who here likes lns
pic related, I just read it
I can't read. I lose interest in everything after the first five minutes.
>>15124095
what have you tried reading
>>15124104
I'm sorry
>>15124089
the fuck is it
Too much generic garbage to sift through before finding something readable.
>>15124089
What's this about?
At this point i'm willing to read anything that doesn't involve beta or smartass MC
>>15130237
Hakuchouki is the last thing you want to read then.
>>15125746
That's a weird 'te'.
Only read through Index and Overlord so far.
Do you read raw or translated?If translated, do you think it might affect the LN to the point of being called shit?
>>15130892
Most of the stuff that the amateur LN translators decide to translate is already shit anyway, the fact that they don't know English, Japanese, or anything about writing is just icing on the shit cake.
I'm currently preferring them over anime, since the majority of them end up being a bad and incomplete adaption anyway.
Going to get pic related in a few days.
For those buying their stuff, a new sale started recently.
http://bookwalker.jp/category/3/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%8E%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB/?order=release&qspp=1
I just finished Rokka no Yuusha archive 1. It was okay but I wish these stories were woven into the main series somehow. Hans's chapter made me like him a little less. My opinion of all the other main characters didn't change. The real stars of this volume were the newly-introduced side characters like Bormac and Gazama. Also Viron's role in the second chapter was nice, it was cool to see her and the other saints who have just been mentioned by name or only showed up for a bit in flashbacks in the main series interact with the main characters.
Should we start a Light Novels general?
>>15149333
Kill yourself. Everything doesn't need to be a general
So what are people's opinions on Hakuchouki? Looks quite interesting.
>>15151462
The first volume was great until the end, where the whole setting was flipped inside out with no explanation, ending with a cliffhanger for volume 2. Volume 2 cleared up most of the immediate confusion from the end of the first volume, but the change in tone from a prison escape to a kids-on-the-run type of story was sort of jarring. I liked it though, just not more than the first volume. Still, nothing about the main shady organization's goals or their reasons for doing anything have been explained at all so the series has just survived on suspense and character interaction so far. I'm sure looseboypussy will give us the twist we're all expecting in the end though.
Getting these two at the end of the month.
Curious how Tsunehiko Watanabe new work is.
>>15159847
Who's the artist for the right image?
The coloring seems awfully similar to Koyama Hirokazu style. Or maybe i'm just drunk.
>>15159947
The artist's name is right there on the cover, doofus.
age
Save the LNs.
Does anyone know if Arist Craisi got proper conclusion? The series got canned and I have the last 2 volumes to finish.
>>15174843
>Canned
Was it planned to even be that long?
>>15174976
3 volumes isn't that long.
>>15175106
I know, the synopsis just didn't seem like it was going to be a super long series to begin with, though.
Getting canned and ending with few volumes are pretty different. I was just wondering what your basis for it getting canned is.
Aside from the B.A.D. series, the author doesn't seem to want to do any particularly long work.
age
LNs will rise again.
>>15124089
How was it? Lossyboy vns was entertaining but his last game was mediocre for my tastes, is this LN any good?
>>15188912
the series is okay but after two volumes it's still a little early to judge comfortably
in the first volume the protagonist tries to get away with murder and in the second volume he's running away from the evil organization that drove him to commit the murder in the first volume, and while a lot of mysterious stuff is happening in the meantime none of it is explained even slightly so it's hard to say whether it's good or not
in any case the suspense has been decent so far, and I do plan on getting volume 3, which judging from the cliffhanger in volume 2 will be about the protagonist saving the heroine from a different, opposing evil organization from the one that's been chasing him up til now
>>15192357
Thanks, sounds interesting.
>>15124089
Anyone read 罪人教室?
Is it a one volume novel?
Is there a site similar to EGS for LNs? What are the most acclaimed light novels, rather than the mega popular anime adaption ones?
I know Jintai is one and I've heard about >>15125746 a whole lot lately. What else?
>>15211595
http://www.raitonoveru.jp/ranove.html
Reading すかぢ's えびてん 綺譚奇譚 now. It's a very easy light read, but interesting enough and feels like a すかぢ work through and through. Especially the lewd tension between main heroines is good.
