Are Light Novels Literature?

Otaku Melancholy

It's a trashed episode that was turned into a Patreon exclusive that's been turned into a regular episode again! It's a wonderful butterfly of a piece of podcast content! We couldn't record this week but we had to have something so here's the something! Light novels are an ever looming threat (I think) to anime and must be treated with respect and dignity and sincere thoughtful consideration but it's just so hard when you're trying to read a book that is titled something like" The Results From When I Time Leaped to My Second Year of High School and Confessed to the Teacher I Liked at the Time", you know? We (and by we I mean me, Matt) break down literature and if light novels are literature! The answer will not shock you but we have to have dramatic tension for the sake of content, you know. As always, check out new episodes every Sunday by going to our website at www.otakumelancholy.com to see all our links including our social media and join the Discord at https://discord.gg/rUHYUyW to continue the conversation! Ganbatte!

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