LN Thread

Not this shit again

File: cover.jpg (220KB, 1127x1600px) Image search: [Google]

220KB, 1127x1600px

finishing vol 2

File: jussai1_shoei.jpg (2MB, 1446x2094px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1446x2094px

>>16922277

File: 71GgrbdPz1L._SL1500_.jpg (154KB, 703x1000px) Image search: [Google]

154KB, 703x1000px

Just finished the first one and recently started this

>>16922277
This got a manga greenlight.

>>16926325
people i follow on pixiv keep getting picked to illustrate shit like this and 不老少女と魔法教授 and 賢者の弟子を名乗る賢者

i can't devote the time i would need to read them though, which I guess is ok because LN reading a LN because it has cute illustration is a recipe for failure (moreso than normal)

>>16933216
100 pages in and nothing really interesting has happened so far. The main character already being the strongest from the start basically means there will never be any tension though.

The writing feels weird...I think mostly due to dialogue using a ton of "modern" words that just don't feel like they belong in a fantasy story ( トラブル, 洋服...)

The illustrations are very cute though

I just read overlord
Book 12 is taking way too long to come out.

File: Skärmklipp.jpg (53KB, 1102x554px) Image search: [Google]

53KB, 1102x554px

>>16922277
I bought Konosuba vol 1 from another site and i've read all of Haruhi except the Rampage and The Wavering. I still can't find The Rampage.

>>16922277
Some random stuff on narou. Now checking out クール・エール since it seems to have gotten published. Gotta get that weekly dose of edge.

File: coolyell.jpg (868KB, 1764x2507px) Image search: [Google]

868KB, 1764x2507px

>>16933937
forgot pic

I just finished vol 5 of Sukasuka this morning

I didn't really like Willem coming back at the end, because "jk they didn't really die" is such a tired anime trope that has ruined the end of so many series for me, but in this case I also thought it was kind of thematically appropriate that he was (I'm assuming) able to make peace with the beast inside of him so that they could both return to a place that they belonged, I guess. What did you guys think of the ending? Still cried like a bitch though to be honest.

Gonna order the #EX volume and then move on to the sequel I guess

File: Untitled.jpg (352KB, 851x1200px) Image search: [Google]

352KB, 851x1200px

>好きな時代は古代ローマ、尊敬する偉人はローマの英雄ユリウス・カエサル――
そんなローマ好きの高校生・糸原聖也(セイヤ)はある日、月の女神を名乗る美女に異世界へと転送される。
>そこは古代ローマそっくりの世界。
>セイヤは憧れのカエサルに出会えたが……
>異世界のカエサルはユリアという名の金髪美少女だった!!
>ユリアの家に住むことになったセイヤは、衰退するローマを変えるユリアの夢を知り、協力を誓う。
>ところがユリアは女好きで借金まみれの問題児!?
>セイヤはユリアの計画する公共事業とイベント開催の資金を借りに行くことになり――!?
>少女の夢が世界(ローマ)を変える異世界英雄ファンタジー、堂々開幕!

what the fuck is this shit

I'm reading Mushoku Tensei, at volume 17 at the moment. I had dropped it a few years ago but it's a much better experience this time around.

>>16937725
>what the fuck is this shit
Never heard of it or saw it mentioned anywhere. But apparently
以前、「小説家になろう」に掲載していましたが、
新人賞応募の際に掲載を取り下げた作品です。
このたび書籍化しました！
掲載時と比べて99パーセントが改稿されています！
よろしくお願いします！

File: cover.jpg (2MB, 2800x2000px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2800x2000px

>>16922277
Just bought these because of the golden week sale. Let's hope they're good.

When do Kindle sales usually happen on amazon? Any way to predict what's gonna come on?

>>16941712
Looks interesting. The author has another book with 126 reviews and 4.5 stars on Amazon apparently, pretty big numbers for something I haven't heard of before

Anyone try Farawat Paladin Vol 2?

File: 71xphmOSpnL.jpg (163KB, 700x1000px) Image search: [Google]

163KB, 700x1000px

>>16948426
You mean The Princess and the Pilot?
That even had an anime movie adaption.

That, and the fact they were only 180 yen each was the reason I bought them.
Didn't find the time to read yet, though.

Volume three seems to be schedule for this month.

>>16948495
Didn't like the first volume enough to buy the second as well so I'm waiting for an upload somewhere to see if it gets any better.

>>16937725
It's one of OVERLAP's prize winners for their latest contest. Story is time-travel'y' isekai back to ancient rome except all the romans are girls with huge boobs. I.e. Sengoku gender bender except rome. Sounds like complete shit but won the prize, somehow? Well it's OVERLAP they don't know shit about taste.

>>16948845
Ew, I like this cover a lot less compared to the first two.

File: 1285663370983.jpg (242KB, 897x647px) Image search: [Google]

242KB, 897x647px

Spicy Wolf!

My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending.
its pretty good.

How are Honto and Kinokuniya in regards to handling? Most of my Amazon orders have come slightly damaged

Since the manga adaptation started I started reading the Blacksmith Ruin WN and it's really amateur. The author is all over the place and lost the plot completely. Plot threads just left hanging, characters that disappear etc.

