This is a translation of the Legend webnovel.
Title: Legend [レジェンド]
Author: Kannazuki Kou [神無月 紅]
Source: http://ncode.syosetu.com/n3726bt/
https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16817139555994570519
(Author started posting to Kakuyomu after 3865 due to UI issues on Syosetu)
Status: On-Going
Synopsis:
Living in the Tohoku countryside, Saeki Reiji lost his life in an accident during summer vacation……However, he found himself in a white world with a strange glowing orb in front of his eyes. The orb claimed to be a magician of a different world, and he was looking for a person who would inherit the magic he had perfected in order to prevent the knowledge from disappearing. With that, Reiji, equipped with a new body and powerful magic, went to live in the world of Elgin
10 Year Anniversary Post (by me): 10 Years of Legend and Web Novel Translation
Table of Contents
Piqued my interest(oh it’s a quite long WN). Bookmarked, thx for translating.
How will your schedule be?
Check the post on the main page, basically it will be one per weekend with additional chapters coming out during the week if I have enough chapters stored up to post on the weeks I can’t translate.
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Did you make the chapters look like that on purpose? Ty for tl 😀
Whoops, thanks for letting me know, I’ve been trying to format the chapters so they take up less space but it seems that it didn’t format as nicely as the preview showed it.
Just found your site after I saw one of your AF translations. Thanks, besides showing off your skill at using different “voices” to tell the story, it also revealed that the site I was reading on was a scraper…so I am glad to switch to your (newly bookmarked) real translation site instead. You do great work ^θ^
Thx for TL ing this story.
I feel sorry for you the author is pumping out those chapters. Looks like you’ll be tl’ing this story for 3+ years or until you quit….looking at syosetu (briefly) I’ve seen releases on the 18-28th at 800+ chapters rip. You need allies
Haha yeah, even if I tled at Ren’s place for a year I’d still be ~300 chapters behind, well I guess I’m in for a long haul. Allies would be nice but I’ve only just started so I might hold off that for a bit longer.
[8 years later]
Haha, it’s still updating.
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Thank for ur great work…
^^…
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His consquetly of using ‘Hah’ when he fights shows how amateur he is. Shouting may help strengthen your blows with the boost of Will, but its not, you’re giving out too much excess of power instead. Typical japanese novels. It sometimes annoy you to the point of just stopping thinking its a waste of time.
The translation is great but if somehow, you change that expression and the ‘Tch’? Scratch that its also annoying.
Theres a lot that id like to change or remove actually but i dont to trash the authors work if thats what is really written.
You mean the Hah and Tch? Yeah, they’re in the raws. They’re actually my anglicization of the Japanese sounds, the Hah’s are basically the same in the raws but the Tch is supposed to be sound made when someone clicks their tongue. I don’t know any other way to translate it atm but thanks for giving your opinion.
Yeah I knew it’s japanese. But although it’s annoying, the element and setting of this story is phenomenal that I coudn’t just drop it. It has this thing that made me want to keep going. Thanks for the great job done translating.
Thanks for the translations!
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thank god. I dont know how long ago,
(it feels like ages though)
I first saw this novel. It had no translator back then and i only knew the synopsis and the name. I saw how many chapters it had on syosetu and was already burning with anticipation. Alas, no one picked it up.
I waited and waited but nothing changed. I forgot about it, came back again a few months later and still NO ONE HAD PICKED IT UP, so i gave up.
I checked again once in a while but every time i did, I was disappointed yet again. Untill someone had picked it up, but almost a year ago he said the next chapter will be up in 2 weeks or so and thats the last i heard of him.
I place my hopes on you now Thank you very much.
Im used to wuxia novel translation speed which is why the wait will probably kill me, but at least i can finally read this 😀
I really enjoy this novel series. I first started reading it on novelplanet.com. But the website closed down
good story!!!!
this is just a good series, i would love to see it more often =3 a bit more chapters per week maybe 2 at least XD. Anyways thanks for the awesome work of the translation.
Thanks for the update
And just to be clear
Do you have the intention to mantain this release speed (a chapter every week)?
Yes, that is the release speed I can guarantee with my RL workload. This may potentially increase when I enter summer break.
good story from what I read so far, just a heads up a large number of your next chapter links are broke or have not been done. It’s really distracting to run in to when your reading this from the beginning, like I did today. And don’t compare yourself to Ren, he’s just a translation monster … I mean what else can you say about the man …
I’ll go back and double check the links then, I have had issues with missing links to chapters so I’ll see if I can fix the broken ones.
waaa u tl this .hope u can keep tl for long because it 900+ chap and will be more .Anyway thk for tl this novel
I made an EPUB/Dark PDF of Chapter 1 -59
https://lnwnepubs.wordpress.com/legend/
The Translator had properly credited in the post and page of the site. they were also properly credited inside and outside the epub/pdf and links to their respective sites has been added.. Kudos to the translator..
