Reading through D-Genesis which is an extreme example of a LN written from multiple POVs got me thinking about this. I can’t think of a single instance where I like the multiple POV type of writing. I enjoy a bonus chapter from a fresh POV well enough, but in the main body I want to follow a single protagonist and I find it tiresome to emotionally adjust to a new protagonist in short order.

What do you all think about this? Are there any LN with multiple POVs that are good?

  • wjs018@ani.socialEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I think the specific thing you are talking about here works so much better in visual form than in text. It is a lot quicker to parse and understand something like a manga panel where different characters are simultaneously having different thought bubbles and/or facial expressions. In fact, this is often used as a source of humor in many misunderstanding series. Memes also make use of this difference (example)

    By comparison, in text, you need to write it out from one character’s POV, switch to a different character and recount those same events but with a different internal monologue. It’s just clunky by comparison, and feels like a chore to slog through.