My favorite are fantasy novels. Bonus points for everything that has a leg in the Slice of Life genre as well. Even more bonus points for everything that has little to no drama. I read to relax I can only read so many books that don't let me relax at a given time. Reading the current arc of Bookworm is exhilarating and bad for my finger nails, but I really need something comfy in between.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I honestly don't know, because I've read so many different things and enjoyed them. My JNC reading list alone has been:

Haibara's Teenage New Game+
Chillin' In Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers
Now I'm A Demon Lord! Happily Ever After With Monster Girls In My Dungeon
The Frontier Lord Begins With Zero Subjects
An Introvert's Hookup Hiccups: This Gyaru Is Head Over Heels For Me
Peddler In Another World: I Can Go Back To My World Whenever I Want!
You Like Me, Not My Daughter!?
Isekai Tensei: Recruited To Another World

Throw in "Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian" and "Chitose Is In The Ramune Bottle," and, uh...yeah. Also, I fucking love "The Saga of Tanya the Evil". Honestly, even if it is a (somewhat) hot take, I think the series is pretty underrated and criminally under-read.

And in Japanese, I'm currently reading 田んぼで拾った女騎士、田舎俺の嫁だと思われている and 俺ん家に来た女騎士と田舎暮らしすることになった件, as well as 受付嬢に告白したくてギルドに通い詰めたら英雄になってた。

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

“The Saga of Tanya the Evil”. Honestly, even if it is a (somewhat) hot take, I think the series is pretty underrated and criminally under-read.

Doesn't look under-read to me. At least I see it often discussed after the success of the anime. An argument could be made that it is still under-read even after that, but you can bet that I would say the same about Bookworm in that case ;)

But if you are reading in Japanese, do happen to have read Tearmoon Empire in its original language, I would love to know how it compares to the translation. Is it just as witty or less so?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I can't say I've read Tearmoon Empire in any language. But as far as Youjo Senki is concerned, the anime pretty much completely ignores the source material. It's truly an abominable adaptation...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It’s truly an abominable adaptation…

Ah come on now... Did the lightnovel have a completely unhinged Aoi Yuuki? No, it did not! But you convinced me. I put the first volume eon my plan to read list.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'm just going by the standard of "how well did the anime put on screen what's written in the light novel", and in that regard it did do a rather poor job. But I can't disagree with loving Yuuki Aoi at her most...dangerous, shall we say. The chemistry between her/Tanya and Hayami Saori as Visha is fucking impeccable.