u/ArthoriasOfTheLight

So I am not sure if this a translation issue, or this is how LNs are written.

I never read one in my life, but I read a lot of western fantasy novels. Today I gave a few LNs a try, I read a few chapters of sao and grimgar, and the writing just felt off.

The way it reads, it feels more like a movie script, everything is shown, either in the dialogue or the narration, and nothing is told. (Tell, don't show is a popular writing technique).

Just to elaborate on what I mean by it feels like a movie script: Basically every single action is described. For e.g. one line from sao: "She walked over to the window, touched the wall...turned out the lanters." It just feels like everything is explained and spoonfed to me.

And if I just flipped to a random page and read a dialogue without context, I couldn't tell which character was which. They all sound the same.

Did I just pick 2 badly written/translated novels, or this is just how LNs are most of the time?

I am also not trying to shit on this genre, if it's not for me, then it's not for me, but I am just curious if they are all like this or not.

For a long time anime was a niche in the west, but it's getting more and more popular. Do you think we will see more and a wider variety of western animated shows? I mean right now it's 90-95% comedy and superhero shows, with a few exceptions, like arcane.

But there is a ton of money and demand for it (I would say even more than japan, considering all the big corporations, and people generally have more disposable income than japan, larger population as well, if we look at US+EU). There is talent, there is technology, it's all given to create high quality animated shows with some unique concepts. (because some things are just too expensive with live action CGI).

Sure, labour is more expensive, but shows like ATLA and arcane prove that you can be profitable with a good product.