/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I've finished Nisemonogatari 1 today and now I'm two thirds in My Big Sister lives in a fantasy world vol. 2.
Nisemonogatari was a good read, Nisioisin is never boring but I felt that the Karen Bee story didn't really start until I was over halfway through the book. I've ordered the second part too.
I didn't really expect anything from My Big Sister lives in a fantasy world but I was pleasantly surprised by how fun it is to read. I like the characters mainly.
J Novel Club is good that way, they have many titles one would probably never even have heard of in the west and I think it's good that we can get some officially translated LNs that isn't just brought over because they have an anime adaption.

>>17523837
Why are there two threads? >>17513162

>>17523837
Just finished Amaryllis in the ice country and Iris on rainy days only to realise after I finished them that they were written by the same author. Should of realised with the whole "robots have souls" theme through the both of them.
He hasn't written anything else since though.

I'm currently reading Spice and Wolf, and Konosuba.

>>17524159
Gonna finish A simple survey and then restart baka to test again

Anyone has raws LN from Eiyuu naki Sekai ni Last Boss-tachi wo?

Are there raws of Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita?

>>17524102
That one deals with isekai this is about lns in general

>Konosuba
>/jp/
welp

>>17525160
yes, in the DJT library
http://djt.netlify.com/

Do kid books count? I don't venture outside of /djt/ that much, but an anon turned me onto the art of 柴本 翔, who did the illustration for the パペット探偵団 事件ファイル series so I thought I'd give it a shot. Still a beginner, but it has furigana, so I'm sure I can stumble through it.

Looking for some other things to add into an Amazon order now.

>>17527429
１０歳までに読みたい世界名作 series, maybe?

>>17527464
Oh, those look to be exactly what I'm looking for, thanks. I'd love to see how Treasure Island translates to Japanese, and I think that's just about my level. And I've never read Journey to the West. That'd be really neat to experience in Japanese the first time.

I got through Yotsuba and I'm reading Zettai Reiki now, but I only started looking into more book books after I breezed through my last graded reader and wanted something more.

Are there any english translated 18+ light novels that isn't just teasing, like actual nudity and/or sex?

I think I'm in love. Shiro won't be too happy to see me eyeing another Immanity.

>>17528257
Yes

>>17529097
Recently tried to get through vol.1, stopped when they basically brainwashed Steph. How people like such shitbags as main characters is beyond me.

Hello /jp/ I remember seeing a mega link floating around of a a shit ton of LNs, does anybody stil have it?
I lost the link.

>>17530575
They're fun.

>>17530400
Any recommendations? There isn't a lot I can find on novelupdates

Is it just me or is the editing for this series is quite bad?

It's such a pain reading this, especially when compared to Schera's novel. Poor Noel.

Thinking of starting a jnovelclub subscription but does anybody know if you can download and read offline?

How long does it take for yen press to release what they announced this summer? Mainly looking at Imouto Sae Ireba ii

>>17530575
The fact that they're such shitbags is what makes it great. I enjoy Konosuba for the same reason.

>>17533358
No, you need to read online, and you can only read the latest chapters.
The premium membership (the more expensive one) gives you one "premium credit" per month that you can use to download one ebook.
You can also buy extra credits for $6 each, which is is cheaper than buying the books on amazon etc (and the files have higher quality images)

>>17530575
>>17533753
" " really knows how to trap people in their own rules/technicalities. Every middle school has smartasses like that. If " " existed in real life, I'd probably hate them.

>>17530721
>https://mega.nz/#F!V8sGkBIR!sAE0zyVv0R8Pm2mvXJYqiw
Just use madokami really.

>>17525284
It was the most recently released LN in the west that I know of when I started the thread and I like the series, that's why I put it as the OP picture.

Is Rokujouma 23 & 24 out?

I thought Sukasuka was just a generic story about battle harem.

Picked it up last Saturday since I got nothing to read and spent 2 days in bed immersed in it. Would have bawled my eyes out if I wasn't held it back.

Should have spanned it out over a week or 2 and not 2 days to finish 5 vols.
The writing and story are good enough to make you feel like a part of that world and being moved emotionally for what happened.

Can we post about web novels too?

>>17547734
yes

>>17530575
That pissed me off too but it's really the only thing in the series that did. They never really take advantage of it other than for free room and board so I was able to ignore it.

>>17547734
Of course

Just ordered this, I hope it's good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhZ1jqA0eLw

>>17524159
How's Amaryllis? I was thinking of buying it.

Just ordered this, I hope it's good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhZ1jqA0eLw

>>17524159
How's Amaryllis? I was thinking of buying it.

>>17547734
The WN community is filled with machine translator and ESL like me, I doubt /jp/ would like it.

>>17549821
Don't forget that a lot of Light Novel authors have had their start writing Web Novels that later got published. I think it's perfectly fine to discuss them alongside Light Novels.

Speaking of MTL, I am so dissapointed to see an update for a series that haven't been translated for quite a while, but it turned out to be gibberish MTL.

I'm loving every chapter of this
https://isekaintr.wordpress.com/when-i-was-summoned-to-another-world-likes-ntr-skill-appeared/

Comfy and adorable

>Discover Nigotta Hitomi no Lilianne
>A guy reincarnates as a baby girl of a prestigious family
>Expect it to basically be full of SoL elements, as the MC has to learn all of his former life's skills all over again but in a different life
>Instead that's maybe the case for the first ten chapters, then the story Coles to a screeching halt when the MC meets a fairy that only she can see, who spends a majority of the chapters explaining how magical power works and having the MC train her magical power
>It's been the equivalent of like ten volumes and the MC is two, maybe three years old

At this point, it might just be more efficient to think up a LN concept you like, then write it yourself. There's a 50/50 chance you could do better than them.

https://bookwalker.jp/lvote2017/result/
BookWalker's new LN awards.

1. Infinite Dendrogram
2. Yowa-Chara Tomozaki-kun
3. Eighty Six
4. Isekai Goumon Hime
5. Yagate Koisuru Vivi Lane
6. Yuujin Character wa Taihen desu ka?
7. 14-sai to Illustrator
8. Tsujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de 2-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki desu ka?
9. 29 to JK
10. Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki

Dendro's place at the top is well-deserved. Shit's grade S 王道.
Kinda interested in 3, 4 and 5.

>>17557491
Number four's manga is pretty damn edgy.

>>17557774
Its edginess is obvious with the first glance at the cover and the kanji for "torture."

