#japanese light novels

[noblesvacation]

Vote for J-Novel to translate the Gentle Noble novels!

Synopsis In the space of a blink, Prime Minister Lizel finds himself not in his office, but on a random street in an unfamiliar city. A look around quickly tells him that he is somewhere very far from home, and he’s going to need some assistance. Luckily, he runs into Gil, or “One Slash”, the strongest solo B-rank adventurer in the country, and they form a partnership that will last far longer than their initial one month contract. Gil guides Lizel on how to become an adventurer so that he can gain an ID and make a living in this new world while he waits for the people back home to find a way to get him back. Since there’s nothing Lizel himself can do, he decides to simply consider this a vacation and enjoy himself!

#japanese webnovel #japanese light novels #j novel club #a gentle noble's vacation recommendation #a mild noble's vacation suggestion #穏やか貴族の休暇のすすめ。 #休暇 #i'll think of this as a vacation and enjoy it #休暇だっと思って楽しみます。 #hachi no hanashi #it took me a hot minute to figure out the vote button #LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[asteriass]

The progression of the “Villainess” trope

Y'know, thinking about it, it's very ironic how a trope made to subvert one's expectations & give more depth to 1 dimensional villains in cliche novels by "humanizing" them more & providing their side of the story, eventually became oversaturated with cartoony villains & flat MCs. Thus, completely failing in its goal to "subvert expectations" as it too turned into mind numbing cliche, becoming the exact opposite of what the troupe initially aimed to achieved.

I am talking about "Villainess" series.

I remember seeing a twitter post a while back saying how a lot of the villainess stuff the authors & studios are putting out nowadays lack any sort of nuance when it comes to its characters. And how a lot authors simply switch the roles of the cast (Like: OG MC -> villain | OG villain -> MC) & call it a day. And I 100% agree with that.

This troupe kinda ended up becoming the dictionary definition of the saying, "You either die as a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become a villain” lmao

What could've been an opportunity to write nuanced villains & morally ambiguous main characters, turned EXACTLY into the cliche it was pocking fun at.

In an attempt to reveal how the MCs of your typical cliche novels can also be in the wrong at times, flaws that the story & its (in-canon) fandom may purposefully ignore, the villainess stories ended up doing EXACT SAME thing EXECPT this time it's the "villains" doing it rather than the OG FL or OG ML of the “OG novel”. In an attempt to stop cliche villains from remaining cliche, while we did ended up getting slightly more nuance for the “OG villain” characters, in the process, the OG MCs turned exactly into those flat cliche villains.

Alot of villainess series poke fun at the troupes they themself use, but not in a satirical way.

So many villainess series poke fun at the OG novels for being problematic or stupid & the fandom of said novels basically ignoring its flaws & problems, only gushing over the OG FL. Which yea, is nice & all, but y'know... that's exactly what those villainess series do too. SO MANYY of them borderline have the FLs participating in literal slavery. & More often than not have a borderline colonizer ML. Not to mention the numerous which carry weird undertones of colorism, and many such other things. All the while, the fandom of these villainess series continue to ignore their glaring problems & flaws & instead just gush over the FL and ML.

And I'm not even saying this in a hating sort of way (well, aside from the series with issues of colorism, orientalism, etc). Moreover, this is all not to say that one can not enjoy such stories, because admittedly, there is indeed fun in just reading a simple and familiar story line. But this is all more me being intrigued by this trope’s almost ironic progression as companies rush their staff to produce something which they think will be able to ride the waves of the current trends, only for the vast majority to simply drown in a sea of mediocrity (with many even being canceled due to this)

[Though I mean, something as simple as villainess tropes won’t be the only one to go through this. Like a lot of Shakespearean works, a subversion of the classics & typical troupes back then, got turned into ones of those classics and by many are now considered cliche. And that's just scrapping the bottom of the barrel!]

#manhwa #webtoon #drama #manga #webcomic #fantasy #historical #korean #romance #kakaopage #Villainess #trope #trend #mediocre #tapas #tappytoon #ridi #villain #transmigration #regression #knovel #novel #Adaptation #webnovel #kkp #Japanese #otome isekai #isekai #light novel #reincarnation

[ahsokamaigranger]

They arrived!! They re-released the light novels and they look gorgeous! 😍

#kazuya shibuya #mai taniyama #oliver davis #naru #ghost hunt #ghosthunt #naru x mai #light novel #Fuyumi Ono #The Ghost Hunt #books #Japanese

[eternal-echoes]

When you hyper fixate on a new fandom and you end up breaking your own bank.

