Anyone interested in light novels here?

I have already seen a manga community here, but I wonder if there's a light novel community here already. Thanks!

EDIT: The manga community's link is !manga@lemmy.ml

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kadu@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y (4 replies)

I'd love to see light novels, webtoons, manhwa... But with the current number of users, I believe more generalist communities work better than several specialized ones

spiderjudo@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y

Maybe it would be an option to have something like a japanese pop culture community and cross post to that as a way to consolidate things.

aqua_synonym@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

So what generalist community does the light novel community belong to? /c/literature, /c/novels, /c/books?

Wit@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Well on the website that shall not be named r/fantasy had LN discussions pretty often, and r/books occasionally. Isekai/fantasy LNs can go to whatever the new fantasy community is, the rest can go to c/books or stick around in c/anime i guess.

timkmz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

There also was a separate LN community!

Neshura@feddit.de · 3 pts · 3y

Technically there's !lightnovels@lemmy.my but as @kadu@lemmy.world pointed out it's probably a better idea at the start to dump everything into one community and then move as demand develops

NineSwords@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Feel free to join: !lightnovels@lemmy.ml . It's a bit lonely at the moment.

timkmz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

lightnovels So that all instances can join!

vis4valentine@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Yes I am, I only need a reliable source of novels. Legally or "otherwise" I just want some app that allows me to easily access light novels and that actually works.

BTW where the hell can I read the Haruhi novels?

Ludrol@szmer.info · 2 pts · 3y

I just download .epub files and read them in ebook reader

lowleveldata@programming.dev · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Do you read untranslated? I just buy from booklive and sometimes jp kindle store.

rewarp@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 3y

What's the situation like purchasing outside of Japan? I tried for decades to buy ebooks and neither Kobo nor Amazon would just let me give them my capitalist tokens as long as I didn't have a Japanese payment card.

Just pirated the books eventually because it was literally easier than trying to pay them.

Junglepenguin@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Reading the Spice and Wolf LN on a tour bus in the mountains of Taroko, Taiwan will always be one of my favourite memories.

delirium@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

Recently (finally) finished "Release That Witch", I also have read "The Book Eating Magician" and Solo leveling and now planning to start "The Kings Return" but its even bigger than those 2 above, I feel like I will spend most of this year reading it. ... which is kinda not the worst point tbh, it feels nice to be immersed in some universe for this long.

Souvlaki@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y

Yep! Horrible isekai light novels are my guilty pleasure to read before sleeping. Admittedly, i haven't read any recently. I don't think there's enough light novel readers on lemmy yet to create an **active **community though.

CookieJarObserver@feddit.de · 1 pts · 3y (5 replies)
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timkmz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Ooh could you link it?

CookieJarObserver@feddit.de · 0 pts · 3y (3 replies)
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timkmz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Will do, but you can link so everyone from all instances can go there btw!

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timkmz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Already joined just thought you might want to know !