Thanks for that.
Oh yea, I took a quick look at your pdf and you might want to changed the cover page to the volume 1 cover. Chapters 1-59 cover events that can be found in volume 1 of the lightnovel. Volume covers 1-6 can be found on the gallery page on this site if you need it.
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i manage read all chapther in a day, good story so far…. thanks for translating it
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So…. Is it a harem?…… Sigh…. Its not right? Right?
Eh…probably not? Well not as far as I’ve translated at least. First female MC to stick around only appears around chapter 60. Take that as you will.
I like it because it’s not a Harem. Plus it doesn’t feel like they made the typical high schooler archetype that we usually get, some tall stud whatever that is usually super annoying in some way. Legend is definitely one of my favorites!
I do wish we got chapters slightly faster though, only because based on what I heard at this current speed it would take you like 20 years to TL it all. (I heard it was around 1300 chapters total, 1200 since you already got 100 done divided by 50 makes 24, so at this speed it would take you 24 years).
So yeah, not really complaining about your speed, just sheer content size might make you want to go faster or get help, or set up a donation box and let people throw money at you for this for extra chapters at least or something.
I read machine translations up to chapter 1020, and well there are other characters who like and try to flirt with the main character he very clearly is only interested in the main heroine.
Well….It’s my opinion but I dont like her. Elena is the type of character that the author forces a stereotype that pisses me off. The problem is not that he adopts this stereotype, the problem is that he rubs this stereotype on the reader’s face as if he will absolutely agree with it. The autor has adopted for the character the infamous “perfection” which, in my view, irritates me in a very big way. For me her defect is concentrated in 3 things: first, the “perfection” which the author rubs in the reader’s face thinking that everyone will agree with him about it. Second, I personally don’t like this kind of character which conveys this time of “Perfect Being” just like this author does to Elena. Third and not least is the ball licking that both the author and the protagonist make about it. Yes, she is beautiful SO? Kenny is beautiful, the Guid Master is beautiful, Millein is beautiful, so why the autor forces this kind of ball licking on the character with the kind of stereotype I hate the most? That’s why for me in some ways the harem is the saving option for everything. Because as I read this here I know that if the harem doesn’t happen, the main character will unhappy marry this Elena. Even if Rei marries her, the harem gives you the option to be less pissed about it because the protagonist will be with another character as well (the one you probably like). and everyone will be happy. That was a short comment, but it turned out to be an outflow, I apologize.
I am NoiGay from Valvrareteam (Valvrareteam.com). 6 months ago I took your translations without permission and I have translated it to Vietnamese. Sorry! So now, would you mind if I translate Legend to Vietnamese?
Thanks! 🙂
http://valvrareteam.com/legend.html
No worries, go for it. Be aware though that I’m using machine assisted translations so I cannot guarantee that my translations are not 100% accurate.
Can you please translate it a little faster the raw’s already in it’s 2100+chapter.I am even willing to donate.But please translate it a little faster,Okey!😁
Thank you for your thoughts. Unfortunately, this is about as fast as I can go as this is mostly a hobby for me as I have a lot of other real life commitments. Honestly speaking, catching up with the author is an insane project at this point in time, but I’ll see how things go in future.
How’s the schedule for releases going now? I already wanna binge read it, but it’s hard to binge read on only 80-something chapters…
1 Chapter a week, with multiple chapter releases rarely.
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would someone mind making a pdf for this? (ps. lwnepubs upload doesnt work for me for some reason, multicloud wont respond)
thanks for translation, great works, just found this novel and like the story, thanks once again
btw, anyone know the schedule for the translation?
I’m watching you…..
Please make a pdf version per volume so that It is possible to read it offline. Thanks!
I don’t have the time or skills to make a nice pdf of the chapters but lnwnepubs.com does have a pdf of chapters 1-59, some other epub sites may have compiled pdfs of the chapters but I am not aware of any others at the moment. Hope that helps.
I wanted to know if I can use your translation.
I have a page where I bring novels from English to Spanish. Maybe, if it were possible, would you let me use your work?
Thanks in advice.
Sure, go ahead. Just remember to link to the original webnovel in Japanese as well as author. After all, our translations only exist because the author wrote the story.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP STRIKING THAT GRIFFINS FUCKING HEAD….!!!
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Thank you so much for your hard work <3 i really love this novel….
Doesn’t Arc 4 end on 167? Why do you only show up to 145?
Because I haven’t translated that far ahaha.
