Higurashi no Naku Koro ni light novels

O_o · Post by **O_o** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:51 am

There are three light novels, along with another short that someone else is already translating. All of them were written by the original creator of the games, and with the exception of Nekogoroshi-hen, are only available as light novels. (And yes, I have the Japanese RAWs and they're not licensed anywhere outside Japan.)

Nekogoroshi-hen - already released as an OVA; less than 60 pages with text; features a picture of Rena, Mion, Satoko, and Rika changing
Kuradashi-hen - "a compilation of the ideas and stories that Ryukishi07 couldn't incorporate into the game"; less than 100 pages with text
Hajisarashi-hen - included with the PS2 game; less than 50 pages with text; looks to be a beach trip (and includes a picture of Takano in a bikini)

Kuradashi-hen looks the most interesting to me, especially because it looks like it includes:

Spoiler! :

Fushichou · Post by **Fushichou** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:39 am

Sub this freaking thing.

Aren't they licensed?

Byakko · Post by **Byakko** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 5:55 am

-Sub ? It's a novel. No subtitle.
-He said it's not licenced.
-Voting yes.

O_o · Post by **O_o** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:04 am

The first season of the anime is licensed in the US and France, and the manga is licensed in Taiwan and Hong Kong. That's all the Higurashi stuff licensed anywhere.

Fushichou · Post by **Fushichou** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:43 am

Byakko wrote:-Sub ? It's a novel. No subtitle.
-He said it's not licenced.
-Voting yes.

Same freaking difference.

Lilith · Post by **Lilith** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:07 am

I think I would prefer if someone translated the game instead of the novels ^^

onizuka-gto · Post by **onizuka-gto** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:45 am

Byakko wrote:-Sub ? It's a novel. No subtitle.
-He said it's not licenced.
-Voting yes.

As Byakko mentioned.

We do novels.

not Games

and

Not Anime.

PERIOD.

*sticks his fingers in his ears*

LLALAALALALAALALALAA~~lallaaa...

O_o · Post by **O_o** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:05 pm

Hmm... I never even thought of the game...

Maybe if they don't animate Saikoroshi-hen, we could find someone to translate at least that (as it seems to explain quite a bit of about a certain mysterious character, which may or may not also be important to Umineko no Naku Koro ni).

r2kordmaa · Post by **r2kordmaa** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:23 am

mm... translate it or oyashiro-sama will haunt you till you rip your throat out.

the story is really good, /me adores the anime
wouldnt miss the chanse to read the novels. if regular translation is too much work, atleast do atlas translation or smth. lot of ppl would really want to read it i think

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:47 am

While translating these novels is a novel idea, it is hard to find the source material, at from what I hear. They only came out with a very limited amount of the novels for fans who bought certain products.

Post by **sterling01** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 9:59 am

The RAWs are easy to find for the light novels

ainsoph9 · Post by **ainsoph9** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 11:41 am

Really? I am rather surprised. I actually tried searching online with nothing to show for results.

onizuka-gto · Post by **onizuka-gto** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:09 pm

ainsoph9 wrote:Really? I am rather surprised. I actually tried searching online with nothing to show for results.

you still have much to learn, padawon.

O_o · Post by **O_o** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 5:03 am

And I already said I had all the RAWs. I'm looking at them on my computer right now.

onizuka-gto · Post by **onizuka-gto** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:55 am

great.

all you need now is to provide licencing evidence, registered translator and Admin approval.

Bureaucracy. meh.

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