Denyuuden Series Masterpost

[idola]

Table of Contents

 

Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu

Toriaezu Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu 

 

Ochita Kuroi Yuusha no Densetsu

 

Dai Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu

 

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Extra Content

 

Character Songs

Seven total character songs were released for the Denyuuden series, coming with the blu-rays and character CDs. Please have mercy on my subbing abilities as I have the approximate technical literacy of your grandpa.

 

Ryner Lute - Searching for That Nap

 

Ferris Eris - Journeying Poem

 

Sion Astal - The Vanishing Point Between Light and Conflict

 

Miran Froaude - Deep Black Shadow

 

Lucile Eris - To the Chosen One

 

Ryner Lute and Sion Astal - I Think of You Under Our Shared Sky

 

Ferris Eris and Iris Eris - Holy Dango Sisters 

Drama CDs

 

There are a number of drama CDs for Denyuuden, which can be split into a few categories: the ones that were released with Dragon Magazine, the ones that were released with the anime, and a few independent CDs. Some of them are very old so they have different voice actors from the ones in the anime, which makes them worth checking out all on their own in my opinion. To be honest though, these aren't very high up on my priority list, so they're pretty much just going to appear when I feel like translating them. Here's what I have so far though.

Starting Legend (Dragon Magazine)

Happy Wedding (Dragon Magazine)

Love Mission (Dragon Magazine)
 

Blu-rays

 

The Blu-ray edition of the anime has tons of extras. Each one of the twelve volumes comes with a Rule Fragment CD, which is either drama CDs, a character song, or Denyuuden Radio, which is where the voice actors talk about something that may or may not be vaguely Denyuuden related. They also come with a booklet with art by Toyota Saori, the official artist, on the outside, and information on the world of Denyuuden on the inside. That information is called the Ryner Note. These booklets also include the Sion Note, which is a twelve part series regarding the events of Denyuuden in Sion's POV. Please note that they have extreme Denyuuden spoilers in them! 

A lot of the information in these is visual like flags and military outfits, and because the text is usually in reaction to the images, I'm going to be skipping a lot of it. Basically, I'm just putting the things that I personally find interesting here.

Ryner Notes | Sion Notes

 

Guide of Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu

 

A guidebook for the series titled Guide of Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu was released early in Daiden's run (around volume 5 or 6). As such, it contains spoilers up to that point. I'll post some translations from it when I have time after I pass that point in Daiden. It's mostly character profiles and gathers some worldbuilding from the novels in one place as a nice little review of the world of Denyuuden. Also, it really highlights Kagami's inability to do basic math, which is both funny and frustrating.

If you're interested in purchasing the guidebook, it can usually be found on Amazon and Suruga-ya.

 

Nantonaku Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu

A 4-koma collection written and drawn by the official artist, Toyota Saori, was released as Nantonaku Denyuuden. It's mostly just the main three and Miran Froaude, since he's the artist's favorite, and it has a lot of really funny moments. I don't plan on translating and posting this, but if you buy it yourself and are dying to know what happens in one of the 4-komas, I'd be happy to help. It's a pretty easy to find little book, usually on Amazon and Suruga-ya for about $10.

 

 

Miscellaneous Denyuuden Stories

 

Aside from all of the major series, there are also oneshots that've featured in other places, usually Dragon Magazine. These are very hard to find, as you can imagine! I do have a few issues of this magazine though, so I'll translate and post the ones I have once I'm past the point where they contain spoilers for and have the time. Since the novels are typically going to out prioritize these, that will probably be quite some time from now.

 
 

Manga

 

Though they aren't translated into English, there are full sets of manga for both Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu (9 volumes) and Ochita Kuroi Yuusha no Densetsu (4 volumes). The art is very pretty in them both and I wholeheartedly recommend them! Denyuuden is available on Bookwalker, but the Ochiden manga is more of a search. I've seen it on both Amazon and Suruga-ya, though, so if you want it, try those places.

I do want to translate the manga too, but as I'm sure you've noticed from this list, my plate is a little full and I'm not sure I'll ever get around to it, especially since it'd require someone else to clean because I hate cleaning. If a translation ever appears for either manga series, I'll link to it here.
 

