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February 5, 2021
The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat Volume 1 Review
Review of the light novel The World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat Volume 1 by Rui Tsukiyo.
Review is of the official English release from Yen On (Yen Press).
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
Japanese Title: 世界最高の暗殺者、異世界貴族に転生する — “Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei Suru”
Author: Rui Tsukiyo – 月夜 涙
Illustrator: Reia – れい亜
Publisher (English): Yen On (Yen Press)
Translator: Luke Hutton
Release Date (English): December 15, 2020
Publisher (Japan): Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko
Release Date (Japan): February 1, 2019
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 5
Anime Series: Rumored
Manga: (Japan) — Published January 2019 – ongoing (English release) Not yet licensed
Synopsis: When a great assassin is reborn in another world, he finds himself the heir to a long line of killers from the shadows. With both his modern-day knowledge and experience and the special magic and techniques of this new world, he could very well become the most unstoppable assassin in history…!
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January 29, 2021
Owarimonogatari Part 2 Light Novel Review
Review of the light novel Owarimonogatari End Tale Part 2 (Monogatari Volume 18) by Nisioisin.
Review is of the official English release from Vertical.
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
Japanese Title: 終物語 （中）
Author: Nisio Isin — 西尾 維新
Illustrator: VOFAN
Publisher (English): Vertical
Translator: Ko Ransom
Release Date (English): March 31, 2020
Publisher (Japan): Kodansha BOX
Release Date (Japan): August 12, 2016
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 20
Anime Series: Yes
Manga: Yes
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January 22, 2021
I’m in Love With the Villainess Volume 1 Light Novel Review
Review of the light novel I’m in Love With the Villainess Volume 1 by Inori.
Review is of the official English release from Seven Seas.
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
Japanese Title: 私の推しは悪役令嬢。 — “Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou.”
Author: Inori – いのり。
Illustrator: Hanagata – 花ヶ田
Publisher (English): Seven Seas
Translator: Jenn Yamazki
Release Date (English): November 10, 2020 (paperback)
Publisher (Japan): GL Bunko (Ainaka Shuppan)
Release Date (Japan): February 2019
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 3
Anime Series: None
Manga: Published in Comic Yuri Hime. Began publication June 2020. No English License.
Synopsis:
Dear Archnemesis… Won’t You Be Mine?
Ordinary office worker Oohashi Rei wakes up in the body of the protagonist of her favorite otome game, Revolution. To her delight, the first person to greet her is also her favorite character, Claire Francois—the main antagonist of the story! Now, Rei is determined to romance Claire instead of the game’s male leads. But how will her villainous ladylove react to this new courtship?!
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December 27, 2020
Reign of the Seven Spellblades Volume 1 Light Novel Review
Review of the light novel Reign of the Seven Spellblades by Bokuto Uno.
Review is of the official English release from Yen On.
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
English Title: Reign of the Seven Spellblades
Japanese Title: 七つの魔剣が支配する — “Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru”
Author: Bokuto Uno – 宇野 朴人
Illustrator: Miyuki Ruria – ミユキ ルリア
Publisher (English): Yen On (Yen Press)
Translator: Alex Keller-Nelson
Release Date (English): November 17, 2020
Publisher (Japan): Dengeki Bunko
Release Date (Japan): September 7, 2018
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 6
Anime Series: None
Manga: Yes MAL Entry: http://bit.ly/3hxCtUJ
Synopsis: Springtime at Kimberly Magic Academy, when new students begin their first year. One boy, clad in black robes with a white cane and sword strapped to his hip, approaches the prestigious school. This young man–Oliver–must form a bond with a katana-wielding girl named Nanao if he’s to survive the dangers he’s to face at this school that is anything but what it seems!
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December 13, 2020
High School DxD Volume 1 Light Novel Review
Review of the light novel High School DxD Volume 1 by Ichiei Ishibumi.
Review is of the official English release from Yen On (Yen Press)
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
Japanese Title: ハイスクールD×D
Author: Ichiei Ishibumi – 石踏 一榮
Illustrator: Zero Miyama – みやま 零
Publisher (English): Yen On
Translator: Haydn Trowell
Release Date (English): October 20, 2020
Publisher (Japan): Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
Release Date (Japan): September 2008
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 25 (Complete)
Anime Series: The anime covers the first 10 volumes over 4 season — High School DxD (Season 1), High School DxD New (Season 2), High School DxD BorN (Season 3), High School DxD Hero (Season 4)
Manga: Licensed by Yen Press
Synopsis: When a cute girl asks Issei out, he believes his twisted fantasies are finally coming true. Too bad the girl sprouts a pair of black wings and stabs him with a spear on their first date! Saved by his school’s number one beauty, Rias Gremory, Issei is transformed into a demon and made her servant. Issei hopes to rise through the ranks of demonkind to grow powerful enough to create his harem, but in a city with fallen angels and insane priests, he’ll be lucky if he can live long enough to do it!
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November 21, 2020
Owarimonogatari Part 1 Light Novel Review
Review of the light novel Owarimonogatari End Tale Part 1 (Monogatari Volume 17) by Nisioisin.
Review is of the official English release from Vertical.
