Daybreak on Hyperion is an online novel series written in English by Aorii. It can be read freely at Krytyk’s Translations or on Baka-Tsuki. Storytelling is something I have always loved, and over the years I’ve enjoyed a wide variety of fiction: classic literature, genre fiction, foreign works, novels for adults, and plenty of young adult… Read More Review: Daybreak on Hyperion (Vol 2)
English Title: Seraph of the End – Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen Japanese Title: 終ã‚ã‚Šã®ã‚»ãƒ©ãƒ• 一瀬グレンã€16æ³ã®ç ´æ»… — “Owari no Serafu – Ichinose Guren, Jyuurokusai no Catastrophe” Author: Takaya Kagami — é¡ è²´ä¹Ÿ Illustrator: Yamato Yamamoto — 山本ヤマト Translator: James Balzer Genre: Action, Supernatural, Dark Fantasy, Magic School Original Run: 2013 – ongoing English Run: 2016 –… Read More Seraph of the End – Guren Ichinose
Five new light novels were released in English this January. I will get around to updating the entries for them shortly, but here’s a quick overview for now at least: Pandora Hearts: Caucus Race volume 3 (paperback, ebook) Amazon -- Barnes and Noble -- Book Depository Strike the Blood volume 2 (paperback, ebook) Amazon -- Barnes and Noble -- Book… Read More Five New Light Novels Released (January 2016)
Every year since 2005, a light novel guide book titled Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is Amazing!) is published in Japan, featuring lists such as top 10 most popular light novels and top 10 favorite light novel characters. To create their final listings, the poll works with multiple categories of voters: the homepage… Read More Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2016
Another year has passed, and it’s time to take a look at the light novel series that have sold the most copies in Japan for 2015. Over the course of 2015, the top-selling light novels were: Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? — 1,220,217 The Irregular at Magic High School… Read More Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan (2015)
This might turn out to be a long post, because I need to cover news and links for both this month and the previous one. Sorry for not getting a December post put together, but hopefully this will make up for it a bit. Let’s start with the LN releases from the last couple months:… Read More Light Novel Notes (January 2016)
