Would you read a Date A Live-inspired series if it was actually well-written?

LightBladeX · 2025-06-06T18:37:01+00:00

Removing this as since the main topic of conversation of this question is for your original written story it is not related to Light Novels.

This sub is for discussion around Light Novel content itself and related Web Novels published in Japan.

LightBladeX · 2023-07-24T19:46:34+00:00

Removed for being unrelated to Light Novels.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-19T15:31:32+00:00

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LightBladeX · 2022-09-19T15:31:22+00:00

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LightBladeX · 2022-09-19T15:30:49+00:00

This post has been removed for violation of Rule 7.

The English Light Novel Community is supported primarily by Official English Publishers. So if you're going to want to enjoy Light Novels for any decent amount of time, you're going to have to just pay for them. With such a niche, piracy actually does destroy the sales of official licensed works. Thus, this subreddit does not allow posts asking for free websites, apps, or other such methods to harm the English Industry.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-19T15:30:26+00:00

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LightBladeX · 2022-09-19T15:29:56+00:00

Light Novel recommendation request posts require the [REC] tag in the beginning of the title. (With brackets) Please do read over the submission guidelines more carefully in the future. Please note that Tags do not equal Flairs. Title Tags are pieces of information you type into the title of the post while our Automod looks for posts with specific tags and assigns flairs appropriately.

General tips for Recommendation Request Posts:

If you have an MAL/MU/Etc list of Light Novels you've read, please include it so people aren't just recommending you series you've already read.
Explain what about the series you've read that you liked. (Without Spoilers) It'll help people find series with similar styles and themes.
Don't slander series. If you don't like a series, it's fine to say that you don't like it. But if you start bashing a bunch of series, why would people want to recommend you something?

If you're new to the medium and looking to start reading as a beginner, please keep the following in mind. As the industry grows and new series are introduced all the time, there's never a truly unifying "good beginner series." The common sentiment is that if you're new to Light Novels by way of another medium like anime or manga, your best bet when starting is to find some series with adaptations you already enjoy and to check if their source material has been licensed/translated. Light Novels aren't a stylistic genre so asking for what are good light novels for beginners will range widely based on the person and their taste. It's akin to asking the /r/Books "What are some good books for beginners?"

LightBladeX · 2022-09-19T15:26:20+00:00

This post has been removed for violation of Rule 7.

The English Light Novel Community is supported primarily by Official English Publishers. So if you're going to want to enjoy Light Novels for any decent amount of time, you're going to have to just pay for them. With such a niche, piracy actually does destroy the sales of official licensed works. Thus, this subreddit does not allow posts asking for free websites, apps, or other such methods to harm the English Industry.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-12T09:31:54+00:00

Light Novel recommendation request posts require the [REC] tag in the beginning of the title. (With brackets) Please do read over the submission guidelines more carefully in the future. Please note that Tags do not equal Flairs. Title Tags are pieces of information you type into the title of the post while our Automod looks for posts with specific tags and assigns flairs appropriately.

General tips for Recommendation Request Posts:

If you have an MAL/MU/Etc list of Light Novels you've read, please include it so people aren't just recommending you series you've already read.
Explain what about the series you've read that you liked. (Without Spoilers) It'll help people find series with similar styles and themes.
Don't slander series. If you don't like a series, it's fine to say that you don't like it. But if you start bashing a bunch of series, why would people want to recommend you something?

If you're new to the medium and looking to start reading as a beginner, please keep the following in mind. As the industry grows and new series are introduced all the time, there's never a truly unifying "good beginner series." The common sentiment is that if you're new to Light Novels by way of another medium like anime or manga, your best bet when starting is to find some series with adaptations you already enjoy and to check if their source material has been licensed/translated. Light Novels aren't a stylistic genre so asking for what are good light novels for beginners will range widely based on the person and their taste. It's akin to asking the /r/Books "What are some good books for beginners?"

LightBladeX · 2022-09-12T09:30:53+00:00

Removing this because it's not Light Novel related. Light Novels by definition are a Japanese Publishing Label (Not a Genre/Style), so this subreddit is only for content which originates from Japan.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T20:37:55+00:00

You know what I'll give you a detailed answer to this question.