#My Happy Marriage #anime #Tbh one reason I bought them is because I have no idea how to access them legally online #They’re not in Shonen jump or viz #And gangan online only have it in Japanese #This is okay tho because I think ultimately in the long run physical copies are cheaper than subscription #i know the light novels are in kindle but I'm scared of eventually losing the digital items I bought due to technological updates

[four-loose-screws]

FE2 Novelization Translation - Cover and Book Intro Pages

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New year, time for another new FE novelization translation!

2024's novel of focus is that of FE2, the original game Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia was a remake of. Enjoy reading this take on the same exact plot, ~25 years prior!

Cover

Fire Emblem Gaiden

The Zofian Liberation War

Book 1

STORY

The continent of Valentia is divided between the north and the south, as well as their beliefs in War Father Duma and Earth Mother Mila. While the Kingdom of Zofia is ruled with kindness and compassion, the Rigelian Empire believes in raising its citizens to be prepared for war. Their hostility towards each other has finally pulled them into a vicious war. Units from both sides spill each other’s blood, fighting for their god and loyalty to their homeland each and every day, with no end in sight…

The protagonists of this tale are Alm, Celica, and countless other young units. They all wish for Valentia to be unified, but differ in how they want that outcome to be reached. And so, a grand tale of love and hate is about to unfold!

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Written by Katsuyuki Ozaki

Cover Illustration by Ichiro ?*

Cover Design by Kazuo Hiroi (WIDE)**

*T/N: I cannot find the Kanji character in this person’s last name anywhere to confirm its reading.

**T/N: First name could also be ‘Ichio’ or ‘Itsuo.’ I cannot find any record of this person online, so I cannot confirm the correct reading of their name. Their nickname is ‘WIDE’ because their last name, ‘hiroi,’ is the Japanese word for wide.

Published by Futabasha

Author’s Profile

Katsuyuki Ozaki

An up-and-coming author also working as a copywriter. His major works include “Valkyrie no Densetsu,” “F-Zero,” “Zelda II: The Adventure of Link,” and many more, all published by Futabasha. He has also written for other strategy guide series. His hobbies include golf, cars, and computer games. He is of course also passionate about Fire Emblem, and has completed all of the games so far. He poured all of his love for the series into writing these two books without rest!

Front:

Alm and Celica each set out on their own journey to forge!

This is the epic adventure of this young man and woman!!

The stage unfolds on a Valentia in chaos in this epic tale of love, blood, and war!

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Back:

Ad for Book 2.

Ad for a Shin Megami Tensei novelization.

Color Art

A necrodragon was here. In Zofia. When she realized exactly what that meant, Celica was petrified in horror. Earth Mother Mila had lost all power over Zofia.

Title Page

Table of Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1: The Deliverance

The Six Resurrection Pills

Alm’s Awakening

The Mysterious Girl Silque

Chapter 2: Mila’s Restoration Army

Celica Embarks on Her Journey

The Ruffian Saber

The Necrodragon’s Trial

Chapter 3: To Zofia Castle

Rescuing Clair

The Night Before Storming Zofia Castle

Cliff’s Gambit

Chapter 4: The Red Haired Woman

The Port Town Tavern

Differing Paths

Chapter 5: To Mila’s Shrine

The Sisters from Archanea

Blake, Wielder of the Shadow Sword

Royal Bloodline

Desert Army

Princess Anthiese

Chapter 6: The Newly Reborn Kingdom of Zofia

His name is Zeke

Cross-Shaped Birthmark

Collapse and Liberation

The Throne Bathed in Light

Epilogue

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Illustrations: Ichiro ?* & Kazuo Hiroi (WIDE)**

*T/N: I cannot find the Kanji character in this person’s last name anywhere to confirm its reading.

**T/N: First name could also be ‘Ichio’ or ‘Itsuo.’ I cannot find any record of this person online, so I cannot confirm the correct reading of their name. Their nickname is ‘WIDE’ because their last name, ‘hiroi,’ is the Japanese word for wide.

