Light Novels

negatibuhige

Doumo, minna-san I was wondering what you guys think of light novels and if there are any light novel readers out there. I have read only one: the first book of Etsusa Bridge (by Ryougo Narita). And I really want to read the Baccano! light novels. But reading Etsusa Bridge was difficult for me. I mean, I couldn't get into it. Dunno if it's a light novel thing or if Etsusa Bridge just wasn't my type. Care to share your opinions? :

sweetjacky

I'm actually buying the light novel of Goblin Slayer but I haven't started reading it yet because I got a bit lazy with reading lately : I haven't really read any yet but I would like to read some. It's always nice to read the source material, especially if an anime only got one season and was never finished afterwards. I think I started a few in the past but I don't really remember which ones xD There's one called "My entire class was summoned to another world except me" which I want to try reading. And I'd also like to read the novels of "That time I got reincarnated as a Slime" and Spice and Wolf.

negatibuhige

Same. I've gotten lazy with reading lately. I had thought that staying in quarantine would be a great chance to ready lots of books but.... *sigh* > And I'd also like to read the novels of "That time I got reincarnated as a Slime" and Spice and Wolf. Aaaaah! Tensura!!!! I loved that anime. Veldora banzai! Lemme know if you get around to reading it :'D

ebonyrustle

If you like myths, I suggest reading "Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?" (Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo?). I guess it also helps to first watch the anime so you can better visualize what's going on as you go deeper into the story, so I suggest that as well. : > And I'd also like to read the novels of "That time I got reincarnated as a Slime" and Spice and Wolf. > Aaaaah! Tensura!!!! I loved that anime. Veldora banzai! Lemme know if you get around to reading it :'D The slime LN is also a good read. However, abilities and power-ups later on in the storyline may get rather redundant or overlapping, so it's best to just take it easy and read lightly as intended. :

negatibuhige

> If you like myths, I suggest reading "Problem Children are Coming from Another World, aren't they?" (Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sō Desu yo?). I guess it also helps to first watch the anime so you can better visualize what's going on as you go deeper into the story, so I suggest that as well. : The slime LN is also a good read. However, abilities and power-ups later on in the storyline may get rather redundant or overlapping, so it's best to just take it easy and read lightly as intended. : Naruhodo~ I will tread lightly xD This is my first time hearing of Problem Children Are Coming from Another World Aren't They. Sounds like my type of title. I'll definitely check it out :'D

angellucy

If what I read are "light" novels, they sure don't look like it, just too long to finish at all sometimes, aaand bcs they're mostly Chinese, they have very slow starts, those are the hardest to overcome, wuu >_< I'm not sure, if I read any true light novel, that was addapted to anime or manga. Maybe Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai was one, but that was very long ago. Quite recently I finished all chapters of manga The Beginning After the End and bcs I just had to know, what was next, I actually found its novel, which was one hell of a long one surprisingly (and ongoing) >_< sooo, bcs I was too lazy to read it all over again, I started reading it right where I finished the ongoing manga, muhaha. It wasn't a problem after all, things were very accurately addapted, so I even knew what was happening XD What I would like to read in the future would be a light novel of Dr. Stone and that is Dr. Stone: Hoshi no Yume, Chi no Uta. But I just couldn't find it anywhere yet, so have to try harder I guess... : Might post sth more usefull when I actually read some proper light novel :

random.

So, I've read a couple of light novels, none of which I could name off the top of my head, but I always have trouble finding a good place to read them from. Where does everyone read their light novels? Do you get physical copies, or is there a website/online retailer you get them from?

negatibuhige

Dayum. I totally forgot about this thread xD Never got around to checking out those light novels. Can barely progress with the book I'm currently reading. angellucy-san the ones you read appear to be quite heavy light-novels But how come Dr. Stone has a light novel? Isn't it manga-original? random.-san I think there are translator groups that upload chapters. People usually read off websites or download pdfs I think? I am not aware of any official translations being available. But there surely are... Oh, I just scrolled up and saw that Jacky-san bought some light novels, so yeah, you can also buy them.

angellucy

> angellucy-san the ones you read appear to be quite heavy light-novels But how come Dr. Stone has a light novel? Isn't it manga-original? It's a light novel based on manga Dr. Stone... so that things could get more complicated, hehe XD It's actually a spin-off, the first story is about Senku's highschool days, when he was building a rocket and the second is about Kohaku, Suika and Chrome, who tries to make a musical band with handmade instruments, it even has added illustrations!! Tho English translation was not confirmed, or so I've heard T.T

negatibuhige

Oooh, I see. But I haven't watched Dr. Stone so can't really understand what you said but I get the gist :