The girl who ate a death god / 死神を食べた少女
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I've read this one and it's really quite good. It's a dark, low fantasy war story told from the villain or anti-hero's perspective. When I say low fantasy setting I'm referring to stuff like Game of Thrones where there certainly are serious fantasy and supernatural elements, but they are mysterious forces beyond what is seen in common everyday life, the stuff of myths and legends. The fantasy is well grounded and depicted in a much more gritty and realistic light than a high fantasy story where you could wake up as like a God one day and then walk down the street and buy a burger from a lizard man. It has more mature themes and morally grey perspectives than you generally see in a LN. It's not an isekai.
I think perhaps the sort of people who liked Overlord or GOT might like this LN.
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After reading the comments here I looked up the web novel and I have to admit it's pretty good.
Hope JNC picks it up.
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Well now that JNC has connections to Enterbrain (don't know if Altina is the same label though), this one shouldn't be too hard to get, seeing as it's only 2 volumes, and the related series 3 volumes.
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Sounds like a good read and I like that it’s a duology.
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I also think this would be a good choice. I read the LNs and they were pretty solid. Plus it's only 2 volumes.
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Is this available to be read?
Sound very interesting, specially the part of being only 2 volumes and being complete. -
@HB_ You can read the Japanese web novel on syosetu or you can purchase the Japanese light novels on Bookwalker. It is not available to read in English.
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I have read this one. I quite liked it. Translation was not perfect but then again it was not proffesional work. I would like to add high quality english version to my collection. If you decide to translate it I will definettly buy all books.
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Bumping!
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J-Novel licensed Death's Daughter and the Ebony Blade, which sounds almost identical enough to this story that it borders on plagiarism... So we'll probably never get this one. Oh well.
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@Tenome I don't know, personally I'm gonna be optimistic if Death Daughter does well, it could increase the chance of this one being picked up. After all, it's not like JNC never licences similar series.
Plus, while the 2 have a similar story, their tone and characters are quite different. -
@Tenome said in The girl who ate a death god / 死神を食べた少女:
J-Novel licensed Death's Daughter and the Ebony Blade, which sounds almost identical enough to this story that it borders on plagiarism... So we'll probably never get this one. Oh well.
Hmmm I only read the beginning of Ebony Blade but those two are fairly different. Only because we have two female MC and a death god doesn't mean it is a carbon copy. Oh and by the tone of what I read I see Ebony blade more as a happy go lucky kind of thing (I remind that I did not read it fully till now) and you can consider "the Girl who ate a Death God" as dark fantasy.
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I recently read the WN and had a great time with it. The world building is good and I really enjoy the somewhat more complex and realistic characters/story. It's not simply "These are the good guys and those are the bad guys", but instead makes you think about the ideals, decisions and events. As much as I like my brain-off-feel-good series, it's novels like these that leave a lasting impression and I'd like to see this one getting an official English release.
