Hokuo Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi - Vol. 6 Ch. 54
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Stayed up all night binging this, no regrets.
Truly a gem hidden in the snow.
Man Sieg became sooooo beautiful, hard to believe how much shes changed since chapter 1.
Everyone is so likable too.
.....except for Airi's grandfather, that guy can suck a dick
Truly a gem hidden in the snow.
Man Sieg became sooooo beautiful, hard to believe how much shes changed since chapter 1.
Everyone is so likable too.
.....except for Airi's grandfather, that guy can suck a dick
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I'm sorry if you take this the wrong way, but any thought of changing "Levantret" to what it's most likely supposed to be, aka "Revontulet" (which is also what the earlier scanlation groups used too I think) the Finnish word for aurora borealis, since this manga uses the basis of Finnish Sami people for a lot of it's names and stuff. Not being nitpicky about your choice, since most people probably don't even think about it, as a Finnish native it just pops up for me personally.
It's Silfir's Chess Accuracy Corner! Rating depictions of chess based on their accuracy since sometime before now!
Unfortunately, it was painfully obvious the artist had no actual knowledge of chess. They kept to long-distance shots, or an extreme close-up of the bottom-right corner on the board, but still managed to pack in two errors.
- The board is set up wrong by 90 degrees - the bottom right square is supposed to be a light square. Dead giveaway.
- I'm not 100% certain since it's mostly obscured by a speech bubble, but based on the round head and the relative size compared to the rook it appears there is a white pawn on e1, which is obviously impossible. If that particular panel is a close-up of the checkmating position, which is implied by it getting the focus following Sieg's declaration of checkmate, that would make the black piece the king. While there are a number of valid checkmates to a black king on f1 that could involve an unknown white piece on h2 (possible a knight offering check), a rook on g3 and an unknown piece (which cannot be a knight or a pawn by the rules) on e1, as well as any number of other unknown pieces - in all of those imaginable positions it would make no sense for Ritzhardt to express surprise at being checkmated unless he is very inept at chess. Surprise one-move checkmates CAN happen to good players, but not like that.
To be fair, this is a completely casual setting, and it has never been suggested that Ritz is any good at chess. They just enjoy each other's company.
So, as an aside unrelated to this particular instance of chess use in fiction: Chess games ending in a player going "Checkmate!", with the opponent stunned by the brilliance of their opponent (rather than their own stupidity for missing it) is the chess world's equivalent of hackers furiously typing on keyboards, or showing a player is brilliant at poker because they keep getting four of a kinds or royal flushes. For anyone curious, the correct way to demonstrate brilliance is to have a chess player sacrifice a piece (or do something else unexpected or outrageous, but it's usually piece sacrifices that players are liable to miss), the opponent's eyes going wide, and frustration washing over their face as they calculate ahead to see how completely and utterly screwed they are. Or, quite possibly, a player announcing "Checkmate in six moves", simply because a combination that involves calculating multiple moves ahead, with all possible responses, is much more likely to have been overlooked by even a good player. The amount of moves has to be balanced; "Checkmate in three" is not impressive enough, "Checkmate in thirteen" suggest either computer cheating or the player being an absolute freak of nature. Think Magnus Carlsen.
Unfortunately, it was painfully obvious the artist had no actual knowledge of chess. They kept to long-distance shots, or an extreme close-up of the bottom-right corner on the board, but still managed to pack in two errors.
- The board is set up wrong by 90 degrees - the bottom right square is supposed to be a light square. Dead giveaway.
- I'm not 100% certain since it's mostly obscured by a speech bubble, but based on the round head and the relative size compared to the rook it appears there is a white pawn on e1, which is obviously impossible. If that particular panel is a close-up of the checkmating position, which is implied by it getting the focus following Sieg's declaration of checkmate, that would make the black piece the king. While there are a number of valid checkmates to a black king on f1 that could involve an unknown white piece on h2 (possible a knight offering check), a rook on g3 and an unknown piece (which cannot be a knight or a pawn by the rules) on e1, as well as any number of other unknown pieces - in all of those imaginable positions it would make no sense for Ritzhardt to express surprise at being checkmated unless he is very inept at chess. Surprise one-move checkmates CAN happen to good players, but not like that.
To be fair, this is a completely casual setting, and it has never been suggested that Ritz is any good at chess. They just enjoy each other's company.
So, as an aside unrelated to this particular instance of chess use in fiction: Chess games ending in a player going "Checkmate!", with the opponent stunned by the brilliance of their opponent (rather than their own stupidity for missing it) is the chess world's equivalent of hackers furiously typing on keyboards, or showing a player is brilliant at poker because they keep getting four of a kinds or royal flushes. For anyone curious, the correct way to demonstrate brilliance is to have a chess player sacrifice a piece (or do something else unexpected or outrageous, but it's usually piece sacrifices that players are liable to miss), the opponent's eyes going wide, and frustration washing over their face as they calculate ahead to see how completely and utterly screwed they are. Or, quite possibly, a player announcing "Checkmate in six moves", simply because a combination that involves calculating multiple moves ahead, with all possible responses, is much more likely to have been overlooked by even a good player. The amount of moves has to be balanced; "Checkmate in three" is not impressive enough, "Checkmate in thirteen" suggest either computer cheating or the player being an absolute freak of nature. Think Magnus Carlsen.
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@hiddeneclipse ah well I set the name according to what MAL said https://myanimelist.net/character/181408/Ritzhardt_Levantret so its always been confusing whether to choose revontulet or levantret
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Ah, that's understandable. I went to check the raws to see how they write the name and im like. maybe 80% sure that it's actually supposed to be Revontulet as opposed to Levantret, though im not fluent but i do know myself around simple kanas. (also after putting the kanas through google translate to finnish the end result was "Revontlet" so. take it as you will.)
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yup i know i read revontulet as well in jap but since the official site like mal said levantret i changed it to that .... looks like i have to set upon one of them .... guess i will go with revontulet then... will start replacing the word from tmrw i guess edit: I have changed it to revontulet for this chapter now
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I mean, I'm not sure if I'd call MAL an official source per se, and even then, sometimes you yourself knows better than whoever made the MAL page, since that could've been made by someone who doesn't really know that the series borrows from Finnish Sami culture, and just chose the reading they thought was better, so you should definitely just go with what you feel is better!
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@koshwin Forgive me for parroting hiddeneclipse above, but MAL is not an official source, and they also made mistake. Up until recently, they wrote the author of Kuma Bear "くまなの" as "Kumano" instead of "Kumanano" (eventhough I've suggested an edit a long time ago), and unfortunately many anime news sites already cited "Kumano" on their articles since they blindly followed MAL.
Anyway, thanks for your hard work! This manga and Kuma Bear are my favs among PASH LN and manga series!
Anyway, thanks for your hard work! This manga and Kuma Bear are my favs among PASH LN and manga series!
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