“I am new to light novels. What should I read first?” Cho: This is a question I often see asked online, so I thought to gather some of the internet’s top light novel bloggers and see if we could come up with a “beginner’s guide” to light novels. Light novels encompass many different genres of… Read More Light Novel Recommendations for Beginners
English Title: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria Japanese Title: ダンジョンã«å‡ºä¼šã„を求ã‚ã‚‹ã®ã¯é–“é•ã£ã¦ã„ã‚‹ã ã‚ã†ã‹å¤–ä¼ ã‚½ãƒ¼ãƒ‰ãƒ»ã‚ªãƒ©ãƒˆãƒªã‚¢ — “Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria” Author: Fujino Omori — 大森藤ノ Illustrator: Kiyotaka Haimura — ç°æ‘ ã‚ヨタカ Translator: Andrew Gaippe Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy… Read More Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? On the Side: Sword Oratoria
English Title: Tokyo Ghoul Japanese Title: æ±äº¬å–°ç¨®ãƒˆãƒ¼ã‚ョーグール — “Tokyo Ghoul” Author: Shin Towada Illustrator: Sui Ishida (creator of the Tokyo Ghoul manga) Translator: Morgan Giles Genre: Action, Dark Fantasy, Horror Original Run: July 2013 – December 2014 English Run: October 2016 – April 2017 Japanese Publisher: Jump J Books English Publisher: Viz Media Volumes in… Read More Tokyo Ghoul
ダンガンãƒãƒ³ãƒ‘/ゼム-- Dangan Ronpa / Zero Author: Kazutaka Kodaka -- Artist: Rui Komatsuzaki Volume 1: Amazon.jp -- Books Kinokuniya -- YesAsia Volume 2: Amazon.jp -- Books Kinokuniya -- YesAsia The fan translation (by steampunktietime and revolutionpotato): Tumblr link MAL Entry -- Forum (Note: This site's central focus is on light novels officially translated and published in… Read More Review: Danganronpa/Zero (Vol 1-2)
I wasn’t planning on putting together another one of these this month, but we just got three big pieces of news all at once! This has been an exciting time for English light novels… First up, some news I was hoping to hear ever since seeing the movie… Makoto Shinkai’s novel for Your Name has… Read More Light Novel Notes (October 2016 — Round 3)
The open forum for My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected (AKA Oregairu) volume 1 has been “live” for a month, and as promised, here is our editorial to reflect on the volume as a whole. Frog-kun, Melody, and I are here to share our analysis of volume 1! Feel free to share… Read More The Rules are Made Up and the Points Don’t Matter
