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Banner of the Stars: Destiny’s Refrain
By Hiroyuki Morioka and Toshihiro Ono. Released in Japan by Hayakawa Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Giuseppe di Martino. I admit, I frequently…
Banner of the Stars: Thunder of the Empire
By Hiroyuki Morioka and Toshihiro Ono. Released in Japan by Hayakawa Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Giuseppe di Martino. And so we finally…
Banner of the Stars: Dinner With Family
By Hiroyuki Morioka and Toshihiro Ono. Released in Japan by Hayakawa Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Giuseppe di Martino. This volume takes us…
Banner of the Stars: What Needs Defending
By Hiroyuki Morioka and Toshihiro Ono. Released in Japan by Hayakawa Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Giuseppe di Martino. I think that I’ve…
Banner of the Stars: The Ties That Bind
By Hiroyuki Morioka and Toshihiro Ono. Released in Japan by Hayakawa Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Giuseppe di Martino. These are novels rather…
Banner of the Stars: The Screech of Space-Time
By Hiroyuki Morioka and Toshihiro Ono. Released in Japan by Hayakawa Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Giuseppe di Martino. In the Afterword for…
OtakuGeneration (Show #240) Crest of the Stars
Shownotes :: (show 240) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Crest of the Stars, recorded live January 10th, 2010. This week we…
Ghost in the Shell 2.0, Hidamari Sketch, Crest of the Stars, D.Gray-man, Genshiken 2


The Bride of Demise (Light Novel Review)
The narration of The Bride of Demise immerses the reader in the extreme violence of Kou's life as to become completely desensitized.


Is Crest of the Stars still one of my favourite anime of all time?
I came to a shocking realisation recently: Nobody watches Crest of the Stars anymore. I used to categorise it alongside Spice and Wolf as “well-written anime about a…
Light Novel Recommendations
While we’ve never been a review site, visitors and supporters still naturally ask for our take on anime and related properties. While you’ll find our thoughts scattered throughout…
Kizumonogatari (Light Novel)
In this review of the Kizumonogatari light novel, I compare the differences to the anime movie trilogy, specifically the fights.


Light Novel Review: The Holy Grail of Eris
Title: The Holy Grail of Eris Author: Kujira Tokiwa US Publisher: Yen Press Status: Ongoing Age Relevance: Middle School and Up How Essential Is It?: Must Have Curricular Connections?: Independent …
Light Novel Kindling: The Shoujo Light Novels are Omnipresent
Welcome back to Light Novel Kindling! Here, I will take a look at our next Light Novel Club selection and give my thoughts on something related to it.…


Light Novel Collection Development
Light novels or ライトノベル (raito noberu) are a type of young adult novel from Japan that primarily target middle and high school students. In contrast to manga, which…


A Light Novel Taxonomy
About a year ago, our own stardf29 ranked the light novels he’d read. I thought that sounded fun, but felt it would be for kind of lame to…
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles, Sword Art Online


Light Novel: The Garden of Words by Makoto Shinkai
I guess you guys didn't see this one coming! Or maybe you guys did... let me tell you though, I didn't. I had no idea about the…
Light Novel First Impressions: Slayers
Note: These light novel first impressions come courtesy of J-Novel Club‘s membership program, which allows members to read weekly parts of light novels as they are translated, before their…


Weathering With You (light novel)
It’s rare for me to read light novels. Usually being the original source material for manga and anime alike, light novels, in short, are just novels. Stories written…
25 Light Novel Club Sessions!
Later this month, volume two of Tearmoon Empire will be the subject of our 25th BtT Light Novel Club Meeting. Can you believe we’ve conducted that many sessions?…
Light Novel Club Plans for 2020! Plus, Our Next Light Novel Club Selections!
As the Light Novel Club enters 2020, we have a bit of a conundrum. On the one hand, we have read many wonderful light novel series so far,…


Light novel awareness for the indifferent anime fan.
Something I find interesting about many anime fans is their apparent lack of knowledge and interest in Japanese light novels. Typically, anime are not the first form of…


Light Novel Debuts for August 2021
Here are the new Light Novel series releasing in August, 2021.


Episode 37 – October Light Novel Licenses
Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! In this episode, we are talking about the 13! light novel licenses that were announced in the past 2 weeks. There are new…


Light Novel Debuts for May 2021
Here are the light novel series that are making their debut during the month of May 2021.


