/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.9422454]

Know any good Japanese light novels like Welcome to the NHK?

[Anonymous No.9422460]

>In Japan, "NHK" refers to the public broadcaster Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai, but within the series, the main character believes it stands for Nihon Hikikomori Kyōkai (日本引きこもり協会?, "The Japanese Hikikomori Association"), which is a reference to the protagonist's claim of a subversive conspiracy led by NHK (the real-life broadcaster) to create hikikomori. While it mainly deals with the phenomenon of hikikomori, the plot also explores many other Japanese subcultures—for example: otaku, lolicon, and Internet suicide pacts.

[Anonymous No.9422598]

>>>/jp/

[Anonymous No.9422697]

>>9422460
Yeah it's a great concept and unique story about paranoia and isolation within society. A pretty pomo take.

[Anonymous No.9422756]

there's only one good light novel, haruhi.

if you want to read an actual novel thats like nhk, read Dostoyevsky.

ok peace

[Anonymous No.9422800]

>>9422454
Kino's Journey is pretty good.

[Anonymous No.9422801]

>>9422454
>Light novels
Unless you read them in Japanese,I don't see the point.

[Anonymous No.9422811]

>>9422756
you mean Melacholy of Haruhi Suzumiya?

>>9422460
>>9422697
It's a short read, I think it's worth it. The anime adaptation is a little more fun, but a lot of that fun is also filler in the end.

[Anonymous No.9422817]

I don't know if it's a light novel (I think it might actually be a good series), but Kino's Journey is great. I think a lot of /lit/ would appreciate it.

It's about this girl who travels around to these different countries, staying in each one for only three days. Each episode is a short, philosophical story.

[Anonymous No.9422818]

>>9422454
Light novels are, with a very few exceptions, trash. Read manga. Or, better yet, fucking books.

[Anonymous No.9422823]

>>9422817
*Book series, not "good series"

[Anonymous No.9422824]

>>9422811
yes, haruhi is actually decently written. also battle royale (although its not light novel in jp but it is in english)

everything else is autistic crap writing, like reading a book of greentext. the guy telling you to read them in japanese is a pseud, theyre shitty in japanese too

[Anonymous No.9422834]

>>9422824
I never said they are worth more in Japanese in the literary sense.
Maybe you can train your language skills with it.
But how would I know.
I don't speak Japanese.

[Anonymous No.9423008]

>>9422824

Haruhi triggered me by constantly switching between past and present tense. Just couldn't get past it.

[Anonymous No.9423046]

>>9422818
And funnily enough, almost every non-trash LN has an anime adaptation, and since LN's are as barebones as one can get when it comes to literature, the anime is usually the best version of the story.

[Anonymous No.9423058]

That anime hit a little too close to home for me.

[Anonymous No.9423590]

HakoMari

[Anonymous No.9423708]

>>9422454
Log Horizon novels are really great, and go into way more detail than any of the adaptations.