Baka-Tsuki hosts a partially-complete translation of the Fate/Zero light novels, and I suppose I’ll read them at some point. I might’ve started earlier today, but, while looking through the associated media, I got to thinking.
Well, I’d already been thinking — specifically, about the things that define the reading experience, textual presentation and prior knowledge and such; I suppose that’s sort of my thing now. It occurred to me that the promotional and “peripheral” media associated with a core anime/manga work will often include information about the characters and setting, information that doesn’t show up in the work itself.
But to what end, I wonder?
