#light novels

[prokopetz]

Contemporary Japanese light novels and classic American sci-fi are basically evil opposites when it comes to their titling conventions: both titles will be long and rambling, but the former will be a prosaically descriptive phrase that lays out the story's entire premise, while the latter will be a line from a poem the author liked that tells you absolutely fucking nothing.

#media #literature #light novels #science fiction #sci fi #titles #nameology #tropes #swearing

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

slayers light novel cover

#slayers #naga the serpent #lina inverse #rui araizumi #hajime kanzaka #light novels

[keepyourpantsongohan]

Meaningful Highlights from Naruto Retsuden:

“Don’t give me that!” A vein popped up on Naruto’s forehead. “Which is more important—the future of the village or my life?!” “Your life,” came Sasuke’s immediate response.

The fact that among the people Naruto wishes could see Konoha in an era of peace includes Zabuza and Haku, because twenty years later, they still live on in his heart.

Yamato and Mitsuki having a strong friendship, where Yamato is the first person Mitsuki greets upon coming home, tells about his missions, and brings strawberry daifuku as a treat, coming full circle for Yamato be an important figure for a child with similar origins.

Naruto reflecting on how grateful he is to be Hokage during peace time: “After Old Lady Tsunade became Hokage, her first job was to treat shinobi injured in battle. When Master Kakashi became Hokage, his was to hold the ceremony commemorating the anniversary of those who died in the Great Ninja War. With the Fourth … I dunno what his first job was, but with the era being what it was, I’m pretty sure he had plenty of unpleasant work [...] And the first thing I did when I became Hokage was give a business license to a traditional sweet shop in the old city. Makes you laugh, right? That’s peace.”

The fact the Sakura says she's going to leave Sarada in the care of someone both her and Sasuke trust, and the reveal that that person is Iruka, who was the first teacher to both of them!

Shikamaru responding to Naruto bowing his head to Team 7 for helping him with, “The Hokage can’t go bowing his head to just anyone.” And Naruto's narration replying: He wasn’t bowing to just anyone. He was bowing to them.

Naruto's response to Sasuke trying to help him at the cost of his own life: If the opposite meant sacrificing Sasuke, then a lifetime of never being able to use chakra was a hundred times better.

Naruto's narration explaining that Team 7 has their own special meet-up spot where they watch fireworks and drink together during festivals and how they make it clear that both Sai and Yamato were invited and welcome!!

#i will add. the emphasis on *them* is NARUTO emphasizing it. not me #naruto uzumaki #sasuke uchiha #narusasu #yamato tenzo #mitsuki #iruka umino #team 7 #kakashi hatake #tsunade senju #shikamaru nara #zabuza momochi #haku #sai #narusuke #naruto retsuden #naruto retsuden spoilers #ayesha talks anime #light novels #light novel highlights #naruto series #the person who wrote this novel loves naruto in the exact same way *i* love naruto #iruka actually collects more and more children over the course of the novel it's very sweet #i'm not gonna lie when sakura said 'someone sasuke trusts too' i was like 'how. all the people sasuke trusts are involved in the missions' #but then they reveal she's with iruka and i was like 'AWWW' and it made a lot of sense

[sailor-brunette]

I am sick and tired of seeing shit takes from people about how characters like Sawako (Kimi ni Todoke) and Miyo (My Happy Marriage) are "unfeminist" because they're shy and soft-spoken. When Miyo is literally that way as a SURVIVAL TACTIC because SHE WAS FUCKING ABUSED And Sawako is showed to have social anxiety and the other kids are shown to kind of bully her. But both girls gain confidence and strength as both series progress. NOT ALL WOMEN HAVE TO BE STONE COLD BADASSES TO BE STRONG!!! Geez…

#Brunette ramblings #Brunette salt #Abuse mention TW #Bullying TW #Shoujo #Shoujo manga #Shoujo anime #Light novels #Kimi ni Todoke #From Me to You #Sawako Kuronuma #My Happy Marriage #Watashi no Shiawae na Kekkon #Miyo Saimori

[yurimother]

'I'm in Love with the Villainess' Author Inori Announces New Yuri Fantasy Light Novel

On September 5, Inori, creator of the hit Yuri isekai series I'm in Love with the Villainess (Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou), announced that she was working on a new Yuri light novel. The book, entitled Yuusha ni Naritai Shoujo <Boku> to, Yuusha ni Narubeki Kanojo <Kimi> (The Girl Who Wants to Be a Hero <me> and The Girl Who Should Be a Hero <You>), will be published in Japanese by Dengeki Bunko this November.

