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A review by kakuzo
Suspension: Kubitsuri High School - The Nonsense User's Disciple by NISIOISIN
4.0
From the guy that created literature, here comes the time he created the word "letdown". But don't get me wrong, its a very decent book but being the sequel to "the book that created literature" it surely didn't lived up to its predecessor.
"When all logically untenable possibilities have been eliminated, if whatever remains seems untenable, then it is."
My thoughts after re-reading "Suspension: Kubitsuri highschool, The Nonsense User's disicple"
Written by NisiOisiN
Illustrated by Take
Re-read?:
Last time I read this book was when it came out in 2019, so almost one whole year from the time I wrote this review. I can say that I really enjoyed this book more during this reread, having just read vols 1 and 2 the characters names were still fresh in my mind and I had failed to notice just how much references they make to characters of previous volumes during my first readthrough,
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The story:
After the crazy shit that happened in the book that created literature (aka zaregoto vol 2), this time Ii has to infiltrate a high school to rescue one of the students. But of course, this is zaregoto so the highschool is not actually what it seems.
A volume centered on Ii, Aikawa, and some new characters, trying to solve murder mysteries while doing a lot of fighting.
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Translation: The first two books were translated by Greg Moore, but this time the translator was Daniel Joseph. I can definitely say that the two translators do incredibly good jobs at translating zaregoto, having read more translations by Moore I obviously feel more inclined to say that I liked his translation more, but I cant also dismiss the fact that Joseph also does some very interesting things on his translation.
The main difference I found is that Joseph uses more "modern" language in the translations, for example, during this book he uses a lot of abbreviations that obviously characters didn't use on previous installments. The one that struck me the most was Aikawa saying "FYI" but there are other examples. This isn't a bad thing but at plain sight its the biggest difference between translations that I could find.
I can't say wich translator I like best because they are both very great at translating, Moore's translations feel easier to read but joseph' feel more modern and fresh. I really like them both.
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Enjoyment:
This book is not as good as V2 but for being a 192-page long book it definitely packs a lot and some very good characters. I really enjoyed how more action-oriented this book felt in comparison to the others and the final chapter of the book was very interesting and a very good conclusion to this book. It's enjoyable
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The verdict:
As I have said many times previously, its a letdown in comparison to volume 2, but if we ignore how great volume 2 was. This book is actually very decent, and especially for the size, it packs a lot and more than nothing is very fun to read. Suspension is a 7/10
"When all logically untenable possibilities have been eliminated, if whatever remains seems untenable, then it is."
My thoughts after re-reading "Suspension: Kubitsuri highschool, The Nonsense User's disicple"
Written by NisiOisiN
Illustrated by Take
Re-read?:
Last time I read this book was when it came out in 2019, so almost one whole year from the time I wrote this review. I can say that I really enjoyed this book more during this reread, having just read vols 1 and 2 the characters names were still fresh in my mind and I had failed to notice just how much references they make to characters of previous volumes during my first readthrough,
↓
The story:
After the crazy shit that happened in the book that created literature (aka zaregoto vol 2), this time Ii has to infiltrate a high school to rescue one of the students. But of course, this is zaregoto so the highschool is not actually what it seems.
A volume centered on Ii, Aikawa, and some new characters, trying to solve murder mysteries while doing a lot of fighting.
↓
Translation: The first two books were translated by Greg Moore, but this time the translator was Daniel Joseph. I can definitely say that the two translators do incredibly good jobs at translating zaregoto, having read more translations by Moore I obviously feel more inclined to say that I liked his translation more, but I cant also dismiss the fact that Joseph also does some very interesting things on his translation.
The main difference I found is that Joseph uses more "modern" language in the translations, for example, during this book he uses a lot of abbreviations that obviously characters didn't use on previous installments. The one that struck me the most was Aikawa saying "FYI" but there are other examples. This isn't a bad thing but at plain sight its the biggest difference between translations that I could find.
I can't say wich translator I like best because they are both very great at translating, Moore's translations feel easier to read but joseph' feel more modern and fresh. I really like them both.
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Enjoyment:
This book is not as good as V2 but for being a 192-page long book it definitely packs a lot and some very good characters. I really enjoyed how more action-oriented this book felt in comparison to the others and the final chapter of the book was very interesting and a very good conclusion to this book. It's enjoyable
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The verdict:
As I have said many times previously, its a letdown in comparison to volume 2, but if we ignore how great volume 2 was. This book is actually very decent, and especially for the size, it packs a lot and more than nothing is very fun to read. Suspension is a 7/10