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product_id: 83815665
title: "KATANAGATARI 1: Sword Tale"
brand: "sam bett"
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# KATANAGATARI 1: Sword Tale

**Brand:** sam bett
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- **What is this?** KATANAGATARI 1: Sword Tale by sam bett
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KATANAGATARI 1: Sword Tale

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Reads well
  

*by B***T on Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2018*

When I am reading LN translations, I often have to sit and stare at the text, confused, wondering whether the unfathomable passage I am reading is a problem with the source text or the result of an inadequate translation. There are many moments like this in, for example, the Monogatari series, written by the same author as this book and translated by the same company (albeit not by the same translator).In this book, those moments of confusion basically do not exist. And that should end the review--the book is worth your money. But perhaps there is another feature of this translation worth talking about.Strewn throughout the text, on almost every page, are footnotes which note and sometimes explain the literal Japanese term for a word or phrase. Some of these function as traditional TL notes (such as a footnote explaining how "kitsune" and "tanuki" are alike), but most act as a sort of alternate translation. My first impression of the footnotes was that they were a sort of apology for non-literal translations in the text--not that the translator needs to apologize for his work here. But they also act as the opposite: sometimes, the translation is so perfect that the footnote feels like a brag, as where the translation renders a term literally meaning "preliminary research" as "due diligence."Such notes are risky because they expose how the sausage is made. LN translations are generally opaque, and hopefully Vertical's transparency won't be held against them (or against the translator).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Just buy, you'll thank yourself later
  

*by Y***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019*

It's Nisioisin, back at it again with the fantastic work, and joined by a group of fantastic translators and editors.The main premise is that a sword fighter, who doesn't use a sword, goes off to fight against sword users who use special swords, and to then collect those special swords with the help of a sarcastic schemer. Hilarity, drama, action, a questionable romance, and cheerios ensue.Nothing I say is going to do this series justice, so again, just buy it. Hell, get a second one for your friend. Maybe then someone will get around to liscensing the anime.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A fantastic translation for a fantastic work
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2019*

As a huge fan of the anime, I was extremely excited to see an official english translation becoming available. I was moved enough by the quality of this work to post a review.Another reviewer said it much more eloquently, but this is objectively one of the best translated light novels I’ve read. The care the translator took with his craft is astounding. The excess of footnotes throughout the novel really adds extra depth to the story that makes me it appreciate even more. The book itself is also gorgeous sporting artwork from the original novel.Vertical and Sam Bett truly made an incredible work here. My highest recommendation to anyone interested in a new light novel.

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