/r/LightNovels

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A community for those interested in the Novels translated from Japan.

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This is a discussion based subreddit based around translated Light Novels, Novels, and Web Novels which originate from Japan.

Discussion is usually around the latest translated chapter for a series but feel free to start other kinds of discussions. Just make sure to follow submission guidelines and rules.

Do not hesitate to post anything you want to discuss about LNs!

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  2. Follow submission guidelines when applicable.
  3. Meme submissions featuring no Light Novel content will be removed.
  4. No Referral/Profiteering/Soliciting Links/Sites
  5. Top level posts should be related to Light Novels in some way. (Japanese Origin)
  6. Include your Sources.
  7. Do not post and or ask for rips of official English releases.
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I'm relatively new to Light Novels but these are a few upcoming books I'm looking forward to! Any suggestions for me based on these few?

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2024/10/31
16:24 UTC

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How many volumes does Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash have?

I've checked on Google and it's 21 + 2 specials but on Amazon (that's were I buy the novels from) I can find up to only 19 and there is 14.5 for some reason Anyway this is my first time buying a novel can anyone help me with this

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2024/10/31
16:15 UTC

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Need help finding lost light novel

Hi fellow reader I'm at a lost. There is this 1 light novel that I can't find anymore. Name of the light novel is along the line of "The popular girl in school make weird noise around me" something like that. If anybody know about it please help.

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2024/10/31
15:42 UTC

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[REC] Completed Romance series?

Nothing hurts more than starting a series not knowing its been dropped or won't be completed. I'd love some new wholesome series to read through. Not a fan of fantasy/isekai, and a less dense/oblivious male MC would be a welcome change. My favorite LN at the moment is Alya if that helps. Thanks so much for any help.

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2024/10/31
15:13 UTC

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The Ephemeral Scenes of Setsuna’s Journey is it good?

Hello, been reading some reviews on it (just peeps in this sub reddit mentioning it tbh. No dedicated post).

So asking if it's any good? Like volume 1-4. Even if it fell off or gets better the more you read it, willing to read some reviews on it.

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2024/10/31
13:05 UTC

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Does anyone know what happened to Blossom Translation?

Blossom translations, the site that translated Black Corporation Joseon said they moved to a new site and the link is in their discord. But It says that link is expired and I can't find anything about it online. Can someone help?

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2024/10/31
12:06 UTC

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İ can finally ascend to the heaven

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2024/10/31
09:11 UTC

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[REC] Light Novels like Re: Evolution online and Cultivation online

I really loved these novels especially Re: Evolution online. I think I like novels based on vrmmorpg or sao type where u have stakes of death(not necessarily needed). Any recommendation?

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2024/10/31
07:38 UTC

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Let’s Dance with Ghost Stories, and You Dance on the Stairs Halloween Special

Hi, TanoshiKara here, it has been a while.

Firstly an important update: As Blogger decided to go crazy today, the link for Chapter 2 has changed, please do not use the c2 link at novelupdates as it no longer exists. The new link is here. I have submitted the new link to novelupdates and asked for the old link to be taken down.

Trick-or-Treat! Halloween’s here and I have the perfect thing planned just for this! I have uploaded 6 chapters of “Let’s Dance with Ghost Stories, and You Dance on the Stairs”, written by that very “Ryuukishi07”, known for Higurashi and Umineko among other works, and illustrated by tomohi, the same illustrator for those works.

However, since it’s Halloween, you will have to play a little game. You have to pick between two options to progress to the next chapter. One will be the treat you are looking for and the other is merely a trick. I will, however, give you the link to Chapter 6, that is where it begins after all. These chapters will be available for 6 days and I will be taking all of them down, except for chapter 6, on 5 Nov 2024 at (UTC +0) 06:00. They will be reuploaded again when the appropriate time comes around (doing this as I want to further improve on their translations).

The translation for the Chapter 6 is already out and can be found here. I hope you will enjoy the game and the chapters!

Thank you for reading this post, feel free to comment or pm me if you have any questions or feedback. I wish you a Happy Halloween!

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2024/10/31
05:30 UTC

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[REC] best LN with audiobooks?

What are the best light novel with audiobooks? I just finished the Tbate audiobooks (Ik it’s not technically one) and now idk what to read. I care about a writing a lot but besides that I’m not too picky.

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2024/10/31
03:46 UTC

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Todays pills

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2024/10/31
02:25 UTC

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[REC] Looking for a light novel set in a modern, real-world place.

