This thread is for anything related to the discussion of Japanese light novels, WN / Web Novels included.Learning Japanese to avoid mistakes and subtext trimming by translations and MTL is highly recommended.>Where to read WNs:https://syosetu.com/https://kakuyomu.jp/https://noc.syosetu.com/https://mnlt.syosetu.com/https://mid.syosetu.com/>Light Novel databases:https://kimirano.jphttps://bookmeter.comhttps://ranobedb.org/>Where to buy:https://www.amazon.co.jp/https://www.amazon.com/https://bookwalker.jp/https://books.rakuten.co.jphttps://www.kobo.comhttps://j-novel.club/>Recommended readers:Android, Libera https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.foobnix.pro.pdf.reader/PC epub reader: https://calibre-ebook.com/https://reader.ttsu.app/>WN to e-book downloader:https://github.com/whiteleaf7/narou>Reliable OCR:https://github.com/blueaxis/Poricom>Main fan TL dump:https://lnwncentral.wordpress.com/https://nyaa.si/view/1202979>Official translations:v24.03: https://nyaa.si/view/2100515>Raw dumps:https://nyaa.si/?f=0&c=0_0&q=TMWhttps://nyaa.si/view/799168https://nyaa.si/view/1350523https://nyaa.si/view/2082061https://boroboro.neocities.org/listfullepub.htmlhttps://lolibrary.moe/https://annas-archive.gl/
>>51211024>https://github.com/whiteleaf7/narouAozoraEpub's UI is a nightmare but how the hell do you use this and specify a range of chapters to download? Or something as simple as download from 第?話?I couldn't find any of the expected parameters in the docs.If this could save me time from manually editing CSS and shit in Sigil I may read more WNs.
Why doesn't Lolibrary update anymore? Z-Library is more complete these days but doesn't have everything.
>LN generalwe are so back
>>51215587Now we just need people to actually come and talk about the LNs they're reading
Okay, I'll bite.>Biblia Koshodou no Jiken TechouPretty good. I'm one volume away from finishing the main series. The unreadable mess of publishers and details became boring. I wished it was more focused on the main characters. Japanese mystery may not be for me. >AriAtoIt's fine as horny yuri but too contrived.>Urasekai PicnicPretty fun in spite of me not giving 2 shits about urban legends or creepypasta. I'm currently reading the third one.
>>51215691>History of the Kingdom of OrcsenIt's pretty good, can tell the author is a militarybaka and a history nerd. Probably the best series I've read from Hifumi Shobo.
I was surprised to see that kobo has prices in my country's currency, however their ebook of NGNL being 2x more expensive than the paperback version on Amazon is absolute horseshit. This is why I'm fine with monopolies, small and medium businesses deserve to be destroyed by Amazon.
>>51217304 (Me)It's even worse! I was looking at the manga version of NGNL on Amazon, the paperback LN is 8-10x cheaper than kobo's ebook version. kek
anyone reading strange grief wants to retire? the Webnovel is straight comedy gold. Also the one where the MC wants to become a himo while a whole idol group supports him also way more fun than initially expected, though the fun starts somewhat late.Also, any yandere LN recommendations? I liked my Girfriend in the Dungeon keeps killing me over and over again , looking for something that scratches a similar itch.
>>51217304In no world does Rakuten Kobo fall under the "medium" business category.Also, the ebook versions are roughly 3-4 USD apart between Kobo and Amazon US.
>>51218695My point is that a file which you can copy-paste an infinite amount should never cost as much or more than something printed on paper (finite resource). Back in the day gamers were also scammed by capitalists in the same manner, they were sold the idea that not having to make a physical CD/plastic case will lower the prices of future games but they stayed the same for a few years until they were raised.
>>51218821I bought a Kindle almost 20 years ago, pirated 99% of the hundreds of books I read and paid nothing for them. From the very start, in no world were ebooks going to be cheaper. Every person with 2 ounces of education and common sense knows the cost of "raw" materials in mass market products is marginally low. Be it games, papers or whatever.
HELP. I have not read Classroom of the Elite in a long time since it was becoming a harem slop and the characters were being flanderized.Is it worth continuing?
Also, this thread is quite dead even though it has been resurrected after years.How can we ensure it's prosperity???
>>51221090>all the girls like the nowayfag MC that's too cool to know what love issounds like the average harem slop, yesit's better to stay away from COTE, 2nd year was shit, and 3rd year is even worse, save your time and read something better
>>51221175>2nd year was shitHuh? That's when it peaked.
>NGNL>Classroom of the eliteMaybe this general should die
>>51221564What's a good LN then? The whole LN medium is just isekai sloppa.
I finished reading ぼくの妹は息をしている(仮)but it was too complicated near the end and I didn't understand anything