Book design: Yusuke Matsuoka (NEXT)

Editing & printing: Rekkasha

Character Introductions

Alm’s Army

Robin: A Villager who grew up with Alm in Ram Village. He later transcends to become an Archer.

Silque / Shilk: A Cleric in service to the goddess Mila. She specializes in healing magic.

Cliff / Klihs: A Villager from Ram Village. He later transcends to become a Mage, specializing in long range combat magic.

Delthea: A female Mage who has fallen into Rigel’s hands by Tatarrah’s magic. She wields the Aura tome.

Luthier: He decides to join forces with Alm to lead his younger sister Delthea’s fate down a righteous path. A mage with a tragic past.

Mycen: A former unit of the Knights of Zofia, transcended to one of the highest level classes, Gold Knight.

Python: An Archer prodigy whose short-temper is as great as his skills with a bow.

Clair: A Pegasus Knight who was granted the ability to fly a pegasus by the two gods. Clive’s younger sister.

Forsyth: A soldier who’s greatest skill is his ability to calmly make decisions in the heat of battle.

Mathilda: An exceptionally talented female Cavalier. She possesses both a brave soul and bewitching beauty.

Tatiana: A Saint captured by Nuibaba. Zeke’s beloved.

Clive: A Cavalier and the leader of the young surviving units of the Knights of Zofia.

Zeke: A mysterious Gold Knight who has lost his memory. He serves Alm under Emperor Rudolf’s orders.

Lukas: A hot-blooded soldier who wields his lance like lightning.

Alm: A fighter raised by Zofia’s hero Mycen, and the protagonist of this story. He is a boy with a grand fate!

Gray: A Villager from Ram Village. He later transcends into a Cavalier.

#fire emblem #fe #fire emblem 2 #fe2 #gaiden #fe gaiden #fire emblem gaiden #fe15 #fire emblem 15 #shadows of valentia #fire emblem echoes #alm #celica #japan #japanese #translation #novel #light novel #fe2 novelization translation

[zer0wlet]

A very not real light novel, coming to no stores near you!!!!!!!! Featuring @mostlikelyblex 's Judith <3

#zero draws #oc: cadia & bile #oc art #light novel #oc ship #furry #sfw furry #the japanese is most likely super jank #i just kinda slapped it on there from a translator

[fullscoreshenanigans]

Hello friend i am so happy to know that at least one (1) person is out there still talking about Promised Neverland because I just recently fall ass backwards back into it and I am going INSANE about the Everything!!!! I’ve managed to get my hands on physical copies of the first ten volumes. Do you have any physical copies of the manga?

Heyyooo welcome back 😎🤝😎 TPNtumblr is tiny but the tradeoff is it's usually pretty chill and cozy. |3

And I do! I own all twenty volumes plus Kaiu Shirai x Posuka Demizu: Beyond The Promised Neverland with the epilogue chapter in it, along with the art book twice. I also have the blu-rays, which for the first season I think are pretty nifty for the box art alone, in addition to the interview booklet that comes with it.

In regards to merch, my favorites are probably these little Ohiruneko figures of the trio and the exhibition trio plate, but I also adore the album art of the OST, the endings of the first season, and the ending for the second season (still genuinely cannot believe that last one is real), and as a trio enthusiast for aesthetic purposes I'm very happy to own copies of the first and fourth light novels. For unofficial stuff, my small smattering of doujinshi.

#calamitycons #glad you're having fun scrolling through my tags #currently nearing three years of brainrot myself so I feel the feeling insane abt everything #twt is def more active but it would never let me be this organized or asinine #hate the ephemeral nature of social media love being able to archive and find stuff again that interests me/makes me happy #celebrate the time and effort people put into art after having something about the series resonate so deeply it inspired them yk? #I also have those trio death jars keychains that Jasmine posted about a few weeks back that I got as a gift years ago #but I have yet to post them being hit by light from the back they look so nice 💚💜🧡 #Norman with the purple looks so good 💜💜 #trying to take one for the team again here by buying Japanese copies of the light novels and Kei Toda book #that should jinx things and prompt VIZ to finally officially translate them right‚‚‚</3 #TPN Merch #FSS Asks #FSS Chatter #TPN S1

[noblesvacation]

TO Books' storage cases are almost here! The perfect size for storing postcards and the special short stories that come with almost everything you can buy on TO Books Online Store! Best of all, there's space to put a postcard in the top to display!