I update the ToC every 5 chapters and link the chapters as I go. It just reduces the clutter for chapters I haven’t translated yet.
If you click Next or Previous Chapter on 147 it goes to Chapter 3 or 1 respectfully. Then if you click the opposite one it goes to chapter 2.
Whoops, ill get that fixed.
So I’m at chapter 105 and I noticed a few things, such as alot of the chapters about ten so far transfer to a different site, but when I pull up the TOC, those links come back here… and one other thing, 103 links next to 103. Sorry for the bother, Good translation though, and thank you, please, keep up the good work!!!
Thanks! I dual host chapters on MBC now so my chapter posts should link there. However, chapter on my site should always link to the next chapter on my site. Are the chapter transfers happening when you click on a next chapter?
Yes, Chapter 104 is an example.
Thanks for the heads up. I’ve gone through the chapters and should have fixed all those links. Hopefully I won’t mess any more up ahaha.
At the rate you are translating it will take you 269.27 years to catch up if the author stops when they are 80 years old. This includes leap years.
My current hope is that the author doesn’t keep writing this story until he’s 80 ahahahaha.
dude i think you need help not even at 10% of the raw but i very much I enjoy your translation so thanks.
Arc 6 – Magic Fever has 2 Chapter 182
My bad, updated now.
Does anyone have the machine translated chapters for me to read? I just can’t break out of the habit of reading further on.
Not that I know of. LNMTL has a large database of pure MTL series, but they seem to be Chinese series only.
Google Chrome does allow automatic translations though, so if you open up one of the raw chapters on Chrome, it should automatically use google translate every time you open a new chapter.
Thanks!
You have chapter 183 set under the chapter 184 link
Ahhhh, thanks for telling me. I thought I changed that but clearly I didn’t.
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What is the difference between LN and WN? I am afraid that LN may have more complete material than WN and I may be missing out on some content. Can I read WN without fear of thinking like that? Thanks for the work man. Translating a work of more than two thousand chapters is not for anyone.
There are some slight differences between the LN and WN, but for the most part you can considered the LN to just be an edited version of the WN. This is because the WN is still being actively updated by the author, so it’s not like he’s re-writing the entire story in the LN.
I’m not too sure what all the differences are between the LN and the WN are but I can give you a few examples from the first arc. In the WN, after arriving at Gilm and registering at the guild, Rei heads to the library by himself. In the LN, Lenora takes him there from the guild instead. Another case is the LN has an extra event that takes place around chapter 28 where Milein meets Set for the first time to serve a bit as an introduction to why Milein likes Set so much.
Overall, these changes don’t have a significant impact on the story, but just provide a bit more character development, which is about right since the LN is supposed to be an edited version of the WN.
tldr; There are slight differences in events that occur, but nothing that changes the story greatly in any way.
Is the Merchant Escort Arc supposed to be Arc 10 or is this just some typo?
My bad, just a typo, it’s meant to be Arc 9.
I wanna thank you for your work and the hours you put into this.
And I thank you for reading and taking the time to comment.
This is small to compared to what you do and if it makes you happy about what you are doing it’s smaller.
I’d like to help with translating this series if possible.. I love the series but hate waiting for the translation to be released (seems to take a while).. I’m not great at translating though so it would probably need some proof reading/editing.
Thanks for offering to help, it’s pretty much how I started out at first as well.
Few things I would suggest you to think about first though, as these were things that I didn’t really think about at first.
First of all, do you like the series. A lot of people often overlook this, but it’s really hard to translate something you don’t like.
Second, do you have the time. When I first started translating Legend, each chapter took a good 4-5 hours or more to translate, so don’t expect it to be something you can do quickly. It only takes me 2-3 hours now, but that’s because I’m 200+ chapters in and have a feel for the author’s writing style.
Thirdly, do you have the patience and motivation for it. Even though I can now translate a chapter in 2-3 hours, it still takes a lot out of me, which is why I only translate on weekends, too tired after work to work with this on weekdays ahaha.
If you reckon you can handle that, let me know and we’ll go from there.
Y’all should create a discord group for this novel! The translators can be at the top and you can have some people help proof read and gather a small community of people that can support, help etc
238 needs a link please.
Oh, I knew I forgot something yesterday, sorry about that.
thank you for the new chapter. by the way chapter 241 the next button redirects back to chapter 241.
thanks, fixed
I’m surprised this isn’t on web novel. You should think about it with the amount of chapter you have done now you could make some money from your translation!
If you’re talking about webnovel.com, I believe they only host translations for Chinese and Korean series. That aside, I do this mostly as a hobby, so the quite literally small change I get from ad revenue is more than enough for me ahaha.
Thanks for still doing this. I’m reading this for about i guess 3 years? I enjoy reading this story. And i applaud you for not dropping it. Many thanks.