I took a brief look at the raw LN and saw that the author did some editing, maybe he tightened the story up, but I'm pretty skeptical.

>>16948877
its only been a couple days, dont think you'll see that soon

>>16948845
>>16941712
I think I remember these kinds of series by the author to be real cheesy.

>>16950639
>death flags

File: KSwK_11_005-004.jpg (1MB, 3759x2700px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 3759x2700px

The two final volumes of Unbreakable Machine-doll were both announced for release on June 26.

●機巧少女は傷つかない 16 上　Facing “Machine doll II”　【著：海冬レイジ／絵：るろお】
●機巧少女は傷つかない 16 下　Facing “Machine doll II”　【著：海冬レイジ／絵：るろお】

GET FUCKING HYPED

>>16956147
I would if I could read them.

>>16956420
>Not knowing Japanese

File: Monkey.png (881KB, 664x911px) Image search: [Google]

881KB, 664x911px

The adventures of the monkey.

File: 1477795484250.jpg (39KB, 374x347px) Image search: [Google]

39KB, 374x347px

>WN

>>16959589
Web novel. You can enjoy they with machine translation.

Anyone got anything by 唐辺 葉介 (瀬戸口廉也)?

Other than つめたいオゾン, that one I found.

File: Horizon4C_0267.jpg (195KB, 1097x1600px) Image search: [Google]

195KB, 1097x1600px

Kawakami's stuff, caught up with Hurrizon and now working on Owari and Hexxenacht.

>>16959589
You don't know anon? It mainly refers to this nest of pure evil syosetu.com where people from various backgrounds with severe depression and suicidal thoughts gather. Some just want to see the world burn, some just want to beat the shit out of that wife who cheated on them while they were wageslaving, some just want to drown in sloth and they dream of an ideal world where that sloth can be accepted or counted as something normal by the society.

The stories written by these fanatical individuals with extreme self-abandonment, suffering and despair seem to trigger a certain ritual after suicide and they get reincarnated or transported into their own novels. However, they must acquire a certain number of points which acts as a catalyst for the mentioned ritual otherwise they'd die in vain. There are also rumors that depending on the number of points and ranking of your novel, the similarity between the world beyond and your written work rises immensely. For this reason alone, they strive to become popular, climb the rankings, publish their masterpieces, their ideal worlds, their final destinations.

>>16962540
I will never forgive syosetu for ending my favorite WN. 地球からきた転生者の殺し方　＝ハーレム要員の女の子を一人ずつ寝取っていきます

>>16962927
On 2ch there was a shitstorm(Like always) about point manipulation and somebody suspected him as well saying it had the same pattern as that other entry.
But thats it really. The author removed it himself probably for some other reason.

>>16965372
It was one of the best WNs japan had to offer. Devilishly charming and sometimes even insightful. There was definitely no need for any point manipulation.

>>16948877
There's a chapter preview on jnovelclub

File: 1_12_gundam 048_jpg.jpg (86KB, 800x600px) Image search: [Google]

86KB, 800x600px

Does anyone have experience buying books from Mandarake?

Everything I've bought from Mandarake before has been practically brand new but I'm worried about books since they're easier to damage than figures and the like.

>>16950871
Honto in my experience is not any better than amazon. I haven't ordered from them in three years but they just wrapped my books in a bunch of packing paper and shipped them as is, not even wrapping them down with plastic like amazon does. I haven't ordered from Kinokuniya in a long ass time, since 2012, but the books were wrapped tightly in bubble wrap and neatly parceled up with packing paper in a box. It's not really worth their prices though... I remember when they had their old site and you ordered from specific store locations, my books would just come in paper mailing envelopes, lol (they would wrap everything up together in plastic though).

I'm kicking myself for not buying SukaSuka when it was on sale. I wonder how likely it is for it to go on one again, maybe close to the anime end...

I shiggy diggy hope you goyim don't import physical copies.

File: XBBTVGB.gif (2MB, 500x335px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 500x335px

>>16975677
I do

>>16938607
I fucking hate stories that end with a time skip and the MC dying

>>16927250
Should've followed it as it came out, it's a much better experience. You appreciate each chapter a lot more when it's all you have and you have to wait desperately for a month until the next one, and it gives you a chance to have fun speculating about what'll happen.

>>16924040
The ending of volume 2 was one of the saddest things ever, poor Ringo poor Rakushu.

>>16936560
I can see why you didn't like the ending, but I think it is more thematically appropriate then having him just disappear. It's about the delivery more then the events, those shitty "haha I live" anime are shit more because of the bad writing, and likewise Sukasuka is great because of how what happens is really well portrayed so the reader can understand and appreciate it.

>>16959476
Good shit, good shit.

How hard is the Japanese in Grimgar? I'm a Japanese beginner and looking for a light novel series to start out with

>>16975677
What's the point of buying if not buying physical? None.

>>16978377
Do you have a magnet link for all the Sukasuka volumes?

File: 00000058.png (83KB, 272x282px) Image search: [Google]

83KB, 272x282px

>>16978560
If possible I'd prefer you bought them, but here you are.

