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My Journal, Page 64, 10 August 2023 – Lingering melancholy in the memories of a new world – Log Horizon Volume 3 (Light Novel)
Our journey into Theldesia continues in the third volume of Log Horizon, but don’t get too comfortable, as some revelations might be lurking ahead… Are Shiroe and his…
The Journal, Page 96, 18 April 2024 – Relinquished Memories of an Old World – Log Horizon Volume 4 (Light Novel)
Everything seemed calm in the world that used to be Elder Tales setting, though suddenly, a massive army of goblins invades Theldesia; thus, our brave Adventurers are tasked…
My Journal, Page 69, 21 September 2023 – x – Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore
A normal-looking talent agency in Tokyo takes care of dealing with Mirages, bizarre beings living in a parallel realm called the Idolasphere, who steal creativity from people in…
Il mio Journal, Pagina 64, 10 Agosto 2023 – Malinconia latente nei ricordi di un nuovo mondo – Log Horizon Volume 3 (Light Novel)
Il nostro viaggio in Theldesia continua nel terzo volume di Log Horizon, ma non mettetevi troppo comodi, perché potrebbero esserci delle rivelazioni in agguato… Shiroe e i suoi…
Il Journal, Pagina 96, 18 Aprile 2024 – Memorie perdute di un vecchio mondo – Log Horizon Volume 4 (Light Novel)
Tutto sembrava tranquillo nel mondo che un tempo era l’ambientazione di Elder Tales, ma improvvisamente un imponente esercito di goblin invade Theldesia; così, i nostri coraggiosi Avventurier…
My Journal, Page 52, 18 May 2023 – I’m gonna have more fun… and live crazier than any one of ‘em – Yakuza 0
We’ll follow the adventures of our two protagonists, Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima, whose apparently unrelated paths happen to cross due to a small plot of land, called…
May 2023 Manga / Light Novel / Book Releases
The May 2023 manga, light novels, & book releases from 10+ publishers, such as Yen Press, Seven Seas, VIZ Media, Kodansha, Azuki, & Irodori Comics!
My Journal, Page 58, 29 June 2023 – Rent-A-Journal Page for Justice! – Rent A Hero No.1
We follow the bizarre adventures of the young Taro, who has just moved to Hangover Park. Taro’s dad asks him to order some delivery pizza, and, unexpectedly, he…
My Journal, Page 49, 27 April 2023 – This isn’t a battle anymore – No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Due to his inactivity, Travis is now the 51st-ranked assassin in the UAA. A group of criminals kill his best friend Bishop and deliver his head to his…
My Light Novel Tier List! (May 2020 Edition)
As the leader of the Light Novel Club and an avid light novel reader, I naturally have to face the question: just how much do I like the…
Reading Log: May 2023
It has been a busy month! Lots of new manga and light novels arriving, and work picking up again. I’m hoping to have read away a little bit…
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?…
Log Horizon
This manga is a really brief introduction to Log Horizon, only a single volume long. I have not yet read the novels so I can’t compare it to…
More light on Turn A
I have more things I want to do here, but for now work has me very busy. In the meantime, though, let me point out that my friend…
My Journal, Page 13, 18 August 2022 – Love, Light, Lasers – TxK
TxK is a Tempest-like shoot ’em up game, released for PlayStation Vita, made by Llamasoft’s Jeff Minter. The gameplay is very simple and addicting, which made the Llama…
My Journal, Page 51, 11 May 2023 – Will this war ever end? – Half-Minute Hero
In Half-Minute Hero we’ll play as the Hero, a humble traveler who’d like to rest after his travels, too bad that, out of nowhere, an Evil Lord called…
My Journal, Page 39, 16 February 2023 – A Dazzling Twilight Dream – .hack//G.U. Volume 3 + 4
.hack//G.U. Vol 3 Redemption marks the conclusion to the G.U. series, letting the protagonist, Haseo, finally put an end to the terrible events happening in The World R:2,…
Light Novel Debuts for May 2021
Here are the light novel series that are making their debut during the month of May 2021.
Log Horizon: Entaku Houkai – Episode 2
Some other characters hear about the Duke… of Akiba, Eins. The People of the Land cheer because they like land with dukes? But this Eins guy. Wow. Always…
More Shonen On The Horizon
Have there been any popular videos calling shonen out the same way isekai has been called out in the past for being everywhere?
My Journal, Page 36, 26 January 2023 – Death Come True
We play as a young man, Makoto Karaki, who wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of his identity or his past. This could be easily…
My Journal, Day 2, 26 May 2022 – My Yakuza Collection
One of the things I’m most proud of is my Yakuza collection. It might be not as big as the ones you see on Instagram, but it’s really…
Yuri Light Novel: Otherside Picnic, Volume 2 (English)
In Volume 1, we are taken to the “other side” along with Internet legend-hunter Sorawo and Toriko, a woman looking for her missing friend. In Volume 2 of…
My Journal, Page 44, 23 March 2023 – Slash Enemies and Rescue Kittens in No More Heroes!
