This was certainly not something that I expected to do all those months ago, but I’ve really enjoyed the ride. I’ve bought and/or borrowed all the translated volumes of The Isolator and Sword Art Online: Progressive, the first volumes of Oregairu, Kieli, Danmachi: Sword Oratoria, and DeathMa, and the two translated SAO: Alicization volumes.

Since that day in December, I have read a lot.

And by the time December of last year rolled around, I was more or less unsubscribed to light novels. It was a combination of rough translations, bad writing, and uncertain release schedules that really put me off. Out of a fondness for the medium and a desire to read more, I extended my light novel repertoire to the likes of HakoMaria, Iris on Rainy Days, The Asterisk War, and many others.Īfter a couple months of on-and-off reading, I started to feel little less and less motivated to continue following the novels that I cared so much about. I didn’t know it at the time, but his suggestions would eventually reignite my passion for light novels.Īt first, light novels were a way for me to either re-experience or experience more of their anime counterparts – this was my justification for reading the fan translations for Chuunibyou, Hyouka, Monogatari, Toradora, and Index. At the time, I wasn’t expecting any of my posts, let alone that rant, to attract very much attention but soon after I posted it, I got a comment from a certain Frog-kun.

In that post, I talked mostly about my conflicting feelings for the medium as well as touching a little bit on the power of familiarity in long running series like the ones I followed. Almost five months ago, I wrote a post for my 12 Days of Anime series regarding my experience with light novels.

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