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
Japanese Title: 終物語 (上) 物語
Author: Nisioisin — 西尾 維新
Illustrator: Vofan
Publisher (English): Vertical
Translator: Ko Ransom
Release Date (English): December 31, 2019
Publisher (Japan): Kodansha BOX (Kodansha)
Release Date (Japan): October 22, 2013
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 26
Anime Series: Yes
Manga: Yes. Licensed for English release by Vertical
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November 16, 2020
Roll Over and Die Volume 1 Light Novel Review
Review of the light novel ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Fight for an Ordinary Life with My Love and Cursed Sword! Volume 1 by Kiki.
Review is of the official English release from Seven Seas.
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
Japanese Title: 「お前ごときが魔王に勝てると思うな」と勇者パーティを追放されたので、王都で気ままに暮らしたい — “Omae Gotoki ga Maou ni Kateru to Omou na” to Gachizei ni Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta node, Outo de Kimama ni Kurashitai”
Author: Kiki – キキ
Illustrator: Kinta – キンタ
Publisher (English): Seven Seas
Translator: Jason Muell
Release Date (English): August 27, 2020 (eBook) October 27, 2020 (print)
Publisher (Japan): GC Novels (Micro Magazinesha)
Release Date (Japan): July 2018
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 4
Anime Series: None
Manga: None
Synopsis:
A dark and bloody light novel series about two women fighting fate and finding love in each other–and don’t miss the manga adaptation, also from Seven Seas!
Flum Apricot was never meant to be a hero. Despite zero stats across the board and a power she can’t even use, she somehow finds herself included in a party of heroes. But Flum’s life hits rock bottom when the party’s renowned sage, Jean Inteige, decides that the useless girl is dead weight, and arranges to have her sold into slavery.
Tossed to monsters to be feasted upon for her master’s entertainment, Flum makes the desperate choice to reach for a cursed weapon…and something new awakens within her. A grimdark tale about one woman’s blood-soaked quest to reclaim her life!
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November 11, 2020
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy Vol.1 Light Novel Review
Review of the light novel The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy Volume 1 by Yu Shimizu.
Review is of the official English release from Yen On (Yen Press).
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
Japanese Title: 聖剣学院の魔剣使い — “Seiken Gakuin no Maken Tsukai”
Author: Yu Shimizu – 志瑞 祐
Illustrator: Asagi Tosaka – 遠坂あさぎ
Publisher (English): Yen On (Yen Press)
Translator: Roman Lempert
Release Date (English): August 18, 2020
Publisher (Japan): MF Bunko J
Release Date (Japan): May 2019
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 5
Anime Series: No
Manga: Yes
Synopsis: One of the most powerful demon lords in history has been sealed away for a thousand years. When he finally awakens, he is reincarnated as…a 10-year-old boy?! Now under the care of the girl who released him, the demon lord Leonis must navigate the perils of Excalibur Academy!
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November 1, 2020
May These Leaden Battlegrounds Leave No Trace Vol.1 Light Novel Review
Review of the light novel May These Leaden Battlegrounds Leave No Trace Volume 1 by Kei Uekawa — “上川 景.
*Note* was originally advertised as The Penetrated Battlefield Should Disappear
Review is of the official English release from Yen On.
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
Japanese Title: 撃ち抜かれた戦場は、そこで消えていろ — “Uchinukareta Senjou wa, Soko de Kieteiro”
Author: Kei Uekawa — “上川 景
Illustrator: TEDDY /Mechanical Designs by Naohiro Washio
Publisher (English): Yen On
Translator: Roman Lempert
Release Date (English): July 21, 2020
Publisher (Japan): Fujimi Fantasia Bunko
Release Date (Japan): January 2019
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 3
Anime Series: None
Manga: None
Synopsis: For a hundred years, East and West have waged a ferocious war with everything from tanks to witchcraft. On this savage battlefield, one young soldier from the East learns of the daemon’s bullet-and that anyone struck by it will disappear from the world as if they had never existed…
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October 26, 2020
Pretty Boy Detective Club Volume 1 Light Novel Review
Review of the light novel Pretty Boy Detective Club Volume 1 The Dark Star That Shines for You Alone by Nisioisin.
Review is of the official English release from Vertical.
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LIGHT NOVEL INFORMATION
Japanese Title: 美少年探偵団 — Bishonen Tanteidan
Author: Nisioisin – 西尾 維新
Illustrator: Kinako – キナコ
Publisher (English): Vertical
Translator: Winifred Bird
Release Date (English): September 29, 2020
Publisher (Japan): Kodansha Taiga
Release Date (Japan): October 2015
Volumes Released (Japan to Date): 11
Anime Series: In production. 2021 release
Manga: Yes. Licensed for English release by Vertical
Synopsis:
From the renowed author NISIOISIN, the creator of BAKEMONOGATARI, Zaregoto Series and KATANAGATARI.
Comes a new, innovative mystery series, Pretty Boy Detectives Club!
Mayumi Dojima, a second-year student at the exclusive Yubiwa Academy middle school, has lost something – a star she glimpsed just once, ten long years ago. But help is on the way, in the form of the unofficial, secretive, and thoroughly mysterious Pretty Boy Detective Club! Rumored to solve problems within the school (most of which they themselves may well have created) for reasons aesthetic rather than financial, these five gorgeous boys sweep Mayumi into their world of excitement, danger, and overwhelming beauty. So begins the thrilling new mystery series from renowned author NISIOISIN!
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