 

Games

 

There were some Denyuuden mobile games at one point but they're out of service and unplayable now. :( There's also a PSP game though, and the PSP is region free! It's honestly pretty shitty as far as PSP games go, but there's a lot of cool art that the official artist made for it, so if you just like her art then I still recommend it.

You can find it for about $10 on Amazon, Ebay, and Suruga-ya, so pick your poison.

 

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Fan Content

 

Doujinshi

 

I'm not going to scan and post any of it, but if you're a fan of doujinshi then there's a pretty good amount out there for Denyuuden, all things considered. The official artist makes a lot of good 'fan' content, ranging from art books to actual doujinshi, and since she's the character designer too, I guess that makes it semi-official. Her books - especially the Sketchy Den series - are good for super nerds and have a lot of fun world-building (though they weren't made by Kagami, so how canon they are is up to you). For example, she comments on the official height chart and that although Lucile is actually quite a bit shorter than Sion, he always seems to look taller next to him, probably due to shapeshifting to look taller. The more you know!

You can buy doujins for the series on Suruga-ya. They might come up on other sites sometimes too, but honestly, nowhere is going to have as good of a collection as Suruga-ya, so might as well just focus on there if you're searching.

 

Fanart and Other Fanworks

It's not a ton, but you can find most Denyuuden fanart on Pixiv. If you make any fanart then I recommend posting it there in addition to wherever you usually post since most of the fans for this series are Japanese and people are more likely to see it there.

There are also fanfics for Denyuuden, but if you know the sites you know.

Just for fun, I made a few silly Denyuuden personality quizzes too. Yes I am a joke. It's all in good fun.

Which Denyuuden character are you?

Which Denyuuden pairing are you?

Who is your Denyuuden boyfriend?

Who is your Denyuuden girlfriend?

 

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About the Translations
 

Getting in Contact

 

The easiest way to get in contact is to join the Denyuuden server on discord! You can @ me with typos or other feedback or questions there if you'd like, as well as just talk about Denyuuden or share stuff you found for it.

If you see any typos (of which I'm sure there are many, since I'm only one person), feel free to comment on the individual chapter to tell me. I'll probably delete your comment once I fix it just so that it isn't distracting when people are reading, but I really appreciate the help. The same goes for something you think might be mistranslated - I definitely make mistakes sometimes, and I don't mind going back and rereading certain parts to fix things.
 

I do check my inbox when I get messages. I probably won't respond if you just tell me to hurry up though. I have a full time job and translate as a hobby for free. Translate yourself if you want it done faster. On the other hand, if you want to motivate me, know that I do not accept monetary donations. I do accept Miran content as payment though. :9

 
 

Schedule

Yes, I really made you scroll down this far for the schedule, mostly because there isn't one. See, Kagami has absolutely no concept of consistent chapter lengths. Some chapters are 500 words and others are 18,000 (yeah, seriously). Promising a release every couple days is impossible, as it depends entirely on the size of the chapter. I also sometimes have real life going on and take a while to update, but I do my best with the time I have. 

I'm currently working my way through Toriden as opposed to Daiden, so please keep that in mind while waiting for updates. This is because some characters who are introduced in Toriden (such as Vois and Pia) later become prominent in Daiden, and I'd rather meet them when they're introduced first. This is my first time reading through the series, so I want to do it right, you know? I'm also not spoiled for the most part, if you can believe it.
 

 

Anyway, thanks for reading this far! I'm happy when people read my translations at all, so I really appreciate everyone here. Happy reading!

Comments

Dai Densetsu Translation

[arturr]

are you sure you want to start form Dai denyuden vol 1 ? Why dont continue the bakatsuki's translations ?

Re: Dai Densetsu Translation

[idola]

Hi, I'm translating to practice Japanese, so I personally gain more starting from the beginning.

I apologize that it'll take longer for those of you who have already read some Daiden to get new content from the main series from me, but this is the way I've decided to do it. I'll also be working on the spin-off series, so if you'd like new content before I reach the point the Bakatsuki translation left off at on Daiden, there's always Ochiden (and then once I finish that, Toriden).

Thank you for understanding.

