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The Spring 2023 Light Novel Guide




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Toyokaaaa





PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:14 pm Reply with quote
SasaMiya novel is perfect for people who like that series. Nothing much to say.

Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture has interesting premise. And its manga counterpart is a shoujo, not a BL. I'd describe it as strong male friendship(term bromance is often misused as a way to discredit slowburn or subtle romances between men and feels tainted at this point). Basically, expect nothing from it.
It could turn into Double eventually, but highly doubt it.
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Princess_Irene
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 1:17 pm Reply with quote
Toyokaaaa wrote:
(term bromance is often misused as a way to discredit slowburn or subtle romances between men and feels tainted at this point).


Ah, yeah, that's a good point. I meant that it features a developing close emotional friendship between two men that doesn't need a romance angle to be fully realized.
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RiderMurdock



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:45 pm Reply with quote
(Clip - typo got fixed. Thanks!)

Much thanks to Rebecca Silverman for going through 15 light novels for this article.

That’s a lot of reading and it’s appreciated

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:38 pm Reply with quote
You're welcome - I'm glad you enjoyed (or at least appreciated!) the feature!

As a point of maybe-interest, I read these as I got the review copies, so I actually read Maiden of the Needle first and Earl and Fairy last.
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PumpkinMouse



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:16 pm Reply with quote
Princess_Irene wrote:
You're welcome - I'm glad you enjoyed (or at least appreciated!) the feature!

As a point of maybe-interest, I read these as I got the review copies, so I actually read Maiden of the Needle first and Earl and Fairy last.


Every time I'm about ready to call quits on light novels, Rebecca pulls me in with another glowing review! Anime hyper
Definitely adding Earl and Fairy to the list--a enthusiastic review for the last book out of fifteen is nothing to sneeze at.
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lys



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PostPosted: Mon May 01, 2023 11:47 am Reply with quote
Oof, really bummed to see the review for Maiden of the Needle. The cover artwork and logo design were really attractive to me, and I see the translator did the first volume of My Happy Marriage (which I thought read really well, as someone who's usually not a fan of LN writing). But a good translation probably isn't enough to save a story that's got so many uncomfortable elements at its base...
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