It's been a bit over half a year since the announcement of J-Novel Club's new imprint, J-Novel Heart, back at AnimeNYC 2019. I've bought and read most of the titles that have since been released under that label, and figured it's time to collect my thoughts in a blog post rather than just scattered tweets … Continue reading My thoughts on J-Novel Heart’s current series lineup
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Ascendance of a Bookworm, Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol. 2 Review
Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2: Apprentice Shrine Maiden Volume 2 has to have been the most satisfying entry I've read of this series thus far. There is a level of emotional catharsis drawn from multiple events in the story that up to this point we've only gotten maybe glimpses of beneath the surface. Spoilers ahead for folks who have yet to read this volume or have only watched the anime.
“So I’m a Spider, So What?” Volume 5 Review
Volume 5 of The Awesome Adventures of Kumoko cap us off at a very neat point in the story--it very much feels like the end of the first "saga" of the story. I'm hesitant to say first "part," because that could very well have been the moment when our protagonist finally exits the Great Elroe … Continue reading “So I’m a Spider, So What?” Volume 5 Review
My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom! Vol. 1
Fresh from J-Novel Club, now also coming off the heels of an anime announcement, we've finally gotten the otome game inspired female protagonist take on the isekai light novel boom! I've been marginally aware about this for quite a bit, to the point where I was looking up Shosetsuka ni Narou! titles -- a site … Continue reading My Next Life As A Villainess: All Routes Lead To Doom! Vol. 1
“So I’m a Spider, So What” Volume 4
I had the privileged opportunity to snag this book at AnimeNYC, a week before street date. So I'm a Spider, So What has quickly climbed the ranks of my favorite isekai light novels, and this particular volume brings us to a climax on the storyline between Kumoko, the titular girl reincarnated as spider, and the … Continue reading “So I’m a Spider, So What” Volume 4
Culture, the Wavey type 