Volume 1: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:adhudczqwnfxfehffb35pdaq675nveiw&dn=Shuumatsu%20Nani%20Shitemasu.rar&xl=118363033&fc=1
Volume 2: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:zwefyazhv6bklkf7n3qd54byyn2tttlu&dn=Shuumatsu%20Nani%20Shitemasu%20v02.rar&xl=123276497&fc=1
The rest are here: https://mega.nz/#F!oZhRSC5K!b430ZFTei2FinYk-Kse-dg

>>16978610
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

>>16978610
Thanks. Whenever I get a job, I'll use a portion of my first paycheck to get it.

>>16979087
up the epub when you do?

>>16978610
>>16975498
How hard is SukaSuka?

>>16979333
hard as cubic boron nitride

>>16979741
How difficult is it?

>>16978487
You could just...try it?
Anything you read will be hard if you're a beginner. Don't waste time looking for the perfect easy novel and just work through something that interests you instead of something boring.

>>16978487
>>16979333
It's written in Japanese. If you don't know Japanese you can't read it, sorry.

>>16978610
Did you buy these from Amazon? If so is it possible for you to perhaps upload the azw3 files instead please? Converting from epub to mobi/azw kills the dictionary search on a Kindle unfortunately.

File: 00000060.png (50KB, 185x188px) Image search: [Google]

50KB, 185x188px

>>16982201
I believe the person who bought them used books.rakuten.co.jp

>>16982201
They're from Kobo. Not that anon, but it's obvious once you open the e-book.

>>16982336
>>16982348
I see, thanks for the clarification. Guess I'll be waiting for a sale then

>>16982353
There's a points up campaign for it on BW.
But that's over in 30 minutes and I don't think we have a ripper for that.
Well, if we had, you'd get an EPUB again, though.

>>16982201
It should work if you use kindlegen.

>>16982490
Kindlegen can't send to Japanese amazon accounts last time I tried.

>>16982574
I'm not sure what you're referring to. You use kindlegen to convert the epub to a mobi, then either email the mobi to your Kindle email address or use Calibre to transfer via USB.

>>16982606
Oh that's what you mean. The conversation process doesn't add the dictionary feature, the only way to add it is by sending per mail (calibre/USB doesn't work here) because of some weird process where the file downloads something from the amazon servers. And well, the mail doesn't arrive with any method I tried.
I guess it could technically work if someone else send the mobi files to their Kindle and then uploaded that resulting mobi file so I could transfer it with USB. I'm not gonna expect anyone to do that much work for me though, heh.

Here are the files already converted to mobi with proper formatting to save other people the time though:
https://mega.nz/#F!5AhDxbIB!hRcTS6kcqOzosiUDFIU3Gw

>>16982705
>And well, the mail doesn't arrive with any method I tried.
Did you allow the email address you're sending from in your account settings? Other than that I've got nothing.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201974220

Finished DanMachi volume 8 and Goblin Slayer volume 2 recently. I plan on on picking up Grimgar and Occultic's physical releases this Summer and am waiting to see if Jnovelclub and Seven Seas will publish UchiMusume. Not reading anything at the moment, though.

Although not Japanese, King's Avatar lately

Why can't i find a english copy of My little sister can read kanji anywhere?

>>16989795
Because you aren't willing to pay for it

Has anyone read Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai? Felt pretty abandonded after I finished the second season

>>16995770
Nope! Sorry I couldn't help!

File: ss+(2017-05-09+at+04.55.48).png (26KB, 678x577px) Image search: [Google]

26KB, 678x577px

How do we feel about this?

>>16996272
Index should go and stay go

>>16996272
gamers and konosuba are good.
first time i have heard about the ryuou no oshigoto

>>16996272
Its almost scary how hard Kadokawa pushed it and how the anime paid off isn't it? Almost nobody cared about the LN before. It wasn't even that popular as a WN.

>>16998506
Marketing is power.

Anyone else a bit disappointed with faraway paladin vol 2? It's a lot weaker than vol 1, there isn't really a character development or plot arc. Things kind of just happen and the grand finale is a bit anticlimactic.

>>17001769
So like a exposition volume?

>>17001769
Meh the whole WN has that mediocre feel to it.

>>17001769
Still don't get why it got shilled so much, it's pretty average as these things go.

File: 512BcAMMGi7L._SL500_AA300_.jpg (22KB, 300x300px) Image search: [Google]

22KB, 300x300px

>>16922277

Just finished this one. Shit, just like everything he's written in the past 6-7 years.

>>17003744
The newer Monogataris seem very well received across the board. I love Zaregoto but dunno if I want to dive into them since there's so many and I've seen all the anime already. Maybe in like 10 years. Or ideally he makes a new IP that is good.

>>16922277
These days mostly chink shit wuxia's and xianxia's, mostly out of boredom.

>>17001769
If I was rating them out of 10 I'd only put them one point apart.

The plot is still pretty weak in both volumes even if the emotional impact if the first is quite high.

>>17005850
Not really. I thought the first volume had high stakes and a lot of development. There weren't many characters but each one was filled out and interesting. And there was a clear beginning, middle, and climax.