Still, edgy or not, the guy at the award livestream made it sound pretty interesting.
It seems like an isekai without much of that familiar reek of escapism.

>>17558001
>award livestream
Is there a recording available?

>>17558020
It was a nico stream, and I'm not aware of any ways to watch them past airing besides becoming a premium member.
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv305500990
I blame Jewroyuki.

what is the Shakespeare of LN in terms of quality and popularity? (It could be an author or a book)

Is it Welcome to NHK?

>>17560421
Mahouka

>>17560421
Haruhi

>>17533974
Just got finished looking through the whole list, and I'm surprised how many duds there are in there. Any recommendations?

>>17557491
Wasn't Dendrogram the one that Hobby Japan was trying to promote so hard even though it was a totally unknown author, that readers were like "wow talk about forced popularity"

>>17560421
Shakespeare was a hack (and English a parasite language) so Shakespeare is the LN of literature.

>>17523837
I've never read any LN, are the Konosuba ones good?
I really enjoyed the anime/manga and wanted more content.

>>17561953
If you liked the anime you will love the novels. It's translated up to volume 11

>>17561963
alright thanks, I'll check them out.

>>17561656
Yeah, it's the first work by a narou author and the editor went balls deep while promoting it.
He got Taiki for the illustrations, gave it a dedicated site and PV vid, hired 50 artists to do promotional art for it and somehow got NEEDLESS' mangaka on the manga adaptation.

Can't really blame him, though. It's good shit, and NOT just because it has a living weapon AI goth lolibaba.

>>17560470
>>17560728
Thanks. I've wanted to get into LN. This is a great start. I knew they existed, just wanted a starting point.

>>17561670
edgy

Monster no Goshujin-sama's manga roughs have been teased.
Lily's gotten extra-droopy and Gerbera's assets have gotten quite the upgrade.

I swear I recognize this art but can't place who it is.

Oh, by the way Bakarina's manga is out.

>>17562350
>>17561656
This thing sounds interesting. What can you tell me about it?

>>17563444
Raws where

>>17563994
It's a VRMMO thing with Isekai elements and Stands.
VRMMO because it's literally about a game that people log into and play at their leisure(with no "you die IRL" bullshit, too).
Isekai because the game's world and its NPCs are so real and alive that a number of players actually see it as a whole new world rather than a game.
And Stands because each player is given unique "Embryos" — powers/weapons based on their personality — resulting in some pretty cool fights.

Setting aside, it's nothing you haven't seen before.
It's highly shonen-like in the sense that you generally have your good guys, bad guys, their motivations, bad guys doing bad shit and good guys trying to stop them.
However, the execution and writing is certainly above the average of such works, and I'd readily recommend it to anyone who enjoys stuff about hype, hope, heart and JUSTICE.

>Reading I Awoke to Find I was the Girl Swordsman
>Main character is Ryou Ichijou
>Gets genderbent, has to keep his identity hidden at school
>Decides to use an alternate reading of his name
>Gets fucking Haruka Ichijou

Are you really telling me that these two names are written completely identical?

>>17564304
I was extremely disappointed that he doesn't become a cock-hungry slut and instead just goes back to being male.

>>17564313
I'm surprised that the author would break tradition like that.

>>17564295
Well, you convinced me to check it out.

Index and DanMachi.
No plans ahead yet.
I wish I could read all of FMP and Kino's Journey.

>>17564304
遼 かなた
Kanata (f)
遼 はるか
Haruka (f,s)
遼 りょう
Ryou (f)
遼 りょう
Ryou (f)
遼 りょうじ
Ryouji (u)

The Japanese language is a strange beast.

>>17564343
Still doesn't make sense to me. Ryou is one character long, Haruka is three.

>>17554844
I kinda wish we had a site where non-japanese people could upload their own writings that follow the LN format.

>>17564544
There's this
http://skythewood.blogspot.co.id/2017/02/recruiting-fellow-hunte-no-i-mean.html

>>17563994
>>17562350
>>17561656
>Bear: “Now, bear with us as we tell you how it got published.”
>Cat: “Good ideaa. It happened about 11 months ago. The author looked into his inbox on Shōsetsuka ni Narō and found a message from a sender whose name was in red... The red name caused him to quake with fear, but he somehow got himself to read the subject line. It said ‘Publishing Offer.’ It was actually an offer from Hobby Japan’s editor, K!”
>Bear: “Naturally, the author was surprised, fur he never expected to get contacted by a publisher whose releases he’d read in his school years.”
>Cat: “The author replied with a cautiously optimistic message, soon after which he had to go to a preparatory meeting...”
>Bear: “...where he received an explanation and quickly sealed the publication deal with a contract.”
>Cat: “However, there was a problem after that... Well, ‘problem’ might not be the right word.”
>Bear: “Basically, Editor K raised his expectations and standards so high that the author’s heart couldn’t bear it.”
>Cat:“‘The illustrations will be done by Taiki,’ said the editor.
>‘The one who does those designs? I’m so happy!’ replied the author.
>‘A month before it releases, we’re putting Dendro leaflets in HJ Bunko,’ said the editor.
>‘Wow! That’s so much advertising!’ replied the author.
>‘It’s also getting a dedicated site and a preview video,’ said the editor.
>‘Y-You’re going that far?!’ replied the author.
>‘I’ll also get fifty artists to draw something in support of Dendro,’ said the editor, and at this point, the author could only shake uncontrollably.”
>Bear: “All of this is completely true.”
>Cat: “The author will be at ease if the work sells well enough to meet Editor K’s expectations. I earnestly hope that this afterword is read by many people, and that means the book is selliing.”

>>17564544
Royalroad?

>>17562350
Can't wait to see what Nemesis's fourth form is.
And that it for once happened when Ray was anticlimactically just grinding levels.

>>17565064
>>17562350
Sounds like HJ wants to have their very own Re:Zero.

Ray's current biggest problem is the fact that he has no good means of dealing with crowds, so it might be something that covers that.
Also, Rabbit is such a doofus. The thing he did actually increased the chances of war.
Can't wait for his inevitable rekking at the hands of Kashimiya.

>>17566016
Meant for >>17565230

>>17566016
>no good means of dealing with crowds
Can't he just run into them with his horse while spinning his halberd like a Dynasty Warriors charactet

>>17549337
It was good. The character's were nice, the setting was enough for the story to stay solid, there wasn't many action bits as it was more of a 'heart-tugging' story and I wouldn't mind reading it several times over.

