Your Lie in April
| A light novel (ライトノベル, raito noberu) is a style of Japanese young adult novel primarily targeting high school and middle school students. The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called ranobe (ラノベ) or, in English, LN. What is the difference between a novel and a light novel? In short: Light Novels are usually shorter and they also contain few illustrations. In addition they are easier to read. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words, close to the minimum word count expected for a Western novel, and is published in the bunkobon format (A6, 10.5 cm×14.8 cm or 4.1"x5.8"). Light novels are subject to dense publishing schedules, with new installations being published in 6-9 month intervals. -Wikipedia and Google |
| LN is the abbreviation of the term 'Light Novel'. It's basically short, smaller and contains simple words than usual Novels, and it have illustrations. It's not like manga, mangas are just comics or picture book. Like this   |
| Please watch Sword Art Online Progressive, it's the peak of SAO. |
RequiemLo64 said: I didn’t know what a light novel was either and I just read my first one last night…and I hated it >:( Fym few illustrations and a bunch of script reading? That shit has no impact and it takes away the enjoyment of enjoying a series, sure I know what happens before the manga chapter is available but that doesn’t really have a kick to it, if that’s a light novel then I don’t want to know what a web novel is, so with that said Anime>Manga>Light novel > web novel and for those who keep preaching about the LN kindly and respectfully (I don’t want to get banned again) don’t cause it’s awful and a waste of time like what do y’all enjoy about them please enlighten me otherwise (still don’t want to get banned) the version of be quiet with a F and the (my first light novel was for mushoku tensei ) You can't say that shit have no impact. you should add "on me" or for someone who don't like reading. Reading Manga is different, that's not even true reading, that's just watching pictures and understanding. There are more people in the world who prefer reading than watching shows. It's just because you don't have reading habits, maybe that's why you feel bore, for me reading is no different than watching anime, other than that for me the music is the reason the anime is better. If you have watched anime, I bet you have seen some guy/girl like Kaneki, Makishima, Kotomo, Hikigaya, Nouzen, Shigure etc etc who love reading books. It's just for someone who love reading, gives the same enjoyment as watching a show. And LNs have every minor details which is the reason readers get more stuff to know than typical anime watchers. I'm not blaming you, just don't spread misinformation by saying Anime>Manga>LN>WN. To say original is the best in most cases and LNs are hard to adapt as it have very minor details, so LNs are always better than anime adaptations. Liking or disliking have no link with this |
Anayan_KashyapMay 1, 2022 3:01 AM
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Anayan_Kashyap said: LN is the abbreviation of the term 'Light Novel'. It's basically short, smaller and contains simple words than usual Novels, and it have illustrations. It's not like manga, mangas are just comics or picture book. Like this respect bro, good taste! |
| Light Novels are peak form of story telling which is much better than manga imo. But Your Lie In April is originally a manga and it only has a LN side story. |
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| @Mikegamin777 @RequiemLo64 I will answer both of your questions. Light Novels are novels that are easier to read and shorter than most long English novels. Some light novels are short (Altina The Sword Princess) and some are long and take long time to read (Toaru Majutsu No Index). You will get used to light novels once you read a few of them. English is my second language and I am already used to English-translated LNs. LNs tend to have better plot and characters than manga. I enjoy Toaru Majutsu No Index LN way more than My Hero Academia. I also enjoy 86 more than Attack On Titan. I also enjoy Reborn To Master The Blade more than One Punch Man. I will group some light novels in terms of difficulty in reading: Group 1 - Easy To Read (Entry-Level) Altina The Sword Princess (Shortest and easiest LN I have read as of now) Seirei Gensouki The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan Tenkyou No Alderamin Reborn To Master The Blade.... (The name of this LN is too long) Group 2 - Normal Difficulty (Read at least 3 LNs before reading this) Full Metal Panic (A lot of thing going on at a time). 86 (The description is hard to understand if you are too new to reading LNs) Group 3 - Difficult to read (Read at least 5 LNs before reading this) Toaru Majutsu No Index (A lot things going on at a time and a lot of characters) I don't think I will read Your Lie In April because middle school romance is not my genre. I have not read Mushoku Tensei so I cannot judge it, I am still considering if I should pick it up. For Mushoku Tensei, if you struggled with the writing, you can try picking up Seirei Gensouki. It is an isekai drama. Seirei Gensouki is easy to understand, it is my second LN. Seirei Gensouki LN is also much better than anime. Hope this information helps the both of you~ |
