Zhiroo Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Except Spice & Wolf which ones are completed (English translated)? I usually prefer completed works. I just started reading Spice & Wolf since after watching the anime I wanted more and I've been interested in reading some LNs for quite a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkker Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Mushoku Tensei and Re: Monster (Resurrection LN's) Oda Nobuna no Yabou, Maou na Ore to ..., No Game No Life... Many more.. Mostly things you can see at Baka-tsuki... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddle Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Spice and Wolf is great all-around, but the official English translations (by Yen Press) simply don't show much effort. Anybody could spot the typos scattered about. The writing style isn't necessarily bad; the writer seems to be quite adept, but it's as if they didn't take the time to look over it for revision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchytaco Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I'm reading Nobuna right now and some of the cultural references are a bit odd. Like the whole scooping out all the water of the lake by one person to show that there was no god there. Sounds like one of those hard to believe mythical stories written ages ago. Those parts were cut out from the Anime, and I wonder if that had to do with the creators having an international audience in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard884 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Still reading Psycome volume 3. I must say Ayaka is super annoying! EDIT: So Ayaka decided to support her brother... hmmm.... Renko sure is lucky krill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bl3u Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Monogatari series. You can read the light novels on Baka-tsuki. Which is basically the Light Novel equivalent of Fuwanovel. Here's a download for a .pdf file of the Kizumonogatari light novel translated in english. And here's a link to Baka-Tsuki's Monogatari page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arakura Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I just read the first volume of Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria (Utsuro no Hako/Hakomari) and I am blown away. What a 10. Masterpiece, and would suggest reading this. Now just to find someone to talk about it with... Tenkuru 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I'm reading Nobuna right now and some of the cultural references are a bit odd. Like the whole scooping out all the water of the lake by one person to show that there was no god there. Sounds like one of those hard to believe mythical stories written ages ago. Those parts were cut out from the Anime, and I wonder if that had to do with the creators having an international audience in mind. That really is not much of a cultural reference. Its a period reference. A long time ago anywhere that would have been the way to prove it. Also, I think they mostly cut that out for brevity, as in lack of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 No Game No Life is a must read. Also SAO light novels are actually pretty good considering the animes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) No Game No Life is a must read. Also SAO light novels are actually pretty good considering the animes. What the glitch? Someone fix this please. Edited August 16, 2014 by Mustkill1234 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aznxa21 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Can any of you recommend something similar to Mushoku Tensei. Already read Re:monster. If there isn't really anything, then can you recommend a series with a badass MC that doesn't act like an idiot in front of his harem. Or something like Gate JSDF fought there, just read the manga for that awhile back and can't really find anything similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchytaco Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 So I started in July, and now it's October. I'm on Volume 6 of Oda Nobuna no Yabou. I've taken my sweet time, but now that I'm out of the anime plot line, I'm tearing through the story right now. Bridal Juubei is so darn precious! Who knew I'd find a naive, bratty wide-headed samurai girl cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidShu Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Fyi Psycho Love Comedy has been finished for a little while now. So if you were interested in it but don't like to read unfinished LN there ya go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 So I started in July, and now it's October. I'm on Volume 6 of Oda Nobuna no Yabou. I've taken my sweet time, but now that I'm out of the anime plot line, I'm tearing through the story right now. Bridal Juubei is so darn precious! Who knew I'd find a naive, bratty wide-headed samurai girl cute. I love Date Masamune. I really hate that you dont get to see any of her yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Pycome is actually amazing, No Game No Life is also really action-packed. LiquidShu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstaLN Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 Just some random passerby, no hate pls =)http://www.wattpad.com/story/35907945-the-twisted-swordsman-and-demon-king-got-caught-in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanderechan Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 I am desperate to read Mikage's other novels. (creator of Hakomari) Especially Bokura wa Mahou Shoujo no Naka However EusthEnoptEron has not read it yet and says that it isn't really on the project list! I've downloaded the RAW files and trying to find a way to translate myself without know any Kanji at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidShu Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Didn't really want to make a new thread on this since it has something to do with light novels and isn't big enough to make a thread about. Got a new phone with a larger screen than my last and I can now properly enjoy manga, movies, and novels on it now. I was able to before but this is waaay better. I was going to purchase PDF Expert 5 on the iOS app store to download PDF files to my phone and read light novels on it. Before I went and did that has anyone tried something like this before and does it work? If not is there another app that would let me do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyssal Monkey Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Didn't really want to make a new thread on this since it has something to do with light novels and isn't big enough to make a thread about. Got a new phone with a larger screen than my last and I can now properly enjoy manga, movies, and novels on it now. I was able to before but this is waaay better. I was going to purchase PDF Expert 5 on the iOS app store to download PDF files to my phone and read light novels on it. Before I went and did that has anyone tried something like this before and does it work? If not is there another app that would let me do that? I only use android, so I'm not sure how relatable it is ti iOS, but I never use PDF's because it s a standardized and strictly laid out format compared to epub which is far more flexible. PDF's have strict layout guidelines that basically mean that you only get x amount of lines per page and the text is always the same size, and is laid out exactly according to how the maker wanted. This was an issue for me because I like to read with 30+ lines of text on the screen, yet most PDF's I've seen only have maybe 15. If you think text reflow might work, all the programs on android at least, either remove any images, or hyphenate words, or just generally screw something up. What I ended up doing on my phone was taking all the pdf's and using Calibre to convert them into epubs. Calibre is a bit difficult to figure out at first, but on my page counts, I've condensed a 200 page pdf into an 80 page epub before. I use a program called FBReader for older, less legal series, such s Haruhi and SAO, and there is a BakaTsuki reader app for anything that is hosted there. I'm not sure how helpful this will be considering its on android, but I hope it at least gives some ideas. Full disclosure, I really don't like the PDF format for reading because of how strict it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidShu Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 I only use android, so I'm not sure how relatable it is ti iOS, but I never use PDF's because it s a standardized and strictly laid out format compared to epub which is far more flexible. PDF's have strict layout guidelines that basically mean that you only get x amount of lines per page and the text is always the same size, and is laid out exactly according to how the maker wanted. This was an issue for me because I like to read with 30+ lines of text on the screen, yet most PDF's I've seen only have maybe 15. If you think text reflow might work, all the programs on android at least, either remove any images, or hyphenate words, or just generally screw something up. What I ended up doing on my phone was taking all the pdf's and using Calibre to convert them into epubs. Calibre is a bit difficult to figure out at first, but on my page counts, I've condensed a 200 page pdf into an 80 page epub before. I use a program called FBReader for older, less legal series, such s Haruhi and SAO, and there is a BakaTsuki reader app for anything that is hosted there. I'm not sure how helpful this will be considering its on android, but I hope it at least gives some ideas. Full disclosure, I really don't like the PDF format for reading because of how strict it is. I may look into the epub and try a free pdf reader first to see if I am bothered by the smaller amount of lines per page. Not really looking for anything confusing on my phone. Is the bakatsuki reader app andriod only? Didn't see it on the iOS app store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyssal Monkey Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Last I heard it was dropped out of development. I wasn't sure if it still worked or not, so I threw it in there as a "just in case". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Ariel7 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I back not using pdf. They look great but are soo limited. I dont even use them on a table with a much bigger screen. how about the kindle app and mobi files? I use that it works pretty well for me. (not on a phone though) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heizei_koukousei Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 FLCL LN is amazing. Just thought I should throw that out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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