April Fools' Releases 2023

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  1. AliceShiki

    AliceShiki 『Ms. Tree』『Magical Girl of Love and Justice』

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    It's funny~

    That's all there is to it.

    I never bothered with doing it myself, but I like reading April Fools chapters that other translators release.

    Sometimes people even make threads compiling all April Fool releases they can find, so as to make them easily accessible for anyone looking for the joke chapters~

    That's all there is to it. It's funny and harmless, so might as well have some fun~
     
  2. Eat_Angst

    Eat_Angst |System T219| [The Bear Monarch]

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    translators who do this are the actual fools
     
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  3. Celestia_8787

    Celestia_8787 Well-Known Member

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    I like if rhe translators wrote a fake chapter then put it the "end" much more fun than fake release
     
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  4. mir

    mir Well-Known Member

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    Ohh it's already that time of year again. Lookin forward to it. :blob_pompom:
     
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  5. SylviaViolet

    SylviaViolet Toast to the ones that we lost on the way⚓️

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    Well, it is the age old tradition started by the first bunch of translators! :meowtihihi:
     
  6. Resplendor

    Resplendor High Lord of Souls

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    I usually take a break from NU around this time until the fake chapters calm down.
     
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  7. Orris

    Orris 『 最 強 ⑨ ~ 』

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    *patiently waits for april fools releases* :blobpopcorn::blobpopcorn::blobpopcorn:
     
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  8. FuzzyDuck_quacks

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    :blobthinkingsmirk: this sounds fun
     
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  9. Robbini

    Robbini Logical? Illogical? Random? Or Just Unique?

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    Was a way bigger thing a few years back, with way fewer novels and translators here, but they used to be so ludicruous you quickly recognized them. They posted the actual chapter day after or so, and either kept or deleted the april fools chapter afterwards.
    Then I think they started demanding markings to show it as April Fools.
    I personally haven't paid attention the last few years , so I couldn't say how many actually do it anymore.
     
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    Catshead Well-Known Member

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    No greater entertainment than the soul crushing disappointment in realizing the new release of your favourite novel is actually fake.
     
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  11. Kaminomikan

    Kaminomikan 神のみ感

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    mmmmmm so skynet got #1
    is the end...
     
  12. mir

    mir Well-Known Member

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    Another way to look at it, your translator just gave you an original work of their own that you and all the readers can share a bit of amusement about (like watching others fall for it, or enjoying the jokes inside the fake chapter, or theorizing about what the story would be like if the events were true), and the new real chapter will probably come tomorrow.

    One year there was a chapter where the mc got genderbent and the reactions of the other characters that the translator wrote were pretty believable and ridiculous at the same time.
    PrinceRevolution's April fool chapters are usually like that.
    There are some places that it's a bitter thing instead 'haha you thought chapter, but no chapter' and give nothing instead. That's just disappointing. Is that what you're thinking of?
     
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    Catshead Well-Known Member

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    Unfortunately I speak of the links to blank documents, translator originals are fun and I usually don't mind though, I'll treat it as extra entertainment blobmelt_thumbs
     
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    metazoxan Well-Known Member

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    Thankfully it's not as much of a thing as it used to be and backlash has made translators taht DO do it at least not be lazy and clean up afterwards.

    I remember for a while there was a problem with some translators releasing joke chapters, labeling it like a legit chapter, and just leaving it like that forever. It was REALLY annoying when bing reading a new series I found and suddenly out of nowhere the main bad guy suprise attacks the MC and it's well written enough that it takes a few paragraphs to notice it's a prank chapter.

    Serioiusly it's fine to have fun but clean up after yourselves translators. No one's going to laugh at your "prank" in August. You can make a post, you can also delete a post. So just keep things clean.
     
  15. mir

    mir Well-Known Member

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    Ah, yeah those are terrible.
     
  16. Das

    Das Lazing around Devil's Luck

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    It's okay, you're not a bot but a lizard. We've known this for years

    It really does bring a tear to your eye dont it :cry:
     
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