What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?
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@the-green-death How do you feel about Cross Infinite World as a publisher.
I mean they only released 2 series this year and only 1 volume for each series. Then they jumped into manga real fast.
I wanna read the stuff they have but there's is nothing I hate more then having incomplete volumes on my shelves whether they be my physical or digital shelves. (Looking at you Viz media with Gintama)
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@Rahul-Balaggan I like Cross Infinite in that they are a scrappy little company translating Shojo web novels which is pretty remarkable, and since I'm a big light novel geek I want to support those companies releasing a diversity of material!
I do wish they'd focus more on light novels less on manga, but I emailed them and they said volume two of Violet Knight will be out tentatively in March, so it looks like there will be more to come.
Of course it's possible they won't finish titles but so far VK is good but not so great that I'd be devastated if I just got the first part. I suspect (though I'm just 50% into it) that volume one will end with some degree of conclusiveness. But unfinished works don't bother me too much as long as I enjoy the ride and it doesn't end as a cliffhanger.
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@the-green-death Thank You very much for your reply. Depending on how they look in June of the coming year I will just pick up all of their backlog and hope for the best.
It's nice that VK Vol 2 will come out early next year, but that is a 6 month turnover rate, and that has me worried. I already complain about Yen On and their 4 month turnover rate.
I am not worried about them really dropping titles, I am actually worried about it becoming another Tokyopop in that they take on more then they can handle and then that have to close down, leaving whatever titles they picked up in limbo.
I am actually really interested in the manga they picked up, Little Hero.
I actually think I am more excited for that then the actual novels they have licensed.
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I'm reading:
All You Need is Kill (actually listening to the English audiobook on Hoopla, The Edge of Tomorrow).
Overlord vol 1 and 2
SNAFU vol 1
Welcome to the NHK
Rising of the Shield Hero (up to Vol 4)
Devil is a Part Timer (up to Vol 4)
The Isolator (finished Vol 1)I have the Kizumonogatari and Galactic Heroes Audiobooks ready to read in the future. Goblin Slayer, Rokka no Yuusha, and Death March of the Parallel World Rhapsody are also planned reads.
Just finished Baccano vol 1 too (can't wait to catch up with the anime, I think in Vol 4).
And I'm reading an English authored book called Game Over: A Series of Ends 1, that I would consider light novel esque (it has some drawn symbols, and takes place in a virtual world; bit thicker than an LN I guess though).
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Up to date with:
Danmachi - really enjoyed the recent volume that took place after the anime ended, with the competition
Devil is a Part-Timer - love the combination of fantasy and slice of life antics (and different from most slice of life in that the majority of characters are not students)Reading Vol. 2 of No Game No Life and just started Death Note: L Change the World.
I've been reading one light novel volume at a time for awhile, but have decided to up that to one in print and one digital for now.
Just got SAO: Progressive Vol. 2 and am looking forward to reading that after I finish Death Note.
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@whoisfriend What do you think of Baccano (had you seen the anime)? I really enjoyed vol 1 despite seeing the anime.
I'm also partial to Shield Hero volume 1.
Overlord vol 1 is a bit dull, though I hear the series gets good.
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Overlord, Hataraku Maou sama and My teen romantic comedy is wrong as i expected. Oregairu is my favorite :D
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Besides everything that J-Novel Club is currently translating...
A Certain Magical Index
Accel World
Baccano
Black Bullet
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Sword Oratoria
Kagerou Daze
The Monogatari Series
Log Horizon
My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected
No Game No Life
Overlord
Psycho Love Comedy (Psycome)
Re: Zero
Spice and Wolf
Sword Art Online: Progressive
Sword Art Online
The Asterisk War
The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
The Irregular at Magic High School
The Isolator
The Rising of the Shield Hero
Tokyo Ghoul (Spin-off LN)I'm pretty much reading and am caught up on everything currently released by Yen On, except for Durarara (which I think was completely covered by the anime, if not, correct me) and Strike the Blood (because the anime's ending pissed me off). I also read a lot of manga.
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Was happy to get a package from RightStuf with the new SAO, Asterick War and the first volume of Goblin Slayer.
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Starting Baccano volume 4 now. Wish me luck at finishing this and the three expiring J-Novel volumes I haven't read (suspect I'll be using my credits on one or two of those). 😣
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@terrence good luck, no life it if you have too like I do XD
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Among a bunch of other titles listed here... Goblin Slayer.
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Nearly every single Yen Press and JNC series.
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Date A Live by Koushi Tachibana, such a good series and I really hope it could get licensed here in English by either J-novel or Yen Press or anyone else
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I need some help with remembering stuff about the Gandors from Baccano volumes 1,2, and 3 so I can be ready for 4. One specific element....
(SPOILERS for Baccano up to volume 4)
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@terrence said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:
I need some help with remembering stuff about the Gandors from Baccano volumes 1,2, and 3 so I can be ready for 4. One specific element....
(SPOILERS for Baccano up to volume 4)
Anything Gandor related would be super helpful. =)You are pretty much on the money. :slight_smile:
Personally I really like the Gandors and volume 4 is a favourite of mine! After you finish the book, you might want to check out chapters 1-5 of the (good) manga as it features that group of childhood friends in a prequel story set in 1927. It's not essential by any means but I enjoyed it. :slight_smile:
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So far what i am currently reading is
Strike the Blood - 3 volumes, have volume 4 on my bookshelf.
Invaders of the Rokujyōma!? - 3 volumes
No Game No Life - 5 volumes, however just got volume 6 in the mail the other day, now to find time to read it.
A Certain Magical Index - 9 volumes, have volume 10 on my bookshelf.
Arifureta - 2 volumes
My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy world - 4 volumesInfinite Dendrogram - 1 volume
My Favorite Song - Silver Siren - 1 volume
Konosuba - 1 volume, have volume 2 on my bookshelf.
Accel World - 1 volume, have volume 2 on my bookshelf
Asterisk War - 1 volume, have volume 2.
Is it wrong to pick up girl in a dungeon? - 1 volume, but I have volumes 2-5,
Log Horizon - 1 volume, but I have volumes 2-5,
Demon king daimao - 1 volume
If It's for my daughter I would even Defeat a demon lord? - 1 volumeI only put the series from stuff I have read at lest 1 volume too, not every light novel series that I have collected.
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Anyone seen this site Qidian International? Are they legit / legal Chinese web novels translated to English? How do they make their money (ads?)?
After I saw the Cross Infinite World announcement of that Reincarnated into an Otome Protagonist book, I wanted to see if there were any male reincarnation stories, and there's one called Neet Receives a Dating Sim System there.
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@terrence Arguably legit, probably not legal: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/6cvjst/whats_going_on_with_qidian_international_and/
I'm not really interested in any Wuxiang/Cultivation/Chinese novels (except maybe Release That Witch), but this Qidian saga is popcorn worthy.
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@jaquobus said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:
@terrence Arguably legit, probably not legal
Ahh, too bad. I try to stay on the up and up with my novel reading (haven't read any fanslations yet, but if I did, I'd probably want to purchase the books in Japanese first to show support).
Edit: I don't really understand the situation in the link though... that doesn't sound like illegal, just them taking back their properties and not licensing any more to that other site. I'm probably misunderstanding the situation from those posts.
Edit 2: That additional link on the Reddit got me an answer to my other question...
which they intend to paywall in a few months.