File: 乙女ゲーム六周目、オートモードが切れました-1.jpg (2MB, 1110x1634px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1110x1634px

Anyone read shoujo?

>>17007797
It's most of what I read nowadays.

>>17007797
is this one any good? there are just too many of these otoge stories
謙虚、堅実をモットーに生きております！
悪役転生だけどどうしてこうなった
転生王女は今日も旗を叩き折る
悪役令嬢に恋をして

>>17007797
I want to try reading an otome series sometimes but I can't stand their art

>>17010085
It's meh.
>>17010988
Too flashy? Go for otome destruction flag.

File: Erza.gif (108KB, 550x781px) Image search: [Google]

108KB, 550x781px

Reading fantasy version of Angel Densetsu.

>>17015872
Armorfag outside her armor is cute.

Anyone have Scaji's えびてん 綺譚奇譚 and willing to share?

>>17016290
Amazon is willing to share it.

>>17016290
I can tell you it's good. I sold by copy before I returned from Japan though.

Has anyone read 薬屋のひとりごと?

>>17020953
Maybe

File: 78321.jpg (125KB, 737x1156px) Image search: [Google]

125KB, 737x1156px

Updates when?

>>16956529
>wasting your time learning a language thats only application outside of its parent country is video games, manga, and novels

>>17031793
>implying video games, manga, and novels aren't valuable enough to learn a language

Why are isekais so good?

File: notAsch the Bloody reincarnation.jpg (250KB, 882x1280px) Image search: [Google]

250KB, 882x1280px

This is ok.

>>16922277
what are some discrete looking physical book lns that will make me look cool while I read them outside?

>>17040481
You can just take off the anime covers if you're afraid of being judged

>>17040481
Kamisu Reina

>>17040481
Overlord

File: Go.jpg (172KB, 880x660px) Image search: [Google]

172KB, 880x660px

One more week.

>>17048804
Looks gay.

File: Pharmacy.jpg (73KB, 600x450px) Image search: [Google]

73KB, 600x450px

>>17050377
This looks gay?

Does anyone know if you can you use the Japanese to English dictionary for books converted from epub to mobi on a kindle?

>>17054215
Buy them from Amazon instead and it'll work.

Was reading 王国の守り人 but as fucking always, the moment I find out about a WN the author decides to stop updating it. It was taking off like crazy as well, what gives?

>>17055253
Probably got a novel publishing deal, that always slows down the web novels to a crawl

Does anyone have ebook versions of 覇剣の皇姫アルティーナ?

>>17057004
Yes, Amazon.

>>17057020
I meant that I don't have to pay for

>>17015872
Please, what is this from?

>>17057952
http://www.novelupdates.com/series/evil-like-duke-household/

>>17058090
Thank you

File: Cast.jpg (114KB, 1356x1055px) Image search: [Google]

114KB, 1356x1055px

>>17058391
>>17057952
You're in for a cute ride, anon.

>>17060009
The girlie looks like female knight Blazer while in armor, it's amazing really.

>>17058090
this one any good?

>>17060667
It's ok, if you liked Angel Densetsu, then you might like this series.

>>17057004
>>17057020
>>17057128
I'm also interested

File: Manga adaptation.png (1MB, 800x936px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 800x936px

>>16922277
The manga for this comes out today.

Is Konosuba good for beginners? It has a lowish kanji count

>>16937725

That sounds awful. There has to be more intelligently written stuff than this out there.

>>17074146

This applies to you as well: >>16982038

>>17074146
No fiction is "good" for "beginners" because they're all written for Japanese natives. The one that is "good" is the one you enjoy and read every day.

>>16937725
Oho, something to trigger /tg/ with.
>>17074353
You overestimate the average consumer.

>>17074146
Just pick one and start with it, I learned how to read via Mickey Mouse comics because no one would read them for me so do the same and start reading what you want to read, eventually you'll be good enough to not need help.

File: The manga.jpg (308KB, 1200x1000px) Image search: [Google]

308KB, 1200x1000px

Looks like manga started.

>>17084842
>maomao

>>17084933
Yes, and the main cast has no dicks.
http://www.jp.square-enix.com/magazine/biggangan/introduction/kusuriya/

>>17085510
>wanting dicks

>>16922277
I was finally going to start reading Oda Nobuna no Yabou but the only links on novelupdates are to baka-tsuki which is long dead. Now I have no season 2, and no novels. Fuck.

File: c0ilvomviaa1l5n-jpg-large.jpg (140KB, 573x800px) Image search: [Google]

140KB, 573x800px

>>17086208
https://mega.nz/#F!V8sGkBIR!sAE0zyVv0R8Pm2mvXJYqiw!s483DIhC
Bookmark this.

>>17086233
Thank you anon, time to get to reading.

>>17085510
what? shes in a harem, there has to be at least one dick, otherwise whats the point of the harem

>>17085510
none have balls but some should have dicks

>>17087753
Last time I checked, Eunuchs around this setting shouldn't even have dicks either.
>>17087521
Some of the harem may never even meetthe prince.

>>17085510
>catcat
Best name.

