Tristan K. Hill (also known as Ojive) is a Japanese-to-English translator who has worked on light novels, manga, visual novels, and other games. You’ll find his work on When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace (light novel), Tearmoon Empire (manga), Gears Of Dragoon: Fragments Of A New Era (visual novel/DRPG), and more. Having worked for J-Novel Club, […]
Tag: Light Novel
My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex – Vol 1 – Light Novel Review
My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex (Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Moto Kano Datta) is a romance-comedy light novel by Kyōsuke Kamishiro. While the light novel is published in English by J-Novel Club, it’s also received an anime adaptation from Project No.9. The Dual Protagonists Interestingly, despite the title, My Stepmom’s Daughter Is My Ex is […]
Monogatari Novels – Interview | A New Light Novel and Chinese Novel Publisher
Monogatari Novels is an established Spain-based publisher, planning to move into the light novel and Chinese novel market. They have just announced their first license, which will be released in English and Spanish. Anhk and Vlad from Monogatari Novels kindly agreed to an interview to tell me about their company. Could you tell us a […]
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement: Vol 1 – Review | Kodansha Version
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement is a rather unusual take on the isekai genre. There’s no forgiving protagonist who wants to help everyone here. It instead follows a young lady on her quest to earn enough money to retire and who doesn’t mind bringing death and destruction upon those who want […]
From Toxic Classmate to Girlfriend Goals: Vol 1 – Light Novel Review
From Toxic Classmate to Girlfriend Goals or the much longer Japanese title ‘Yatara to Sasshi no Ii Ore wa, Dokuzetsu Kuudere Bishoujo no Chiisana Dere mo Minogasazu ni Guigui Iku’ is a sweet romance-comedy by Sametaro Fukada (also known as Otsukai Shimono). While this is his English light novel debut courtesy of Tentai Books, he’s known […]
How to Melt the Ice Queen’s Heart: Vol.2 – Light Novel Review
Tentai Books is back after a long hiatus, with their release of How To Melt The Ice Queen’s Heart: Volume 2. If you’ve not read the first volume yet, our review of that would be a good place to start. Sparks of Romance Volume one focused on Asahi and Fuyuka going from strangers to friends and opening […]
Interview With Tentai Books – Light Novel Publisher
Tentai Books is a light novel publisher, primarily focusing on romantic comedies. They have released titles such as I Kissed My Girlfriend’s Little Sister?!, There’s No Way a Side Character Like Me Could Be Popular, Right?, and How to Melt the Ice Queen’s Heart. Tentai Books is releasing the second and final volume of How […]
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten: Vol 02 – Light Novel Review
Following our review of The Angel Next Door Spoils me Rotten Vol 1, we head towards the second volume of the light novel. With our protagonists growing closer and enjoying each other’s company, they begin to get drawn into each others personal problems. Will it bring them closer through turmoil or scare them? Please note: There […]
The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten: Vol 01 – Light Novel Review
Written by Saekisan and illustrated by Hanekoto, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten tells a heartwarming story about two teenagers in very different worlds developing together. The light novel has received an anime adaptation, with a few episodes aired at the time of writing. With that, it felt natural to see what the first […]
The Fruit of Evolution: Vol 01 – Light Novel Review
I first heard of The Fruit of Evolution from negative comments about the anime. I saw so many people saying it was “isekai trash”, so of course I had to check it out. I wasn’t surprised to find I really enjoyed it, though I was surprised to find ratings were actually pretty decent and it […]