Afterwards I'll move to reading ごぉ's Silent World.
>>15211768
>stops at 2012
>lists SAO and Haganai
Not sure if trust worthy.
>>15211595
bookmeter.com
>>15211595
Just read イリヤの空、UFOの夏 for mad Twitter cred.
What do you guys think of the Kagerou Daze light novels? Should I try them out if I liked the music videos and anime? New content or are they pretty much the same?
>>15212077
God damn, the last part of the LN is really unsettling and puts the previous character interactions between Yuka and Hasumi into different light.
Definetly recommended, you can read it even without reading the base manga or seeing the anime.
>>15214637
What anime?
>>15214657
えびてん
The LN is a spin-off of the manga/anime. Very different though. The manga/anime is a comedy series, the LN is like a logic and psychology textbook.
>>15212077
Eroge writers make the best LNs.
>>15214693
Definetly true of Sca-ji and Romeo. And I have high hopes for Silent World, well I bought it so that goes without saying.
Not sure about Loseboy's series though.
Other than that I saw some people praise Setoguchi's LN work.
>>15214693
Only if they're good writers in the first place. Also I'd say people on the jay tend to focus on eroge writers' works because they get into LNs through eroge in the first place. Pretty much all my favorite LN authors have no relation to the eroge industry.
>>15216778
>on the jay
Heck does this mean?
And who are your favorite LN writers?
>>15216792
>Heck does this mean?
*shakes head* Lurk more, newfriend.
My favorite authors are Asai Labo, Nakamura Erika, Takano Wataru, and Kawakami Minoru.
So Zaregoto got an anime announcement after all these years.
Does this mean I can still hope for an Owari no Chronicle adaption in the future?
>>15218381
>*shakes head*
You can fuck off too, friendo.
>>15219851
No.
>>15219851
I sure hope not. I don't know why you would wish for that with how awful the Horizon adaptation was.
>>15220612
But it was great.
>>15214593
>>15214593
Guess this isn't so popular eh?
>>15221503
Finding anyone on 4chan who has read the same LN series as you is an extremely rare event. The only times I've had actual discussion about the contents of a book are when I've taken an anon's recommendation directly and talked with them about it in the same thread. Unfortunately I don't live near Kinokuniya anymore so I can't just stroll down there, pick up whatever someone in a thread is talking about, read it that afternoon, and post in the thread with my thougts later. I might try doing that once it gets close to one of my bi-yearly honto orders though.
>>15225991
yes
Is it just me or is HakoMari kind of meh? Reading the 5th volume now and probably going to complete it just for the heck of it, but I expected a bit more with the praise.
>>15226907
It's mediocre and overrated tbqh
>>15226907
A good general rule of thumb is, if a light novel is popular, especially among EOPs and/or people who are primarily anime fans, then it's going to be trash.
>>15227243
>>15227268
Thought so. I'm guessing the only good translated LN is Zaregoto and the Kawakami stuff. Translators seem to be really obsessed with bringing the bad LNs over.
Oh well, hope my Japanese is good enough in a year so I can try something better.
>>15227277
Just read stuff in Japanese anyway? Even if your Japanese comprehension is poor, it would be more enjoyable than reading amateur translations, and you'll get better at reading faster to boot.
>>15227277
>the only good translated LN is Zaregoto and the Kawakami stuff.
Boogiepop, Baccano(not as good as anime, but good nevertheless), Kino, Alderamin, Konosuba(read it before anime in jp, shit is hilarious) and Rakuin no Monshou are good partially translated LNs(for my taste anyway).
>>15220612
>Horizon adaptation
>awful
Did you even watch it? You can't be serious.
Soon.
>>15231797
>Did you even watch it? You can't be serious.
Not him, but Horizon was anime was okay at best, GOD-tier music and good production but rushed as fuck.
>>15231905
>Horizon was anime
Horizon anime
>>15231905
Well obviously it's rushed, LN is packed as shit. Also the finals of both seasons are pretty hype.
>>15124089
Reading Horizon.
Can anyone recommend some translated light/web novels similar to Death Marth or The New Gate?
>>15245823
>translated
I was expecting a lot more same face.
>>15124089
>>15255871
1/2
I like Horizon, found Baccano boring.