>>17087913
ouch

>>17088182
Google translate believes the protag is a drugstore so it made me think of a Lawson being anthropomorphized and isekai'd

Now, there is a LN I would read

>>17088656
It's another way of saying pharmacist or pharmacy.

File: coverImage_2089343.jpg (4MB, 1816x2560px) Image search: [Google]

4MB, 1816x2560px

Anyone read 幻獣調査員? How is it?

File: 1495253706337.png (713KB, 1220x912px) Image search: [Google]

713KB, 1220x912px

>>17094569
Never heard of it but the summary on amazon sounds pretty interesting and the novel itself is pretty short. Might buy it and give it a try.

So, if I watched Spicy Wolf S1 and want to read the LNs instead,can I start from Vol 3 or I should read V1 and 2 too?

File: Yuusha.png (1MB, 662x940px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 662x940px

Waiting.

Is a premium membership on J novel club worth it? There's a few titles I'm interested in and I want them in epub but i don't know if it's worth almost double the regular membership.

>>17104535
Really want to read this but my Nip is nonexistent, at least the Sun Ring TL is alive.

>>17105752
If you want to buy the premium epubs from them the price difference between standard and premium is about 9 books but the premium subscription comes with 12 books and if you want to buy more it becomes a dollar cheaper.

If you don't care much about the bonus content or having a membership at all it's probably easier to just buy the books off the Kindle store.

Beggars and EOPs are the worst.

>>17052300
>>17072187
Anyone have scans of the ln? It's not available digitally and I am not going to pay 2000 yen per book because of amazons retarded shipping policy.

>>17110558
Probably available, just not very out there due to the non-existent epubs out there. I think pixiv actually sells in a digital format, I forget.

>>17110573
>pixiv actually sells in a digital format

Do they take American visa's like Amazon does?

File: DBI2yD4UIAA0TF9.jpg (102KB, 708x500px) Image search: [Google]

102KB, 708x500px

The covers for the final two volumes of Unbreakable Machine-doll were revealed.

Release delayed to 7/25.

>>17110612
Beats me, sorry friend. I just checked and it's just a host for amazon. Your luck might have to be paper. cdjapan I hear might help with you.

File: konyakusya.jpg (104KB, 300x422px) Image search: [Google]

104KB, 300x422px

I'm reading the angst that is just this series and the sob story that is just mc essentially being a cucked by her own sibling. Typically, I don't like time-loops (or time travel) due to lack of consequence. When there's a certain theme beyond it, I might have some interest, like this series and finding happiness. But I see no happiness beyond the loops. I mean seriously, you refuse to abort your baby or run off with a man that is obviously in love with you and give you happiness far beyond what you have now. Much drama within such a this series and self-awareness. It's enough to keep my attention, but it's rather tedious to read at times due to the drama of trying to have happiness, yet fail to grasp it when there's a chance.

>>17106976
I usually like these kinds of stories of OP mcs as long as there's a theme beyond it.

File: 1496387394615.png (357KB, 1920x2456px) Image search: [Google]

357KB, 1920x2456px

Clockwork Planet was just licensed, can you guess which is the official and which is the fan translation?

>>17117573
left - fan, right - official

>>17117573
right is fan tl, left is official

if the official tl was good you wouldn't have bothered to post this

>>17117703
>if the official tl was good you wouldn't have bothered to post this

Rude. The one on the right is the official one.

>>17117700
Got it in one.

>>17117117
Noel and potatomancer are at least fun to read about and you quickly realize that despite being hilariously strong they still have to suffer under politics.

>>17117573
They look identical except the one on the left uses words that are easier to understand for people who read light novels.

>>17118700
If that were true the left would actually be a translation more to the spirit of light novels, but it is just a trainwreck of someone that is a) a terrible writer, b) not a native speaker of English, or c) both.

Now you do have me thinking of how a Simple English translation of a ln would fare.

>>17117573
I don't understand, which is better? One seems a little more first-person than the other.

Can anyone help me find 時の車輪? I'm having trouble finding it both digitally and physically.

>>17121730
>時の車輪
Isn't that an american novel?

>>17121760
Yes, but it was sold as a series of light novels in Japan and I'd like to take a look at them. I'm a long time fan of the series.

>>17121763
https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/l393949454

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m195380979

Found these, not sure if it's what you're looking for

>>16969210
Japanese take too care of all their shit, I wouldn't worry. Any real damage is listed usually and the price is obviously much, much cheaper.

>>17121760
it might as well be a LN, since it features a super special main character running around with a harem of tsundere girls

>>17121628
The one on the right is better. Left's wording is kind of stilted and weird. It reads like it was written by someone who is fluent in English but not a native.

File: newer edition.jpg (74KB, 942x462px) Image search: [Google]

74KB, 942x462px

No Amazon, that's not how novel series work

>>17124089
>Amazon JP in English

>>17124136
Worried about all the fine translation nuances you miss?

>>17124139
Nah, just lol eops.

