WHY the FUCK are SO MANY of my favorite mangas just LN ads??!!!!!?!?!

[pedronimo]

I just finished reading Her Magesty's Swarm and I'm so fucking PISSED at the finale being a GODDAMN LN AD

I'M NOT GOING TO READ YOUR SHITTY LIGHT NOVEL DUDE STOP ENDING IT LIKE THAT

WHY DOES GOOD MANGA GET AXED AND SHIT LIKE RENT A GIRLFRIEND GET THIRTY ONE FUCKING VOLUMES

ARE KODANSHA AND SHUEISHA THE NEW NETFLIX AXING GOOD SHOWS AFTER ONE DAMN SEASON?????????

anyways here we post all the good mangas that ended as LN ads

 

[Greenfrost]

I've actually got annoyed with Mangaplus in the past because sometimes I would be enjoying an ongoing series then it would just abruptly end. I know those aren't light novel adaptions, but it's a similar experience.

 

[pedronimo]

The Villainess' Butler was one of these, then it got purged
same with the fake saintess one

 

[77BLc9JwJGpLVARkamJx]

Duh, even anime adaptation is used for this kind of purpose.

 

[Manko-sensei]

There are many adaptations that merely advertise the LN yes, many series end abruptly (axed) because they don't meet the expectations with sales which also happens with original manga. But to avoid it, better reduce the amount of isekai/generic fantasy/romcom since those are the main genres where that happens. Do a little research before starting series to avoid wasting time.

 

[undeed]

RENT A GIRLFRIEND GET THIRTY ONE FUCKING VOLUMES

you mean 40?
is that a rhetoric question?
because the answer is obviously sales, isn't it?
whether you like it or not, that manga is still in the top 500 manga sales early this month
(the latest volume that is. But it's gone form the list now. It's already over 2 months from its release date)

 

[undeed]

I've actually got annoyed with Mangaplus in the past because sometimes I would be enjoying an ongoing series then it would just abruptly end.

if we go by this reddit post,
about 68.2% axed

 

[BakedBanana]

Real.

 

[sanctuary]

You WILL read the LN slop and you WILL like it.

 

[sterven]

 

[Tony_Mushah]

There are many adaptations that merely advertise the LN yes, many series end abruptly (axed) because they don't meet the expectations with sales which also happens with original manga. But to avoid it, better reduce the amount of isekai/generic fantasy/romcom since those are the main genres where that happens. Do a little research before starting series to avoid wasting time.

Nah, people will always prefer to just read it and then complain later when the title got axed because "it wasn't good enough" in the eyes of the publisher.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

LN Ads are suffering, additionally because the Novels are scarcely available at all here, with the online fan translation being Google Translate by a Chinese guy that doesn't seem to speak english at all

 

[Mangamoz]

It's gotten so bad that I now use the "adaptation" tag as a way to filter them out.

I would rather never know of what I am missing by simply never watching the novel ad at all.

 

[Manko-sensei]

It's gotten so bad that I now use the "adaptation" tag as a way to filter them out.

I would rather never know of what I am missing by simply never watching the novel ad at all.

I keep it on so if I click on it I can affirm "yes, it is trash".

 

[TestAddress]

Read Rent a Girlfriend then, pure manga no ads.

Enjoy.

 

[TestAddress]

You WILL read the LN slop and you WILL like it.

Sadly.

 

[GipoScribantino]

Read Rent a Girlfriend then, pure manga no ads.

Enjoy.

Hot(?) take but I prefer to read a mediocre story terminated early than a terrible story with no end in sight.

 

[Madologist]

I'd say most LN adaptions - anime or manga - are planned to just cover the first LN or at most two, essentially the first major arc of the story and then wrap it up. Some then are chosen to carry on, if they sold like hot cakes. Of course with some insanely popular series, their adaptions will be continued indefinitely from the start.

I'd also make a wager, that most original series are also contracted for just a few volumes and then judged if they are allowed to continue further. This is why some "sudden endings" feel less abrupt than others that clearly got axed mid-arc and told to wrap it up in X chapters - essentially the "our battle will continue" ending. The author had planned a possible ending point to the story from early on in the most likely chance that their series won't be continued for 20+ volumes.

Hot(?) take but I prefer to read a mediocre story terminated early than a terrible story with no end in sight.

Definitely. Some stories are much better, when the author has some kind of clear idea from start to finish and then just tells that story. Even if it sometimes is bit hurried along towards the end.
Rom-com and romance in general are the absolute worst at this, since nothing will happen to the status quo of the would be couple until the end, so let's continue it for 20000 gazillion chapters why not? No one will get bored of it, right?

LN Ads are suffering, additionally because the Novels are scarcely available at all here, with the online fan translation being Google Translate by a Chinese guy that doesn't seem to speak english at all

Damn does it annoy me, be it WN/LN/Manga bulk translations, be it MTL or just ESL/EN+1L with how little proofreading goes into it. Sure, if it's a solo project and you like it that way, it's hard to get someone to proofread it, but could you yourself at the very least give it a single read over to spot the obvious mistakes?
Or since you do use those damn machine powered translations, why not slap the script into another one and ask it to proofread it and fix grammatical errors and whatnot?

 

[Angry_Panda]

Rom-com and romance in general are the absolute worst at this, since nothing will happen to the status quo of the would be couple until the end, so let's continue it for 20000 gazillion chapters why not? No one will get bored of it, right?

Rumiko Takahashi made a very good living this way, you know....

 

[Manko-sensei]

One of the things the biggest Japanese recession brought us was not only a significant drop in working conditions and quality on studios (besides some of them who had to close), it was also the change from 24 episode anime season to 12. Obviously, with half of the original length many more series could get the greenlight and they could cut them earlier in case they didn't work in numbers, which led to nowadays status quo. As for manga adaptations, they're like a milestone for novel writers, publishers know which goals a title needs to achieve and when to release each volume so it doesn't turn in a negative balance and worst case they can just finish the adaptation and redirect the new fans to the original work. Nothing personal, only business.