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Gekkou (Light Novel)
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It's a fantastic read. The mystery itself was good, but it was presented in such an interesting way and the characters were so engaging to me that I couldn't help but read the entire thing in one sitting. I wish I could find more books like this more often. It's one novel and it's completely translated, so it's not a huge time investment. I finished the whole thing in around 3-4 hours. It was definitely worth it. There are apparently some additional short stories as well according to the B-T forum, but they are untranslated for now. |
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2012-01-03, 04:33 | Link #2 |
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I think that's probably why there isn't a topic for it because there isn't much to discuss since it's not a continuing series other than like you said those short stories.
I really enjoyed it back when I read it two? months ago. Spoiler for Story Spoilers:
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2012-01-03, 04:44 | Link #3 |
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I was asking Teh_Ping about this the other day I saw it in my Kino store and the illustrations immediately caught my attention... Along with what little words I could make out on the back of the cover like "Perfect Girl", "Witch/demon girl", "Murder Romance"...
But I didn't know it was already translated
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2012-01-03, 13:05 | Link #6 |
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Exactly, for what I remember nothing was told about the novel until the translator and project head were actually done with the thing.
I enjoyed this LN a lot, and is actually one of the first LN that pops into my mind when it comes to advising "what to read" to people that aren't into anime and manga but are more into literature, the way it flows and the chain of events are pretty interesting, and the changing chemistry between the main pair is always there and it's always evolving, so it's pretty interesting on it's own. I think that this was actually the debut work from the author? One can actually see some clumsiness in writing here and there, but nothing that would make you rage quite the novel (for example, Yoko isn't as 100% perfect as advertised, but oh well).
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2012-01-03, 14:00 | Link #7 |
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Oh yeah I read this a while back too. Really enjoyed it and currently rereading it bit by bit.
I think the author started a new series, right? I believe I spotted it around japanese amazon before. |
2012-01-03, 17:59 | Link #8 | |
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2012-01-20, 19:35 | Link #14 |
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I'm almost certain it's a oneshot story... For now at least.
I finally got around to reading it over the week and I have to say that's one of the most intriguing 'love story' I've encountered, sort of like a villain pairing with both characters having slightly questionable moral values that they fit each other perfectly I don't have anything against morally conscious characters, but this is certainly a interesting take on boy-meets-potentially-murderous-girl. Evil couples ftw
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2012-01-21, 05:22 | Link #15 |
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The characters really are interesting. They really made the story exceptional for me. If it weren't for them I probably wouldn't have thought so highly of the book. I'm really glad they added Usami, because it added that contrast that really emphasized how different they were.
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2012-01-21, 09:35 | Link #16 | |
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In another series, they would have made a lovely 'Evil' couple
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