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

    • LvxferreEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Of course it had to be Myne as the icon. With books. (I love it, Ascendance of a Bookworm is one of my favs.)

      Glad to know that there’s a LN community!

  • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    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.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      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.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

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

      • WitEnglish
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        1 year ago

        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.

  • Neshura@feddit.deEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    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

  • vis4valentineEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    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?

      • rewarp@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        1 year ago

        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.

  • BearswithjetpacksEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

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

  • Souvlaki@beehaw.orgEnglish
    31·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • deliriumEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • IcarusEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I seem to be having trouble posting in the lightnovels community, so guess I’ll ask here:

    can someone suggest some good light novels ?

    I’d prefer if it isn’t just another isekai, but something unique and new, I haven’t read much but I’ve read some of monogatari

  • SweetSittyEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Ever since I became a mom a few years ago, it’s been really hard for me to concentrate long enough to read a real book. I used to read all the time, but now I just don’t have the mental endurance. Light novels are a way to lightly exercise that part of my brain so it doesn’t completely stagnate. I’d be very interested in a community to have some discussions on the subject.

  • googlycoffeemea@beehaw.orgEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I have several LNs on my list. I’m currently rereading “Kumo Desu Ga, Nani Ka?” since the final volume releases on the 20th. It’s really good (don’t let the anime fool you). Highly recommend it.