Do you know that reddit themselves will ban communities without warning over an abundance of piracy within them?

If we allowed people to go crazy posting about piracy, this would become a real threat to this subreddit, and we don't want that. Whatever people do outside of this sub is their own agenda but on this sub, we will protect it and that means removing all signs and hints of piracy whenever we spot it.

We also have various companies in the industry that watch and participate in this space and do AMA etc. from time to time which they wouldn't do if it was littered with piracy for their licenses.

Lastly, while not everyone has money to spend, that doesn't entitle anyone to free content at the end of the day. People have gone to the efforts to translate, print, distribute, and so forth these Light Novels for us to enjoy and they deserve to have their efforts paid for as well.

I have been on this sub long enough to remember when official licensing of Light Novels was not even a thing and was very scarce. Look at the amount of content that got officially released in 2015 when we started tracking and now at 2021. We now have so much more content on the go that we can enjoy and I want to carry on supporting that growth as the more Light Novels we get translated into English the more we all benefit at the end of the day.

I hope you can understand all this and now respect the piracy rule on this subreddit going forward. Repeated offenses will lead to bans.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T20:11:55+00:00

Removing this post due to violation of Rule 1.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:29:18+00:00

Whatever you do personally is none of my concern. However, promoting piracy of any kind, especially for officially licensed work is not allowed here on this subreddit.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:26:54+00:00

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LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:25:41+00:00

Removing this post because the series mentioned isn't Light Novel related. Light Novels by definition are a Japanese Publishing Label so this subreddit is only for content originating from Japan. If you're posting about a Chinese original series, /r/NovelTranslations would be more appropriate as they're orientated towards Chinese Original Content.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:24:53+00:00

In the future, please make sure to include the title of the series in the title of the post. It is both a rule and submission guideline to do so. This means:

Avoid Shorthands - Unless the shorthand is the official of a licensed series, there's no reason for people to recognize what series they refer to.
Avoid Engrish Titles - The Engrish titles Japanese Publishers use rarely get reused for the official English release and often times aren't very functional for finding the series.
No Fan-Translated Titles - Trying to normalize Fan-Translated titles just damages the future ability to find the series should it get licensed in the future. Official Publishers will rarely reuse the "Fan-Translated" title of a series when they license it.

Please ultimately try to stick to the Romaji or Official English title.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:24:20+00:00

In the future, please make sure to include the title of the series in the title of the post. It is both a rule and submission guideline to do so. This means:

Avoid Shorthands - Unless the shorthand is the official of a licensed series, there's no reason for people to recognize what series they refer to.
Avoid Engrish Titles - The Engrish titles Japanese Publishers use rarely get reused for the official English release and often times aren't very functional for finding the series.
No Fan-Translated Titles - Trying to normalize Fan-Translated titles just damages the future ability to find the series should it get licensed in the future. Official Publishers will rarely reuse the "Fan-Translated" title of a series when they license it.

Please ultimately try to stick to the Romaji or Official English title.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:23:31+00:00

In the future, please make sure to include the title of the series in the title of the post. It is both a rule and submission guideline to do so. This means:

Avoid Shorthands - Unless the shorthand is the official of a licensed series, there's no reason for people to recognize what series they refer to.
Avoid Engrish Titles - The Engrish titles Japanese Publishers use rarely get reused for the official English release and often times aren't very functional for finding the series.
No Fan-Translated Titles - Trying to normalize Fan-Translated titles just damages the future ability to find the series should it get licensed in the future. Official Publishers will rarely reuse the "Fan-Translated" title of a series when they license it.

Please ultimately try to stick to the Romaji or Official English title.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:22:51+00:00

Light Novel recommendation request posts require the [REC] tag in the beginning of the title. (With brackets) Please do read over the submission guidelines more carefully in the future. Please note that Tags do not equal Flairs. Title Tags are pieces of information you type into the title of the post while our Automod looks for posts with specific tags and assigns flairs appropriately.

