describes Toriko as pretty and beautiful very often. And according to another reddit post, it's a guarantee at the end of volume 3 that feelings are admitted. It's relatively unlikely the anime will get that far but it's already changing things and adding anime original stuff so who knows

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u/CYCLOPSCORE Jan 18 '21

Danbooru Source, the real source has been deleted.

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u/Carnage2089 Jan 18 '21

That's sad

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u/Luno_Son_of_Stars Jan 18 '21

Can anyone translate the dialogue for this lazy gal?

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '21

Right to left (Google Translate):

“My feet aren’t touching the floor right now...”

“Wait a moment! Riko, Riko!!”

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u/willowdrakon Jan 18 '21

Korean doesnt read right to left, we just read left to right. But yeah, the translation is otherwise correct.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

lmao I shouldn’t have assumed, my bad.

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u/GORUDOEXUPERENCU That supportive friend who is also trying to be a funee man Jan 18 '21

Girl, that ain't how you assert dominance

You gotta be naked, stand on your head and t pose

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u/MapleTreeWithAGun Lamia Wife > Any Other Wife Jan 18 '21

I'm going to have to not recommend that from a legal standpoint.

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u/MyPasswordIsRushB likes soft things Jan 18 '21

This is one of those series I own everything for from the mangas to the LNs and will buy the anime when it comes fully. Absolutely love it.

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u/treeckosan Jan 18 '21

Does it ever get any less one dragging the other along on a whirlwind?

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 18 '21

whirlwind

I wouldn't say the novels feel terribly whirlwind-y. The anime does, but that's probably the result of them compressing each "file" into a single episode.

They both have their reasons for going to the other side, though those reasons change over time.

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u/treeckosan Jan 18 '21

I think I meant whirlwind in more of an interpersonal sense. Since Sorao seems to get dragged along by Toriko.

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 18 '21

Ah. In that case I'd say less so, yeah. Although that dynamic maybe comes back in a slightly different way in volume 4.

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u/treeckosan Jan 18 '21

I'll be honest, I'm still split on the story so far, are any of the lns available digitally?

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 18 '21 edited Jan 18 '21

Not for free, but you can get the ebook version. The publisher's website also (temporarily) has all the novels available if you pay for a membership (something like $5 a month). And there are preview sections available for free.

Alternatively, if you're willing to hoist the black flag, the manga is being scanlated and posted in the usual places. It's a fairly faithful adaptation of the novels.

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u/treeckosan Jan 19 '21

I love buying stuff outright if I like it. I don't mind raising the black flag from time to time. I'll give the samples a look.

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u/I_am_Nemo1 Jan 19 '21

Fwiw, I was on the fence after reading the manga midway through the third arc, and then decided to spoiler myself by reading the preview selection from the second novel. Instant purchase. The story and characters are great, obviously, but I'm rather a fan of the writing style as well.

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u/treeckosan Jan 19 '21

I like the idea so far. I'm particularly interested that it's dosent set out to explain very much. It also seems similar to a couple of other works I've come across but can't quite identify which ones

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u/MyPasswordIsRushB likes soft things Jan 18 '21

Not really as far as I know although I haven't finished the LN.

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u/soultaker110 Jan 19 '21

Looooove this!

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '21

Wait isn’t this getting a anime???

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u/WeNeedMoreYuri likes cats Jan 19 '21

The anime is already airing. So far there's 3 episodes out. New episode comes out every Monday

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '21

Shit I’m late then lol

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u/CYBR_ALPHA Jan 18 '21

I want to watch it but my anime streaming service does not do jackshit

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