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INTEREST: January & February's Light Novel Titles are Really Weird


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killjoy_the



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:48 pm Reply with quote
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Will You Like Me If I'm Cute But Slutty?


Well color me interested
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tentensan



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:56 pm Reply with quote
This article is loads of interesting. Look at all those names. The era of short light novel names are almost over. Laughing
I should write a light novel titled "I Saw That Light Novel Names were too long, And I tried to Shorten mine but it became long as well and also, I got Reincarnated into a game character".

Also, what's with all these "teleported or stuck in another game world" scenarios? I guess it's an interesting topic among light novels in japan.
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Cam0



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:59 pm Reply with quote
Some of these are hilarious.

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I Was Reborn as a Vending Machine and Wander the Labyrinth


lol, wtf.
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Nekelen Tinsley



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:07 pm Reply with quote
This seems more annoying then informative if you ask me but a few names caught my eye.
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I'm Bad at Communication, But I Maxed Out My Negotiation Skills So I Got Reincarnated

That just doesn't make any sense.

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A Black Gal Was Transported to a Fantasy World and Mistaken for a Dark Elf

This gives me serious hentia vibes

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There's No Way There's a Bitch in My Literary Arts Club

Be funny if its an actually a female dog.
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I Was Reborn as a Vending Machine and Wander the Labyrinth

Bruh Anime hyper WTF
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I'll Sacrifice My Youth and Open Her Bangs

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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I've Been Reborn as an Aristocratic Pig, So This Time I Want to Tell You I Like You

Good luck with that
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Will You Like Me If I'm Cute But Slutty?

How slutty we talking here?

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John Thacker



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:08 pm Reply with quote
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I Couldn't Get Real Satisfaction [a Girlfriend] So I Became a Kindred Spirit to a Revolutionary


This should 100% be translated as "Comrade," especially since the kanji are 同志 instead of 同士. Both are pronounced doushi, but the former has more of the implication of "Comrade" to a revolutionary socialist/Communist.
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KH91



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:12 pm Reply with quote
That is hilarious.

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Meanwhile, Do You Like Your Mom?


Oh.
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John Thacker



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:15 pm Reply with quote
Nekelen Tinsley wrote:
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There's No Way There's a Bitch in My Literary Arts Club

Be funny if its an actually a female dog.


Nah, it says ビッチ which is a sort of false friend loanword that shades a little more towards "slut" than English "bitch," though it overlaps both, but doesn't have the female dog meaning. OTOH, Japanese does use 雌犬 ("female dog") with the same sort of negative connotations towards women as "bitch" in English (though perhaps a bit stronger than contemporary English use), even though 雌豚 ("sow; female pig") is slightly more common for the offensive term.
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shuusei



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:21 pm Reply with quote
These are becoming absolutely ridiculous. Someone needs to put a stop to--

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Localise this immediately.
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Lusbox



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:27 pm Reply with quote
Some of these sound really interesting Razz
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Sakagami Tomoyo



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:44 pm Reply with quote
tentensan wrote:
Also, what's with all these "teleported or stuck in another game world" scenarios? I guess it's an interesting topic among light novels in japan.


"Ordinary person gets transported to another world where they are special and have an adventure" is classic escapism/wish fulfilment. The "video game world" detail is down to A) Japanese audiences tending to think of fantasy worlds with video game mechanics because the fantasy fiction they're most familiar with is video games, and B) a whole bunch of light novel authors not being terribly imaginative.

It's actually such an oversaturated genre that these days the only ones that really stand out are ones that either mock the concept (KonoSuba) or deconstruct it to show how much it would actually suck to be in (Re: Zero).
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Morry



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:49 pm Reply with quote
killjoy_the wrote:
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Will You Like Me If I'm Cute But Slutty?


Well color me interested


I'm more curious what "I'm a Hero, But I Started a Pizzeria in a Fantasy World with My Elf Bride" is like.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:57 pm Reply with quote
Morry wrote:
I'm more curious what "I'm a Hero, But I Started a Pizzeria in a Fantasy World with My Elf Bride" is like.


This gives us some idea:

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Morry



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Thanks!
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3ngag3



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:02 pm Reply with quote
I'm starting to believe these light novel authors are giving these long names just to trigger people.


This will be my light novel title.
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XerneasYveltal



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2017 9:08 pm Reply with quote
It's like, OreImo is likely to be blamed for making LNs with long titles a trend more than I thought.

Just saying
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