Monday 31 August 2015

Reference

Reference:

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Sunday 30 August 2015

List of Wuxia Novels and their Summary

Douluo Dalu

Horizon, Bright Moon, Sabre (天涯明月刀)

Dragon King With Seven Stars

Heroes Shed No Tears

7 Killers

Against the Gods

Douluo Dalu

Type: Web Novel

Genre: Action Adventure Fantasy Martial Arts Romance Shounen Wuxia

Author(s): Tang Jia San Shao

Status:

22 Volumes (Complete)

48 Volumes Web Novels (Complete)

Summary:

Tang Sect, the most famous martial arts sect of all. By stealing its most secret teachings to fulfill his dreams, Tang San committed an unforgivable crime. With his ambition attained, he hands his legacy to the sect and throws himself from the fearsome “Hell’s Peak.”

But he could have never imagined that this would reincarnate him in another world, one without magic, martial arts, and grudges. A land where only the mystical souls of battle lay.

The continent of Douluo.

How will Tang San survive in this unknown environment? With a new road to follow, a new legend begins…

Horizon, Bright Moon, Sabre (天涯明月刀) (1974)

aka Tianya Mingyue Dao, aka Horizon, Bright Moon, Sabre.

Author: Gulong

Translators: metwin1 (00-03), Chowbeng (04-07), and RWX (8-24).

Genre: Action Adventure Martial Arts Romance Shounen

Status: 24 Chapters (Completed)

Summary:

Fu Hongxue was a cripple, born with a lame leg and subject to epileptic seizures.

He was also one of the most powerful, legendary figures of the martial arts world, with a dull black saber that was second to none. His fame made him a frequent target of challengers, but whenever his saber left its sheath, only corpses would remain in its wake.

One day, however, Fu Hongxue rescued someone whom he should have killed…and in doing so, set of a chain of events and a conspiracy that would rock the world.

Dragon King With Seven Stars (1978)

Author: Gulong

Genre: Fantasy, Mystery

Status: 25 Chapters (Complete)

Summary:

From Wuxiaworld Translation:

Upon the death of multi-millionaire playboy Sun Jicheng, Jinan city suddenly becomes the center of a maelstrom of Jianghu intrigue. Once again, the mysterious death and/or disappearance of some of the most powerful and famous martial artists in recent years, such as the “End the Heavens, Destroy the Earth” crime-fighting duo Gao Tianjue and Guo Mie, and the master thief “Laughing General” Li, come to the spotlight. Smack dab in the middle of all the plotting and fighting is Ingot, a scrappy beggar who is far more than what he seems. A Gulong novel, translated by deathblade.

From Baka-Updates Manga:

Wu Tao, a small mysterious trader, suddenly appears in the city of Jinan and encounters with Yuanbao, a foxy little beggar. Wu Taos identity as a trader is suspected soon, because on the day before he appears, Sun Jicheng, a millionaire in Jinan dies a mysterious death, and people finds the dead one is his substitute. Around the countless wealth, confusing identity and the seven mysterious stars in the little beggar, various figures come on stage, starting a magical adventure story.

Heroes Shed No Tears

Author: Gulong

Translator: deathblade (Wuxiaworld Translation)

Genre: Action Adventure Fantasy Martial Arts Shounen

Status: 18 Chapters (Complete)

Summary:

This is a story about love, friendship, ambition, betrayal and fearsome weapons.

7 Killers

Author: Gulong

Translator: deathblade (Wuxiaworld Translation)

Genre: Action Adventure Fantasy Martial Arts Shounen

Status: N/A

Summary:

Dragon 5th is a powerful lord with incredible martial arts, and yet is wasting away from a fatal disease. The only medicine which can cure his sickness lies in the clutches of his venemous ex-wife, Madam Lovesickness, and is guarded by 7 dangerous killers, fugitives of the martial world. To retrieve the antidote, Dragon 5th hires Liu Changjie, a skilled martial artist who loves drinking and women, but has a mysterious past. All is not what it seems in this wuxia heist story.

Against the Gods (逆天邪神)

From Wuxiaworld Translation:

Ni Tian Xie Shen (逆天邪神) – Against the Gods is a chinese web novel by Mars Gravity

Translator Tags: Mature, Harem

Active Translators: alyschu, OverTheRanbow, choco (rip), Emmy (rip), gloo

Forever in our Hearts: rhyein (haitus), Neko (life), #2 (retired?), Shin (life), unbeliever (rip), Fantasy, Dodo, SummerRain, krys

Wielding the sky poison pearl, receiving the blood of an evil god, cultivating the strength to oppose heaven, a lord overlooking the world!

