Not sure if this is the right board but are any of the Japanese light novels actually good? I'm interested in them but not sure if they're actually worth reading.
you'll probably get a better response on /a/
>>7506341
Spice and Wolf, only light novel I have actually bought. Thought of getting Guin Saga too because of the influence on Berserk but they haven't published many in English.
>>7506341
none of the ones with any actual literary merit are translated desu
>>7506433
Yeah I've been searching online for ones that aren't some kid getting magic powers or playing an online game and it seems like there aren't any.
No. Unless you want to acquire it as entry-level reading material to improve your Japanese skills, it's haram. Read foreign authors translated.
the only translated one worth reading would be Spice and Wolf.
Light novels are capable of having excellent stories but suffer from an overload of tropes that you find in anime and manga
>>7506341
there are literally only manga in your picture. there's nothing worth reading unless you know japanese, now fuck off.
Maria
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>>7506341
Hakomari
Mushoku Tensei
Index
Spice & Wolf
Owari no Chronicle
Overlord
The only worthwhile ones that are translated as far as I have gathered.
>>7506341
>are any of the Japanese light novels actually good?
All you need is Kill, Spice & Wolf, even Haruhi are decent in japanese, but they don't translate too well into english.
>>7506798
Also Fate/Zero, but you probably need to read Fate/SN before.
