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I started using e-books a few years ago, so I don't know how much I actually have of the books I haven't read. Not just light novels, but regular novels, manga, etc.
There are a lot of things I haven't read. I read something every day. Unfortunately, my reading speed is not very fast.

Here are some of the novels I've been reading recently.


I don't think I've read the Dragon Slayer Academy series. I read horror books sometimes because I want to read something homegrown, and I read novels.

I don't think I've ever seen “Riding the Bullet” and “Evil Car Christine,” either the book or the movie...
I guess it's not that I read that much Stephen King. If I see it in the library, I just borrow it and read it.

Before I read “Detective Conan,” I had already read some Holmes and Agatha Christie mystery novels for children and some domestic series, so it didn't trigger my interest in having mystery novels. I also read mystery manga in manga magazines or shoujo manga, which were serialized mystery manga, so it wasn't even the first mystery manga I read.

I think some of the CD dramas for “Slayers” were based on the stories from the novel's extra-terrestrial specials. However, the story proceeds with the characters from the TV series, so Naga does not appear in the story. Personally, I think that alone makes the story feel much different.
By the way, the only drama CD in which Naga appears is Slayers vs.

Well, I started watching from NEXT, so I don't have any feelings for Muji, which is commonly referred to as the first series. But then again, the fisherman's story is 7 episodes, so it's not a gag month story. Well, it was this 7th episode that I happened to see on TV broadcast in real time that led me to know the work “Slayers”.

I believe I went to see the movie Slayers Great. As I recall, it was shown at the same time as Tenchi Muyo, and Tenchi Muyo had a stronger impact, so Slayers left less of an impression on me. I didn't care much about the Nausicaa parody... Lupin the Third was too much of a parody of Nausicaa. Maybe when I watch it back, I'll know which parts are parodies.

The “Call me JoOusama” line has become established over here as the kind of thing you might expect a laughing, flailing female character with a whip to say, well, it's not something I'm going to go around saying. Along with the whip, they have masks, black-colored bondage outfits, candles, and so on. So this is more of an image than a parody.

Well, I think this is the easiest story to translate among Hajime Kamisaka's works. Compared to Lost Universe and Slayers, I think the writing was simpler.
I mean, I think Gokudo-kun was also difficult to get hold of in the first place, since I think the light novel was out of print over here, but maybe that's just my imagination...

I don't have any particular series I'd like to prioritize getting. I mean, I have over 100 light novels piling up at home that I haven't read, and I need to read about 50 of them to reduce the quantity, or else I won't have room for the next one. I find myself unintentionally picking up about 20 or so light novels that the library got rid of every few months, so I'm trying to reduce it, but it's growing...

I read foreign novels sometimes, like fantasy children's books. Darren Shan, for example... and then I guess mystery novels. Holmes, Agatha Christie, Stephen King, and so on.

The Slayers CD drama has a booklet on CD with the script. So I think the most accurate way to translate them is to look at them. If there is a full cast of voice actors at an event, they may perform the story on the spot, using only their voices, without any animation footage.

As for funny scenes, I liked the times that were mainly comedy, called “gag month,” although I think there are a lot of people who like it or not. In Next, it could be a story about cooking in a tower, or tennis, or cross-dressing. For Tri, I think it's the story about the fisherman...it's a parody of Evangelion, and I laugh no matter how many times I watch it. The Tri fan book also had a layout that used Evangelion, which I laughed at the time when I saw it. I've already sold it, though.

I translated the Japanese name into English, so as you wrote, HigaeriQuest is correct.
https://myanimelist.net/manga/71839/Higaeri_Quest
The manga version contains the original manga story and I liked that story as well.

Well, in my case, I guess I don't think it's similar because I've read books written by the same author other than Gokudo-kun to a certain extent, and I've read other light novels to a certain extent, like the author's real life and other background. Orphen is usually a fantasy, too, and it has comedic elements. And Orphen isn't a regular hero either, it's an anti-hero.

As for the fine reasons why I thought Orphen was more similar than Mr. Gokudo,
The fact that the story was serialized in the same light novel magazine, and the serialized story was not the main story of both Orphen and Slayers, but the story of Gaiden.
The main character had attended a magic school-like institution in the past. The fact that there is a female character who is an older sister or a sister-like position that the protagonist cannot resist.
The characters in the book must be different from those in the outside story. The main character like Naga exists in the main story of Orphen's external story. Also, the main character who is obsessed with money applies to both Gokudo-kun and Orphen, but we sometimes see such a main character, and it is not an uncommon setting.
In addition, it may not be obvious in the translated novels, but in Japanese, it is cool that spells are written with kanji characters in their chanting or special moves. Gokudo-kun is not a cool spell with kanji interlaced.
The fact that the authors of Orphen and Slayers could write stories about each other's works and still have the same quirks in their writing, but the content would be completely consistent.

