In 2003, a nice Japanese person from Kodansha, named Katsushi Ota, decided to create, in collaboration with big names from the LN world, a magazine under the name Faust. And in 2008, decided that the English market was a good place to sell them. Del Rey Manga, (definitely one of my favourite publishers and the… Read More Editorial: A look on Faust
It’s time for light novel notes! I’m going to stop posting recent releases (I have those covered here), but I will go over what’s coming out soon. (Or in the case of The Violet Knight, what has just barely released.) The Violet Knight volume 1 (ebook) Amazon Release Date: September 12, 2016 Strike the Blood volume… Read More Light Novel Notes (September 2016)
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
