For the second week of this summer reading program, we will discuss the second third of Baccano! (volume 1) and The Empty Box and the Zeroth Maria (volume 1). For Baccano!, you need to have read up to page 139 (up to the chapter “Day Twoâ€). Meanwhile for Empty Box, you need to have read… Read More LN Reading Program 2 — June 19
Cho: Today we have a guest post from Charis Messier, the lead translator from Cross Infinite World. This is a localization company that has recently released their first Japanese novel into English: My Favorite Song – The Silver Siren. (The first volume is already available now in ebook formats.) Since this is a new and… Read More Cross Infinite World, My Favorite Song, and The Violet Knight
English Title: My Favorite Song: The Silver Siren Japanese Title: My Favorite Song ～銀ã®ã‚»ã‚¤ãƒ¬ãƒ¼ãƒ³ã®æŒï½ž Author: Kairi Aragusuku Illustrator: Ako Tenma Translator: Charis Messier Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Shoujo Original Run: 2006 – ongoing (web novel) English Run: 2016 – ongoing Japanese Publisher: N/A English Publisher: Cross Infinite World Volumes in Japanese: N/A Volumes in English: 1… Read More My Favorite Song: The Silver Siren
For the first week of this summer reading program, we will discuss the first third of Baccano! (volume 1) and The Empty Box and the Zeroth Maria (volume 1). For Baccano!, you need to have read up to page 79 (covering “Epilogue 1”, “Prologue,” and a good chunk of “Day One”). Meanwhile for Empty Box,… Read More LN Reading Program 2 — June 12
For general information on this series: Durarara!! entry This review is for the second volume of Durarara!! by Ryohgo Narita. The English edition was released by Yen Press in November 2015. By the end of this year, there will be five volumes out in English. The series is completed with thirteen volumes in Japan, but a sequel series titled… Read More Review: Durarara!! (Vol 2)
For general information on this series: Legend of the Galactic Heroes entry This review is for the first volume of Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka. The English edition was released by Viz Media’s Haikasoru imprint in March 2016. The second volume will release this summer, and will by followed by the third… Read More Haikasoru Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes (Vol 1)