Light Novel Debuts for March 2021
Taking a look at the light novel series making their English debut during the month of March, 2021.


WorldEnd Volume 1 Light Novel Review
While I mostly enjoyed the anime series of WorldEnd my curiosity about whether the story was better in written form (whether the pacing issues and nebulous characterisation was…


Light Novel Debuts for July 2021
Here are the light novel series making their debut during the month of July, 2021.


Light Novel Debuts for June 2021
Here are the light novel series making their debut during the month of June, 2021.


My Happy Marriage (Light Novel Review)
My Happy Marriage feels like a fun romance of two characters from a complex fantasy saga, and sidelined all unique elements in the process.


Light Novel Debuts for February 2021
Covering all the light novel series making their debut during the month of February 2021.
Give it a Light Novel Title
Give it a Light Novel Title: Five anime series get the Light Novel Title treatment. Another, Hundred, and three others get the treatment!
Finding God in a Light Novel!?
Gods tend to come off badly in fiction. Really, really badly. No, wait, “badly” isn’t strong enough. Worsely? Worstly? Anyway… There are stories with evil gods. There are…


Torture Princess: A Light Novel Masterpiece
The Torture Princess: Fremd Torturchen light novels by Keishi Ayasato finished their English run last month, and I’m here to tell you why you need to check them…


Episode 37 – October Light Novel Licenses
Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! In this episode, we are talking about the 13! light novel licenses that were announced in the past 2 weeks. There are new…


Light Novel Debuts For April 2020
Here are the light novels making their debut during the month of April, 2021. New titles coming from Yen On, Seven Seas, Cross Infinite World, and Tentai Books.


Maelstrom – Yaoi Light Novel Series Review
First off I want to give a big congratulations to Y Press Games for reaching their funding goal for the Indiegogo campaign for the Maelstrom Yaoi Visual Novel…


Light Novel Debuts for June 2021
Here are the light novel series making their debut during the month of June, 2021.
Episode 37 – October Light Novel Licenses
Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! In this episode, we are talking about the 13! light novel licenses that were announced in the past 2 weeks. There are new…


Gude Crest
Orphan's presents a new English release of the 1990 sword-and-sorcery OVA Onna Senshi Efe & Jira: Gude no Monshou ( Woman Warriors Efe & Ji...
The Fashion Boy is Cool, Twin Spica, Ai no Kusabi, All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, Alpen Rose


Episode 46 - April Light Novel Licenses from J-Novel Club
In this episode of the Light Novel Podcast, we look at the light novel series recently licensed by J-Novel Club annonced on their April 2nd Twitch stream. There…


The Next Hit Light Novel Adaptations (Place Your Bets)
If Redo can make it, anything can. But what should? Raitzeno’s wishlist of anime adaptations is here. What does yours look like?
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[Light Novel Update] The Conductor. First Day. Chapter 6
The new chapter of The Conductor can be found here. Please click on the link above.
The Light Novel Club Selections for July & August 2020!
Looking for some summer reading? Well, it’s time to officially announce the next titles we’ll be reading for the Light Novel Club! July 2020: Of Dragons and Fae:…
The Light Novel Club Selections for March & April 2020!
We have two more light novels for discussion in the coming two months! As before, we have one new light novel series and one series we have covered…
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[Light Novel Update] The Conductor. Second Day. Chapter 1
The new chapter of The Conductor can be found here. Please click on the link above.
The Light Novel Club Selections for May & June 2020!
Are you stuck at home and looking for something to do? Why not read a light novel? We have two more light novels that we will be covering…
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[Light Novel Update] The Conductor. Second Day. Chapter 2
The new chapter of The Conductor can be found here. Please click on the link above.
Should I Read the Light Novel or Watch the Anime?
I almost always prefer the light novels over the anime.
BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 22: Of Dragons and Fae
Yo ho ho! Tis time fer another voyage on the good ship Light Novel Club. I staged a mutiny an’ took over from old Cap’n Star this time.…
Infinite Dendrogram – Volume 8 [Light Novel Review]
Volume 6 of Infinite Dendrogram is one of my favorite volumes, and not only because it introduces best girl B3. Read on for my Recap and Review.