>>17532513
I noticed that MC in this guy work often work for 'wrong' people. Also Diner did nothing wrong.

>>17564544
https://royalroadl.com/ is probably the closes thing. It used to be filled with VR novels due to the site being one of the first to translate Legendary Moonlight Sculptor but nowadays it's filled with fantasy and the 'monster born in another world' like novels. Some of them feel like LN that were just written by non-Japanese people.

>>17566024
Might work against weaker enemies and undead when he has the anti-undead superbuff up, but not so much on anything else.

>>17563994
The author knows how to pace the story, knows how to set up future plot points ahead of time, knows how to create a network of character relationships that doesn't have all connections run via the MC, and knows how to write characters besides the MC who could easily be the protagonists of their own stories. Those qualities alone already put it above a lot of the crap out there. It's also not a harem.

>>17566102
Try a hero past 25th from there.

>>17566085
From Schera's point of view, the rebel are evil.

Also I haven't finished Flame Ring, but I guess rather than wrong/evil, the people they work with are destined to be stupid/loser.

>>17562350
>check out the fifty artist promo art
>99% of the pictures are just Nemesis, the rest is Babylon
Why is there no love for Marie?

>>17566016
His gauntlets aren't bad AoE, and his mecha horse has a weird combo it can do.
Granted both methods rely on there being a lot of negative energy in the area.

Really, both Ray's range and AoE is lacking a lot due to them only working under special circumstances.

>>17566103
You reminded me.
When the fuck is he going to get Grand Cross?
Or more like when is he going to get off his ass and do any goddamn Paladin quests?

>>17566483
Isn't he a Death Knight now

>>17566483
Balancing quests, powerleveling and college is hard, I guess.

>>17566612
Read the newest part. He already maxed it out(along with Scout) and prepared for the peace talks by switching back to Paladin because it allows him to use all the job skills at his disposal.
Also, Grand Cross is received by leveling up while you have Paladin among your jobs, and the chance to get it increases depending on how many people you help during Paladin quests, so it doesn't really matter that he switched.

>>17558001
Oh shit this is the Black Bullet artist isn't it?

>>17564295
Sounds interesting except thanks to J-novel's dumbass rules I can't even read volume 1 anymore. Anyone got a pdf of it?

>>17568823
>except thanks to J-novel's dumbass rules I can't even read volume 1 anymore
Do you just have a basic subscription or something? I personally don't feel the basic sub is worth it, the premium one is the only one that makes any sense. But anyway if you don't feel like dropping $7 on it you can find an epub on nyaa if you just search for "Dendrogram". Buy it if you like it though.

>>17568823
>Sounds interesting except thanks to J-novel's dumbass rules I can't even read volume 1 anymore.
What?
https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Dendrogram-1-Sakon-Kaidou-ebook/dp/B072HZZWSG

>>17568849
What I meant was that I have a sub and can't read it on their site anymore without paying more money to buy the actual e-book.

>>17568833
Yeah, I'm just gonna buy the premium epub and probably also upgrade my sub to Premium anyway.

Started reading Dendrogram because of thread. Got excited when MC was offered starting town options of feudal Japan, ancient China, classical Palmyra, Industrial Revolution, Fairyland, Gargantia, and a generic medieval fantasy castle town. Was let down when he picked the generic medieval fantasy. Please tell me he gets out of there soon.

Anyone can recommend me something to read that have nice keikakus, tactics, politics and shit. I love those shit. In topic of royalroad, I'd recommend My Trans Dimensional Overpowered Protagonist Harem(Oregairu/Danmachi), It's fun, and above average of writing.

>>17569624
A common grievance with the work.
The original webnovel has 10+ volumes worth of text and he's still there. Sorry. (though I hear that's ending after the current arc)
However, the author loves switching perspectives and many other countries always have a presence in the story.
Dryfe is at war with Altar, so you naturally get to see their people's takes on the situation. There's Caldina being shady in the background, not to mention the side story series about a certain character's adventures there. And then there's not!China, a country with about as much of its history revealed as Altar, if not more.
The world is relatively small, but it's well connected and you often get glimpses into the other parts of the web.

>>17570181
>Anyone can recommend me something to read that have nice keikakus, tactics, politics and shit.
Oda Nobuna no Yabou
Wortenia Senki
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

>>17570197
>There's Caldina being shady in the background
The desert city state that thrives on international trade is threatening the international order and therefore trade? Crazy.

>>17570201
thanks senpai.

>>17570181
Alderamin and Rakuin no Monshou

>>17570209
Not even escapism VR vidya can keep you safe from the eternal jew.

>>17570280
I think Caldina is more like Carthage or Palmyra personally.

This is bad. My VN backlog is big enough as is, there are a bunch of anime I kinda wanna watch and now this?

>>17527419
>djt library

My biggest excuse for never bothering with LN was because I'm lazy and "where do I even find this stuff". Well thanks. Guess I'm gonna be reading
龍ヶ嬢七々々の埋蔵金
and 人類は衰退しました
and ミニスカ宇宙海賊
and 冴えない彼女(ヒロイン)の育てかた
and ...

fuck me.

>>17570181
Overlord

>>17570249
thanks
>>17571884
I've read overlord.

Is this any good? I'm a big fan of Nao Watanuki's artwork, but the author doesn't seem very promising.

>>17546619
Started reading volume 4 slowly myself.

How does the sequel series compare, anyone know?

http://www.novelupdates.com/series/%E3%80%8Eshirayukihime-to-7-nin-no-koibito%E3%80%8Fto-iu-18-kin-otomege-heroin-ni-tenseishiteshimatta-ore-ga-zenryoku-de-oujitachi-kara-nigeru-hanashi/

I like. But that's simply because of my own shallow tastes.

Anyone try this? It's one of the more popular new LN series of 2017.

>>17581586
Wait, is this about gambling?
What's it about?

>>17564295
>>17566154
>>17562350
Is there any romance in Dendrogram? If there is, is it a single target, a triangle, or a harem?