I find that one of the reasons I enjoyed the Solo Leveling LN series so much was the fact that it was set in real, modern day cities. I really want to find something else with a similar modern city setting to read. Are there any good (english) reads like this?

sorry if this post isn't specific enough, I'm not very experienced with this kind of stuff

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2024/10/31
01:46 UTC

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[REC] Fantasy romance series with a weaker male protagonist and a strong female love interest?

Any fantasy series with a bad ass female love interest that isn't a harem at all? Anything with femdom vibes would be great. Slow burn romance is also appreciated if possible!

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2024/10/31
01:24 UTC

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What is a light novel you really wanted to like but simply didn't feel like continuing?

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2024/10/30
23:48 UTC

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i really like dark anime theme of The Most Notorious "Talker" is LN same ?

so far i saw 5 episodes of anime and im already fan of MC, hes not one of these kind and dumb MCs like in most fantasy animes so i want to know how dark is light novel compared to anime so far.

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2024/10/30
20:07 UTC

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October Haul

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2024/10/30
19:52 UTC

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Light novels where MC turns from evil to good?

Hi, does anyone have reccomendatiojs for a light novel where the MC is evil or chaotic-neutral but turns to the good/righteous path as he matures? Maybe he like starts out as a demonic person or something in his teens and early years, but as he goes through life he becomes a better person?

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2024/10/30
15:56 UTC

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Alya restock coming next year

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2024/10/30
13:33 UTC

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So I started collecting this, arrived today

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2024/10/30
12:37 UTC

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[News] Another World Survival, The Fruit of Evolution, & Love Under The Blue Moon w/ Half Spirit on Sale on Hanashi Media Site

Announced on their twitter account, they are running a 25% off sale for some of their earlier licenses when bought as bundles.

This sale ends November 2nd.

Note that the Hanashi Media store sells their releases DRM-Free and is the youngest Light Novel publisher in the English market at this time.

#Another World Survival

  • 25% off when buying the full series.
  • It's a completed series at 9 volumes.
  • Twitter

Ostracized and tormented by his peers to the point of breaking, Kazuhisa Kaya set off into the nearby forest atop the mountain with one purpose: to dig a pitfall and bring about the death of the person behind his suffering. However, right when Kazuhisa was about to succeed in his revenge, a sudden earthquake throws his plans out of whack! Caught unaware, all he can do is patiently lie in wait until someone lumbering across the path happens to fall into his trap. Kazuhisa’s excitement is short-lived, however, as the corpse at the bottom of his pitfall turns out not to be the bully he was expecting but a grotesque, pig-looking monster, and his confusion only grows as he’s suddenly greeted by a pure-white room and a RPG-like status screen.

Strange monsters now wandering the mountain and with newfound powers at his disposal, Kazuhisa is forced to throw all concerns over his tormentor to the wayside as he focuses on a new goal: survival. That’s not going to be as easy as it seems, however, as he’s not the only one to have been wrapped up in this mess…

#The Fruit of Evolution

  • Volumes 1-9 are 25% off when bought together as a bundle.
  • Completed series in Japan, volume 10 came out today in English. Expected to complete in English 2026.
  • Twitter
  • Has an Anime Adaptation

One day, Hiragi Seiichi’s entire school is transported to another world. As he wanders through a mysterious forest alone, however, he is ‘attacked’ by a gorilla.

“Me never sleep with man before. Be gentle.”

All Saria wants is to be close to him. Just when he begins opening his heart to the feminine simian, however, tragedy strikes.

Can the strength of their bond—and the mysterious Fruits of Evolution they’ve both consumed—bring about a miracle? A lighthearted fantasy-comedy romp through a fantasy world!

#Love Under The Blue Moon & Half Spirit

  • 25% when these are bought together as a bundle.
  • Two oneshots
  • Twitter

Love Under The Blue Moon

It was August, and the “Blue Moon” had come around – a phenomenon wherein two full moons appear in the same month.

As a seventeen-year-old, I found myself in Arashiyama, Kyoto, at my grandmother’s house for a memorial service. It was on this solemn occasion that a peculiar encounter awaited me. Under the radiant light of the first full moon, I stumbled upon a mysterious sight. There before me was a young girl, gracefully using an umbrella to scoop water from a spring, her actions illuminated by the moon’s ethereal glow.

She said, “I’ll be here until the Blue Moon ends,” and despite our same ages, she had a mysterious aura about her, as if hiding a great secret.

That secret between us was that

“I’ll be waiting for you in the future, always.”

Keiichi

This is a love story stretching across time and space, depicting two people bound by fate.

Half Spirit

Our protagonist is a young girl who learned at an early age how​painful it can be to become the center of attention for undesired​reasons and now lives her days wishing to be like a ghost.

