John HarrisDiscovered: there is a bona-fide #Wizardry #manga, called #BladeAndBastard, that takes care to get many details from the game right.
For example, one of the characters views the dungeon this way:
coffeentacos@rodneylives I’m so concerned about this one’s writer not being able to rein themselves in compared to their other works
@coffeentacos They were the Goblin Slayer writer, correct? I don't follow manga generally, I don't know their reputation. So far it's kept to the games fairly closely, I can't help but think that's going to hold them back eventually, but Wizardry's now-thought-unusual and cruel play mechanisms may give them a lot of mileage.
@rodneylives they do a lot of the “fantasy necessitates violence and cruelty of certain types to women and the less fortunate”
@coffeentacos
It is an overplayed trope, definitely
It is an overplayed trope, definitely
ChurchHatesTucker ☑@rodneylives Blade & Bastard is a light novel adaptation (though you wouldn't guess it by the title.) The original author is the same guy responsible for "Goblin Slayer" (notorious for its rapey opening.)
There's an earlier #Wizardry #Manga called "Wizardry Zeo" https://myanimelist.net/manga/39231/Wizardry_Zeo/pics
Wizardry Zeo
Zeo, a mysterious young wizard with a giant sword, finds himself in the city of Monea. He has no interest in getting involved with other adventurers, but circumstances leave him no choice but to find himself a party. He is therefore dragged into a group of misfit adventurers led by the pretty priest Tia. Tia seems very interested in making him their ally, and he soon learns why. Tia is determined to hunt down the wizard and summoned demon that destroyed her town and family, and she intends to do this by first summoning the demon. However, demon summoning magic is forbidden, punishable by death. Tia needs to learn about the art of demon summoning, and she needs a wizard for the summoning itself. Little does she know, Zeo actually has his very own illegal summoned demon, which is why he was so insistent that he wanted to adventure alone. Will he be willing to help Tia with her quest, or will his secret lead to his execution? (Source: MU)
@rodneylives Oh, there's an even earlier manga (1988) by Ishigaki Tamaki just called Wizardry (and Wizardry Gaiden, which would be side stories.) Looks like it was never translated.
@ChurchHatesTucker Gah, didn't know that about Goblin Slayer. The most salacious thing I've seen in the chapters of B&B so far have been:
"Garbage" the fighter gets bathed, it's not depicted as sexy though, I think.
There's a succubus depicted in one frame, it's from memory/imagined though.
I hope B&B doesn't head in that direction. It has an "ecchi" tag on one site, but it's been tame so far.
"Garbage" the fighter gets bathed, it's not depicted as sexy though, I think.
There's a succubus depicted in one frame, it's from memory/imagined though.
I hope B&B doesn't head in that direction. It has an "ecchi" tag on one site, but it's been tame so far.
@ChurchHatesTucker Wait, so is the manga an adaptation of the light novel, or the other way around? I found an English translation of the light novel on Amazon, but it seems rather overpriced considering the small number of pages.
@rodneylives Light Novel came first.
Do you have an FTP or similar?
@ChurchHatesTucker Do I have a File Transfer Protocol? er?
If you mean a server, I could spin one up for a short while later tonight if you're on.
@rodneylives That'd work