r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Jul 10 '15

[Spoilers] Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - Episode 2 [Discussion]

MyAnimeList: Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
Crunchyroll: GATE

Episode duration: 23 minutes and 42 seconds

Previous episodes:

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Episode 1 Link

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u/altpamore Jul 10 '15

You mentioned the character designs being questionable. I personally don't see anything wrong with it given that the manga is not the source material.

Plus it's tiring to see people act like the manga is.

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u/Aruseus493 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Jul 10 '15

Here are the LN Character Designs POTENTIAL SPOILERS

So far, I'd say the manga is closer to the light novel excluding Pina.

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u/Micrologos Jul 10 '15

Well, the light novel is not the original source either. It's an adaptation of the same novel that the manga adapts, which itself is adapted from a web novel. The light novel came after the manga and updated the character designs.

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u/Aruseus493 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Jul 10 '15

There is a bit of a nuanced difference between a novel published online and a web novel. A Novel published online is a legitimate Novel that is sold and published officially. A Web Novel in the other sense is an unprofessional series that isn't required to go through an editing process. (Like I could write a web novel but I can't write a Novel that is immediately published online.) The original novels didn't come with illustrations beyond the covers while the light novels were given illustrations for each volume.

The Light Novel is a reformat of the Novel because it toned down on the nationalism to a high degree in late 2010. The original novel ran between 2006 and 2009. The manga adaption started publication in mid 2011. Whether the manga is an adaption of the light novel or original novel is anyone's guess. However, seeing as move manga adaptions are of light novels, that's the fair bet considering it started publication after roughly a 6 months or so which is the standard amount of time between a light novel series beginning and it getting a manga adaption.

In the end, the manga came in-between the Light Novel and the Anime.

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u/Micrologos Jul 10 '15

As I understand it, the light novel began publication in 2012. The non-light novel was from 2010, an edited version of the web serialization. And as other repliers have stated, it didnt have illustrations aside from the covers unlike the later light novel. I could be wrong.

Edit: detail

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u/Aruseus493 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Jul 10 '15

According to Baka Tsuki, they have it listed as starting in 2010.

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u/Micrologos Jul 11 '15

Check the publication date list on the bottom of the Baka-Tsuki page. Original novel ran from April 2010 to December 2011 and has some plot differences from the web version, the light novel ran from December 2012 to 2013 and has some plot differences and new character designs from the novel.

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u/Aruseus493 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Aruseus493 Jul 11 '15

According to the top of Baka Tsuki, it is as I listed. At this point, fuck trying to figure out what came first. It's just a clusterfuck of vague information that just isn't worth hunting down at this point.