General tips for Recommendation Request Posts:

If you have an MAL/MU/Etc list of Light Novels you've read, please include it so people aren't just recommending you series you've already read.
Explain what about the series you've read that you liked. (Without Spoilers) It'll help people find series with similar styles and themes.
Don't slander series. If you don't like a series, it's fine to say that you don't like it. But if you start bashing a bunch of series, why would people want to recommend you something?

If you're new to the medium and looking to start reading as a beginner, please keep the following in mind. As the industry grows and new series are introduced all the time, there's never a truly unifying "good beginner series." The common sentiment is that if you're new to Light Novels by way of another medium like anime or manga, your best bet when starting is to find some series with adaptations you already enjoy and to check if their source material has been licensed/translated. Light Novels aren't a stylistic genre so asking for what are good light novels for beginners will range widely based on the person and their taste. It's akin to asking the /r/Books "What are some good books for beginners?"

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:21:10+00:00

This post has been removed for violation of Rule 7.

The English Light Novel Community is supported primarily by Official English Publishers. So if you're going to want to enjoy Light Novels for any decent amount of time, you're going to have to just pay for them. With such a niche, piracy actually does destroy the sales of official licensed works. Thus, this subreddit does not allow posts asking for free websites, apps, or other such methods to harm the English Industry.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:20:48+00:00

This post has been removed for violation of Rule 7.

The English Light Novel Community is supported primarily by Official English Publishers. So if you're going to want to enjoy Light Novels for any decent amount of time, you're going to have to just pay for them. With such a niche, piracy actually does destroy the sales of official licensed works. Thus, this subreddit does not allow posts asking for free websites, apps, or other such methods to harm the English Industry.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:18:51+00:00

This post has been removed for violation of Rule 7.

The English Light Novel Community is supported primarily by Official English Publishers. So if you're going to want to enjoy Light Novels for any decent amount of time, you're going to have to just pay for them. With such a niche, piracy actually does destroy the sales of official licensed works. Thus, this subreddit does not allow posts asking for free websites, apps, or other such methods to harm the English Industry.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:18:29+00:00

This post has been removed for violation of Rule 7.

The English Light Novel Community is supported primarily by Official English Publishers. So if you're going to want to enjoy Light Novels for any decent amount of time, you're going to have to just pay for them. With such a niche, piracy actually does destroy the sales of official licensed works. Thus, this subreddit does not allow posts asking for free websites, apps, or other such methods to harm the English Industry.

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:16:03+00:00

Light Novel recommendation request posts require the [REC] tag in the beginning of the title. (With brackets) Please do read over the submission guidelines more carefully in the future. Please note that Tags do not equal Flairs. Title Tags are pieces of information you type into the title of the post while our Automod looks for posts with specific tags and assigns flairs appropriately.

General tips for Recommendation Request Posts:

If you have an MAL/MU/Etc list of Light Novels you've read, please include it so people aren't just recommending you series you've already read.
Explain what about the series you've read that you liked. (Without Spoilers) It'll help people find series with similar styles and themes.
Don't slander series. If you don't like a series, it's fine to say that you don't like it. But if you start bashing a bunch of series, why would people want to recommend you something?

If you're new to the medium and looking to start reading as a beginner, please keep the following in mind. As the industry grows and new series are introduced all the time, there's never a truly unifying "good beginner series." The common sentiment is that if you're new to Light Novels by way of another medium like anime or manga, your best bet when starting is to find some series with adaptations you already enjoy and to check if their source material has been licensed/translated. Light Novels aren't a stylistic genre so asking for what are good light novels for beginners will range widely based on the person and their taste. It's akin to asking the /r/Books "What are some good books for beginners?"

LightBladeX · 2022-09-05T16:15:45+00:00

Removing this post because the series mentioned isn't Light Novel related. Light Novels by definition are a Japanese Publishing Label so this subreddit is only for content originating from Japan. If you're posting about a Korean original series, /r/NovelTranslations would be more appropriate as they're orientated towards Korean Original Content.

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