My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World

English Title: My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World Japanese Title: 姉ちゃんは中二病 — Neechan wa Chuunibyou — “My Big Sister is Chuunibyou” Author: Tsuyoshi Fujitaka Illustrator: An2A Translator: Elizabeth Ellis Genre: Comedy, Fantasy Original Run: August 2013 – June 2016 English Run: December 2016 – December 2017 Japanese Publisher: HJ Bunko (Hobby Japan) English… Read More My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World

Light Novel Recommendations for Beginners

“I am new to light novels. What should I read first?” Cho: This is a question I often see asked online, so I thought to gather some of the internet’s top light novel bloggers and see if we could come up with a “beginner’s guide” to light novels. Light novels encompass many different genres of… Read More Light Novel Recommendations for Beginners

The Rules are Made Up and the Points Don’t Matter

The open forum for My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected (AKA Oregairu) volume 1 has been “live” for a month, and as promised, here is our editorial to reflect on the volume as a whole. Frog-kun, Melody, and I are here to share our analysis of volume 1! Feel free to share… Read More The Rules are Made Up and the Points Don’t Matter

Light Novel Notes (October 2016 — Round 2)

I feel a bit swamped lately, what with all these light novel shenanigans. But there’s still loads more to look forward to before this month is over! First, a quick recap of upcoming releases: The Tokyo Ghoul novel releases October 18th. After that, DanMachi: Sword Oratoria vol 1, Psycome vol 2, and SAO Progressive vol… Read More Light Novel Notes (October 2016 — Round 2)

Open Forum: My Youth Romantic Comedy (Vol 1)

Welcome to the open forum for volume 1 of My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected! Or Oregairu for short. For all who wish to participate, it’s about time to pick up a copy of this light novel (release date: September 27). What is My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected?… Read More Open Forum: My Youth Romantic Comedy (Vol 1)

Light Novel Notes (September 2016)

It’s time for light novel notes! I’m going to stop posting recent releases (I have those covered here), but I will go over what’s coming out soon. (Or in the case of The Violet Knight, what has just barely released.) The Violet Knight volume 1 (ebook) Amazon Release Date: September 12, 2016 Strike the Blood volume… Read More Light Novel Notes (September 2016)