>>17582873
Yeah, it is.
十八世紀末、ロンドン。賭場での失敗から、手に余る大金を得てしまった若き賭博師ラザルスが、仕方なく購入させられた商品。――それは、奴隷の少女だった。喉を焼かれ声を失い、感情を失い、どんな扱いを受けようが決して逆らうことなく、主人の性的な欲求を満たすためだけに調教された少女リーラ。そんなリーラを放り出すわけにもいかず、ラザルスは教育を施しながら彼女をメイドとして雇うことに。慣れない触れ合いに戸惑いながらも、二人は次第に想いを通わせていくが……。やがて訪れるのは、二人を引き裂く悲劇。そして男は奴隷の少女を護るため、一世一代のギャンブルに挑む。
If you can't read it: Set in London, protag is a gambler, gets an emotionless slave girl, makes her into his maid, encounters unexpected tragedy and in order to protect her he has to face the biggest gamble yet.

>>17584081
Multiple girls show interest in MC, but no harem shenanigans. Pretty sure the author intends for single target romance.

However, the author has only written one romantic scene between MC and the main heroine out of the 2 million characters the WN currently has...

tl;dr Don't expect much romance.

Bakemonogatari.

Is there a Japanese website that has some kind of recommendation system?

>>17568849
vol 2 when

>>17584081
10+ volumes worth of text later, only Nemesis — the goth lolibaba — is confirmed to love him.
Like the other guy said, it's definitely not a romance work at this point in time. However, the author seems to have plans for it. He has WN uploads dedicated to describing the setting and characters and used Nemesis' section to emphasize that she's a heroine (because many readers didn't see her that way).
Still, I don't think we'll see much development of that kind for a while.

>>17584902
Oh no, my backlog's pretty big but I might have to buy it now.
>主人の性的な欲求を満たすためだけに調教された少女リーラ
Oh baby.

>>17584081
In the "game" world his weapon Nemesis likes him.
A chuuni underage girl digs his fashion sense too.
There might also be a thing with the cult leader woman later on. They even know each other in real life and all.
Or he could just take the British detective boy.

>>17588202
>There might also be a thing with the cult leader woman later on. They even know each other in real life and all.
This wouldn't happen to be the girl he and his brother rescued from Truck-kun would it

>>17588784
There were no such implications in any scene she was involved in. Also, quite sure the girl was younger than him, while the cultist isn't.
Knowing Kaidou, though, I definitely wouldn't be surprised if that girl came back in some form.

>>17570201
>How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom
This has been getting more retarded every volume. It feels less like the protagonist's actions are planned out and more like he's doing inane shit and the author bending over backwards to make it work out for him.

>>17570181
Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
Not even joking.

>>17564088
Found them after a while

http://online.ichijinsha.co.jp/zerosum/comic/hametu

just got done reading Overlord, its the first ln i've read.
any recommendations of something similar?
or something else thats straight up good?

>>17592101
What retarded things has he done in the latest volume besides add a fourth wife to his retinue?

>>17594777
Try something like Mushoku Tensei or Tate no Yuusha, since they're finished and fully translated. The WNs are at least.

>>17594856
He created a Sesame street type pre-school program over his bullshit magic TV.
Logistically it doesn't make sense since parents would have to take their children out of their homes to watch it. And he hasn't even hit the industrial age yet so most people aren't going to see the value in what he's doing.
The author is shoe horning modern standards to what's supposed to be a backwards and foreign culture and hand waving away plot holes by saying the citizens love him so they'll do whatever he says. I mostly stopped caring when he introduced pop idols as a significant benefit to society, I'll probably drop if it gets worse than this.

Anyone else read this series?

>>17596712
I wish the manga was still continuing.

>>17596340
>I mostly stopped caring when he introduced pop idols as a significant benefit to society
Reminder that Marie Antoinette was basically for all intents and purposes an idol

>>17598068
KIRA KIRA

>MC tries to quell his augmented libido by fighting a monster with his sword (loli)
>this some how impregnates his sword (loli)
>the next day his sword (loli) gives birth to another sword (loli)
>cute family antics ensues
This really is the pinnacle of writing.

>>17598068
And Byzantine emperor Justinian I married a high profile actress

>>17590298
How can the translation be going so fast? 3 volumes in two months.

Most of the way through vol2, super cute.

Probably going to try to get back into the monogatari series after I've read up to the latest. Also bought 少女妄想中 along with 安達としまむら so that is probably next up too.

I read all of Sugaru Maiki's works and they were pretty good. They gave off the feeling of emptiness very well.

>>17600964
Which would you recommend to start with?

oregairu volume 12 neverever

just fucking kill me already.

>>17604771
three days of happiness

>>17590298
is the LN version any good?
ive been reading the wn but it hasnt been updated in months.
im reluctant to read the LN since the characters look completely different from how i imagine. especially fermenia. she looks like a tsundere in the v1 LN cover while she seemed cooler in the wn.

>>17605215
There are a few differences but I really isn’t pay much attention to the illustrations. Solely because the translator is so dedicated and putting out these releases so fast is a big reason to read it. Also because the LN is ahead of the WN.

Working on Gamers! right now. Seitokai no Ichizon was very much so my shit, and it pushes the same buttons for me.

>>17605349
>the LN is ahead of the WN
are you talking about the TL or raw?

>There are a few differences
could you give some examples?

>>17596712

Just finished Durarara!!x7. Fun collection of short stories acting as an intermezzo in the main plot line. Now I'm waiting until my order of first book of R.O.D by Kurata arrives. It'll be my first time reading a book in Japanese so I'm ready for hell but it'll be a good opportunity to finally make some progress on my studies of the language. It helps that I loved the series since I first watched the OVA in 2001 or 2002.

Last boss volume 5 preview is out.

>>17590298
is this any good

>>17609127
yes

>>17570197
>though I hear that's ending after the current arc
Story is ending already?

>>17612600
Poor wording on my part.
Dendro's author has regular interactions with the audience and sometimes tells what he's planning.
I don't follow that blog too well myself, but I've read on 2ch's general that he said that the protag's stay in generic knightland supposedly ends after the newest arc and that the stage shifts to the floating country for the arc that will come after that.

He also said that the remaining story he has planned will be longer than all the story that came before it, so you can expect it to be going for a while.

>>17612884
Now that's nice, thanks. Guess I'll just have to step up my studies to read it at a faster pace.

>>17612896
you can always wait for hodgson/steiner and nomura.

>>17612995
I was under the impression that the anon knows moon and plans to read the WN.

Also, the TL isn't a two-man effort. Nomura quit while working on vol 1 and Steiner was his replacement.
That's what he says here, anyway
https://englishlightnovels.com/2017/08/26/interview-with-ln-translator-andrew-hodgson-steiner/

>>17611522
Is this good? Saw it on the Bookwalker rankings and it seems interesting.

