Hey guys, Reigokai here!
As you may already know, Dragon Knight is a web novel I am translating on this website. It is a massive story that has more than 1,900 chapters and each chapter has a decent length.
Now, onto the real talk.
I am beginning to feel like translating Dragon Knight isn’t worth it anymore…
As I have said before, I translate because when I post and see people comment and react, it feels as if I am reading together with those people.
I don’t get that feeling from Dragon Knight anymore.
Don’t get me wrong, I actually like that story a lot. The wars are resolved in pretty imaginative ways that you are actually convinced they won because they strategized; the battles are realistic, depicted in ways where I can feel they are actually ‘human’ and they can die, the number of people each member of the main cast kills is not ridiculous like in other stories where they just nuke them all; the story has a very defined main cast with fortes and quirks that they use on their advantage, each member also has weaknesses too, they complement each other well; the world is really well build, each place having their culture, factions, and races making them feel different.
If I like it that much, why am I stopping?
As I said before, I translate to get that feeling of ‘reading with others’. Otherwise, I could just read it by myself, which is faster.
Let me put a comparison here. Reading it raw by myself would take around 10-20 minutes per chapter; translating a chapter will take me at least 4 hours. Couple that with the fact that I stick two chapters minimum when releasing and that’s 8 hours. Editing takes an extra 30 minutes.
It is easy to tell which one would take less time.
And so, to summarize, I like the story, yes, but translating it doesn’t feel gratifying anymore. It is slowly turning into a ‘It might be better for me to just read it by myself, what’s the difference?’.
These are my honest thoughts, and I hope you guys understand why I am dropping Dragon Knight. With this, I will at least have some more time, find another story maybe on top of Weakest Mage to bring to you guys?
Anyways, sorry for the long talk there. I just wanted you guys to know my feelings before throwing this announcement.
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Hi and sorry to hear that!
I'm not a big fan of DK, I could never get hooked by the streem of consciousness writing style, I guess... but I like the plot and I liked the few chapters I read now and then. So I'm sorry for the fans but I also get what you mean and if it's not a pleasure anymore it will begins to weight to much on you and you don't deserve that!
Also, it's been a week I wanted to thank you for picking up WM because I like it really a lot!
But it was never the right time to write a comment🙄
I'll start lurking less and commenting more!
Thanks for your amazing work!!😊😊😊
I think it'll be nice to have a more comedic Isekai next or maybe an Isekai with grotesque
Tsuki is back guys~~
Thanks for the hard work till then. And it's true that if there is less people commenting it will be less fun translating.
A pity but also a good lesson for the comunity in a way ? ^^
So people heed your translator's call and tell them all your loves, hates, likes, dislikes and ideas to show them your interest in their work ! ^^
It's part of the fun to read and comment on the onlines novels's comment sections after all ! ;)
A round of hearts for our translator ! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
Friendly yours,
Nekoyashiki-san
Not only is there a new extra chapter but there is also a new main chapter!
Sorry, for commenting after ages. Usually just lurk around silently..
Enjoyed all the translation.. keep up the good work..
thanks for the translation so far!
even though DK wasn't my cup of tea, you still work hard for it so its worth the read :)
looking forward on your next translation!
Oof. I feel bad now. I still have a large backlog of Dragon Knight to go through. I just end up taking my time on it more for some reason.
It might be the size of the chapters, but considering TsukiMichi, it's more likely the unorthodox main character and themes. Isekai is easy to digest, I guess.
Well, you do you, either way. I'm gonna catch up and comment on every Dragon Knight chapter eventually.
Eventually.
I also cannot feel like im reading it with everyone else... because i was not reading it at all, but i guess i will check it eventually just to know what the fuzz is all about
Honestly, I tried reading Dragon Knight for a while, but I just couldn't get into it....mostly because I don't like the MC.