Welcome to Santa Destroy, a wonderful place where you can become the best assassin in town along with your trusty knock-off Star Wars katana, even if you are…
My Journal, Page 37, 2 February 2023 – Let the Madness Begin! – Bloons TD 6
It’s a tower-defense title, released by Ninja Kiwi. Like with other games of the same genre, your objective is to stop enemies from escaping the map, by placing…
BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 25: Tearmoon Empire, Vol. 2
It’s time for our discussion of volume 2 of Tearmoon Empire! We ended up having two whole posts of discussion on the first volume of this series (a hint…
A Writer’s Reflections: On Light Novel Inserts
A Writer’s Reflections Originally Posted: March 15, 2021 “With springtime coming ever nearer, a certain budding writer hopes to blossom into new opportunities. Success rides upon her ha…
My Journal, Page 14, 25 August 2022 – Shimane Mystery Drama Project – Root Film
Root Film is a mystery solving-based visual novel. The protagonist, Yagumo, a young aspiring movie director, and his assistant are tasked with participating in a joint drama project,…
Fall 2023 Anime Week 2: Light Novel Paradise
October 15th, 2023 We are rounding out Week 2 of the Fall season and it looks like I have a more clear picture on what I will be…
Log Horizon: Krusty, Tycoon Lord Volume 11 Review
Title: Log HorizonGenre: Adventure, FantasyPublisher: Enterbrain (JP), Yen Press (U.S)Creators: Mamare Touno (Author), Kazuhiro Hara (Illustrator)Localization Staff: Taylor Engel (Translator)Original Release Date: January 22, 2019Review copy provided by Yen Press. While the Round…
May 2020 Manga / Light Novel / Book Releases
Take a gander at the upcoming May 2020 manga, light novel, and book releases from multiple publishers like Yen Press, Seven Seas, Kodansha, Viz Media, and many more!
May 2021 Manga / Light Novel / Book Releases
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May 2022 Manga / Light Novel / Book Releases
The May 2022 manga, light novels, and book releases from 10+ publishers, such as Yen Press, Seven Seas Entertainment, VIZ Media, Kodansha, & more!
My Journal, Page 79, 30 November 2023 – Short and Bittersweet – Like a Dragon Gaiden
Time to accompany Kiryu in his bodyguard duties in the dazzling Sotenbori in the new spin-off of the Yakuza series, Like a Dragon Gaiden!
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.…
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My Favourite Idolmaster Songs: [2] Secret Mirage
It’s fine like this, this is how it should beAnd yet, and yet – how I wish to touch youIf only we could remain pristine, retain our purity…
Log Horizon Episode 1
Kill la Kill Episode 1 and Kyousougiga Episode 00 are great, but I don’t have much to say about them other than that. A middling adaptation of a…
Log Horizon isn't funny
Someone needs to invent a typewriter.
What is Log Horizon?
The wake of Mecha March always feels huge to me. I never fully know how to recover from it at first. This comes from the fact that a…
Welcome Back Log Horizon!
Season 3, picking up right where we left off.
Log Horizon 3 – Momentum
I really enjoyed the first two seasons of Log Horizon and now I finally got around to watching Log Horizon 3. Does it live up?
My Journal, Page 25, 10 November 2022 – The Computer World Awaits You – Tron 2.0
Set after the events of the Tron movie, you’ll get to play as Jethro “Jet” Bradley, the son of Alan Bradley. ENCOM, the company Alan works for, was…
Log Horizon: Entaku Houkai (Log Horizon: Destruction of the Round Table)
Log Horizon had two seasons way back in 2013-2015. Of course it is expected that one watching later seasons has watched previous ones. However, in the case of…
Log Horizon: Nishikaze no Ryodan (Log Horizon: The West Wind Brigade)
Log Horizon is a light novel series about a group of players of the MMORPG Elder’s Tale that mysteriously wake up in the world of the game as…
Log Horizon: Three Meals and a Nap
With the two previous posts about Log Horizon, I have discussed the premise of the show and how Log Horizon came to be. You can find the first…
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…
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My Journal, Page 72, 12 October 2023 – Otherworldly Amusement – Tetris Worlds (GBA)
What’s your favorite Tetris version? And, what was your first one? I enjoy many of them and grew up with the one on Nintendo DS, yet my favorite…
My Journal, Page 71, 5 October 2023 – The Dilemma of Replaying Games
So many games to try, so little time to do it… We always want to try new things, and end up leaving behind what we used to love.…
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…
Thoughts on Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Volume 4 (Light Novel)
Yuna gets to work setting everything up for her new bakery in the fourth novel of Kumanano’s Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear series. Then it’s a trip over a…