In her Tweet, Inori described Yuusha ni Naritai Shoujo to Yuusha ni Narubeki Kanojo as "a girls' love fantasy work with with the theme of 'I want to' and 'I should." It is illustrated by Akamoku.

Inori is known for creating I'm in Love with the Villainess. Originally posted on the webnovel site Shousetsuka ni Narou, the series was picked up by GL Bunko, which published five volumes between 2019 and 2021. The Yuri series is known for its heavy inclusion of LGBTQ+ themes and identity.

I'm in Love with the Villainess inspired a manga adaptation illustrated by Aonoshimo, which is currently serialized in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime, a spin-off series, She's So Cheeky for a Commoner, and a television anime adaptation which is set to premiere on Tokyo MX on October 2 and stream internationally on Crunchyroll.

#yuri #girls love #news #lgbt #gay #lgbtq #gl #queer #lesbian #anime #manga #light novel #light novels

[lily-drake]

Oh My Gosh!

This series is freaking WILD!!!! If you haven’t read the Light Novels of The 7th Timeloop (there are only 4 out currently) I BEG you, PLEASE DO (then DM me so we can rant about how insane this thing is together). Based on everything I’ve read so far, this is the summarized plot of the series so far, and it is one of the greatest things I’ve ever read.

Rishe and Arnold are both equally little sh*s in their own unique way.

Arnold is WHIPPED.

Chaos just for chaos sake.

Rishe is a saint as seen by nearly everyone she meets.

Rishe’s theme song is the acoustic version of: F* You I Won’t Do What You Tell Me.

Arnold should be concerned about the following his lover is amassing, but he just finds it funny.

WHAT THE FRICK JUST HAPPENED AND HOW AND WHY?!?!

Skepticism/“what are you plotting now?”.

They’re adorable and I’ll ship them till the day I die.

Arnold is in fact a flirt and knows EXACTLY what he’s doing.

Rishe collecting the people from her past life like she’s Ash Ketchum.

Oliver is the best wingman.

Chaos for Chaos sake.

And finally.

14. Arnold is WHIPPED and Rishe is flustered.

Thank you.

#7th time loop #7th time loop: the villainess enjoys a carefree life married to her worst enemy! #arnold hein #rishe irmgard weitzner #rishe x arnold #light novels #manga #anime #crappost #i love these two

[sickficideas]

this literally feels like im reading a sickfic on ao3 i cant believe this is real

#thank u horikoshi and anri yoshi #im indifferent on bkdk but this whole chapter is amazing #and for everyone unfamiliar this is my hero academia school briefs theyre canon light novels #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #deku #midoriya izuku #bakugo katsuki #school briefs #light novels #sickfic #canon #illness #bakudeku #canon sickfic content

[fayrinferno]

Escaflowne Novels: Book 1 Part 1 (EN)

As I mentioned, I'm going to share all that I've translated of the Escaflowne Newtype Novels. The first part of the series novelization can be read on the link below. It includes the prologue and chapter one of the first light novel which is titled simply "Escaflowne". Sorry for any mistakes, I decided to just start posting it as it is. Title picture is edited from the novel cover illustration by Hiroshi Osaka.

READ HERE

#escaflowne #vision of escaflowne #translation #light novels #hitomi kanzaki #van fanel #fan translation

[truncatedgrip]

Anyway, watch/read Baccano!

you won't regret it i prommy

propaganda points:

two absolute dumbasses in love who are the backbone of this show's comedy

a pathetic little anxious meowmeow and his girlboss explosives-happy gf

1930s mafia shenanigans

a really really really cool train called the Flying Pussyfoot

a character named Jacuzzi Splot

a silent but hot goth girl assassin

the most aggravating asshole known to man <3

a guy who is first described as "protagonist-ish"

THE BEST AND SMOOTHEST ANIME OP YOU'LL EVER SEE AND I AM NOT FUCKING KIDDING

it has an anime that's fairly short so far and a good way to get into it at first, but its source is a series of about 22 light novels and it has a manga adaptation to boot. the anime only covers the first three novels btw, hence why it's a REALLY good way to pique your interest into the series. also it's by the creator of durarara

it can be confusing at first bc it's not told in chronological order but i beg of you, give it a chance. wait til at least after episode 2 before you decide it's not for you

so yeah. watch/read Baccano!