A boy is being chased by various people because he alone holds some kind of treasure. He jumps off a cliff to not let any of them have it and wakes up in the body of a boy with the same name in another world. Fortunately, he has kept the treasure he ran off with.

Current Status: Ongoing (363 chapters as of 06/07/2015)

Genre Tags: fantasy, different world, level up, bright (enjoyable/pleasurable) story

Translated by a team of casual translators at http://moonbunnycafe.com/alyschuco/

Official Description

Synopsis by alyschu:

Against the Gods Glossary (May Contain Spoilers!)

Title Explanation

alyschu Note: When I first started translating, I had two English titles in mind: Against the Gods and Opposition of the Devil/Evil God. Around chapter 3-5, I decided on the title Against the Gods because it sounded cooler. Should be Against the Heavens or Opposition of the Evil God but since we’ve almost hit half of a hundred, I’m just going to keep ATG as the title. This is what I get for ~~randomly interpreting~~ translating as I read, meh. My only excuse is that sometimes the heavens and gods are used interchangeably.

Also, the term 逆天 used in the title is a gaming term that essentially means “overpowered”.

Structure of Chinese Light Novel

– Literature of Chinese Light Novel -

Words structure, poem and idiom used is from the Chinese literature like how English and other languages uses their own poem, idiom and word play at their own country. So it is understandable if you do not understand what the translator translate from Chinese to English since you need to understand their culture but usually the translator will give an info on the thing that reader will not understand.

For example:

From Douluo Dalu Chapter 55:

'Using it to create hidden weapons was practically like a tiger growing wings'

It is an idiom that means 'Something strong redoubling its power'.

From Douluo Dalu Chapter 64:

‘love the house and its crow’ means 'If you get involved with one part, you’ll have to get involved with them all. Or: Love me, love my dog.'

I don't know about you guys but whenever I read the Chinese novel, they tend to be a little extreme to explain their point like they usually use "you embarrass me to death" or "I am happy to death". It doesn't only stop with the dead but if you read the word play and idiom and you understand them, it shows how very deep the the Chinese literature is. Also it is fun to learn the pun of their language like:

4444: If you pronounce it in Chinese, the spelling is similar to the word 'Death' which they find it very unlucky to get this number.

– The belief of the Chinese related to how the story was created

If you realize, some of the story are related to their belief in their religion especially in the Reincarnation part like in the novel 'Descent of the Phoenix', 'Desolate Era', 'Chaotic Sword God', Douluo Dalu' and 'Battle through the Heavens'.

You can also see that the story is mostly about a weak person or an already strong person but became weak again rise up to be powerful individual. The story of how they obtain their power and their fight against fate or what they called as the gods and heavens.

– The culture and martial arts of the Chinese related to the invention of stories

So if you realize, all story about Chinese story must have some martial arts. There aren't many that have without them since Martial Arts were basically created by Great Masters in China and immigrated to Japan and other countries.

Also since the economic of China has risen, don't be shock there are advanced technology and science-fiction that mostly appear in Japanese and Western stories. The Sci-Fi novels that were produced are Zhan Long, Shadow Rogue and Quan Zhi Gao Shou.

Sci-Fi Novel and their Summary

List of Sci-Fi (Science-Fiction) Novel

Bu Sha/ Kill No More

Zhan Long

Quan Zhi Gao Shou

Bu Sha/Kill No More

Type: Light Novel

Genre: Action Adventure Comedy Drama, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Mecha, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Seinen, Slice of Life

Status: 13 volumes (complete)

1 side-story volume (complete)

8 repackaged volumes (complete)

Author: Yu Wo

Summary:

Liola—the best assassin in his world—has vowed to kill no more. He was being chased by an assassination organization when he accidentally dropped into a parallel universe: through a dimensional gate and into poor teenager Kaiser’s apartment. Instead of going to the government shelter for lost dimensional travelers, Liola and Kaiser wind up going to school together.

Liola has been trying his best to live the life of an ordinary person, but after certain things happen one after the other, he begins to realize that being an ordinary person could be harder than being an assassin.