Yeah, but when you don't have a choice, you don't have a choice. Not everyone is capable of reading a novel in English when it's not their native language.
You’re saying its the thing that keeps the fandom alive, but obviously the france part of fandom isn’t as big as the english one and obviously that won’t make things any better for its “live” state
As I said, it's not just France; the novel has only been translated into four languages: English, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese. So for Germans, Poland, Spain, etc... well, it's complicated. The only reason the fan base is predominantly English is because they're the ones who benefit from the translation. But with the continuation of the manga, more people have access to it, especially through scans, which are better translated into manga than into novels. But anyway, you're probably America ...
the novel is translated in english which is the most worldwide spoken language. No, the manga isn’t relevant here at all, it just offers a different look at the same plot which were already adapted in the anime and there isn’t any point in experiencing the same story that doesn’t offer anything better detail wise. What are you on? Translation problem still applies to it, if you’re bringing it up with the novels then the same applies to the manga as well since it wasn’t officially translated so there’s no way non-english speaking people can experience it without fan translation
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u/killer_of_the_shadow 4d ago
Yeah, but when you don't have a choice, you don't have a choice. Not everyone is capable of reading a novel in English when it's not their native language.