English Title: The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water Japanese Title: å¦æˆ¦éƒ½å¸‚アスタリスク — Gakusen Toshi Asutarisuku — “Academy Battle City Asterisk” Author: Yuu Miyazaki — 三屋咲 ゆㆠIllustrator: Okiura Translator: Melissa Tanaka, Haydn Trowell Genre: Magic School, Urban Fantasy, Romance, Harem Original Run: September 2012 – ongoing English Run: August 2016 – ongoing… Read More The Asterisk War
How was everyone’s summer? I hope you all had a good time reading light novels. I haven’t been keeping up with all the posts I’ve wanted to publish here, but I think it will be easier now that things have settled a bit with my move back to Japan and wrapping up the summer reading… Read More Light Novel Releases — July & August 2016
For the final week of this year's summer reading program, we will discuss the final third of Re:Zero (volume 1) and Our Journey to the End of the Ceasing World. This is also your chance to discuss the two books as a whole, so feel free to share any general impressions. Re:Zero The final chapter… Read More LN Reading Program 2 — August 21
アルドノア・ゼム-- Aldnoah.Zero (“Extra Episode 02”) Author: Ayumi Sekine The novel: (bundled with Aldnoah Zero Blu-Ray set 3) The fan translation (by Frog-kun): NanoDesu Translations 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… Read More Review: Aldnoah Zero Extra
Another light novel license to announce! Vertical will publish a novel titled The Seven Deadly Sins: The Seven Scars Left Behind, planned for English release in May 2017. This book was written by Shuka Matsuda, and includes illustrations by Nakaba Suzuki–the creator of The Seven Deadly Sins manga series. It sounds like this light novel is… Read More Seven Deadly Sins Novel Licensed
For the second week of August's reading program, we will discuss the second third of Re:Zero (volume 1) and Our Journey to the End of the Ceasing World. For Re:Zero, you need to have read up to chapter 5: “Starting Life in Another World†(page 174). Meanwhile for Our Journey, you need to have read up… Read More LN Reading Program 2 — August 14
