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Light novels are literature, right? Has anyone here read Boogiepop? Did you like it?

>> No.15554014

>>15554013
More like shiterature

>> No.15554118

What would happen to your post if you made a thread about Batman or Adventure Time in /a/?
>>>/a/
>>>/jp/

>> No.15554267

>>15554013
What is it about?

>> No.15554271

Post this shit in /a/

>> No.15554927

>>15554118
Light novels are not anime or manga. And /jp/ seems to be made entirely out of generals dedicated to 3d asian whores or to drawings of fictional girls.

>> No.15554952

>>15554013
They're manga without pretty pictures, kinda shit desu. Manga writing is normally on the same level as YA so they have to make up for it with nice pretty pictures

>> No.15555154

>>15554118
>>15554271
>>15554952
Anime website, mundanes

>> No.15555545

>>15554013
I liked the recent anime. had one of the best OSTs I've ever heard.
I don't read LNs as a rule because they are always terribly translated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0_aO6-o5RU

>> No.15556010
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>>15554267
Evil organization catches alien. Said alien is cloned, but the clone escapes the facility. Guy in the purple cloak emerges from the collective subconscious through the girl's psyche, since he is an automated defense system who emerges during times when mankind faces severe danger, now in the form of the clone who can create mind-controlled zombies in a covert manner, not to mention that the clone feeds on human flesh. With the help of the cloaked guy, the clone is defeated when its original shoots himself back home in the form of a massive beam of light that burns the clone to a crisp and effectively incapacitates it. Book ends with the song the old guy sings in Kurosawa's Ikiru.

That's the gist of it, more or less.

>>15555545
To be frank I didn't like the new anime. On the other hand, I can recommend Boogiepop Phantom wholeheartedly, although it may make very little sense unless you've read the books.

>> No.15556201

>>15556010
>Evil organization catches alien. Said alien is cloned, but the clone escapes the facility. Guy in the purple cloak emerges from the collective subconscious through the girl's psyche, since he is an automated defense system who emerges during times when mankind faces severe danger, now in the form of the clone who can create mind-controlled zombies in a covert manner, not to mention that the clone feeds on human flesh. With the help of the cloaked guy, the clone is defeated when its original shoots himself back home in the form of a massive beam of light that burns the clone to a crisp and effectively incapacitates it. Book ends with the song the old guy sings in Kurosawa's Ikiru.

Cringe.
I liked the anime because it made it all seem like the the girl was schizophrenic and the bad guys were all things she dreamed up in her head for her alternative persona to defeat.

>> No.15556406

>>15556201
That anime skipped the entirety of chapter 4 from the book, the fucking emotional core of it all. It's way too fast in terms of pacing.

She's also schizophrenic, in a way, because it's due to her being compatible with Boogiepop that he can emerge from her in the first place. They live in one body, but Boogiepop can recede back into the depths completely, if that makes sense.

>> No.15557108

>>15554013
Anime adaptation was complete garbage, but the only good book of the series is the first one anyways. Ditching the non-linear plots where characters have little idea of what is happening in favor of longer action-packed narratives really destoyed the little soul that the first book had in it.

>> No.15557141

>>15557108
How far have you read? I recently finished book one and I did hear about book two and three being much more action-packed. Haven't heard much about books four to six, though.

>> No.15557191

>>15557141
I've read 1-6, don't think the rest are officially translated to english. 4-6 is where it really starts to get more action-packed, 2-3 is just the shift to a more linear, concentrated narrative.

>> No.15557859

>>15556201
I took it as the special skill of the girl was a kind of "alternate personality" in order to protect herself and have a "normal" life.

>> No.15558708

>>15557859
Boogiepop is not innate to Touka herself, despite them being able to exist within the same body. He floats to the surface when needed, like a bubble, to quote Boogiepop's explanation.

>> No.15560102

If a nigga was finna read a light novel, what series would be the best to get into? I remember being told to watch Oregairu, are the books of that good?

>> No.15560689

>>15554013
I'm reading Goblin Slayer right now. I have Boogiepop Doesn't Laugh, but I haven't read Boogiepop Phantom.

>> No.15560729

>>15554013
Sure it literature, just like a dan brown novel is literature and Twilight.

>> No.15560744

>>15554014
Link to your novel?

>> No.15560759

>>15554013
I watched the anime and it was shit

>> No.15560989

LNs are just properly sized Brandon Sanderson epics.

>> No.15561630

You may find more interest on /a/.
>>15560102
I liked Spice and Wolf. Oreimo if you want wish fulfillment romance.

>> No.15563005

>>15554013
>Boogiepop
Bug man.