>>17613084
good for steiner

Average Abilities licensed by Seven Seas

>>17618145
Arifureta as well

>>17619746
gross

>>17619746
Arifureta was already licenced long ago by J-novel guys or am I wrong?

>>17620017
I believe they licensed Arifureta's manga.

>>17620022
Oh. They licensed both the digital and physical releases of the Arifureta manga, and they're printing J-Novel's digital release of the Arifureta LN.

>>17604786
>volume 12 never ever
Anon have you been living under a rock for the past month? That shit is released in 10 days. Though spyro prolly won't have it translated till November.

>>17584902
Anyone know how it is? Is it more like No Game No Life or closer to a more grounded gambling series like Kaiji?

>>17618145
What? Why? That was incredibly mediocre. You could probably get away with it as an anime or a manga but the writing is a slog to read since the prose was amateurish as all fuck.

>>17622900
Could be they only wanted the manga but the licensors forced them to take both.

J-novel is teasing five new licenses.

https://j-novel.club/announcements

Hints so far are

>Fate. Destiny. Tacos?

>Not actually a part of the nasu-verse

>Nobody knew summoning could be so complicated

>Ironically, it doesn't need a club

>Finally a female protagonist!

Any thoughts on possible candidates?

Mushoku Tensei or Arifureta?

Which one's better?

>>17630184
Is this a joke?

I unironically love Heart x Hybrid, Asterisk War, IS or anything of the sort.

It's too bad battle school harem has been losing ground to Isekai for some time now. Any new ones coming out?

>>17630198
It's not new, but have you read Antimagic Academy?

>>17630305
Didn't that just end a bit ago?

>>17630306
Yes, but it was an excellent ending.

Does anyone have a link for Saihate no Paladin/The Faraway Paladin Vol. 3? It was released more than a month ago and Madokami still didn't deliver.

>>17630522
just buy it you nerd, the author deserves it

>>17630655
If they ever release a physical version sure I'll buy it. But sorry, I'm not paying 7$ for a not even 200-page ebook.
P.S: Also, no need to insult, I was just asking if somebody had it, my friend. Have a nice day :)

>>17630787
>for a not even 200-page ebook.
How does one assign a page count to a freely reflowable ebook anyway?

>>17630522
Guy who uploaded the first two on nyaa says he'll do the third volume if it hasn't been uploaded by the time volume 3 part 2 is released.

>>17630826
Nice, I'll wait for it. Thanks for the info!

I don't like translators. Most of them don't even translate anything. Why can't they all be NEETs and do nothing but make machine translations legible for donations?

>>17613578
good shit

>>17594932

>>17594932
And I'm done reading Mushoku Tensei, minus the redundancy chapters.
I enjoyed it quite a bit, but reading it made me realize how completely I've fucked my life.
Now I'm having an existential crisis.

...

Anywhere I can download the Konosuba LNs?

>>17640106
madokami

>>17618145
How am I supposed to self-insert into a loli?

You're supposed to just plain insert into them.

>>17630815
Take a word count and divide it by a typical words per page ratio for printed works in the genre.

>>17640546
What are your talking about we're only little girls here!

>>17523837
I want to read https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pushpublication/love-tears-and-sand so I hope it reaches its goal.

>>17641205
Of course disgusting gaijin would make yuri trash instead of something good.

>>17641262
They've released some good Japanese works too.

Link NSFW
http://pushpublication.storenvy.com/

Is Shieldbro worth reading? I pretty well praised on /a/ but I dunno if I should go with WN, LN or the manga since apparently they're very different, but I do want to follow because of the upcoming anime adaptation

>>17641363
I'd like to tell ya, but I can't after that spoiler.

Been Reading Yahari, got to Book 6.

Been really enjoying it, its interesting to see the differences between the anime. Like I never knew that Hiratsuka was such a gigantic anime fan.

Trying to catch up before the next vol.

>>17640106
If you're looking for the fan translation yuNS

>>17642664
I saw that, but "Fanfic" was throwing me off
Just a way to not get DMCAd?

Does anyone happen to know where to find raws of Chronicle Legion v4 onwards?

>>17644624
Yes, exactly. They just finished translating vol 11. Many of the spin offs and side stories are also translated.

I just ordered all 15 available volumes of Mushoku Tensei.
Make fun of me.

>>17644992
I want the Kindle ebook files of this.

>>17645002
Sorry, I ordered the physical books

>>17645003
Post pics when they arrive

>>17645019
Should be around Thursday.
I also ordered the rest of the 鑑定能力で調合師になります series because I liked the first 3 books

Currently in japan, gonna buy a fuck ton of LN. any recommendations?
Anything goes

>>17645135
You should tells us what you've read/liked before, if you want any useful recommendations.

>>17645171
Read:
Danmachi 1-9
High school dxd 1-10
Rakudai kishi- 1-4
Hibike euphonium- 1
Re zero- 1-4
And started index vol 1

Watched:
Ero manga
Haruhi suzumiya
Spice and wolf
Gamers
(watched more but don't remember)

But im also open for romance, sol, comedy, school and all other genres

>>17645135
人類は衰退しました
ブギーポップシリーズ
9S<ナインエス>
Dクラッカーズ
R.O.D -READ OR DIE- YOMIKO READMAN “THE PAPER”
ハイパー・ハイブリッド・オーガニゼーション
タイム・リープ―あしたはきのう

>>17645292
Tell me about 9S.

>>17645225
Get the rest of the series you've started, obviously.

Other than that
終末なにしてますか [...} and the sequel series
世界の終わりの世界録
バカとテストと召喚獣 for school/comedy

>>17645309
Cool sci-fi series from the early 2000, 9S is like a mix of Tsukihime and Metal Gear Solid with tons of hard boiled action. If you like well-thought-out
sci-fi you'll fucking love it. Also, main heroine is just the best.

>>17645135
DaddyFace

>>17645404

>>17645135
Zero no Tsukaima series

>>17645135
>>17645225

Why aren't you making $1000 a month on Patreon doing nothing but machine translating shit on narou?

>>17641363
I would advise you to either read Vol 1, or chapters 1-8 of the manga to gauge your interest. The anime will cover vols 1 to 4 of the light novels but i'm sure it'll have to cut some stuff because anime adaptation. So if you like it, good, keep reading. Otherwise don't bother and stick to the anime.

