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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…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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?…
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, 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…
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 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…
Light Novel Debuts for May 2021
Here are the light novel series that are making their debut during the month of May 2021.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 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…
May 2021 Manga / Light Novel / Book Releases
Why not take a gander at the upcoming May 2021 manga, light novel, and book releases?
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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…
My Journal, Page 50, 4 May 2023 – Give a man his mask, and he will become his true self! – Persona 5 Royal
We’ll be infiltrating a shiny and glittery casino with our party members, stylishly dashing and jumping from platforms to chandeliers. Too bad that the police spot us, and…
My Journal, Page 33, 5 January 2023 – Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion
We play as Zack Fair, a young member of the SOLDIER group, who is sent to a place called Wutai by his employer, Shinra, to aid his colleagues…
My Journal, Page 45, 30 March 2023 – The Ultimate Ninja Challenge? – Ninja Golf
In Ninja Golf you are an apprentice ninja, and your training has finally come to an end. At long last, after lengthy and rough training, it’s time for…
The Spring 2023 Light Novel Guide
Find your next page-turner in our light novel guide! Go back to the beginning with Sasaki and Miyano: First Years, or find out what happens when Only the…
The Spring 2023 Light Novel Guide
Find your next page-turner in our light novel guide! Go back to the beginning with Sasaki and Miyano: First Years, or find out what happens when Only the…
My Journal, Page 48, 20 April 2023 – Silky Smooth and Stupidly Rad – My Friend Pedro
You’ll wake up, with no memories of yourself, in a building where the evil mastermind of the city, Mitch the Butcher, is currently doing his totally regular job,…
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.…
My Journal, Page 47, 13 April 2023 – Yakuza Meets the Samurai Age? – Like a Dragon Ishin!
In Like a Dragon Ishin, Ryoma Sakamoto is a low-ranked samurai living in Tosa, a town in the Bakumatsu era where the caste system is preventing the population…
My Journal, Page 41, 2 March 2023 – Buying a PS4 to end up stuck in a room for months? – Cyberpunk 2077
We play as a young mercenary known as “V”, who lives in the Cyberpunk-themed Night City. At the beginning of the game, the protagonist ends up with a…
Welcome Back Log Horizon!
Season 3, picking up right where we left off.
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…
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?
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…
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My Journal, Page 34, 12 January 2023 – New Retro MMORPG Adventures With .hack//G.U. Vol 2//Reminisce
.hack//G.U. Vol 2//Reminisce is an MMORPG-like action game, and the direct sequel to the first Volume, Rebirth. Without spoiling anything from the first title, just after the ending…
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, Day 1, 19 May 2022
Hello everyone! I’ve decided to revamp this blog a bit, so I guessed I should port one of my favorite types of content to write on this platform…
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…
Thoughts on Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Volume 5 (Light Novel)
Yuna is keen to create a trade route between Crimonia and Mileela in the fifth volume of Kumanano’s Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear light novel series. There’s just the…
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…
My Journal, Page 38, 9 February 2023 – Art Becomes Reality with Atelier Lydie & Suelle
In Atelier Lydie & Suelle we’ll play as Lydie & Suelle, twin alchemists who run an atelier with their father. Due to harsh competition among the few alchemists…
My Journal, Page 54, 1 June 2023 – Touhou’s Enchanting Izakaya Simulator – Touhou Mystia’s Izakaya
In Mystia’s Izakaya, we’ll follow the daily life and adventures of the cute and messy Mystia Lorelei, who runs an Izakaya in Gensokyo with her best friend Kyouko…
My Happy Marriage (Light Novel) Volume 1 Review (Spoiler‑Free)
Miyo is used to being used. After being given up by her family to a man known to be cruel as a bride, her only hope is that…
My Journal, Page 5, 23 June 2022 – Stardew Valley
Today I’m going to talk about my experience with Stardew Valley and why I had to restart it about 4 times (although to be honest I’ve lost count)!…