↗ They featured a Gentle Noble postcard!

Photos from TO Books' Instagram post.

#to books #a gentle noble's vacation recommendation #ascendance of a bookworm #japanese light novels

[moonchildjelly]

twisted wonderland books list

Twst. - Fan Book (Vol.1 & 2)

Twst. Official Guide Book

Twst. Official Visual Art Book (Vol. 1 to 3)

Twst. - Design Note Art Book

Twst. - Art Gallery Book (Vol. 1 & 2)

Twst. Journal Booklet (vol. 1 & 2)

Twst. Dormitory Booklet

Twst. - Comic Anthology - Admission Guide Booklet

Twst. - Anthology Comic (Vol. 1 & 2) [manga just in jp]

Twst. - The Comic Episode of Heartslabyul (Vol. 1 to 4) [manga with the 2 first books translated to eng]

Twst. - The Comic Episode of Savanaclaw (Vol. 1) [current manga realize in jp]

Twist. - The Novel Episode 1

Twst. - The Novel Episode 2

[all images are from eBay]

#disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland #official release #disney twst #disney #book list #merchandise #japanese merchandise #moonlilies_archive #manga #light novel #novel #visual novel #books list

[amuletduelist]

Series: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Artist: Kazuki Takahashi Details: Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters: Hikari no Pyramid [Pyramid of Light] Novel (Japanese) Publisher: Shueisha Year Published: 2004 Source: Scanned from personal collection Other notes: The novelization of the Japanese version of the Pyramid of Light Movie. ...Yes, there's was a Japanese 'version' that contained additional/rearranged scenes. Even though the movie itself was commissioned by 4KIDS. Don't ask me anything else, I don't know and I stopped trying to follow 4K's logics year ago. In any case, @theabcsofjustice has done a liveblog of it on their blog, if you're interested! The novel also goes into additional detail about the creation of the Pyramid of Light, which I haven't actually found yet because as you can see, I need Google Translate to figure out what's going on. That being said, if people want me to hunt it down and beg a friend to translate it... I may be amenable under the right circumstances. Also, please forgive the jankiness of some of the scans in this and upcoming sets. Y'all are great, but I'm not wrecking my (close to) pristine books for the sake of a scan. PLEASE DON'T DELETE ABOVE COMMENTARY!

#Yu-Gi-Oh! #Yugioh #yugioh duel monsters #Pyramid of Light #Yu-Gi-Oh The Movie #00s anime #yami yugi #yami no yuugi #seto kaiba #kaiba seto #Shueisha #Kazuki Takahashi #Book scans #Novel Scans #japanese language

[dg3zero]

#rising evil ll fanart #rising evil ll #rising evil 1996 #khoaskai #japanese light novel

[a-few-of-my-favorite-mangas]

Honzuki no Gekokujou / Ascendance of a Bookworm

Light Novel Part 5, Volume 9 Illustrations

Japanese Version, will update when the English Version is available.

#honzuki no gekokujou #ascendance of a bookworm #japanese light novel

[four-loose-screws]

Blog Update 2024.3.13

I started my new job last week, and they are being super nice, training me up nice and slowly. I'm currently using the time to catch up on FE2 - I got a week behind when I finished up my last job.

I'm also reorienting myself on my exact FE novelization translation schedule through 2024 - 2025, as well as my basic schedule for 2026-2030.

I thought I might as well share my thoughts so far!

Here's the long-term plan, as detailed as I currently have it:

2nd half 2024 - September 2025: Alternating FE2 Book 2 and FE6.

September 2025 - December 2025: A secret non-FE novel translation project!

1st half 2026: FE1 (1 book.)

2nd half 2026, all of 2027, 1st half 2028: FE3. (4 books)

2nd half 2028 - all of 2029: Tearring Saga (3 books)

2030: Berwick Saga (2 books)

The 2nd novelizations of the games that have them, as well as the game books (choose-your-own-adventures), have yet to be scheduled. But will be 2031 and beyond, as is easy to deduce!

As I have mentioned previously, I am alternating FE2 Book 2 and FE6, because FE2 was written at a higher, denser reading level than the other FE novelizations I have tackled so far; whereas FE6 is at an easier reading level for me. This system allows me to take much-needed breaks from FE2, without slowing down my overall translations output. The upload schedule will be chapter-by-chapter. (1 chapter of FE6, then 1 chapter of FE2, then 1 chapter of FE6, etc.)

