A light novel? I dunno some get pretty dark...

Plot twist: they just spray painted the couch blue

Utsuro is freaking amazing.

>2016 >The Anime Man >Not Rant video, >Not Gay Fanfic WOW, color me surprised...This was good...Reminded me why i subbed to this channel in the first place...Hope for more videos like this...

undrerrated says the best rated light novel on MAL

Joey: HakoMari and Oregairu are underrated. Oregairu and Hakomari: **laughs in 2nd and 5th top novels in MAL**

Joey: *talking about HakoMari* The narrative is structured so brilliantly Me: Ok, let's see.... *flips to a random chapter* Chapter: Haruaki was run over by a truck.

I once tried to read a light novel It was too bright I just couldn't...

Absolutely loved Horizon in The Middle of Nowhere. I hope that the anime eventually continues and becomes a big hit, but if not I may pick up on the light novel. Thank you Joey for sponsoring this store, I'll be sure to check it out!

That Person 4 shirt tho.... EVERYTHING'S GREAT AT YOUR JUNES!

Loving the new set up. Looks so much better and has better lighting

Always love that when it comes to light novel, you always put up the "Yahari, Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru", Joey. Because I love it a lot! Then, I realized that now I'm a fan of Watari Wataru's work. Like in Qualidea Project (I only read the Kuzu to Kinka no Qualidea, btw) and I kinda can't wait for his next work Girlish Number.

Wow, that last part was crazy. :D For light novels, there is one series and one author that I have in mind. For the author, it's Kamachi Kazuma who writes a ton of light novels and all of them that I've read so far are entertaining as hell. And for the light novel series it would be Rokujouma no Shinryakusha. I think the author does a nice job.

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Thx Joey! I started running out of ln(gotten from animes) and i've been wanting to find more. This video just happened to be perfect!

loving that setup man! so professional :D

Ayyyyy mah boi sporting that Junes t-shirt!

I also recommend: "The legendary moonlight sculptor", "Coiling Dragon" and "Overlord", to those who like or are willing to join the beautiful world of light novels.

Thank you for this gift Senpai! i'm going to buy zaregoto series right now!

I'll definitely be looking into these light novels. Thanks for the video, Joey.

That's not a light novel, that's a weapon ~Joey 2016

Gotta love when people don't sell things to Australia. MURICA'

This is the first time I have heard of these, I will have to check these out. Thank you @The Anime Man

Great list!I knew 5 from the list.And I enjoyed both seasons of Ichizon,plan on reading the LN's too.

I think To Aru Majutsu No Index is really underappreciated. The story and plot and universe set is really amazing.Index needs recognition.

I want him to talk about more light novels.... He recommends such good ones.

you really need to talk more about LN man. this is great! you might want to review about Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon more cuz my friend didn't quite understand the story and it's difficult for me to explain it to him

I've never actually read a light novel before but you made me really excited to start reading a series. I love getting my mind blown by genius writers and I trust you wholeheartedly with your list!

i wish Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon had a 3rd season, i loved every single second of it

Ayyy Joey is the best You Tuber

First, thanks for the recommendation and the web by, will check it out definitely. By the way, I am not knowledgeable about Japanese Light Novels but I have read a few Taiwanese Light Novels. Don't get turn off straight away, there's English translation lol I think at least some people know Legend of the Sun Knight, 1/2 Prince? I want to recommend Unique Legend, it has vast world, amazing badass characters, antagonist who you can't hate, no cringe, no nonsense, lots of hilarious moment and of course dark elements included, if I were to compare, imagine it's DGM light novel.

Thanks Joey. I've been trying to find a place to get translated light novels

3:08 "Large-scale plot progression". Well, I can definitely see some large plot in those book covers :3 Time to start new research xD

>oregairu >utsuro no hako >underrated k bro

wow. i just finished persona 4 the animation and i got that out of my head ONLY YESTERDAY. now, because of you, it will follow me around for another six weeks. thanks for that. (as you can see, i like satire and sarcasm too)

Hi anime man I just wanted say I've been a subscriber for only a month ( anime and manga fan a few years now ) and I'm very impressed at the content that you put out, your very entertaining yet informative. Thanks for the videos and new things I've read and watched due to your channel ;)

Isnt Oregairu the most known LN series? ^^ Btw, when is Volume 12 coming out?

