Chinese 极品家丁 - Finest Servant

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  1. Bao

    Bao Well-Known Member

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    Name: 极品家丁 - Finest Servant
    Raw Link: http://www.qidian.com/Book/105199.aspx
    NU Link (if avaliable): http://www.novelupdates.com/series/finest-servant/
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    Why It Should Get Picked Up
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    Historical CN novels are rather rare here in the English scene still. This novel was #1 on qidian at one point even higher than all the xianxia/xuan huan. It could be considered the defining modern webnovel for this historical harem genre.

    Think "I'm really a superstar" but in Ancient China setting. It was definitely revolutionary at its time and its still one of the best written ones even now with all the clones of this genre. Plus this would be nice chance as well for the western readers.

    Description (if you can find one):
    A man was transported to Ancient China and eventually became a servant of a declining household without a male heir. He utilized his wits and modern knowledge to help the household and eventually become trapped in the sea of political turmoils of the period.

    It is more comedic/romance than anything else.

    Disclaimer:
    I would actually do this if I wasn't already doing Emperor's Domination and Spirit Vessel. A good translation of this will be extremely popular if this is an incentive since it pleases both the CN crowd and the JPN crowd.



     
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    Question this is not a sad ending?
     
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    Not sad.
     
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    thanks just got a trauma from reading A Step Into the Past
    since you said it was like IRAS hope that someone pick this up
     
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    Is the servant's name Sebastian?
     
  6. Bao

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    Different genre from a step into the past. It is a lot more comedy/romance focused.
     
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    pffft.... ooohh how I miss you Sebastian
     
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    Ohh, this seems interesting. Hopefully someone will pick it upp.
     
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    Seems interesting. Hope it finds an owner.
     
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    I need this someone pick it up plz
     
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    Mm...*Off to MTL*
     
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    btw @Bao can you post Images?
     
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    Yunchii Best Waifu - Tamamo-no-Mae

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    Rom Com with ancient politic with no OP xianxia/xuanhuan hero? PLEASE SOMEONE TRANSLATE THIS FOR ME!!!!!
     
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    wait for me!!!
    need to ready myself for a slight headache
     
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    Does the protagonist have a harem?
     
  16. Bao

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    This is not very friendly to MTL - the amount of poetry and flowery language in this novel is astounding since it is historical China after all.
     
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    If it is IRAS then he must have a thing for older women as well?
     
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    Yes.

    To someone above, yes it is a harem.
     
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    Googling the name would give you a lot of the images of the girls. Not all of them are official arts from this series, but the majority are. Also there is a drama and a manga so you can ignore other images.
     
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    Are either of those translated? How does the drama differ from the novel? Because I remember the A Step into the Past drama diverging quite significantly from the novel.