>>17590298
thanks anon, looked for something to read

>>17647565
>Patreonbux for machine translations
oh god i'm getting terrible flashbacks to RPGMaker """""">translators"""""" who just paste the scripts into a machine translator or worse, translate only the UIs (which can be done mostly via machine anyways) and get paid for this in Patreon

now apparently this happens in the LN scene too jesus fuck

>>17647565
Is there actually a market for this? How do I get into it? I actually know a decent amount of Japanese and am currently a NEET with lots of free time.

>>17523837
I am currently going back thru VNs I've previously read but missed a route or two or just plain never finished. Right now is Yume Miru Kusuri, next will be Kara no Shoujo.

>>17647565
This is just sad. Incredibly sad, and I've seen it happen with multiple series the biggest 'scandal' probably being Konjiki no moji tsukai. What prompts people to donate for literal machine translations+half fanfiction is beyond me.

>>17649764
Choose some untranslated/abandoned WN on Narou, start up a WordPress, and get chapters out semi-regularly. I recommend maybe once a week or every couple days, and you can either have a little donation incentive for an extra chapter release, or lock your translations behind the Patreon paywall. If you start doing several works you'll definitely start building up some revenue.

>>17650075
So you have to work for free for quite a while and hope people care enough about the random WN you picked to want to pay? The sound of this has gotten a lot less attractive. Isn't there something more direct, like a person or group of people commissioning something that they want translated?

Is there actually a site for LN similar to vndb or EGS for VN?
I know lndb is a thing, but the most important thing is missing: Actually being able to search for stuff with tags and such. And mangaupdates is mostly manga with LN stuff feeling just like a little addition little cared about.

Honestly my biggest entry hurdle is just the lack of something to help me find stuff. For example, say I want 3-7 volume series that is concluded, but not any generic harem (you have that in VN and whatnot in masses). Perhaps male targeted stuff with a female protag, or something without much romance, or some mystery stuff or whatever. Something that'd allow me to search existing stuff based on this. Though I guess I could do without blacklisting tags..

>>17650174
>work for free
how will people know if you're any good if you don't have a portfolio? at least have something

>>17640522
I feel stupid but how I never IRC

I never read a light novel before and I want to start reading one with adventure and action. Which one should I get?

>>17652519
this isn't the thread for you buddy

If I wanted to read Konosuba should I go WN or LN?

>>17652761
LN. I seriously don't understand why anyone would want to read WN if the author has released the work as LN, do you really expect ~quality~ writing from what's essentially the author's OC chuuni fanfiction-tier novel uploaded on the Internet instead of a revised and cleaned up edition?

I can't think of one series where the WN wasn't garbage compared to the LN.

>>17650446
Novel updates. It has WN along with LN though.

>>17653072

Thanks. It's at least something. I'll probably have to search JP blogs and stuff after all though, as that site seems to be rather incomplete as well.

Not actually a LN (its WN), but I am STILL assblasted about Rt and how quickly it went to shit after Roland beats Zero. I really hate it when stories have a good thing going - in RtW's case, kingdom building - and then promptly ditch it at a certain point.

>>17654834
*about RtW

>>17652990
The WN version sometimes has lewd stuff that's removed in the LN

>>17654947
True, but considering the average quality of WN/LNs it's not really something you look forward to

>>17652990
What about cases like vermilion LN where the changes to female MC are bad then?

i give up this LN hard to digest for me

>>17645019

>>17662776
Hot!

>>17662776
>MT
You're in for a hell of a ride my man

>>17662776
jealous

Should I just read Oregairu vol 12 even though I've only watched the anime?

>>17663952
Anime is awful, start from the beginning.

A scythe, that's new.

>>17664669
Did she have a scythe in the WN or am I misremembering?

>>17665005
No, she almost immediately went from Arachne to God and didn't need weapons after that

Anyone reading this?

>>17666507
And that would be?

>>17666507
It's very silly.

>>17666507
Artist released a doujin with one of the (loli) characters getting the dick.

シルフィ・ナイト
lieutenant Gene was assigned to night fighter squadrons in order to intercept enemy bombers.
their squadron equipped with a "turret fighter" without any forward-firing guns.
him buddy is sergeant Lime who has fairy eyes in other words inborn night vision.

>>17662776
Physicals look so nice but I don't know if I want to pay the massive shipping and give up the comfy instant buy & read whenever I want of my Kindle. The latter is also much better for transport and public reading. But glancing at your physical collection and seeing all the cute covers at once and the smell of paper might be nice from time to time, ahh the dilemma.

I guess I’ll start translating Alderamin

>>17666507
Yeah, I like it, but I can feel the inevitable ntr.

>>17523837
Finished KonoSuba 8, Vanir 1, and Explosions 3. Real good shit, my dude. I never really thought I'd enjoy reading this series till now.

>>17674692
good luck

>>17630184
Mushoku Tensei, you just might not see the name very often because everyone's pretty much read it. Arifureta had a good start, but it devolved and Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari is just a better substitute for that.

>>17640106
MT got me to turn my life around before I hit my thirties. I was never a NEET per se, but I've never really strived for anything great. The first step was getting back in shape, easily the one thing I have real control of in my life.

What separates a good Light Novel from the others?
I've been trying to get into them lately but it seems that the genre as a whole isn't known for being quality works, and especially when you consider some of these authors aren't even of legal age. Of course, I don't expect amazing prose or anything, but there has to be something that passes for quality right?

>>17675311
There's plenty of great stuff in the medium with good prose. Romeo is a great author maybe check out Jintai? (Unless you're reading translations, since you're basically fucked by the fact that most translators in that field suck at writing.)

>>17675311
> What separates a good Light Novel from the others?
Your preferences? It's boring to repeat it but its subjective. Just try to find some works with aspects you like and give them a try. Also, as with everything it's about searching for the right thing. You are not always going to struck gold with what you pick up. And sometimes some series will unexpectedly surprise you. It helps if you aren't completitionist-fag so if you don't like a series you can just drop it after one book. I have a problem that if I start a series I feel unfathomable need to stick with it until the end even if I don't like it at all.

> the genre as a whole
That's one of very odd and completely wrong assumptions too many people make. LN isn't "a genre". It's more like "fuzzily defined publishing category" at best. There are works I would consider quite solid, fun works, bad works, boring ones etc. It's not like there's a rulebook by which you judge a written text is LN or not. It's just a publishing category designed to make it easier for publishers to market it to readers.

Rereading Moon led Journey then rereading The Ending Chronicle aka best thing i ever read. Currently I'm reading Horizon in the middle of nowhere and other random novels

Translations are so slow I might as well try to tackle everything myself with the help of Rikaichan.

