Category: Light Novel
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A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics
Sosuke Kaburaya is a Gifu-based detective struggling to make ends meet. While on a case, he happens upon Sara, a princess from a parallel timeline with magical powers. As Sara quickly adjusts to modern Japanese life, Livia, a knight from Sara’s kingdom, arrives to find her. Soon enough, both Sara and Livia’s positivity begins to…
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Sword Art Online
In 2022, a MMORPG called Sword Art Online was released for the NerveGear, a VR headset that controls game worlds via capturing brain waves. On November 6, 10000 players log into SAO’s launch build for the first time, only to discover that the only way to log out is to beat all 100 floors of…
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Haruhi Suzumiya series
During class introductions, Haruhi Suzumiya boldly announces her boredom with “normal” people and her intention of meeting supernatural beings. Dumbfounded, normal guy Kyon learns of her frustration with the lack of paranormal-focused clubs at their school and unwittingly inspires her to start her own club. Haruhi starts the Spreading Fun all Over the World with…
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Violet Evergarden
The great war which divided the continent into North and South has ended after four years, and the people are welcoming a new generation. Violet Evergarden, a young girl formerly known as a weapon, has left the battlefield to start a new life at CH Postal Service. There, she is deeply moved by the work…
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Low Tier Tomozaki
Fumiya Tomozaki is one of the best gamers in Japan when it comes to the character-based platform fighting game “Attack Families”. As a friendless outcast, in his opinion, the ‘game of real life’ is one of the worst; a kuso-ge. No clear-cut rules for success, horribly balanced, and nothing makes sense. But then he meets…
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Fate Series
Shirou Emiya is forced into a tournament to the death called the Holy Grail War. Combatants fight with summoned “servants”, heroes from all of human history, in order to have their desires granted by the Holy Grail of Arthurian legend and Christian tradition. Each servant fits a certain class, such as archer, saber, berserker, rider,…
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Kyokai no Kanata
Mirai Kuriyama is the sole survivor of a clan of Spirit World warriors tasked with hunting down and killing “Youmu”—creatures said to be the manifestation of negative human emotions. Akihito Kanbara is a high school student who is half-Youmu and a has peculiar regenerative ability that makes him nearly invincible. Akihito must convince Mirai to…
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Gundam Build Series
Gundam plastic models have become a global phenomenon. Special tournaments called Gunpla Battles are established to test a Gunpla enthusiast’s skill both in customization and virtual mock piloting. These incredibly popular Gunpla Battles culminate in an annual global tournament. Sei Iori, a young Gunpla builder whose family owns a Gunpla shop, has a dream of…
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Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
Bunny Girl Senpai, or Seishun Buta Yarou, is a light novel series. In the library where Sakuta Azusagawa studies, he runs into a girl in a bunny-girl outfit. She turns out to be Mai Sakurajima, a famous fellow student. His surprise at seeing Mai wear such risqué attire in the library, however, is nothing compared…
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Durarara!!
In Tokyo’s downtown district of Ikebukuro, amidst many strange rumors and warnings of anonymous gangs and dangerous occupants, one urban legend stands out above the rest—the existence of a headless “Black Rider” who is said to be seen driving a jet-black motorcycle through the city streets. Mikado Ryuugamine has always longed for the excitement of…