>>15259159
>didn't read 嘘つきみーくんと壊れたまーちゃん
>or 親類は衰退しました
>イリヤの空、ＵＦＯの夏
>or ねじまき精霊戦記
>or even goddamn 戯言
Oh the plebbery nowadays.
>>15261402
Would care more about your opinions if they weren't the same ones regurgitated by everybody who thinks they're a sophisticated LN expert.
Try getting some actual taste and thinking for yourself instead of reading what other people tell you is good so you can fit in.
>>15255871
Someone should make a chart with the 'good' LN akin to the VN charts.
>>15261587
Please enlighten me about your taste.
>>15261587
Are you the same guy who keep saying this shit in the VN thread too?
Do something about your inferiority complex
>>15261587
wew lad, people can't enjoy same things?
>>15255871
How's BAD?
Looks like it has the same character pairing/setup as Dantalian and Arist Craisi.
>>15262094
Very good mistery-horror LN with very dark, creepy atmosphere. Read it because my friend told me that it's similar in atmosphere to Mii-kun - was not dissapointed. Author don't give a shit - gore, violence and killing characters are quite common but not overused. B.A.D. is more than just horror and gore, some scenes was genuinely tear-jerking and touching. Would recommend.
>>15261402
Calm down dude, I'll get around to Iriya no Sora and Jintai eventually. The others I honestly have no interest in but maybe someday?
>>15255871
4/4
>>15255871
5/5, good enough taste that I'll check the other 4 I haven't read in that list.
>>15255871
3/3
Thoughts on Index post anime (vol 14? onwards) and 文学少女?
Recommend me some more obscure LN series from early 2000s.
Untranslated of course. Surely there's someone on /jp/ who's knowledgeable about this.
>>15276562
Double Brid
>>15276562
Dクラッカーズ(very cool)
9S<ナインエス>(cool as fuck)
ブギーポップシリーズ (not obscure but cool)
>>15276562
星虫 (ソノラマ文庫)
>>15276562
ディバイデッド・フロント
>reading voiceless shit
but why?
>>15278537
Its cool.
>>15124089
Read pic related, first volume was kinda interesting.
>>15278537
I still have a functional imagination.
>>15288746
This is getting an anime, calling it
>>15299292
Iam not sure if Iam ready for all the shitposting and best girl wars on /a/. Fuck EOP and their anime adaptions.
>>15214684
> the LN is like a logic and psychology textbook.
Can you elaborate on this? Like I would appreciate it if you mention some of the references he made in the work. I'll decide if I'll buy it from here.
>>15299322
Why all the hate for poor EOPs? Even the Untranslated Games thread is full of it.
>>15299336
Anime, manga and visual novels is becoming more and more mainstream thanks to streaming sites, social media and steam thus attracting more and more normalfags and shitposting everyday, it's fucking pain to deal with these people. Untranslated stuff have niche community and we can actually discuss the products itself without shitposting and memes. Iam not trying to be elite or something, but this is what I got from experiencing both /a/ and /jp/.
>>15299292
Manga adaptation was announced today, so yeah, anime soon.
>>15245823
Fuck off
I wish there were more lns like Qualia.
So where do you guys get your stuff from when it isn't on nyaa, in epub or some kind of text format instead of picture files preferably?
>>15307628
amazon.co.jp
>>15307628
I go to 4chan and ask where I can get stuff from when it isnt on nyaa, in epub or some kind of text format instead of picture files preferably
>>15245823
Sure Arifureta XD
Which one?
>>15316081
both look like shit desu
How common is it for LNs to finish? Every LN I know of is from an anime, and the LN they're based on seem to go on and on even after the anime ends and then either go on hiatus or just fade into obscurity.
Is there like an estimate of an average number of books LN series tend to make it to?
>>15333176
Usually when the author dies from a random illness or accident.
>>15333176
>How common is it for LNs to finish?
Very.
>>15335279
Finish normally, not stop being made, not hiatus, not cancelled, but have a conclusion while being more than one book long to begin with.
>>15335296
It's pretty common thing, really, most of my favorites were finished with a proper conclusion.
>>15335296
Most LN series do end. Long hiatuses aren't really a trend. Since LN series naturally contain more releases than other kinds of media, uneven release patterns can make the wait between volumes feel longer than it really is.
