News: Vertical Licenses Kizumonogatari, Seraph LNs

At Katsucon today, Vertical Comics announced a couple new light novel licenses: KizuMonogatari, and Seraph of the End. According to screenshots taken at the event, KizuMonogatari will release in November 2015, while the Seraph of the End novel will arrive in December 2015. This news has been confirmed on Vertical’s Tumblr blog, which adds that Seraph of… Read More News: Vertical Licenses Kizumonogatari, Seraph LNs

News: Light Novel Articles (January 2015)

How is everyone’s new year coming along? I hope everyone’s been able to read a light novel or two this past month. Did you forget your new year’s resolution to read at least 100 of them this year? ;P I have a few LN-related links to share from Frog-kun’s blog Fantastic Memes: Identity through Inou-Battle —… Read More News: Light Novel Articles (January 2015)

Review: Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (Vol 1)

シュガーアップル・フェアリーテイル -- Sugar Apple Fairytale The novel: Amazon.jp -- Books Kinokuniya -- YesAsia The fan translation (by Yami Mitsu): Aqua Scans MAL Entry -- Forum (Note: This site's central focus is on light novels officially translated and published in English, but at times I will post reviews for stories that have only been translated by fans. Please… Read More Review: Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (Vol 1)

News: Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax to be Localized

Sega has announced today that the light novel crossover fighting game Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax will be localized for the West. It is a 2D fighter featuring 14 playable characters along with 23 support characters, mostly from popular Dengeki Bunko light novel franchises. The video game will release on the PS Vita and Playstation 3 this summer.… Read More News: Dengeki Bunko Fighting Climax to be Localized

News: Impress QuickBooks Releases LN Ebooks

I’m a bit late for this, but thanks to Frog-kun (Fantastic Memes) for posting about this news recently. On December 24th, Impress QuickBooks (a Japanese e-book publisher), released three of their “light novellas” in English. A light novel contest was held on Conyac, a crowd-funding translation website, and Impress QuickBooks then published the three winning… Read More News: Impress QuickBooks Releases LN Ebooks

Whether it Rains or Shines Tomorrow

English Title: Whether it Rains or Shines Tomorrow Japanese Title: 明日が雨でも晴れでも Author: Madoka Harumi Illustrator: Nacht Translator: Chelsea Inaba, Yoshino Kazuki Genre: Romance, Drama Original Run: 2014 English Run: 2014 Volumes: 1 English Publisher: Impress QuickBooks Volumes Published in English: 1 (COMPLETE) Average Price Per Volume: Google Play $3 -- iTunes $3 – BookWalker $3 Synopsis: When Itsuko woke up in the health… Read More Whether it Rains or Shines Tomorrow