What is it that's confusing you about my entry? While the issue in the entry was how well BL novels [Light novels from Japan] will do in the West with ‘lit readers’. Light novels are, by their very definition, in Japan, written for and read by, fans of manga/anime. It's the same simple structure employed when making 'pulp novels' here in the west. The reason I chose to write about light novels from a BL standpoint is because 1 [I'm a creator and pundit in the genre] and 2. [the harsh reviews coming from 'lit sites' about BL novels]. What I brought up at AMLA was, what I think is being lost on critics is that many BL novels from Japan suffer from simplicity, and coupled with the unfortunate side affect of being translated from Japanese, just makes it harder for new audiences to unaccustomed to manga, to give them a try. They won’t make non-manga reading/anime fans like them all too much; but then again, die hard lit readers still turn their noses up at 'pulp’ [DH Press is licensing and producing those ATM] and fanfic. ^_-
As a fanatical Narise reader [I adore her work]; I wondered why DMP/JUNE chose to license her works to intro BL Novels to their BL manga market. Emi wondered the same; we 'were not dissing her' mind you, but because she does tend to specialize in morally ambiguous seme, and unusual relationship plots, she is an acquired taste. Considering the DMP/June age demographic, its little wonder many of the 'yaoi review sites' are chiming in with ew, and wtf. Narise fans know what she's all about--some young fen will never get it, nor will they try.
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Date: 2006-11-06 02:43 pm (UTC)What is it that's confusing you about my entry? While the issue in the entry was how well BL novels [Light novels from Japan] will do in the West with ‘lit readers’. Light novels are, by their very definition, in Japan, written for and read by, fans of manga/anime. It's the same simple structure employed when making 'pulp novels' here in the west. The reason I chose to write about light novels from a BL standpoint is because 1 [I'm a creator and pundit in the genre] and 2. [the harsh reviews coming from 'lit sites' about BL novels]. What I brought up at AMLA was, what I think is being lost on critics is that many BL novels from Japan suffer from simplicity, and coupled with the unfortunate side affect of being translated from Japanese, just makes it harder for new audiences to unaccustomed to manga, to give them a try. They won’t make non-manga reading/anime fans like them all too much; but then again, die hard lit readers still turn their noses up at 'pulp’ [DH Press is licensing and producing those ATM] and fanfic. ^_-
As a fanatical Narise reader [I adore her work]; I wondered why DMP/JUNE chose to license her works to intro BL Novels to their BL manga market. Emi wondered the same; we 'were not dissing her' mind you, but because she does tend to specialize in morally ambiguous seme, and unusual relationship plots, she is an acquired taste. Considering the DMP/June age demographic, its little wonder many of the 'yaoi review sites' are chiming in with ew, and wtf. Narise fans know what she's all about--some young fen will never get it, nor will they try.
-Tina Anderson