March 2 should just be another school day for Kazuki Hoshino. Surrounded by his friends, classmates and the girl he’s in love with, he’s not expecting the unexpected late arrival of a new transfer student, Aya Otonashi, to change his life. But when she ends her self-introduction with “—Kazuki Hoshino, I’m here to break you.”… Read More Review: The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria (Vol 1)
Lost   It's the first of the month, which means it's time for the next installment of Lost's character evaluations. Commence the cheers and fanfare. This time the character we are going to be analysing is one of the main character's from what once was the number one rated light novel on MAL, Kazuki Hoshino… Read More Character: Kazuki Hoshino
English Title: The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria Japanese Title: 空ã‚ã®ç®±ã¨é›¶ã®ãƒžãƒªã‚¢ — Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria — “Hakomari” Author: Eiji Mikage — 御影 瑛路 Illustrator: 415 (Tetsuo — 鉄雄) Translator: Luke Baker Genre: Supernatural, Drama, Mystery, Thriller Original Run: January 2009 – June 2015 English Run: October 2017 – ongoing Japanese Publisher:… Read More The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria
A surprise announcement from Yen Press has appeared: The Empty Box and the Zeroth Maria (AKA Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria [AKA Hakomari]) has been licensed for official English release. The synopsis: Kazuki Hoshino leads the easy-going life of a typical high school student -- until the appearance of a new girl in… Read More Yen On: The Empty Box and the Zeroth Maria
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)
Hi everyone, Melody here as a new staff member! I’m really happy to be here as a writer for English Light Novels. And to introduce myself, I asked Cho to interview me. Again, really grateful to Cho for this opportunity and I hope you’ll like my future posts! * * * Cho: Hi everyone,… Read More New Staff Member: Introducing Melody