File: consider.jpg (47KB, 719x720px) Image search: [Google]

47KB, 719x720px

>>17124159
Someone importing untranslated LNs likely isn't an EOP

File: 71iW4eMaZ1L.jpg (200KB, 700x1000px) Image search: [Google]

200KB, 700x1000px

Since it's getting an anime soon: How is 天使の3P?
Also taking recommendations for other lolicon-targeted LNs.

File: Vol1.jpg (426KB, 1650x2342px) Image search: [Google]

426KB, 1650x2342px

Anyone got the news of this series?

File: 005.jpg (360KB, 1008x1200px)

360KB, 1008x1200px

>>17124331
I haven't read it yet but キラプリおじさんと幼女先輩 has good reviews on Amazon.

>>17124452
Thanks, I'll add that to my next order

File: tobaku-datenroku-kaiji-3112365.jpg (209KB, 1200x997px)

209KB, 1200x997px

Anyone know if there's any LNs similar to Kaiji?

Something gambling and/or mind games.

File: 81HbmxUSyXL.jpg (312KB, 822x1195px)

312KB, 822x1195px

Trying this one next
It will probably be shit, but you sometimes find gems by reading random stuff

>>17125212
what the FUCK is wrong with her toes

>>17125215
That's what alchemy does to you

>>17124452
Any other suggestions?
I'd love something with a good loli harem

>>17124331
Read volume 1. Pretty nice, I guess. Nothing mind-blowing. Also the MC has a pretty clearly set future love interest of his age.

Reading Ring Ring. It's frustrating.

>>17131138
How so?

File: daf9ed68094e7cca63e45566762256a4.jpg (60KB, 372x490px) Image search: [Google]

60KB, 372x490px

>tfw no one to feed my shitty short stories to

>>17131677
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktX9vScTVjs

>>17131342
Two main characters don't meet and the fact that we don't get much perspective on how the yuusha developed their relationship or if there's much personality beyond what we were merely given. I've finished reading and they pretty much don't meet until near the end.

File: 81K8iUG2YHL.jpg (416KB, 1090x1536px) Image search: [Google]

416KB, 1090x1536px

Just finished the first two volumes the other day. Overall story and plot don't stand out much from most apocalyptical battle shonens but the pacing and scenes are frenetic as hell. Think the non-stop desperate action from John Wick but in text.

File: cover.jpg (805KB, 1453x2048px) Image search: [Google]

805KB, 1453x2048px

Can be gotten for free till the 15th, get it while you can.
It's probably shit, though.

https://www.kobo.com/jp/en/ebook/CYFpb_F0BDu7jWeHqxKU9w

>>17132416
Read Mushi Uta from the same author if you liked action, Eden will be most likely cancelled(

Have anyone read Dies irae novels?

>>17133858
not by masada

>>17133862
welp thanks i guess

I read isekai smartphone. The guy is a mary sue who can do anything and everything even without the whole smartphone gimmick.

I don't know what I was expecting.

are there ebook links for the translated Kizu and Bakemonogatari releases?

>>17133852
Shame but it really did feel more like a oneshot book split between two so not really lamenting upon it. Felt like an oddly perfect candidate for an aniplex backed blockbuster-type single cour anime on top of that too.

Was going to go ahead with the 3rd one but my Ryuuou no Oshigoto books finally came in from the post so think I'll put it off till I see why vol 3 and 5 are raved about so much. Was it just more action in vol 3 of eden or did he actually expand the setting for a longer series life?

Warlock of the Magus World.
It's Chinese, but it's more interesting than anything Japanese I've read (excluding Mushoku Tensei).

File: page.png (73KB, 1308x555px) Image search: [Google]

73KB, 1308x555px

Are all light novel afterwords like this?

>>17139296
Yep, all LN writers are a bit loco. Read the Anti-Magic academy afterwords and his treatises or boobs and fog censoring or Kawakami's "one day I stuck my dick into the pool water pipe on a whim".

File: 1496726201439.png (3MB, 1928x6486px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 1928x6486px

God, how did the mahoiku fanbase let TL-kun get away with this for so long?

>>17141892
People who read LNs in English have no standards, it's nothing new. Anyone who actually cares about them learns Japanese.

>>17141927
And then no one who knows Japanese ever looks at any of the translations to criticize them because it's just too much of a bother. I certainly can't be arsed. So the only people you've got even seeing these translations most of the time are a bunch of people who really couldn't tell if a translation was a total rewrite, many of whom wouldn't care even if it was, and the people who translated it or support the translator without question because he's part of their clique.

I've had a hard time enjoying light novels because the writing feels incredibly flat and unappealing. Are any light novels actually comparable to English in terms of depth, or is it just the Japanese language making everything sound like boring statement after boring statement?

>>17142158
Thousands. Give 妖姫のおとむらい a try if you want to see good prose.

Does /jp/ ever get excited at an adaptation of LN/VN?

The new BookWalker page once you open a book looks like shit. Honestly, why are they always entitled to change something that's not broken and works just fine?

>>17142158
syotesu is about the same quality as royalroad. its not about the language as much as it is about the screening process.

>>17142763
I don't watch anime so no. It's actually kind of annoying, since I do feel like my "territory" is being encroached upon when some /a/ fuckwad who never heard of the series before the anime starts talking about it like they know a damn thing about the series from just having watched the garbage adaptation. I'm not proud of feeling like this over books and cartoons for teens, but... meh.

