New Japanese light novels section!

[Vent the North]

Go and check it out in the Honkey Tonk lounge.

Or you can see the section by clicking here

[somehow_here]

Already did! Probable only you and I read them!

[Grey Stache]

i read a Japanese light novel too, twas awesome.

[somehow_here]

Oh, really! That good to hear! I thought I was an otaku for reading Japanese Light novel!

[Lin]

I've looked at a few now and then, but haven't done so on a regular basis.  Not knowing Japanese, it is a bit frustrating not knowing all that is going on.  But that doesn't stop me from reading manga by just looking at the pictures, so I guess it should be the same for novels!

Are there any that have been translated that are worth me having a look at them?

[somehow_here]

Hmm...there is plenty of good ones. Please visit: http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Main_Page. They have a lot translated novels! However few of them have few translated chapters and most of them turned anime already! (Popular series tend to be turned to anime.) I would recommend reading Chrome Shelled Regios (if you haven't watch the anime already...slight differences), Ghost Hunt (also anime), Kaze no Stigma (ditto!), Sword Art Online (the only one not anime yet), and To Aru Majutsu no Index (anime with few missing volumes in between). There is more...but I listed the ones I liked that had volumes that were completed or at least had twenty chapters!

[Vent the North]

I've looked at a few now and then, but haven't done so on a regular basis.  Not knowing Japanese, it is a bit frustrating not knowing all that is going on.  But that doesn't stop me from reading manga by just looking at the pictures, so I guess it should be the same for novels!

Are there any that have been translated that are worth me having a look at them?

Baka-tsuki.org has a lot of translated novels. You don't really need to know japanese if you can read the novels in english lol. For translated ones, I would recomend To Aru Majutsu No Index, That is my favorite one so far. Though your going to have to watch the anime first since that covers the first 6 novels, and the first 6 novels aren't translated because the anime already covers the, After that you can start with volume 7 and youll know exactly what's going on.

Hmm...there is plenty of good ones. Please visit: http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Main_Page. They have a lot translated novels! However few of them have few translated chapters and most of them turned anime already! (Popular series tend to be turned to anime.) I would recommend reading Chrome Shelled Regios (if you haven't watch the anime already...slight differences), Ghost Hunt (also anime), Kaze no Stigma (ditto!), Sword Art Online (the only one not anime yet), and To Aru Majutsu no Index (anime with few missing volumes in between). There is more...but I listed the ones I liked that had volumes that were completed or at least had twenty chapters!

I wouldn't recommend Kaze no stigma because the series is never going to get finished since the author died recently.

[Lin]

Excellent, thanks for the advice and the link to some translated novels!  Now I have even more reason to watch the To Aru Majutsu No Index anime, so I can keep on with the story afterwards.

[somehow_here]

I wouldn't recommend Kaze no stigma because the series is never going to get finished since the author died recently.

WHHHHATTTT? When did that happen? Now, I am forever going to wonder what happen...NOOOOOO!

[Vent the North]

I think that the author died about a year ago.