#baccano #anime #animanga #light novels #durarara #pls im begging yall #it's so criminally underrated #if the anime came out today it would be SO popular #PLEASE give it a chance #byrd squawks

[elevatortherapy]

"The widely-adored Student Council members didn't get along very well. In fact, they had a tense relationship, almost to the point of discord."

objectively the best part of the first light novel is how much the student council all* hate each other's guts so i made a little compilation for anyone who doesn't feel like reading it <3

*juri & miki are buddies :) also touga derives enjoyment from being hated so i'm not sure to what extent he really hates the others back lol

juri vs saionji:

1) "His swordsmanship was his only strong point."

2) "A 'mistake'... is that really all it was?" Arisugawa Juri spoke softly, but still loud enough for Saionji to hear.

"What!?"

"You lost because you're so infatuated with our mysterious Rose Bride. It's made you rusty."

"Interesting. Why don't we test that theory?" Saionji said, bristling in response to Juri's criticism. Touga made no move to stop them. On the contrary, he looked amused at the situation, a smile playing about his lips.

saionji vs touga:

1) "What's normal varies from person to person. For instance, why don't you try to unravel these mysteries, best friend?"

Saionji, the target of Touga's words, glared at him with undisguised distaste.

2) "The two of them had been childhood friends, but now they got along terribly. Or, more accurately, Saionji harbored a deep one-sided hatred of Touga."

miki vs touga:

1) "He stopped writing, and glared at Touga."

2) "Touga-sempai! Did you... is this one if your plots!?"

"I don't know anything about it. It's 'The Ends of the World's doing."

"You liar.

juri vs touga:

1) "Don't get cocky, Touga," Juri said grumpily, from across the table.

2) "Touga, you're full of bullshit. I doubt you've said a sincere word in your whole life."

"My, such harsh words." Far from sounding hurt, Touga seemed like he was enjoying himself.

3) [afterword] Manga Juri is in love with Touga, but Novel Juri doesn't even like him. Actually, it would be more accurate to say she detests him.

bonus juri & miki palate cleanser:

"This is unlike you. What are you so worked up about?" Juri protested to Miki. But her voice held none of the iciness she'd shown when speaking to Utena and Saionji.

#if u wanna read twin saplings for yourself go ahead but i'll be honest: kinda sucks! #utena's really cute in it tho of course <3 as are anthy and chu chu. and miki for the most part. #juri's like 200% more misogynistic it's kind of funny. she keeps talking about utena like 'a girl??? fighting???' girl who ARE YOU #rgu #utena light novels #elevator confession #text #light novels #stuco #juri #miki #touga #saionji

[pochqmqri]

[Link to English article on Crunchyroll News]

According the official PreCure anniversary Twitter account, a novel based on the "Doki Doki! Pretty Cure" anime, taking place after the events of it, will be released sometime this year.

It will be part of the Character Bunko label published under Kodansha. Six other PreCure novels were published under this label, including novels focused on: "Futari wa Pretty Cure," "Heartcatch Pretty Cure!," "Fresh Pretty Cure!," "Smile Pretty Cure," "Suite Pretty Cure," and "Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart." The last of these was released back in 2017.

The DokiPre novel will be written by the anime's head writer, Ryota Yamaguchi, and the cover will be illustrated by the anime's character designer, Akira Takahashi.

Further information will be released on the anniversary Twitter account when the time comes.

#precure #anime #pretty cure #Doki Doki! Pretty Cure #dokidoki pretty cure #doki doki precure #dokipre #dokidoki precure #glitter force #glitter force doki doki #light novel #light novels

[blaque-honeyy]

My favorite style of reading is obsessively. I will stay up all night, neglect all adult responsibilities, and forget to eat for hours in order to finish this book or so help me GOD I will perish.

#books #light novels #manga #reading #if you're wondering if I'm still reading the apothecary diaries #yes I am #and I'm prepared to “work from home” another day to keep reading

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Mutsumi Inomata's works as appearing in some Dragon Quest novels.

#mutsumi inomata #dragon quest #light novels #thank you for some of the loveliest paintings ever

[keepyourpantsongohan]

Meaningful Highlights from Kakashi Retsuden:

Minato catching Kakashi before he falls, the same way Kakashi always does for his students. And Kakashi, even at eight or nine years old, straight out of his father's funeral and before being his student, immediately relaxing when he runs into Minato: His feet tangled beneath him and he pitched forward. Into someone’s back. “You were really strong back there,” a voice told him, and he suddenly saw bright golden hair. He felt his breathing become a little easier. The Yellow Flash of Konoha. Namikaze Minato.

