tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post579351916768698488..comments2022-04-12T23:57:29.677+08:00Comments on That Random Blade: A brief break here...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486594859773207979noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2126186823170643921.post-33147565081646704202013-04-18T20:34:25.163+08:002013-04-18T20:34:25.163+08:00What the hell?! I tried to submit my comment, and ...What the hell?! I tried to submit my comment, and everything went wrong, with some BS about blogger error and my comment is gone! I have to retype everything all over again! Sorry.<br /><br />Have you actually read my story? I doubt it. If you did, you'll know that my protagonist is an anti-hero. Really. He's the guy who sat on a cliff, laughing his head off while watching a demon slaughter fifty of his schoolmates, then played the hero by jumping down and rescuing the rest only because he wanted a reward. That's the sort of stuff an anti-hero does. He's pretty insane.<br /><br />Emo, I will have to say no to that. Do you remember Cloud and Squall from Final Fantasy series, and Sasuke from Naruto? Given the ridiculous amount of hate they get for being emo, I think I'll do well to stay clear of emo characters. People hate emo characters, unless he's as cool as Kiritsugu (I think people will argue that he isn't even emo, just jaded and bitter).<br /><br />The combat system is fine, I believe. Have you read my latest version yet? I bet not. It's a new download and program system, so it's a pretty cool concept. Basically, it's the near future, and my characters fight by downloading techniques and magic, which they obtain by passing tests. Everything is made out of data. So that also means they can store stuff as data, for example, they can store weapons as data inside a digital inventory and retrieve any time they want. Pretty cool. Plus with the download system, they can mix and match various techniques and magic.<br /><br />Most readers also enjoy my battle scenes, but there is an issue because there are too many pointless battles that don't contribute to the plot - an issue I will address. So I have to get rid of some battle scenes, and add more slice-of-life elements that are relevant to the plot. Nobody wants a marathon of battles and not much of a story linking them together.<br /><br />Another thing is the characters - which I will address in my next post (I will be writing it in a while). Too many cliched characters, and the plot itself is cliched. The combat system is cool, but the setting is cliched, stale and over-used. Too many light novels have the same setting of a magic battle school. The problem right now is that I've focused too much on the battles and stereotypical scenes, problems and characters that the originality and novelty of the download system is lost. In restructuring the story I hope to make that stand out more.Tanaka Tomoyuki 田中友幸https://www.blogger.com/profile/17598005783370199103noreply@blogger.com