​​On her way home from school on a rainy day, she ends up in​a chase that leads her to the dreaded Death God’s Mansion,​a place where school rumors say ghosts haunt.​​

It was on the stairs to the entrance that she would suffer an​accident: she would slip and fall backwards.

​​In the darkness of impending death, footsteps mingled with​the rain in the background. Then, the one who appeared was not​an ambassador of death, but a deity who introduced himself as​the God of Matchmaking.​​

Taking pity on the situation of the girl, now turned into a​half-spirit, he explains to her that she would only be able to​reclaim her body if she remembers her identity, but he offers​a condition as well: he will help her if she can take care of his​work binding the fate of certain people. The deadline is one​hundred days; after that, the existence of a half-spirit will​vanish.​​

The only clue the god leaves behind is that she should look for​a flower petals mark…​​

Get ready for a story with an unexpected ending.

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2024/10/30
09:40 UTC

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I am searching for a novel [Not family safe]

I started to read a novel almost half a year ago but I stopped for some reason and I don’t remember what was its name. At the start there was a boy who was raised to be a fighter (something like gladiator) and because he was bigger and stronger than others he always won. Someday he escaped from the facility sokehow (sadly i cant remember). Then he got into a Mercenary group and they attacked a beutiful vampire’s hut (they didn’t know she was a vampire). Everybody died but the mc survived and started to live with the vampire girl and the Vampire started to teach him about the world and etc (even sex) because the mc know almost nothing. When the mc became old enough to take care of himself and learned enough the vampire sent him off and told him they can only meet again or live again of the mc become a king. Soo this is the plot in a nutshell I hope it’s understandable and somebody knows the name. Thanks

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2024/10/30
08:52 UTC

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[REC] Any steampunk light novels?

I’m a steampunk fan, I read mostly European and Western books all my life and just started reading Eastern/Asian last year, I been enjoying it so much until I came across with “Lord of Mysteries” and LOVED IT. As a steampunk fan I loved the worldbuiding and the aesthetics of it, so I was wondering if there are more like this steampunk/victorian fantasy or sci-fi Light Novels.

(Don’t need to be Isekai but I don’t mind if they are)

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2024/10/30
08:50 UTC

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Any news about Re:Zero reprints

I'm interested in getting physical copies of the Re:Zero series now that I've got room for them. But Volumes 2,5,6 and 18 don't seem to be in stock anywhere.

And I'm like, do I really want to spend hundreds of dollars on the other volumes when I'm not sure I'll be able to get the whole set?

Has anyone heard any news about Yen press possibly doing reprints?

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2024/10/30
08:28 UTC

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[REC] Looking for light novels that prominently feature lesbians in a more casual manner

Ive read a few books with lesbians in them such as Im in love with the villainess but it always felt kind of over the top to me. A good example of what I’m looking for is Kanbaru from monogatari because though overplayed at times she clearly has more going on than being a lesbian. The protagonist doesn’t need to be lesbian but would be preferred

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2024/10/30
05:42 UTC

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[REC] Recommend some light novels set in a somewhat realistic apocalyptic world.

I’ve read many apocalyptic novels, but they all seem to feature a leveling system or something similar to it.

I'm looking for a apocalyptic world focused solely on survival, without systems, magic, or powers just the main character’s struggle to survive

The apocalypse theme can be anything, virus outbreak, zombies, nuclear , etc. But I prefer zombies more.

6 Comments
2024/10/30
05:11 UTC

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help novel search

hello I'm looking for a novel that I read and I can't remember what I remember because the mc was abandoned by it's 2 parents, and he found traces of the mother years later, is saved it's 2 or 3 half-sisters and she too I think.

THANKS

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2024/10/30
04:20 UTC

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[REC] Please recommend me some novels

I need a romance novel where a strong and independent female character falls madly in love with the male lead. Preferably she falls in love first and then tries to convince him to date her or something.

3 Comments
2024/10/30
04:10 UTC

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I wasn't able to access Dengeki Bunko's website this whole year. It is always under maintenance. Is it the same for everyone else?

3 Comments
2024/10/29
22:01 UTC

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Haul

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2024/10/29
21:58 UTC

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What to read next

I've got a few series I want to read but I don't know which to start first, the series are:

1)An archdemons dilemma

2)The saga of Tanya the evil

3)Spice and wolf

4)A certain magical index

5)Arifureta

6)danmachi

  1. SAO

Ps my favorite series are mushoku tensei re:zero and makeine thanks for any help

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2024/10/29
18:13 UTC

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