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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Japan has insanely long titles for light novels (which was also adopted by manga) in order to get people to pick up books. There's such an influx of light novels the writers starting turning the titles into summaries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

which i would get if they weren't all minor variations upon the exact same thing, like come on give me a light novel title that sounds like lord of the rings

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty sure this was a joke but The Faraway Paladin is an isekai that seems VERY inspired by, if not derivative of, The Hobbit.

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