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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....Double Edged Hero?
Anyone...?
For the time being there is a new extra chapter of tsuki ga michibiku then lest just wait and see
Im sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry.
I usually read the novel in the emails so I don't comment much.
Thats a shame. I was really enjoying this story. I havent commented in ages 😔.
I am one at fault here too. I always read them without commenting. Shame it was actually quite a fun read
Sad, but OFC I won't blame you.
If you will stop right now, can you just spoil if camilla is actually dead?
Or if possible, a summary of this arc
No worries, I will. But give me some time, since I actually read while translating, and I haven't read any further than what's already out.
Sometimes being a lurker really comes back to bite you. I've found myself incredibly entertained by Dragon Knight, it's just a (terrible) habit of mine to read and not leave a comment saying how fantastic it was. That being said, that's as good a reason as any to stop translating the work - if you're finding it to be a chore and not a fun hobby then there's no point in continuing. I just want to let you know that I very much enjoyed the chapters you gave us, and I'll be keeping an eye on the other stories you're translating, since they're also pretty interesting.
All the best.
Simply one of my favorite web novel series, this is the title that introduced me to your WordPress blog, you're not at fault here Regiokai, I've been reading your translations for quite some time now and it was my own fault for not expressing my gratitude properly to you through the comments and I'm extremely sorry for that, but I want you to know that me and every single reader who read your works are grateful for every single chapters that you gave us, we're always behind your back and you'll always have our support, since the moment when I first read your work I've become a member of this great society, thank you, truly.
Oof, I really liked that one.
I mean, even I noticed that Weakest Mage was getting way more attention than DK. And that's fine, in itself; WM takes the standard Isekai plot and does some interesting things with it.
But to me, WM just feels so *safe*. DK, on the other hand, is doing so much more with just about everything. The characters have more depth, the setting is complex with layers of history, and the stakes are about a thousand times higher from the word go. Even the narrative itself takes risks, alternating between Solje's nearly stream-of-consciousness narration and Sharon's pseudo-omniscient "songs".
So yeah, I'm personally disappointed. Can't argue the numbers, obviously, and I don't dislike WM. But I'm gonna miss Solje and his crazy worldview.
But hey. Thanks for all your hard work on the series thus far. It's been quite a ride. 😁
Sorry i never leave comment at all, and doesnt read because of works (that killing me) DK has good view of the world the writer want to built, yet if you say so ita okay. Dont force your self i know how hard it is to do something that you feel doesnt has the "thing" anymore. Thank you for everything you have done since tsuki
Well its a shame, I was really enjoying that one, but oh well, you got to do whats best fro you and I will support you. Hope another group picks it up and continues with the same level of quality.
Once again I did my regular check on the raw and "THERE IT IS A NEW EXTRA CHAPTER" was posted last two days ago.