Accel World, Shakugan no Shana, Toaru Majutsu no Index, and Heavy Object are super underrated here in america. It's quite sad knowing how good they really are, mostly because nobody bats an eye at those series. Honestly, if I didn't tell my friends about any of those, i'd be one of probably 50 people in the state of Texas (2nd largest state in the U.S.) who knows about at least one of these and the only person in my city to know about those.

Yes, more light novels that I havent heard of. I cant wait to check out this site for their ebooks since finding english translations is even harder than learning to read kanji when it comes to light novels xD

I LOVE THE SHIRT DUDE!!!

Boogiepop is the only light novel I have, and I love it.

Seeing Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon here... Insta-like!

The 1000+ page LN looks damn interesting, and the Kanji one is a very interesting concept Thanks Joey!

I'm glad light novels have caught on I just wish more would come out especially the ones you've mentioned. I really want someone to localize Vamp by Ryohgo Narita

I don't know if you know Mushoku Tensei but for me it's the best Light Novel I've ever read! And by far!

Would a group of light novels be called heavy novels?

these videos have gotten me back into reading mangas/books...infact iv a bit obsessed.....i bought a whole bookshelf for my new book collection...that i don't even own yet!

thanks for the recommended light novels joey!!!

JOEY talk about mystic messenger pls Bye love ya

At least Horizon of the middle of nowhere got 2 seasons which i both own on dvd!

All these light novels sound really good. I never read a LN before but watching this makes me want to give it a try. Also I have to point out that I love your shirt in this video Joey . I love Persona 4 a lot !

Thanks for heads up regarding Zero no Maria. It is sold waaay back where I live, (Poland) and I was wandering if it is any good :) I love me some time travels, so I'm in baby ^^

Nice couch, m8.

>Says he makes a list of underrated LN's >Lists the most talked about and well known LN's on the market. Utsuro no Hako isn't even licenced, but it's second highest rated on MAL. underrated means not a lot of people in the community has heard of it.

Love your Junes shirt!!

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru is in no way underrated, the fans just wouldn't shut up when it got a better rank in 'Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!' than 'To aru majutsu no Index'. 'Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria' is an amazing light novel that I would definitely recommend though (although it too is not underrated and gets plenty of love), along with To aru majutsu no Index (not really underrated unless you live under a rock), which has a ton of volumes (over 40) and got the light novel award for 'Best Light Novel of 10 years'. It's an amazing long story with a very interesting world and characters.

Is that Shinobu-chan I the backgroung!?

Joey, review Zaregoto, each light novel volume or maybe the OVA series, it might be more promotion and show love for it.

Background aesthetic on point

Las 7 light novels mas perturbadoras según TheAnimeMan

Everyday young life Junesu~ 🎶

Great! Thank you!

Joey is the MAN! I've always looking for a site to buy Light Novels. Oh and nice Persona 4 shirt.

did you get the table xD

Oregairu

I really love light novels, thank you for the web page. At least I've found a site where I can actually get the digital versions of yenpress translations.

Thanks for always making my day with you videos Joey you are amazing :) hope you have a great day

Dude I tried watching the Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere anime, and it was absolutely garbage. I didn't understand anything that was happening, I didn't understand any of the characters or why I should care about them, some characters I just straight up constantly asked who the hell are they when they had their own scenes with lines of dialogue for 5 seconds, and then proceed to disappear for most of the season until the very end where I apparently missed that they had a baby or something? A lot of characters were one note, got really disappointed in the MC, was looking to be a fresh personality I hadn't seen before, but there was just no depth to him. And the boob designs for the anime, honestly some of the weirdest tiddy desgins I've seen in anime in a long time. Like a lot of them were legit bowling balls. I'm not talking about them just being the size of bowling balls, just, Bowling ball shaped and as stiff as bowling balls most of the time. It was weird. I would have liked if they had what the novel had and just kinda....explained everything before they threw 100 characters at me in the first 13 episodes. I'm not sure if that would have really helped my enjoyment of the series though, since the characters themselves weren't all that interesting and again just one note most of the time, so even with a quick explanation I wouldn't have been invested, it would have probably needed to be an entire season just introducing all of them before I had a good grasp on them all and could have the capacity to care about them, like it was just really weird to be introduced to that old man one episode and then he dies and has this really emotional moment with his android sorta wife thing in the next? I only knew you for 4 seconds why are you trying to make me care about this character? There was just, a lot wrong with it. I could probably go on and on.

hi people

great video man

I'm definitely gonna have to check out Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru! :3

Are these all translated to english or nah?