RequiemLo64 said: NewestPersonHere said: I guess I can give light novels another go, I didn’t want to wait a whole month for Mushoku tensei (which you should pick up regardless of the medium you choose to enjoy it cause it’s definitely up there with some of the best imo) to come out with another chapter so I heard the light novel goes further than the anime and manga so I checked out volume 16 I think it was and when I saw like a few illustrations and what almost seemed like a never-ending paragraphs upon paragraph, I just quit halfway through and wondered why people enjoy em. Thanks for the in-depth answer to what they are and which to pick up first since I’ve never dealt with this medium@Mikegamin777 @RequiemLo64 I will answer both of your questions. Light Novels are novels that are easier to read and shorter than most long English novels. Some light novels are short (Altina The Sword Princess) and some are long and take long time to read (Toaru Majutsu No Index). You will get used to light novels once you read a few of them. English is my second language and I am already used to English-translated LNs. LNs tend to have better plot and characters than manga. I enjoy Toaru Majutsu No Index LN way more than My Hero Academia. I also enjoy 86 more than Attack On Titan. I also enjoy Reborn To Master The Blade more than One Punch Man. I will group some light novels in terms of difficulty in reading: Group 1 - Easy To Read (Entry-Level) Altina The Sword Princess (Shortest and easiest LN I have read as of now) Seirei Gensouki The Greatest Magicmaster's Retirement Plan Tenkyou No Alderamin Reborn To Master The Blade.... (The name of this LN is too long) Group 2 - Normal Difficulty (Read at least 3 LNs before reading this) Full Metal Panic (A lot of thing going on at a time). 86 (The description is hard to understand if you are too new to reading LNs) Group 3 - Difficult to read (Read at least 5 LNs before reading this) Toaru Majutsu No Index (A lot things going on at a time and a lot of characters) I don't think I will read Your Lie In April because middle school romance is not my genre. I have not read Mushoku Tensei so I cannot judge it, I am still considering if I should pick it up. For Mushoku Tensei, if you struggled with the writing, you can try picking up Seirei Gensouki. It is an isekai drama. Seirei Gensouki is easy to understand, it is my second LN. Seirei Gensouki LN is also much better than anime. Hope this information helps the both of you~ I don't think I will pick up Mushoku Tensei LN for now, I have too many LNs on hold (86, Reborn To Master The Blade) and too many LNs in my plan list (Reign Of The Seven Spell Blades, Youjo Senki, Record Of Wortenia War). I have already watched the Mushoku Tensei anime, it is an alright isekai. I just browsed through one of the Volumes of Mushoku Tensei, It is probably in Group 2 based on my grouping in difficulty in reading. I think you can consider starting with dialogue-heavy LNs as a starter. Seirei Gensouki is probably a good start for your case, it is dialogue-heavy. Seirei Gensouki and Mushoku Tensei have a lot of similarities: Both are reincarnation isekai. Both protagonists live a previous life in regret of something. Both have a harem in their reincarnated life. But there are some differences: The protagonist in Seirei Gensouki is overpowered in swordsmanship (but cannot use magic due to spirit arts) until he got injured in Vol 14 and nearly died in Vol 18. Rudeus is good in magic but trash in swordsmanship. The harem in Seirei Gensouki is mostly danderes while the harem in Mushoku Tensei has a tsundere, kuudere, dandere. The protagonist in Seirei Gensouki is suffering from multiple personality disorder (clash of previous life memories and reincarnated life memories) while Rudeus is suffering from the effects of bullying from previous life. The protagonist in Seirei Gensouki is more focused on revenge while Rudeus is more focused in becoming an adventurer. Other than Seirei Gensouki, I cannot think of any LNs similar to Mushoku Tensei because most the LNs I read are very dark (tragedy genre). |
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