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## [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)
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> EY recommended the manga adaptation [back in August 2013](http://hpmor.com/notes/98/).
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> This has been available since October, but only recently did the ebook versions appear.
> **u/abcd_z** [+6] (15 hours later)
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> 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)
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>> 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)
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>> 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)
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> My absolute favorite manga! Would definitely recommend this as at least rat-adjacent fiction.
> **u/ianstlawrence** [+1] (8 hours later)
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> Would absolutely recommend, although I did not finish it because it wasn't finished. Really, very interesting.
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