First comment!!!

years ago I stumbled upon an the cover image of Zaregoto. I was interested and seared it up. The summery and the preview pages of the Eng translated book got me hooked. unfortunately vol.1 is really rare and a new copy of the eng translated novel of it is 100$ >.< I need to find this cheap couse I really need to read it!! though then again I think only 2 volumes got translated so even if I find vol 1 for cheap and get my hands on vol 2 then I'll still be missing a lot of the story...

This inspired me to write my own light novels.. I'll be sure to check these series out.. Thanks joey!

I also suggest Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita (satirical and set in a dystopian world) and Spice and Wolf (amazing adult relationship development and set in a medieval era)

Finally a good sponsor which I might check out (in the future when I make a paypal).

I love the LN Legend of the moonlight sculptor.

I started watching Oregairu because of this and I love it! Thanks for the suggestion!

I am legitimately interested in all of these light novels. Mostly because I saw the animation of Kyoukai Senjyo no Horizon, Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru, and Seitokai no Ichizon. The other title sound worthy of my attention as well.

Have you read Kawakami's other works? He takes world building to a whole new level since every novel of his is connected to the other. Been reading Owari no chronicle (prequel to Horizon) and it literally explains how things were before and then evolved into how things are in Horizon.

Joey can I just say how much I love your Junes shirt?! XD

Amazing video and sorry I wasn't here for your other videos but I'm back so I'll be commenting more often :3 I look forward to more videos

So happy that I have read two of ur top 7 Joey XD! I've read Maria (that's how i shorten it, and am getting started with Horizon (that counts as reading it... kinda... right?). Also a question for you have you read the light novels Psycho or Zashiki Warashi of the Intellectual Village? 'Cause i gotta say those are my top 2, with High School DxD in close 3rd, but anyway if you've heard of the first 2 i mentioned could you share your thoughts?

I need that Junes T-Shirt now!

Love your shirt man

I'm sure you'll never see this post animumaine, but this video about kyoukai senjyou no horizon made me want to learn japanese. I've been studying for nearly two years now thanks to you! I... love you?

I SEE YOU ROCKIN THAT PERSONA SHIRT

Hakomarii is by far my favourite LN and it’s one of the most complicated amazing LN and it’s only 7 volumes!

I wonder if this can become a short video series where Joey talks about underrated anime, manga etc. I know it's more of "Misty's thing" to recommend stuff, but this video was really good and I would like to see more like it.

Thanks Joey, I'll mark this video for future me who's hopefully going to be able to read stuff in Japanese. Right now I still suck at it.

Dude I freaking loved the Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon anime! Wish they had continued it. It's on my list of LNs to read.

Just finished horizon in the middle of nowhere anime, and to my surprise, Animan is praising the light novel! Guess I got some reading to do 🤷

I so love the shirt you're wearing here. I'm still playing the game right now. :D

Not a lot of choices for English yet, but I was able to get the novel "Another vol. 1" with a discount! Thanks, Joey!

Also nice "Junes"shirt! :)

I may have to track down the second one... It, too, was made into an anime, and I have to say... It's one of only, like, three anime that I've ever dropped. But you certainly make the light novel series sound like it's worth reading.

Speaking of the Monogatari Series, did you know that the Kizumonotagari LN was released in English in 2015 around the time the movie came out in Japan?

I've only read two light novel series so far (even though I own three…) and those are "Durarara!!" and "Baccano!," both of which I've seen the anime for. Considering how much I love each series, I was not disappointed with their light novel counterparts. Actually, I was very excited for "Baccano!" for I could read more into the world.

Kyoukai is hard to get into since you also need to have some knowledge of history, politics, magical systems and a good grasp on how time flows in those novels. The shinto abilities are so far the only ones without a limit as you can essentially use any ability you want as long as you can afford the offering for that ability. One of the merchants showed a few nice examples of it since he could boost his physical parameters to fight a giant mech but also managed to use ranged attacks and stall others. Then there is also someone who can turn into the perfect tank just by performing dances and looking as beautiful as possible all the time ^^ In season 1 for example ( which was the first 3 volumes i think ) you had the political intrigue about killing horizon in a seppuku manner. Kill her and the world would stand up against her killer, give her the proper incentive to kill herself and nobody will bat an eye. Season 2 has more historical battles since it is partially related to the tudors. The battle for Plymouth, Portland, Calais, and Gravelines with the spanish armada is fun as well. But those kind of battles are what i meant with the history knowledge while the specific names also tie in with those. Damn hard to get into without knowing those things, but it is so worth it :D