Our next Light Novel Club discussion is on Infinite Dendrogram, Vol. 5! We’re approaching the finale of the first major story arc, and as such we have some final battles and reveals that you might or might not have guessed. Amidst all of this, one of the major themes that has been present throughout the series… Read More Light Novel Kindling: Infinite Dendrogram and Becoming Someone Else in Games
Welcome to our discussion on The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent, Volume 1! This month, we take a look at an office lady who ends up summoned to another world as a potential “Saint”… only to be ignored and left to fend for herself. Well, this is a shoujo/josei light novel, so of course she’ll get… Read More BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 26: The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent, Vol. 1
Welcome back to Light Novel Kindling! Here, I will take a look at our next Light Novel Club selection and give my thoughts on something related to it. At the end of this post, I will also announce the light novel we’ll be reading for the meeting afterwards, which in this case will be in… Read More Light Novel Kindling: The Shoujo Light Novels are Omnipresent
It’s time for our discussion of volume 2 of Tearmoon Empire! We ended up having two whole posts of discussion on the first volume of this series (a hint to how much we loved it), but this time we managed to keep things down to a single post. Rest assured, though, Jeskai Angel, Gaheret, and I… Read More BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 25: Tearmoon Empire, Vol. 2
Later this month, volume two of Tearmoon Empire will be the subject of our 25th BtT Light Novel Club Meeting. Can you believe we’ve conducted that many sessions? We’ve come a long way and featured a number of different members in our club, and have now even come to the point where our discussions are… Read More 25 Light Novel Club Sessions!
Let it not be said that the Light Novel Club shies away from the most popular isekai series. This session, we’re jumping into volume one of the enormously popular Re:Zero franchise. The last episode of the first cour of the anime’s second season just aired, so it felt like a perfect time to look at… Read More BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 24: Re:Zero, Vol. 1
Have you started reading volume one of Re:ZERO? You haven’t?! Better get to it! For those that need reminding, and others that may not have heard, our next Beneath the Tangles Light Novel Club selection is Re:ZERO volume one! Here’s the synopsis from Yen Press: Subaru Natsuki was just trying to get to the convenience… Read More Re:Zero Light Novel Discussion Begins Next Tuesday on Discord!
That’s right, the Light Novel Club IPO is now available for trading, at a value of 5 other-world currency coins per share! …okay, that’s obviously not what I mean by going “public”. What I mean is, from here on out we will be holding our Light Novel Club discussions on the official public Beneath the… Read More Light Novel Club goes public! Plus, our next title, Re:Zero!
Realist Hero is one of the best-selling light novels currently without an anime adaptation. That will change eventually as an anime adaptation has been announced recently, but it is still a novel that has gotten quite popular among English-speaking light novel fans. It was also one of the earlier titles we covered in the Light… Read More BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 23: How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, Vol. 2
Yo ho ho! Tis time fer another voyage on the good ship Light Novel Club. I staged a mutiny an’ took over from old Cap’n Star this time. No, I’m not sure why I decided to open this post in such a piratical way, but…moving on, today we’re discussing Of Dragons and Fae: Is a… Read More BtT Light Novel Club Chapter 22: Of Dragons and Fae