>>15149333
good idea.
theres hardly any places to discuss these atm.
>>15339619
>atm
if there was one I'm sure the discussion would result in quality
It's been half a year since the release of the last volume of my favorite series. I have more than enough other stuff to read while waiting but the last volume ended on such a cliffhanger and it's usually only 4 months between volumes and the author keeps starting new series and the absence is starting to sting.
>>15353671
Altina is your favourite series? Really? Are you tried something different? For me Altina's battles and tactics weren't good.
>>15353885
It's the only ongoing series I care about right now, everything else I've been reading is finished or on hiatus.
>>15353963
Are yo tried Horizon or Alderamin?
Which version of this should I get? Buying the 2013 Remake Edition would definitely be the cheaper option, but is it missing anything in terms of content?
>>15355065
>is it missing anything in terms of content?
No, you could buy any version and will be fine.
>>15306075
Ueo is dead though.
So how many volumes do you think the Zaregoto anime is gonna cover? Debating how many I should read before it comes out
>>15371938
1 or 2.
>>15372804
Has there ever been a 10+ episode adaption that has only covered one volume of something? I guess Zaregoto is the first 'long' LN getting adapted but still.
>>15226907
Only the first volume was any good, don't tell that to anyone on /a/ though, they'll crucify you.
>>15288746
Shame the translation stopped, but I guess with no one fucking reading it the translator didn't have any reason to continue.
>>15372976
Rokka no Yuusha's anime was just the first volume.
>>15372976
The Horizon anime covered volume 1 and 2 with 13 episodes each, and that was still rushed as fuck.
>>15375188
Don't bring this shit at least here.
>>15316081
If i'm not mistaken,the right one is written by noucome's author
>>15353671
>>15353885
I guess it depends on what one likes in Altina.
But as far as the senki series are concerned, at least for me it definitely feels underwhelming compared to Alderamin, Madan,Legend of the White Kingdom and a few others.
>>15382979
For me, the lack of magic and any other fantasy setting schlock is enough to make it stand out from most everything else out there.
Pretty much every other fantasy LN out there at the moment is all the same fucking shit.
>>15383387
>Pretty much every other fantasy LN out there at the moment is all the same fucking shit
How exactly?
I just finished Kubikiri Cycle, the first Zaregoto book. I liked it, but you can definitely tell that it was his first book.
The first third of the book was kind of slow, but after that I really got into it. In the second murder which was done in a locked room, I thought the obvious solution was that the murderer picked the lock, but nobody even mentioned that. The conclusion to the mystery was pretty satisfying, but in the end I don't get what this book is about. There was a lot of talk about geniuses, becoming someone else, and Iichan's personality, but it doesn't really come together. I don't get the characters either, especially because the reasons for most of their actions were 'because they felt like it'.
Finished the first Anemoi. It's about as Shumon as you'd expect.
>>15124089
New volume in august, fuck yeah.
Is Index a good read?
>>15406478
First 10 volumes are decent but some books are horrible as fuck(volume 9 is horse shit), from 11th volume quality of the books goes up, and volumes 14-22 are good, if you like very cool chuuni action. Second part starts with 1-2 weak books, then in book 3 it again goes up and story ark of volumes 4-10 is pretty good.
>>15409392
Very helpful, thank you anon.
>>15400279
finally
Do you guys use anything to keep track of stuff you've read / rate them?
>>15428295
http://bookmeter.com/
So Ainz is going to eventually lose, right?
>>15386097
It's all about nonsense.
age
>>15435955
no, in web novel anyway
>>15124089
Sukasuka is cool af
Anyone knows where can I search for purged lns in general?
At the moment I'm searching for the fansubbed version of NGNL but every single link is down.
>>15468781
fuck off
>>15409580 06/17/16
>>15423048 06/19/16
>>15428295 06/20/16
>>15435955 06/21/16
>>15436975 06/22/16
>>15446879 06/24/16
>>15453932 06/26/16
>>15465830 06/29/16
>>15470468 06/30/16
>>15478057 07/01/16
This is getting really sad, dudes. Just let the thread die if nobody wants a general around.
