Occasional manga-style illustrations throughout.So there’s your definition of a light novel. The already mentioned KonoSuba is a shortening of God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! ( Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! or この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！). The anime will then also share that title, and fans must find a way to shorten it (like shortening That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime to Tensei Slime, Tensura, or Slime).
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It’s easy to watch a popular anime series and never realise it was first a light novel series, and often then a manga as well.Ī common trope with some of the best light novels is their comically long titles (especially if they’re of the isekai genre). There aren’t hundreds of these, but usually a few per chapter.Īs already mentioned, the best light novels are also frequently adapted into both manga and anime. Usually, every few pages, there will be a full-page manga panel depicting the current scene. Reading ten volumes of a light novel isn’t the same as reading The Wheel of Time or A Song of Ice and Fire.Īnother feature of light novels is that they feature art in a manga style. However, because they’re breezy in tone and light on word count, they’re quick to get through (hence the name “light novel”). Some of the best light novels go on for as long as some manga, spanning dozens of volumes. Light novels share a lot of themes, tropes, and style with the broader YA genre of literature.Īnother feature of light novels is that they are often serialised, rather than standalone works.
Light novels usually come in at around 50,000 to 60,000 words, so they definitely are novels.īut what also defines a light novel is its target audience: teenagers and young adults.
Anything shorter is often defined as a novella. But to meet the definition of light novel, it needs to have certain features.Ī novel is typically defined as any work of prose over 30,000 words in length (roughly 100 pages). Put simply, a light novel (literally ライトノベル in Japanese) is a novel. In fact, whether you’ve read any of these light novels or not, you’ll recognise the names of at least a few - such as KonoSuba and Re:ZERO - thanks to their popular anime adaptations.īefore we dive into the list of best light novels, and just in case you’re wondering and unfamiliar, let’s ask and answer the question: what are light novels? What is a light novel?
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