86 -Eighty Six- [Licensed By Yen Press]
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This is one that I have been wanting to get ever since I first heard of it, you got my up-vote!
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Yes, we need more military/war light novels in English. I've been wanting this one in particular since I saw it on Kono Light Novel ga Sagoi. You have my vote.
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How many people here have read it before? I'd be interested to hear some comments.
If I'm allowed to throw in my worthless two cents, I'd say...
It's got its ups and downs and there's just the slightest bit of a pacing quagmire in the middle before the ramp to the climax, I think. Also, the way the discrimination is presented might be a tad heavy-handed, but nevertheless, it's one heck of a solid read. I mean, it wasn't the grand prize winner of the 23rd dengeki novel-writing competition for nothing. In fact, that's why I picked it up in the first place. People say all sorts of things about how novels that win awards are in no way guaranteed to be novels worth reading, and they're right to a certain degree, but if I was going to blindly pick a novel to read, an award-winning one is probably a far safer bet than throwing a dart at a bookshelf in a store. So yeah.I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it's certainly -far- grittier than most of JNC's line up. Hell, it's grittier than most of the LN world in general. Perhaps a good change of pace if licensing is possible.
Funny tidbit: the series credits on the cover includes an author, an illustrator, and a mecha designer.
A MECHA DESIGNER.
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@deilight I've read the first volume and posted a discussion on it on /r/LightNovels immediately after. Some scenes were really just full of hype for me as they happened. I'd definitely agree there were some aspects that bothered me about the pacing in how I wanted a bit more content at times, but overall, I loved it.
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I recently came across this a few days ago, and from what I've been able to figure out about it so far it sounds really interesting. The whole contrasting viewpoints of protagonists isn't something you see every day, and these war-time-like stories always get a latch onto my curiosity. It'd be really awesome if J-Novel Club could get licensing for an English release. The author seems to be relatively new to the LN market too, I would definitely like to support them if having an English release would be able to do so.
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Just finished reading volume 2 which has been fan-translated and posted a discussion for it on /r/LightNovels. Fucking hell, it was a great volume. Please Sam, steal Ping's work and license the series. I know there's his curse about all his stuff getting licensed if I remember correctly.
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@aruseus493 ......Seriously?
Also, just for fun https://imgur.com/a/95JmtBP
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@teh_ping is this real?? Thanks for your hard work over the years, I really admire you.
Seriously, if Ping actually joins JNC I'd have to start an actual cult
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@teh_ping Hi Ping. o/
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Wow. There's a legend in our forums. :O
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I just finished Vol. 2. THIS IS F%$&ING AWESOME. I am sure it'll get licensed sooner or later; I just hope J-Novel picks it. I know its early but I wish it gets an Anime someday.
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Licensed by Yen Press.
Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
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@myskaros Sweet!!
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Now the question is how soon is the anime adaptation. Kadokawa has been pushing this one hard.
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@myskaros said in 86 -Eighty Six-:
Licensed by Yen Press.
Any other Yen Press news? I can’t find anything online.
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