You get 50% points back for diverse Kodansha Box novels on Amazon right now, including the Monogatari and Zaregoto series!

>>17125215
>what the FUCK is wrong with her toes

>her

That's actually the (male) protagonist, who just looks kinda girly

>>17147662
Looks like Miho. The one from idolm@ster.

I haven't read LNs and don't know much if anything about them. What's a decent one to start with?
I know japanese so it doesn't have to be translated.
I like cute girls, mystery , i don't mind isekai, and lolis.
I don't really want anything religious or to do with deities and the like.

>Top-Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series: 2017 (First Half)

1 707,300 Sword Art Online
2 578,811 Konosuba
3 540,806 Re:Zero
4 412,086 your name.
5 344,286 The Saga of Evil Tanya
6 299,957 The Irregular at Magic High School
7 275,579 Akashic Records of the Bastard Magical Instructor
8 239,132 Eromanga Sensei
9 231,214 Regarding Reincarnation as Slime
10 168,725 Konosuba Spinoff
11 155,631 Overlord
12 155,625 Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend
13 151,679 Monogatari Series
14 140,639 Kokuhaku Yokō Renshū
15 137,160 No Game No Life
16 123,136 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Side Story
17 117,210 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
18 108,564 Goblin Slayer
19 104,018 Aria the Scarlet Ammo
20 96,624 FATE/STRANGE FAKE
21 96,200 Bungo Stray Dogs
22 94,469 No Game No Life Short Story Collection
23 93,118 Accel World
24 88,653 Haikyu!! Novel Edition!!
25 87,316 Imōto Sae Ireba Ii.
26 85,505 Gamers!
27 84,372 Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekaisaikyou
28 80,553 Tokyo Ghoul:re Novelization
29 79,133 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index
30 76,801 Ryūō no Oshigoto!

>>17149213
人類は衰退しました

>>17149226
No wonder we're getting only shit translated.

>>17150681
Because they're only focusing on the ones popular and best-selling, rather than other stuff that are back-door?

File: 813tEl3bgsL.jpg (329KB, 829x1196px) Image search: [Google]

329KB, 829x1196px

>>17125212
2/3 though the book and it's actually kind comfy so far.
The author is definitely a fan of the Atelier series, there's even a bald blacksmith.

I'm ordering the next two volumes for now.

Were the Chaika novels any better than the anime or is it still uninspired tripe with ugly art?

File: f15dfa60a3881eeecfefb9fed6d6fbd6.jpg (498KB, 2842x1280px)

498KB, 2842x1280px

>>17156371
They're way better, but I think you just have shit taste.

>>17156197
>3冊まとめて購入しました。結論は「他の人のレビューをしっかり読むのも大事」。
Heh. The not so nice reviews across the board scared me away but it's nice to see people trying and bringing up new stuff here.

>>17156387
I knew that insulting it would guarantee a quick reply. Ordered the first two volumes.
Thanks friend.

>>17156197
I thought love Atelier so I consider buying it but it's fucking Hero Bunko.
When the hell are they going to start doing digital releases?!

>>17156394
The people on bookmeter mostly seem to like it though, it's just the amazon reviews that are mixed (and there are only 6 of them)

https://bookmeter.com/books/10045217

>>17156371
The second season was rushed as fuck and the first one cut out the dragoon's master's little sister for some godforsaken reason.

>>17142167

I waited a bit before replying to see if anyone else would post recs. I added that to my next cart, but if there are any other books that are interesting reads with good writing I'd be glad to know of them.

>>17157654
What, you want to mass import a bunch of stuff you haven't tried even though you said you disliked light novels? I'd think buying the Kindle version and reading that first would be wiser.

>>17157654
イリヤの空、UFOの夏
紫色のクオリア
are books that every human being should read.

>>17157654
人類は衰退しました
ブギーポップシリーズ
9S<ナインエス>
Dクラッカーズ
R.O.D -READ OR DIE- YOMIKO READMAN “THE PAPER”
ハイパー・ハイブリッド・オーガニゼーション
タイム・リープ―あしたはきのう

I have been looking around but can't find any AudioBooks for popular LNs.
Have I been looking in wrong places?
Do they exist?
With how relatively big LNs are and the way they are interconnected with shows and games I'd imagine there'd be an audiobook for every one of them, if not official, then at least doujins, similar to what Utaite on Nico Nico is to songs.

>>17163811
There are some in Audible jp

>>17158381
I regularly import manga, so tossing a novel or two in doesn't change much.

>>17158390
>>17160760
Thanks for these, I'll check them out.

>>16959476
This got a manga right?

File: monkey and friends.jpg (817KB, 1175x1668px) Image search: [Google]

817KB, 1175x1668px

>>17170041
Yeah.

What LN series has the best art?

>>17177752
Trick question, none of them have good art!

File: 44425875_p0.jpg (1MB, 1719x759px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 1719x759px

>>17178130
what is bad about this?