>>17678705
Man, I've seen desperate people try to read novels with gtrans, good luck

>>17678748
I at least understand a bit. I just never put in effort to learn kanji or beyond.

I felt sad that I seems to be the only LNfag on /a/.

>>17680928
Don't they still have LN threads every once in a while or did the mods ban that too?

>>17680951
Nowadays you can only discuss LN on /a/ with several conditions, like, either you disguise it as a series thread in general if it got anime/manga adaptation(for instance, regarding the series I mentioned, there's weekly mou ikkai thread on /a/), or when the new volume is/is about to be published (oregairu for recent example).
And then there're isekai LN/WN threads that never got pruned because they occasionally talk about their manga adaptations.

>>17674885
tanaka is pretty much isekai: ntr edition. no idea who liked it enough to do a manga

>>17675182
I like arifureta too.

>>17558001
Getting gruesomely murdered at least once a chapter doesn't make for good escapism, and then there's everything about Elizabeth.

>>17566458
Because no has figured out that she's a cool spy lady and not just a journalist.

>>17570201
>Wortenia Senki
Big McLargeHuge scaring everyone shitless will never not be funny, him being completely willing to set the princess on fire should he need to is nice too.

>>17596712
Wish the translations were faster, one chapter every three months is slow as shit, but can't really complain as long as it doesn't get dropped.

>>17622900
The protagonist is cute enough for me to simply not care.

>>17686433
this girl is way cuter and in a way better light novel

>>17664669
Don't see why she'd need a weapon considering she's a wizard with insta-cast.

>>17686387
They drop so many hints about her on the first volume (and blatantly spell it out on the 3rd) it's crazy. Just wish the MC were more perceptive about things.

>>17686449
Because scythes are cool

>>17686444
That's nice and all but the 300 year old OL being cute doesn't make Mile not cute.

>>17686387
God that gap is amazing. Shame we won't get to vol 4 for like six months.
>>17686454
Ray has a special brand of autism that makes him perfect for going full DEUS VULT, SUFFER NOT THE UNDEAD TO LIVE, PURIFY THEM WITH HOLY FIRE but incapable of seeing the forest for the trees.

>>17686456
she doesn't even have a giant hat

Planning to read this. How is it?

>>17686426
>Wish the translations were faster
At least it isn't dead anon. Also I heard the LN ended already.

>>17686472
>tfw I'll never be immortal and live a comfy life one-shotting slimes for a living
Man, reality sucks.
>>17686488
Man in the iron mask/Batman+court politics and war, it's pretty alright if you can tolerate Orga being a tsundere dork in relating with his fiancee.

Anyone else been reading Lightning Empress, really wondering where this is going at this point, what with Nanaki being the strongest thing in the story.
>>17686497
Yeah, as long as the translation isn't dead I can live with the slowness.

>>17686454
To be fair, in the WN, the side story with the reveal actually comes before the start of LN vol 3.
That's why it doesn't even try to hide it.

>>17686498
>Man in the iron mask/Batman+court politics and war
That actually sounds pretty neat. I wish we had more "count of monte cristo" style stories

What LNs are similar to Kino no Tabi?

>>17687654
Try Majo no Tabitabi.

>>17687699
Thank you friend

>>17687738
No problem, it's a pretty nice novel and I wish more people knew about it.

Are you lads ready for the best light novel of all time?

>>17688045
Oh hey, a moe version of a already pretty moe book.

The Isekai Mahou translator is working too hard. The 7th volume is already completely translated.

>>17692133
How good is it?

>>17692648
I enjoy it. It gives off very well that the main character actually had a very big life even before he was summoned.

>>17692133
This translator has quality translations, it's fast and is a Ln and not a Wn. He's a pretty ideal translator.

>>17693520
He's not even a NEET he just supposedly travels a lot.

>>17692133
>the lich he fought was isekai'd too
Ain't that some tough shit?

J-Novel Club just licensed Outbreak Company... Fantranslators all gave up on it for some reason though... any good?

Does anyone know how many volumes the Gamers anime adapted exactly, and if it cut out anything important from the LN?

>>17524008
>I didn't really expect anything from My Big Sister lives in a fantasy world but I was pleasantly surprised by how fun it is to read. I like the characters mainly.
How does it fare compared to Konosuba (that I really like)? Similar plot, or something completely different?

>>17524189
>mfw I ordered the Spice and Wolf novels
>got the mangas
Rage.

>>17696495
Should've gotten the Spice and Wolf Anniversary Collector's Edition that has all 17 volumes.

>>17696508
I was looking for the French Edition. They only translated the first four chapters or something.
Last thing I read was about some manipulative bitch who played at "Stab Lawrence in the dick", lost, and and got punched in the face for a story of bones and churches.

>>17696508
ew no, that has shit text layout and the somewhat shoddy build quality that doesn't suit it because of how thick it is

I find it interesting how mangas and animes tend to oversimplify stuff.

>>17697366
You mean overcomplicate, where do you think chuunibyou and misunderstandings come from?

>>17697400
I mean compared to novels. For example, Konosuba, in the novels, is pretty nice. The characters are balanced, can formulate strategy and such.

In the manga, they're grossly reduced to their flaws. Darkness wets herself the moment something bad happens to her, Megumin is all about explosions, and Aqua is a litteral tumblr-tier retard.
In the novel, Darkness has Kazuma quickly figured out and often dominates him, Megumin is still about explosion and doesn't talk about them 100% of the time and can still give Kazuma a run for his money, and Aqua is competent as a priest, even if her intelligence is pretty low.

redpill me on j-novel

>>17698165
they are good lads

>>17698581
I've heard the opposite, they're nearly up there with YP in terms of how jewish and scummy they are

>>17664669
Ariel does things to me. Why does no one translate the LN?

>>17686444
I was tempted to pick it up but the WN prologue and first chapter put me off it. Reviews on Amazon didn't help its case either so I just couldn't bring myself to get it.

>>17699466
One day, maybe.
>>17699482
It's fantasy SoL, it very much depends on how much you like stuff like drunk elves doing stupid shit.

>>17699640
Wasn't the concept but the writing itself that was the dealbreaker. Really rough, like having a whole bunch of bricks scattered about along a line when they could made them into proper wall instead.

>>17698675
No, their business practices are practically a mirror image of YP's.

