What is a Light Novel? Part 2 – The non-Japanese View

Previously, we looked at how some Japanese try to define what a light novel is. Now, this time we’re going to look at how some non-Japanese have tried to define this style of book. I’m purposely not including my own definition because that will be covered in the third part of this series.

Let’s start where most people do – Wikipedia!

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 ...