Kakashi describing his current feelings about his father: Now he felt proud from the bottom of his heart to have been born the child of the White Fang of Konoha.

Kakashi wanting to help the people of Redaku in a way that they can sustain themselves, even as he actually is providing a great deal of support through the process: The people of this country had to learn how to stand up and walk under their own strength. Give a starving person bread or teach them how to grow wheat. As Hokage, Kakashi had always chosen the latter.

Kakashi reflecting on his time as Sixth Hokage he eschewed tradition to build something that developed beyond shinobi: A never-ending peace. That was what Kakashi had sought as the Sixth Hokage. An orderly society that would go on and on even when he was not the Hokage, even when the day came when the role of Hokage disappeared. To create a framework so that they would never again fall into the quagmire of war.

The way Kakashi shows that he still views all of the former students taught by him and his friends in a parental and protective way: They had long since reached adulthood, and some were now parents while others were active on the front lines as shinobi. Even so, no matter how many years passed, to Kakashi, they were his precious students and the next generation who needed to be protected. Seeing them having so much fun was enough to ease his heart.

#kakashi retsuden #kakashi hatake #minato namikaze #sakumo hatake #light novels #light novel highlights #kakashi retsuden spoilers #i LOVE that kakashi's parental feelings go beyond team 7. like sai is there but he also feels this way about ino kiba tenten lee and karui #like they're ALL his kids to him #they also explicitly state it's BECAUSE of kakashi that the land of fire had technological + economic development. like it's his influence #for point 4: kakashi also notes that people disliked that he was disrupting the status quo/traditions #but he does it anyway!!! bc that's who he is!! #[sasuke voice] revolution <3 #ayesha talks anime #naruto series

[scifi-fantasy-horror]

Piccolo by  Gop Gap

Manga - Anime - Light Novels 

#Fan Art #Piccolo #DBZ #Casual #Anime #Manga #Light Novels

[yurimother]

'I'm in Love with the Villainess' English Audiobook Announced

On Friday, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that it is publishing an audiobook version of Inori's isekai Yuri romance I'm in Love with the Villainess (Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou). The first volume (6 hours and 54 minutes )will be released on November 16, 2023, and the second (10 hours and 45 minutes) on December 7.

Seven Seas is releasing the audiobook under its recently announced audiobook imprint, Siren. It is narrated by voice actress Courtney Shaw (Maesetsu! Opening Act). It will be sold digitally on major platforms, including Audible, audiobook.com, BookWalker, Chrip, Kobo, Overdrive, and Nook.

Seven Seas Entertainment licenses all five volumes of the light novels in English. They follow office worker Oohashi Rei, who wakes up as Rae Taylor, the protagonist of her favorite otome game, Revolution. However, Rae is not interested in any of the game world's eligible bachelors, only having eyes for Claire Francois - the antagonist! And Rae is determined to save Claire from her destined fate.

Inori began publishing the series as a webnovel on Shousetsuka ni Naro in early 2018. GL Bunko licensed the light novels digitally in Japan and published the first volume in 2019. Hanagata draws the illustrations for the light novel. In 2021, Ichijinsha began publishing the light novels in paperback.

I'm in Love with the Villainess gained popularity in several overseas markets, including Korea and America. Critics and audiences praise it for its focus on LGBTQ+ themes, characters, world-building, and story.

A manga adaptation of I'm in Love with the Villainess began serialization in Comic Yuri Hime in June 2020. Ichijinsha publishes six collected volumes of the manga in Japanese. Inori also launched a spin-off, She's so Cheeky for a Commoner (Heimin no Kuse ni Namaikina!), which retells the the series from Claire's point of view. Gl Bunko licensed the spin-off in Japan.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensees both the I'm in Love with the Villainess manga adaptations and the She's so Cheeky for a Commoner spin-off in English. It will release volume five of the manga on October 24 (October 12 digitally) and volume 2 of the spin-off light novel on April 9, 2024.

I'm in Love with the Villainess is also inspiring a television anime adaptation. Hideaki Oba directs the anime at Platinum Vision. It premieres on October 2 and will stream internationally on Crunchyroll.

Source: Press Release, Seven Seas Official Website (release dates)

#yuri #girls love #lgbt #gay #lgbtq #news #anime #manga #light novels #i'm in love with the villainess #ILTV #queer #gl #lesbian