File: 91xS5qGzYML.jpg (607KB, 1400x1976px) Image search: [Google]

607KB, 1400x1976px

>>17178280
Calm down anon, it's joke.

File: 09 - WCQBgx1.jpg (86KB, 507x751px)

86KB, 507x751px

>>17178280
Wish the translator stopped playing GBF for a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH1yM1kL93Y

New CM for Unbreakable Machine-doll Volume 16

>>17178280
nothing ever happens, and the author has some kind of pee-fetish

>>17110612
Not exactly the same thing but you can just read the original from narou...

>>17179851
>not enjoying a former man, now the cutest girl in the world having trouble with her bodily functions

>>17180439
It's not even "having trouble with her bodily functions".

The novel just feels like it has to mention every single time Mira goes to the toilet. It's usually just a single line mentioning it, but in the ~65 chapter's I've read there hasn't been a single day where it didn't come up at least once.

>>17180504
The writer has a pissing fetish then, not the most bizarre fetish in the world.

>>17179851
i meant the art

>>16962927
この小説は作者によって削除されました。

Is it saved anywhere?
I found the translation but can't find the original text since it have been removed.

>>17183846
have you tried asking the translator? i'm sure he has it saved somewhere.

>>17124331
I prefer the manga because the girls are super cute.

>>16959476
Is this ever going to get an anime. It's sells pretty alright

File: rirekisho3_shoei.jpg (1MB, 1448x2094px)

1MB, 1448x2094px

>>17200600
Dunno, would that be the first animated otoge reincarnation LN anime?

>>17201911
Does she have sex with that squirrel?

>>17201917
Anything can happen.

Eromanga sensei's pacing is soo good. I don't know why but I can never put it down.

File: 91IHS6sOLTL.jpg (547KB, 1512x2150px)

547KB, 1512x2150px

Discovered a new LN called "I'll live my second life". It reminds me of the song of the lioness by tamora pierce

>>17210648
Yeah, it's a nice one.

Could you please post LN pages you consider the most visually appealing? The ones that make you think you had eye sex regardless of the page's content. Doesn't matter if it's in japanese or in english.

>>17211556
Just go masturbate to porn loser. We're in it for the deep and enlightening literature.

File: 1476872536197.jpg (484KB, 1434x2048px) Image search: [Google]

484KB, 1434x2048px

>>17211556

>>17211562
>>17211569
I guess I should've said I wanted pages with text, not illustrations. And by "regardless of content" I meant it could describe gay buttsecks or be a terrible translation, but it had to look good. Don't you have any preference on how a book looks? Thank you anyway.

Like these >>17141892, >>17139296, >>17117573, but beautiful.

File: 1487299454845.png (122KB, 1536x2048px)

122KB, 1536x2048px

>>17211626

>>17211663
Where is this from?

>>17212008
It looks like it's 妹さえいればいい

Anyone got suggestions for trashy isekai harem novels?
I'm mostly looking for something like 帰ってきた元勇者. Lots of flirting, ever growing harem, and slightly pervy MC.

>>17210648
I hate the male lead in this. He's an fucking douche bag yet it's clear that he's the true route

File: 81hfToYqtML.jpg (510KB, 2560x909px)

510KB, 2560x909px

>>17212702
I live to see the guy bash his head into the wall once he figures out what he's putting his second wife through. There's dense and there's whatever that chucklefuck is doing, any of the male friends our heroine has would make for better love interests than Batman.

>>17212759
This is one of the LNs where a nice cucking is justified

>>17211569
what book? I need to know for reasons

>>17215447
>>17212303

can anyone recommend me a raw vn I can read on windows 10?

>>17209741
Has it been released in english yet?

>>16978610
I'm retarded and can't figure out how to use these magnets.

>>17214611
I feel bad for the ninja that's teaching her ninja tricks, he knows everything but batman doesn't even want to bother listening.

Got the news of a certain shield series getting anime?

>Even while Zenjirou affirmed Aura's definitely stated words in a part of his brain, he still put out another objection.
SEND HELP

>>16982705
Thanks for the files but do you not have volume 1 of the first series?

redpill me on getting paid-for digital LNs onto my kindle paperwhite. do I have to switch accounts everytime I want to read something Japanese?

>>17224637
Nope. You can also remove DRM within seconds (assuming you were talking about amazon here)

>>17224676
I'm intrigued. Can you tell me more or direct me somewhere that does?

>>17224676
Kind of in the same process as anon you replied to, but a bit further on. I'm trying to change my country settings on my US Amazon account (I have a proxy address already) but the format for entering addresses remains in the US/Canadian way even if you change the country to Japan. If I enter the Japanese address anyway in the closest corresponding boxes (it inevitably overlaps-- I end up listing both Tokyo-to and Tokyo just as a city) and it gives me an error message. Any idea what the issue is here?

>>17224694
http://www.geoffstratton.com/remove-drm-amazon-kindle-books
>>17224766
>I'm trying to change my country settings on my US Amazon account
You need to create a new account on amazon.co.jp (make sure to use a different email address from your US account or you won't be able to log into it from your Kindle).

Would be great if you shared the books with us after stripping the DRM. You can upload them to a site like mega.nz.