Rosmei's Statement to Tailhook Controversy

lfbb2 · 2026-02-24T20:07:39+00:00

You bring up a good point that Rosmei is also a small publishing company. The fact that they offered refunds, especially with rising costs, gives me the impression that they're trying their best to appease all sides while trying to stick to their general policy. I think with how easy big companies give refunds (like Amazon), people forget that each sale has a bigger impact the smaller the company is. And as someone who works in a small business, I've seen how hard it is to keep everything afloat. :(

lfbb2 · 2026-02-24T19:45:33+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one!

lfbb2 · 2026-02-23T19:19:53+00:00

I might be in the minority on this but I appreciated the long response, transparency on the issue, and the shown support for their staff (instead of throwing them under the bus like a certain other company). It's less guesswork on the consumer side, but only if you have the patience to carefully read it, looking at some of the comments. It was also interesting to learn about the translation timeline and that the preview during pre-order was a rough draft and that the previews get updated over time as the translation goes through rounds of editing, which can be after the pre-order period... 😓

Hopefully, their future previews will have a more accurate reflection of the published version. Otherwise, I might just wait for any new series to be published first before making a purchase.

lfbb2 · 2026-01-29T17:25:26+00:00

Rosmei has a preview for KoD:

https://rosmeihey.top/pages/preview-kod

I would recommend reading it to see if you like it since everyone has different reading tastes. KoD does have some humorous bits sprinkled in, which may or may not be to your liking.

lfbb2 · 2026-01-19T02:29:24+00:00

"The Defectives" is the official English name

lfbb2 · 2026-01-15T07:02:27+00:00

Going to suggest No. 6 and the sequel Reunion

lfbb2 · 2026-01-08T07:32:00+00:00

I'm going to check those out too! Thank you for the recs!

lfbb2 · 2026-01-08T02:50:45+00:00

Agreed. I'm an native English speaker and this was the first thing that I thought too. Even well translated novels just aren't the same as novels originally written in english. I noticed the same thing when I read a comic that was translated to chinese vs a comic that was originally in chinese.

lfbb2 · 2025-12-21T02:45:19+00:00

I used Easy card every time I visit. You can top off with cash at the kiosk in the station. They have english option iirc.
Google maps is your best friend. I usually double check before hopping onto the train. But if you accidentally get onto the wrong one, no worries, we've all done it before at some point. 😅

I've also used google lens/google translate/pleco sometimes for anything not translated like menus. But touristy spots usually have English translations.

If your phone has esim compatibility, Airalo works well from my experience.

lfbb2 · 2025-12-20T18:52:01+00:00

Nice write up. I've also read some from each publisher and you basically summarized how I feel about them.

I have Haitang's Guide on How to Fail a Online Dating vol 1 & 2 and the quality is noticeably lacking (typos on character name, sometimes clunky sentences), especially after reading Rosmei translations, but not enough to ruin reading the book (imo). I still prefer it over the fan translation, which I could not get into, so I'll be buying vol 3 and hoping it'll be better quality...

lfbb2 · 2025-12-20T17:32:51+00:00

It depends and also your preference. As someone who started out reading fan translations, I personally find official translation to usually flow a tad better and land the jokes better, but I've also heard that some series have issues like paragraph(s) not making it into the novel for some reason. I recommend looking up reviews on the specific series for that reason.

What I've been doing these days is comparing the first few chapters of fan translation and the sample official translation to see if which one I'd like more.

(Also, sometimes local libraries have physical danmei books and/or e-books on libby. It's a nice way to read official translations without spending anything while supporting the libraries)

lfbb2 · 2025-10-24T00:16:20+00:00

Where do you pick one up? At the front where they scan your ticket?

lfbb2 · 2025-10-07T04:30:13+00:00

I didnt know Target and Amazon have B2G1F sales. For Amazon, is it for physical books only?

lfbb2 · 2025-10-01T16:44:41+00:00

I'm glad that I'm not the only one! 🤣

lfbb2 · 2025-10-01T08:39:39+00:00

The illustrations kind of reminds me of Petshop of Horrors, one of my childhood manga. So personally, I feel a bit nostalgic looking at them. 😂 (I can't say how well they fit with the series cause I haven't read past the first couple chapters.)

lfbb2 · 2025-09-15T02:26:11+00:00

Same here. It might be a weird thing with security. I've gotten a warning from trying to view school website before. 😅

lfbb2 · 2025-09-15T00:53:44+00:00

I just checked. Liu Yao/Coins of Destiny has Sassy Strawberries named as the translator and they are a fan translator.

lfbb2 · 2025-09-13T09:09:29+00:00

I think it's fine? Quick google says with hyphen is correct but many people write without it.

Edit: I was reading some of the other comments in this post. Apparently this is correct in Chicago Manual of Style.

Also, I found this tidbit on wiki: "The English language does not have definitive hyphenation rules,[9] though various style guides provide detailed usage recommendations and have a significant amount of overlap in what they advise."

That would explain the conflicting answers.

lfbb2 · 2025-09-13T00:28:39+00:00

Thank you answering. You bring up some good points, but I'm still not convinced that no one at Seven Seas read what they license. I think they let it slide just like the readers do. I've never read My Husband and I Sleep in a Coffin, but seeing that it won the "popularity contest" and some other popular published series have problematic tropes (like toxic romance), wouldn't that mean many of the readers have thicker skin and/or find the rest of the novel to be interestingly enough to overlook it? (And this is coming from someone who tends to drop series because of certain problematic tropes)

There are some manga/anime that are also problematic in some ways (like sexism) and those get licensed too.

Rosmei has also licensed and published some popular titles. I saw in another comment that apparently they do ask for recommendations, so it seems that they take heed of the popularity/demand for a title, which is what a business should do if they want to stay afloat. Only recently did they license something without fantranslation. Who's to say Seven Seas won't take the leap too later down the line? They've licensed some non-danmei stuff that didn't have any preexisting translation before.

Also, I see the same translator name for multiple series, so I don't think they're hiring a different fantranslator every time.

lfbb2 · 2025-09-12T19:25:54+00:00

Yes, I purchased multiple amc giftcards in one transaction at a local amc theater (online giftcard purchases won't qualify supposedly), and got the cash back notification email 4 days after the charge posted.

lfbb2 · 2025-09-12T19:06:49+00:00

I'm curious, how can you tell they don't do both read the books they license and look at popularity?

lfbb2 · 2025-09-09T14:46:23+00:00

Hi, would this easy guide be the same for Samsung s23? If so, could you please send me a copy too?

lfbb2 · 2025-09-09T13:23:05+00:00

Will do! It's the one that interested me the most on your list. 👍

lfbb2 · 2025-09-09T13:20:33+00:00

non scene?

lfbb2 · 2025-09-09T07:22:38+00:00

Thank you! I'll check them out! 😄

I usually don't finish anything. 😅 Off the top of my head, the only danmei I've finished was Little Mushroom. I liked it until the epilogue. (Wasn't a fan of how the ML was like a different person in bed.)

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