Re: Dai Densetsu Translation

[arturr]

oh i understand , i just was curious .
Anyway im already thankfull thath someone is tranlating the novel's, thanks for your work, i'll wait patiently.

Grats!

[lucascba]

Congrats for finishing Denyuuden!

I remember reading baka-tsuki translation a few years ago but decided against reading the sequel since it was dropped at that time, so from now on it's all new content for me! :)

btw, the personality quiz says I'm Ferris, haha.

Re: Grats!

[idola]

Thanks for your support! It's all new for me too, so I'm excited to get into it.

I get Lucile on the personality quiz. -u-

[dantelowell]

Hey Man just created this account to say Thank you so much for translating Dai Denyuuden I litterally waited YEARS for finally have the sequel to denyuuden its such an underrated novel i hope you will finish it you have my full support on that one but is it finished tho ? cause i heard that the last volume was supposed to come on the october of last year (vol 18 i think? ) again thanks for your efforts

[idola]

Hi, thank you for your support!

Daiden is not completed right now. It has 17 volumes with another planned, but there's no confirmed release date at this time. Volume 18 may or may not be the last one; Kagami said that it would be, but he also said that about other volumes and then kept going, so his word on when it'll end isn't exactly reliable lol, especially seeing as fans doubt that he'll wrap up all the current events in one more volume.

I believe the misunderstanding about volume 18 coming out then is because Kagami left his twitter display name as 'Denyuuden will be out in October' for about a year after releasing volume 17 in October. He finally took that out but didn't put an actual date for the next volume's release in. It seems like it's on a bit of a hiatus due to Owari no Seraph, which is quite a bit more popular than Denyuuden and thus likely requires a bit more of his time.

Hopefully he'll give word on when to expect volume 18 soon!

[dantelowell]

I hope he will finish it, it would be a huge waste if not . thanks for your informations its pretty hard to find it since its in majority in japanese good luck with the translations

[sellis]

Thanks for the translation, i hope you can continue, its been years since i have been wanting to read beyond volume 10, hopefully you will translate everything that is available, i made this account just to say that, hopefully you stay motivated to continue evne tho this series is very very long.

[idola]

Hi, late response but thank you! Yes it is very long lol. I took a break but I'm working on the last chapter in volume 3 of Toriden right now. Once Toriden is finished, it's back to Daiden. Thank you for following!

[kleinliz]

I literally just created this account to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for translating this series!! I've watched the anime back then in 2010 when it came out and was devastated when I learned that there would probably never be a sequel. So I looked for a manga which was only translated like 17 chapters in. And never got continued. Same for the novel translations at some point.
Over the years I randomly checked back for any translations of the manga or novel and I'm just... so happy right now, that you're translating it! Thank you so much!! Q__Q

[idola]

Late response lol but thank you for reading! I took another break but I'm back to working on it now. It makes me happy that there are people who are reading!

[qwerewq]

I'm really appreciative for the work that has gone into this translation and it is by far the most clear one I've read of this series. I was wondering if you are still continuing this project at this point or not? Regardless thank you for your work!

[idola]

Hi, I took a fairly long break because my last job was really stressful and had a completely random schedule lol, but I got a new job and plan to update every friday now :>

[moonruins]

Just dropping by to say Thank you for translating this series!!

when I discovered this account I was so happy, you have no idea how excited I was. Sadly, I barely have time to read all your translations but I will do it eventually!!

[idola]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the series and my translations!

THANK YOU

[chibio]

thank you!!!! i'm also on the long list of people who only create an account for saying you thank for still translating this beautifull story. this hidden gem is too much hidden for his own good.

Re: THANK YOU

[idola]

Thank you! I'm working on the next chapter of Toriden now - expect it to be up on Christmas.

[lsc_1972]

Ok, I will ( or I will have someone more capable than I) work on some “Miran content”. I bought several volumes of Dai densetsu no yuusha no densetsu set of light s.novel and am so desperate to have them translated. But I am glad you are up to the task. I will wait patiently. I had paid someone to translate a volume for me and it was not good at all. Not even close. I am bilingual so I understand that you actually have to understand context and nuances….and understand the world created in the Light novel. It can’t be any translator, professional or not that doesn’t enjoy. It, read or get the story.