I'm taking a break from FE in the last quarter of 2025 because FE6 is very awkward in length. At 381 pages, it is far too long to squish into 6 months, but also too short to drag out over 1 year. I also don't have any other FE books that are short enough to be reasonably translated in 3-4 months. And I would hate to break this "always start a new book in January and July" momentum that I have going.

So, I decided to pull something short and sweet from the other video game franchises I have on my novelization shelf. It was written for children, at a 3-4th grade reading level to be exact, so even at its 200 page length, it should be easily doable in 3 1/2 months.

I do have other video game franchises near and dear to my heart other than FE (shocking, I know), so I do want to show at least one of them some love sometime. And this seemed like a good opportunity to do so, without taking too long of a break from FE!

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As for getting caught up on asks, and starting to reconsider non-novel translations, I'm going to put thought into that after I get caught up on the missed week of FE2.

Thanks for sticking with me through the IRL crazy!!

#fire emblem #fe #fire emblem 1 #fire emblem 2 #fire emblem 3 #fire emblem 6 #tearring saga #berwick saga #japan #japanese #translation #light novel #novelization #fe novelization translation #shadow dragon #mystery of the emblem #the binding blade #fire emblem gaiden #fire emblem echoes #shadows of valentia #fe1 #fe2 #fe3 #fe6 #blog update

[minimalist-language-learning]

ハイキュー!! ショーセツバン!! volume 7

I just finished volume 7 of the ハイキュー light novel series! (In case you are wondering why the cover looks different from the pictures on Amazon: Some volumes have two-sided covers. I liked this version better so I turned the cover. :D)

This volume is my favorite so far. I really enjoyed the events in this volume!

#langblr #languagelearning #japanese learning #languageblr #self study #learning japanese #language learning #study japanese #日本語勉強 #light novel #haikyuu #ハイキュー #ライトノベル

[bunnymajo]

Hey Bunny! I was wondering; Do you have any idea if the novel for "Ocean Waves" is one to one with the Ghibli film version of it? I recently watched a video about the unintended queer subtext between Taku and Yutaka and I was wondering whether this was something that wasn't in the light novel and added by Ghibli, or if it had more focus in the Light Novel which was downplayed in the Ghibli movie (like how so many 70s shoujo had to basically pull a no homo in the final chapter)

I don't unfortunately (I was hoping those scans I did years ago would peak someone's interest enough into translating it, but I don't think it did as far as I know) if there is a translation for the novel out there I'd love to read it.

The love triangle is still present in the novel from what I can tell looking at Japanese wikipedia so it's very possible it could be one or the other. I'm looking at the author's (Saeko Himuro) body of work and it looks like she's famous for writing dramas aimed at girls/women and mentions Moto Haigo as one of her inspirations. Just from that I'm willing to bet that the novel has more subtext between Taku & Yutaka than the ghibli film lets on haha

Pretty sure I know the video you're talking about, definitely my favorite video regarding Ocean Waves!

#with all the Japanese light novels that have been getting translated in the U.S. recently- #-I'm surprised no one's taken on the task of importing more books that inspired ghibli works #then again Ocean Waves isn't exactly a very famous movie even among ghibli buffs #anyway #sorry i couldn't be more help #thefloatingstone

[noblesvacation]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 穏やか貴族の休暇のすすめ | Odayaka Kizoku no Kyuuka no Susume | A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation (Manga) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Gil/Lizel Characters: Gil (Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation), Lizel (Gentle Noble’s Vacation Recommendation), Other Characters Mentioned Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Transmigration, Role-swap, no beta we die, it’s pronounced jill in my heart, Minor Original Character(s), no beta we die like my will to live Summary:

A role-swap in which Gil is the one who gets displaced dimensionally.

There he meets a nobleman who stands with his feet anchored to the ground— yet would foolishly trip on a rock on the side of the road were he to look away.

#A Gentle Noble's Vacation Recommendation #A Mild Noble's Vacation Suggestion #manga #japanese light novel #穏やか貴族の休暇のすすめ。 #休暇だっと思って楽しみます。 #休暇 #gentle noble fanfic #NEW FIC NEW FIC NEW FIC #UNO REVERSE GIL GETS ISEKAI'D!!!! #MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!!!!!!!!!