In Japan, there are a lot of people who read Slayers novels who also read Orphen. It's because they are published under the same label. So I feel unusual that you know Gokudo-kun but don't know Orphen.

Well, I don't think you need to force yourself to read other works, because I think there are quite a few books just for the main story and the Gaiden of Slayers. I, too, haven't read all of them, not all of them, I think.

I remember that the drama CD of Slayers, in which he only does voice acting, was very interesting. Maybe they didn't translate it, but I enjoyed “The God of Destruction is Hard” and “Lina Elimination Order”...

Surprising. I've never found a single episode of an animated TV show that interesting. Well, maybe I think so because I started my anime career with “Next”.

Gaiden is similar to the OVA special, or rather, I think the original story of the OVA was the story of Gaiden. As for obtaining them, I think the Gaiden is probably more difficult to get than the original story, because unlike the original story, there are no reprints of the original story. I don't have all of the light novels, either. As for Gaiden, Slayers Select, a selection of Gaiden masterpieces, was published in a newer year, so I think this one is less difficult to obtain. Well, I think this one is also out of print.

I think you should also read the light novel version of Lost Universe, if you can get it. If it's by the same author, I personally also like Day Quest. It's the “isekai” story that's all the rage right now, but I still like it and have it on my bookshelf.

Gokudo-kun, I've only read a few of the Gaiden series. It's interesting. The author is a woman, but now she can't write light novels anymore, so she writes essays. The author's real life is a bit of a maverick... I've never thought it's similar to Slayers because there are parts of that real author's life, her views on marriage and children, that show through in the light novel Gaiden. I think the different novel labels are part of the reason I've never thought of them as similar. (I believe Slayers was published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko and Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko.)

The only similarity or resemblance I can think of to Slayers is Orphen the Sorcerer. I actually read a novel that was a collaboration of Slayers and Orphen when it was made, and it didn't feel different. I lent the book to a few people, and they all enjoyed it without any discomfort.

I had to chuckle a bit at your comment about watching Lost Universe. I had never seen it that way before. I don't get the impression that light novels have more comedy than anime. I don't feel that light novels have more comedic elements than anime, even Slayers.

To begin with, if you want more comedic elements, it would be better to read the one with Naga in it instead of the main story of Slayers.

However, in Lost Universe, the character designs of the light novels were different before and after the anime adaptation was decided. Was it volume 1 and 2 after the anime adaptation was decided? The covers are changed, but I don't think the illustrations in the novels were changed, as I recall. I personally like the design before the anime adaptation.

Well, the Slayers light novel is interesting, as is the one in collaboration with the sorcerer Orphen. There's also an anthology version, but that wasn't that interesting. Also, there was a novel for people who read the light novel version, so I think first-time readers won't understand it.

Light novels, too, are coming out at about 100 a month right now, so they're often a little older or not in bookstores unless they're somewhat famous or popular.

Oh, so volumes 16 and 17 are available in digital format. It's nice to be able to read the latest editions. However, there is a pattern that some light novels are never finished, so I think you should be prepared that you might not finish them.

Also, although you haven't seen the Lost Universe anime or light novel, some of the settings of Slayers have been appropriated, or rather, the voice actors of the anime are similar to the members of Slayers, so if you are interested, you should take a look at it.

Tanks. I rotate pics based on the season. This one to my knowledge was a recent work by Araizumi and I only just started using it a couple years ago when I first came across it. Before that I would typically use anything that looked "Fallish" usually going with something food related since finding pics of Lina eating is easy and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Including Halloween themed images gives me more variety to choose from although I'm still fairly limited as I tend to only use art produced by Araizumi himself rather than fanart.

You appear to be rather cultured in Slayers yourself.

After the first edition went out of print, a new edition was released in Japan. It has been some years since the new edition was also released, and the paper version is not an easy work to obtain in Japan, as it is hard to find in bookstores and antiquarian bookstores.


It is a written work with a habit of expressing sounds. It is not a large number of sentences for a light novel, but I believe it is difficult to translate it by oneself.


Ah, you have just ordered the book. The latest is volume 17, and there hasn't been a new volume out for years. I didn't originally expect a new book to come out consistently, since the original author doesn't seem to have an image of meeting deadlines. Perhaps the translation will stop at volume 16.... I like the illustration on the cover of the reprint, or rather the new edition, so you, too, should enjoy reading it!

Hello.

I wrote a comment because you mentioned that you like Slayers. I see that you also read the light novels, but is there any reason why you haven't read them since volume 9? I remember seeing news that you translated and published the light novel up to about volume 16 outside of Japan.