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Toyokaaaa
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:14 pm
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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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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 1:17 pm
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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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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:45 pm
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(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
Last edited by RiderMurdock on Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:40 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Princess_Irene
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Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 4:38 pm
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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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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:16 pm
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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!
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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Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 11:47 am
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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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