Lately. there has been a lot of Light Novels and Stories that are popping in and out of the internet and people seems to like it. But what is a Light Novel first for those who do not hear the term yet?
A light Novel is a style of Japanese novel primarily, but not exclusively, targeting young adult demographic.One of the most remarkable characteristics of a light novel is that they are illustrated with anime and manga art style, often being adapted into such mediums. They are mainly published in separate book volumes, while some of them have their chapters serialized in anthology magazines before collection in book form, comparable to how manga is published.
For me, I have been interested in such struggles because most of than not, the main protagonist of the stories have become the anti-hero and their struggles make the story memorable and give the questions of "what will happen now" and "will he survive retaining his humanity?"
As one of the members of the Otaku community, there are a lot of anime that has their season ended without the proper ending it gives. And for someone who got interested in such story wants more. Thinking things like, "What happened to them?" "This can't be the end right?" or even "WHAT?"
Luckily, there are those good souls that translate Light Novels into English out of compassion for those who cannot read Japanese characters. Thanks to the site of Novel Updates, we can now follow through the story that the anime cannot give us.
Below are my Five Recommendations for a Light Novel stories. I won't be discussing why I liked them or why I recommend them here in this post because it is a discussion that I think will be best talked about later.
1.) Re-Monster
After his unfortunate death, Tomokui Kanata has been reincarnated as a member of the weakest race, a goblin named Rou. However, Rou has retained his previous life's memories, as well as an ability that allows him to gain strength and abilities from eating. He also possesses a unique evolutionary tree. Now, Rou has made a promise to himself that he would live this life to the fullest. In this alternate world of survival of the fittest, events unfold with competent subordinates and comrades. - A long-awaited survival fantasy by Komikaraizu!
The world where the Hero and the Demon King continue to oppose each other. The grand magic from the Hero and the Demon King cross over worlds and exploded in the classroom of a certain high school.
The students who died in the explosion will be reincarnated in a different world. The protagonist, who had the lowest reputation in the class, was reincarnated into a spider. Nevertheless, she adapted quickly to the present condition with strong willpower. This is a story of she who has become a spider trying whatever she can to survive.
3.) Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (LN)
Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They’re treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku’s wet dream quickly turns into Hajime’s nightmare? While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime’s job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith’s level of strength?
4.) Grimgal of Ashes and Illusion
Why are we doing this…? When Haruhiro came to, he was in the darkness. Not knowing why was he here, or where “here” even was. With him were others who also remembered little more than their own names. What they found when they came out of the underground was the world that was `just like a game.” In order to survive, Haruhiro forms a party with others in the same situation as him, learns Skills, and takes his first steps forward into the world of Grimgar as a Trainee Volunteer Soldier. Not knowing what awaits him… This is a tale of adventure born from the ashes.
5.) Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (LN)
Suddenly a high school student Subaru Natsuki has been summoned to another world on the way back from the convenience store. With the biggest crisis of his life being summoned to another world and no sign of the one who summoned him things become worse when he is attacked.
But when he is saved by a mysterious silver-haired girl with a fairy cat, Subaru cooperates with the girl to return the favor. When they finally manage to get a clue Subaru and the girl are attacked and killed by someone.
Subaru then awakens in the place he was summoned and notices the ability he gained “Returns by Death” a helpless boy that only has the ability to rewind time by dying. And beyond the despair can he save the girl from the fate of death!
6.) Youjo Senki
On the front line of the war, there’s a little girl. Blond hair, blue eyes and porcelain white skin, she commands the army with lisping voice. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff. But in reality, she is one of Japan’s most elite salarymen, reborn as a little girl after angering a mysterious being X who calls himself “God.” And this little girl, who prioritize over anything else efficiency and her own career, will become the most dangerous being amongst the sorcerers of the imperial army…
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