Just read 256 chapters in 3 days. But… more? Plz? plzplzplzpzlzplzlzplzplz
Seriously though, thanks for translating this for people like me who can’t read it in the original language.
The link to chapter 258 isn’t there on the table of contents, just an FYI there
Thanks for that, fixed. Must have forgot about it last week.
Hey there! Thank You for the hard work. It’s a shame that i don’t speak japanese, because i would love to translate this. English isnt Even My first language haha. Good luck and good job!
I don’t know if it’s just me but the links for chapters 261-263 on the TOC don’t work. Just letting you know in case this is for everybody.
Ohhhh, so that’s what that other comment about the url links was referring to. I was so confused which links were missing a ‘d’ as I was only checking the chapter and post links. Should be fixed now.
You’ve missed the ‘d’ at the end of ‘legend’ in the links for 261-263.
Thanks for the translating and editing though!
All good, should be fixed now.
You are seriously gonna need some back-up. The webnovel is at 2000+ chapters now. Assuming the author stops pumping out chapters right now, it will take you 40 years just to catch up. And I know that you won’t be around for that long… For your sake as well as for the readers, you might want to consider getting some helpers to help translate this for you.
Opino lo mismo, desconocido, con esa ridícula cantidad de capítulos traducir eso sera de aqui al final de one piece, pero yo mismo he intentado traducirlo de los raws, y aunque la traducción no es difícil es demorosa, y aunque lo digo como alguien sin experiencia…
So are chapter 268 and 269 not working, or is the link a mistake? The TOC has them with a link but they don’t have a chapter.
I will usually link the ToC as I schedule chapters because I can’t schedule the ToC to update at a specific time. Usually chapters will release 9-10 hours after the ToC links are updated. Sorry if there was any confusion.
maybe you really ind someone w will help ou tling that series 2000 + chapters is crazy number
Thanks for the great Translations!
I hope this novel have a pdf or epub. I want read offline 😭
Soo um where’s chapter 283~303?
It’s under the War with the Bestir Empire drop down list. Links should be working?
You are doing a excellent work at this , but you should at least add one more team member that would at least double the releases and lessen your stress somewhat
This is a great novel! But please fix the link to chapter 316 on the table of contents!
Sorry about that, should be fixed now.
The link to chapter 331 is linked to chapter 329
uuhh… estoy al dia?? O_o uhh que cagada… haa… GRACIAS POR SEGUIR SUBIENDO Legend, ¿Alguien me podria decir cada cuanto se suben los capitulos nuevos? GRACIAS!
Dos capítulos a la semana, domingo y lunes.
Espero que esto tenga sentido, no hablo español, entonces esto se traduce usando Google XD.
¡Gracias por tus comentarios y gracias por leer!
Si, se entiende bien, jeje gracias!
Chapter 355 link goes to chapter 354
I update the ToC in advance as I can’t schedule it, the actual chapter usually is only up several hours after.
The link to chapter 355 brings you to chapter 354. Same thing happens if you hit next chapter, it just brings it back to 354.
I update the ToC in advance as I can’t schedule it, the actual chapter usually is only up several hours after.
is the Labyrinth City Exil arc really 161 chapters?
I just wanted to thank you for putting in so much work. I know that given the insane length of this webnovel it might just be a pipe dream to ever hope of finishing it, but it’s still nice to see you keeping this up.
Thanks for your comment. Sometime’s even I wonder how I’ve gotten this far and how much there is to go. We’ll see where this ends one day eventually ahaha. Also, thumbs up to the Ciaphas Cain novels, great reads, though I haven’t read any of the new ones since The Greater Good.
So awesome that this is still updating! This is my favourite ‘adventurer’ novel so I can’t stop coming back to it.
Didn’t think I’d still be working on it after so many years, but here we are, glad to hear you’re enjoying it.
Thank you for continuing this TL.
Also, I’m the table of contents not updating correctly for everyone or just me? The last 4 or 5 chapters I had to find on the recent posts list
I’ve been away, so haven’t updated it past two weeks, will be updating it now.
How much longer do you think you’re gonna keep doing this?
Good question ahaha. To be honest, I have no idea. Realistically speaking, I will keep doing this until a) I no longer have the time, b) I no longer have the interest, c) the novel gets licensed and I get hit by a DMCA or something, or d) machine translation gets good enough that people can just read it themselves instead of coming here. Out of the three, the first and last are probably the only reasons that I will drop out entirely, if it’s one of the other two, I’ll probably still work on translating something, just something shorter like the other series I’ve put on on this site.
It says 852 chapters. I can only read 712 chapters. Is there any way I can read the rest.
Thanks for all the work, good read.