>no forced DMCAs
>2 month schedule instead of 4 month schedule
>no DRM
>pick up stuff they think is fun instead of just whatever got animated last season

>>17698581
they perpetuate the licensing industry, they are the opposite of good

>>17664669
Wait, they stopped the web novel to make a light novel instead?

>>17700803
The WN is still getting updated.

>>17700816
So what's the point of buying the LN? Is it an alternative to the WN?

>>17618145
>>17622900
Well that's dismaying. I was hoping for something to pass time while waiting for more Kumo.

>>17700829
The LN fleshes things out and has her stay longer as a Arachne.

>>17700834
That's kinda neat.
I wonder if there's a list of all the differences.

>>17700842
Gimme a sec, the WN translator made a bunch of LN summary pastebins.

>>17700850
Which WN translator? There's, like, a fuckload of them. It's like every man and his mother began translation Kumo-chan's adventures but never went far.

>>17700850
Here we go:
1-3: https://pastebin.com/i6wjAhBS
4: https://pastebin.com/HZDM9tb9
5: https://pastebin.com/qBDTZUZJ
6: https://pastebin.com/Rdg361UL

>>17700857
Raising the Dead took over Kumo ages ago.

>>17700866
Fuck. I used to use novelplanet, who had a decent translation and was pretty far, but all my links are 404 now.

>>17700862
Doesn't the part with the dragon contradicts the part about the survivors being in phase with their new skins?

>"The glimpse of it has already appeared since she was a baby."
Jesus. What the hell is that even supposed to mean?

I'm not English so that weird sentence confuses me.

>>17700862
>"Kumoko saves Sophia and heals Mera as before and thinks about eating Sophia - then loses her appetite when Sophia pisses herself."
I hope it'll get translated by professionals, because it sounds hilarious.

Is anyone here (nearly) caught up with Re;Zero? Newest volume came out just 4 days ago and am wondering how the quality of the post-anime parts are.

Is there any essential list of good light novels?

>>17701626
No, because the list would be pure opinions, dig through stuff on your own.

>>17700919
I do not know the context, but it means she has seen visions of "it" when she was a baby and kept seeing those glimpses as she grew up.

>>17701626
Not really. You can get recommendations on classical stuff, like Spice & Wold and the Monogatari books, but whether they're good or not depends from who translated them and if it fits your taste.
It's like asking if a food is good. Maybe it is, but you don't like mushrooms so you can't say.

>>17701750
The formulation is weird.

>>17701631
The same could be said for any medium and any genre but there's no need to be a jerk anon

>>17702182
I can't give him a list of stuff I like because there's no guarantee that he'll like the same stuff I like, so instead of giving him a pile of shit I treat like gold I'll give him nothing.

>>17701631
>>17701771
Right now I'm reading Kara no Kyoukai, Suzumiya Haruhi, Goblin Slayer and Re:Zero. Just so you get an idea of my taste.

>>17696495
It's nothing like Konosuba. But it's got alot of dark comedy and some incest themes so if you're into that it's gonna be a fun read.

New bread when?

>>17701626
If you're new to light novels Haruhi Suzumiya and Konosuba are good series to get started with

>>17703671
The matter about the guy with "Eroge protagonist" title in his class took me off guard.

>>17703587
Translated popular garbage? The good LNs for the most part either don't have translations or they're not well done enough to recommend. If you don't know Japanese this isn't the medium for you, stick to English original books.

>>17703899
Never thought I'd be saying this on /jp/, but here's your (You)

>>17703899
JOPs will never not make me laugh.

I'm really enjoying the villainess noble girl trope that's really popular. Villainesses are way more fun than normal heroines.

>>17704714
Dunno man, they're either perma-deadpan or airheads most of the time.

>>17704724
I'm more enjoying how everyone else treats them.

>>17704727
Reactions are always fun to read.

I like Konosuba.
I read too many "hurr durr I'm reincarnated I am so smart everyone else is dumb" recently, it's a nice change to have a reincarnated loser who still manages to embarass himself.

newfriend here, where can i get spice and wolf ebooks? thanks

>>17705892
madokami

>>17705900
thank you

Newfriend here, any good amnesia story? I find that pretty hilarious whenever it pops up in mangas, but I have yet to see an entire story about it.

>>17699466
Because Yen Press licensed it

>>17699466
The art style isn't really cute.

>>17706272
You're not really cute either

>>17706272
Kumo isn't exactly a cute story.

>>17706278
Nigga please. She's adorable.

>>17706282
Just because Kumo is sociopathic airhead doesn't mean everyone else is.

>>17706285
Who care about the others? I just want to see more Shiraori being cute.

>>17706293
Mate, she's basically a genocidal maniac that abuses everyone around herself while hiding in her room lazing about and scheming, like the only thing that makes her better than her female Nyarlathotep of a patron god is the fact that she cares about Sensei and Ariel. Sophia a bit too.

>>17706308
What if I love bad girls?

>>17706315
Nothing wrong with that.

>>17706322
Plus I like stories where the protagonist is underestimated. In Kumo's case, you want her to laze around and be a piece of shit playing video games.

>>17706379
No one is underestimating the white woman with quadruple-lobed eyes. Man, Kumo's come far, from dog-sized spider that could barely kill a frog to scheming couch potato.

>>17706388
But I remember one guy from the Demon Army getting angry at her until she opens her eyes and put a lot of intel on his desk or something.

And that scene where she hugs Ariel was cute.

I read up to vol8 of tate no yuusha. Anybody know what chapter can I start reading the WH from?

>>17706391
Well yeah, she's a lazy bum usually and she's not exactly super imposing, just really eerie. Shiro really loves herself some lolibabas I noticed, her taking care of Ariel and Sensei were really nice scenes. Sophia becoming a sobbing mess when she got told that she can't come on the dimension hopping trip was pretty emotional too.

>>17706408
She also takes care of the Sensei? The website I read that had decent translations stopped at the knife-eared backstabbing grandfaggot's death and a few flashbacks about some mystical energy and dragons.

>>17706417
http://raisingthedead.ninja/2017/09/28/kumo-desu-ga-nani-ka-308/
Reminder that if you hurt sensei in any way Kumo will open the gates to the spider realm.

>>17706421
Ha, okay. I was using novelplanet, since the translation seemed better. I wasn't aware it stopped earlier.

>Reminder that if you hurt sensei in any way Kumo will open the gates to the spider realm.
Seeing I'm arachnophobic, I'd rather die than go there.

>>17706395
Tried reading that, it's a bit painful to see him being treated like shit.