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any novel recommendations for anime series? [message #406298] Tue, 09 March 2021 14:05 Go to next message
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I've been reading the web novel upon which "Death March to the Parallel
World Rhapsody" is based. It's been fun reading. Does anyone have
recommendations for other web novels that were made into anime and/or
manga series? The novel needs to be available as an English
translation, though.

thanks,

John
Re: any novel recommendations for anime series? [message #406324 is a reply to message #406298] Wed, 10 March 2021 12:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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"Yes" <noone@invalid.invalid.com> wrote:

> I've been reading the web novel upon which "Death March to the Parallel
> World Rhapsody" is based. It's been fun reading. Does anyone have
> recommendations for other web novels that were made into anime and/or
> manga series? The novel needs to be available as an English
> translation, though.

Just off the top of my head:
Overlord
Gate
Strike the Blood
Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
In Another World With My Smartphone

were all light novels before they were anime, and I think all started
off as web novels before being published commercially.

There are almost certainly dozens, if not hundreds of others - light
novel adaptations are one of the primary sources for recent anime.

Note that I'm not necessarily recommending all of those above (just as
I wouldn't have recommended Death March), especially as you haven't
given much of a hint as to the genres that interest you. But Didn't I
Say to Make My Abilities Average has got a number of key features in
common with Death March - in particular, a ridiculously overpowered
isekai hero(ine). Personally, I found Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities
Average much better than Death March (which I only read a bit of
before dropping).

You could also try googling for "Japanese light novels made into anime"
to get lots of "best of" lists.
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Re: any novel recommendations for anime series? [message #406337 is a reply to message #406324] Thu, 11 March 2021 10:18 Go to previous message
Anonymous
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Originally posted by: Yes

Nick Roberts wrote:

> In message <s28gtt$elm$1@dont-email.me>
> "Yes" <noone@invalid.invalid.com> wrote:
>
>> I've been reading the web novel upon which "Death March to the
>> Parallel World Rhapsody" is based. It's been fun reading. Does
>> anyone have recommendations for other web novels that were made
>> into anime and/or manga series? The novel needs to be available as
>> an English translation, though.
>
> Just off the top of my head:
> Overlord
> Gate
> Strike the Blood
> Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life
> Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear
> In Another World With My Smartphone
>
> were all light novels before they were anime, and I think all started
> off as web novels before being published commercially.
>
> There are almost certainly dozens, if not hundreds of others - light
> novel adaptations are one of the primary sources for recent anime.
>
> Note that I'm not necessarily recommending all of those above (just as
> I wouldn't have recommended Death March), especially as you haven't
> given much of a hint as to the genres that interest you. But Didn't I
> Say to Make My Abilities Average has got a number of key features in
> common with Death March - in particular, a ridiculously overpowered
> isekai hero(ine). Personally, I found Didn't I Say to Make My
> Abilities Average much better than Death March (which I only read a
> bit of before dropping).
>
> You could also try googling for "Japanese light novels made into
> anime" to get lots of "best of" lists.

Thanks, I hadn't thought of that search term. I can't say that I had a
particular genre in mind. I got interested because I was curious about
how the original story (the web novel) differed from the anime and/or
manga. The Death March anime differs quite a bit from the novel, and
the mc was definitely OP. Plus, the novel contains more material than
has been produced as an anime. I'm not saying that's bad, just a
matter of what could be done at the time. I've read part of
"Ascendance of a Bookworm ..." but not sure how I'll proceed. I just
completed reading Death March. I'll probably try Gate next because I
liked the anime and I wonder how the romantic relationships will
develop, if the story in the novel continues past the events in the
anime. World Trigger may be another title I'd read. I like the anime
and was happy to see another season produced.

John
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