June 2014 KLNs

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I guess now's the time to post...?

...Well, here they are! It's the new Dawnbringer and Four Lovers release! Probably not in the sense that most of you want it, but still!

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June 2014

New releases:

 

Title: 나와 내 여동생이 마법소녀 (My Little Sister and I Became Magical Girls) Author: 무기상인 (An Arms Dealer) Artist: Hakusai http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1589657 Publisher: Novel Engine Premise: The MC is an otaku, but his sister is an otaku-hating perfectionist who naturally hates his guts. One day, she begins acting a little strange, making little mistakes everywhere. Around the same time, the MC almost gets murdered by a strange little girl whom he meets in a park, and gets saved by a magical girl who comes across their situation. Soon, the MC and his little sister get forced into the life of fighting evil as magical girls. Pre-Read Thoughts: To be read with a pink chainsaw named Haruna. Post-Rea--- AAH WHAT IS THAT AAAAA:

Sequels:

 

Teaser TBD

Title: 기신전기 던브링어 7 - 파트타임 우주해적 (Dawnbringer: etc. etc. Vol. 7 - Part Time Space Pirates) Author: 홍정훈 (Hong Jung-Hoon) Artist: Kkuem (Cover art) http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=45438, 철이 (Cheoli; Inside art) Publisher: Novel Engine Release is delayed for mid-June. Edit: ...I don't know what's going on with the teaser. Maybe Novel Engine got shot by lolis, too... Premise: TBD Pre-Read Thoughts: TBD

 

Title: 나와 그녀와 그녀와 그녀의 건전하지 못한 관계 7 (4Lovers Vol. 7) Author: 최지인 (Choi Ji-in) Artist: REUM Publisher: Seed Novel Premise: It's finally the time to choose the main girl. To help make a better decision, the MC decides to try living together with each girl, while the big evils plot something to make MC's life miserable again. During these tense times, the last fragments of MC's lost memories return to him, and at the same time, the girl behind all of his problems finally makes an appearance. Also included is a 40-page comic about the three girls' battle to win the MC's heart at his birthday party. Pre-Read Thoughts: Another big-hit series reaching its conclusion, while Seed Novel gets more desperate to find more authors.

 

Title:소환학원의 암살자 2 (The Assassin of a Summoners Academy Vol 2) Author: 성상현 (Sung Sang-Hyun) Artist: Cherrypin http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?id=206921 Publisher: Seed Novel Premise: After the incident in the last volume, most of the academy's dormitories are left unusable. Until they are rebuilt, multiple students must share the remaining available rooms-- including the MC, the only boy in the entire academy. The girls of the academy fight for the spot as his roommate out of their pride as females. In the midst of the mess in the academy, the student council president begins to be burdened by her status as a royalty. Pre-Read Thoughts: Loli episode. Hell, even the main girl in this volume has 'loli' in her name ('Lolien', or 'Rorien'). Post-Read Thoughts: I count maybe 20 blatant erection jokes, 5 situations where protagonist ends up in a compromising position with another girl, and 10 conversations mistakenly understood as something sexual. Across two volumes. And in each volume, the final chapter always consists of the protagonist trying to save a girl, while other characters talk about how he's going to die from it because there's no chance of survival, and then he survives and saves the girl anyway. Brilliant. Post-Read Low-Quality B&W Image: I read the thing and I still can't tell what's going on here.

 

Title: 이단의 마왕과 리버레이터 3 (The Heretical Demon Lord and the Liberator Vol. 3) Author: 임경배 (Lim Kyoung-Bae) Artist: JJ_1 http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=555804 Publisher: Seed Novel Premise: MC and co. suddenly receive orders to investigate multiple incidents of people going missing, under the condition that they either participate or get expelled from the academy. The first place that they must investigate is a mansion owned by a powerful duke, which they infiltrate by disguising as maids, including the MC himself... Pre-Read Thoughts: Maid episode out of nowhere. Also, more crossdressing.

