## [C] Murasakiiro no Qualia (Qualia the Purple) light novel translation (now in PDF and EPUB)

* Author: u/None *
* URL: http://nanodesutranslations.org/qualia/
* Score: 16

* Created: 2016-12-27T19:21:10

### Post:

[Link to content](http://nanodesutranslations.org/qualia/)

### Comments:

> **u/nolrai** [+5]  (a day later)
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> It's a compelling story but deeply non r/rational, i.e. the moral determined how the plot flowed which determined if the technobable worked.

> **u/None** [+5]  (43 seconds later)
> 
> EY recommended the manga adaptation [back in August 2013](http://hpmor.com/notes/98/).
> 
> This has been available since October, but only recently did the ebook versions appear.

> **u/abcd_z** [+6]  (15 hours later)
> 
> I read the manga.  I wasn't impressed.  As I understand it, the author took high-level concepts and used them as fodder for new age technobabble, with poorly-understood quantum mechanics acting as plot handwavium. ("I don't have to explain anything.  A quantum did it.")

>> **u/trekie140** [+6]  (a day later)
>> 
>> As someone who used to believe in New Age pseudoscience, this manga has nothing to do with that. It's still super weird and utilizes quantum phenomena in absurd ways, but I didn't get the impression that the story was intentionally spreading nonsense ideas that it expected to be taken seriously. I think it just uses philosophical discussions related to quantum mechanics to tell a weird sci-fi story, though I thought it started going downhill after the major character death and never finished it.

>> **u/None** [+3]  (17 hours later)
>> 
>> Yup, that was my impression too. I first thought of delaying the read until I understood more of quantum interpretations, but then I said, whatever, I'll enjoy it right now. Given what you said, I don't regret my decision.

> **u/rineSample** [+3]  (41 minutes later)
> 
> My absolute favorite manga! Would definitely recommend this as at least rat-adjacent fiction.

> **u/ianstlawrence** [+1]  (8 hours later)
> 
> Would absolutely recommend, although I did not finish it because it wasn't finished. Really, very interesting.

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