 

Title: 나와 호랑이님 10 (The Tigress and I Vol. 10) Author: 카넬 (Kanel) Artist: 영인 (Youngin) http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=122497 Publisher: Seed Novel Premise: Revived series. The MC has now become the king of all Yogoei (or more familiarly, 'Youkai'). This unfortunately means that he has to deal with a ton of paperwork every day, going overtime every night. This also left the heroine, the Tigress herself, extremely lonely. He decides that the only way to solve both of these issues is to bring back her snarky big sister. Pre-Read Thoughts: Brought back from the dead, probably because  there haven't been enough active and good (as in 'money-making') writers for Seed Novel. Pre-read comment as written on February: "Seed Novel will soon collapse for losing their biggest source of income." Looks like they didn't want to fade from existence just yet... Post-Read Thoughts: I keep buying these for the sake of not having an incomplete series (that's the only reason, I swear), and I really need to stop. This series stopped having any sort of direction a long time ago, other than inappropriate loli fondling, and the occasional large-breasted characters taking up a page to try and convince readers that the author isn't a blatant lolicon. Post-Read Low-Quality B&W Image: With a loud ka-ching, Seed Novel returns to the realm of the living.

 

Title: 손만 잡고 잤을 텐데?! 3 (But All We Did Was Hold Hands! Vol. 3) Author:류호성 (Ryu Hosung) Artist: 유나물 (Yunamul) http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=470779 Publisher: Novel Engine Premise: A new character makes an unexpected appearance; a bright, happy, and grown-up version of the daughter. The fact that she exists uncovers new truths and lies, while making it evident that someone is messing with the future. The time administrator seems especially disturbed by this new event... Pre-Read Thoughts: Time Cop: Slice of Life LN edition. Post-Read Thoughts: Well, that was confusing. The story was told from multiple different timelines, from multiple different characters, throughout the many time skips over 460 pages... The timescrews were enjoyable, though the identity of all the characters shouldn't be of any surprise after a playthrough of Bioshock Infinite. I think there was a line that's very similar to the good old CONSTANTS AND VARIABLES at one point. And, for once, the pictures actually worked as hints that worked separately from purely worded descriptions. That's a good direction for light novels; why not use the mandatory picture count into explaining the story, rather than remaining as eye candies? Post-Read Low-Quality B&W Image: I think this is the first couple in KLNs to get married before the final volume.

 

Title: 언리쉬드 앤솔로지 : AREA1-2 (Unleashed Anthology: Area 1-2) Author: 류세린 외 (Ryu-Serin and others) Artist: DS Mile http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=795196, and others Publisher: Novel Engine Premise: Even more side stories that explain the world of Unleashed. (Since there are five extremely short stories per book, the summaries are unfortunately nothing but namedrops of the main characters. While this might make sense to people who played the game a lot, that means I have no damn clue how to write the premise.) Pre-Read Thoughts: Area *1-2*?! After Area *2*?! Are you kidding me?! I know these books don't really have a chronology to them, but come on, how the hell am I supposed to order them on the shelf?! Fun fact: the first volume of this series managed to sell more than double of the next highest selling KLN (Tigress and I volume 9) in the first week. It probably has something to do with the fact that the limited editions come with unique skins and cards for the original game. Post-Read Thoughts: I need to stop trying to read things that I know I won't understand. The final chapter is supposed to tie back to the original game story-wise, and the storytelling just becomes amazingly unnatural when it mentions things like status effects. Post-Read Low-Quality B&W Image: The surprising part about this is that DS Mile agreed to do art for a game that got 18+ rating and got pulled from the Playstore for explicit content.

 

Title: 빈약해도! 빈유라도! 3 (Even if I'm tiny! Even if I'm flat! Vol. 3) Author: 김청 (Kim Chung) Artist: Cherinova https://twitter.com/Cherinova Publisher: Extreme Novel Premise: MC and co. are on their way to stop the great evil from becoming more powerful, and they meet up with a trio that claims to be a band of villains. They want to tag along, and the MC reluctantly accepts since they need any help they can get. In the next village, they are attacked by a group of bandits, and they must work with the villagers to fend them off. Pre-Read Thoughts: Artist isn't JUNA anymore. It's highly unlikely that the publisher didn't want JUNA anymore (who happens to be leagues more popular than Cherinova), so maybe she dropped the project because she knew it was a sinking ship.