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Are light novels literature? Is it okay to read light novels?

>> No.10456946

>>10456941
no and no

>> No.10456947

I'm a weeb and no they are not. There are a few that are good, but 98% of it is trash, just like every other form of media.

>> No.10456948

>>10456941
What other definition is there for light novels than "not literature"

>> No.10456949

>>10456947
Have bought tons of light novels over the years, can confirm.

>> No.10456951

>>10456946
>>10456948

What are they then?

>> No.10456952

>>10456951
Books for dumb people

>> No.10456954

>>10456951
Literary
Genre
Light
Fan

Just barely above Fan Fiction.

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>>10456947
>but 98% of it is trash, just like every other form of media.

>> No.10456960

>>10456956
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law
It has a law about it. It must be true.

>> No.10456962

>>10456960
Its a reddit meme

>> No.10456966

>>10456962
http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/

You're a meme and you don't even realize it.

>> No.10457107

>>10456956
Its true though, you'd have to be stupid not to think so. 98% of movies are shitty romcoms or just absolute gutter trash, 98% of tv shows are dumb sitcoms that copy better sitcoms or stupid reality tv shows, 98% of anime is moeshit/haremshit or just shit, 98% of video games are shovelware/rehashes, 98% of board games are just copies of better games or completely luck based.

>> No.10457114

>>10456966
>don't hate the (((outgroup))) goy, borders are bad!

Fuck off resdit

>> No.10457116

>>10457107
Nah most are ok and tolerable if you're not a spastic fedoralord. I could go to any film in the cinema and have an ok time

>> No.10457140

>>10457116
>im retarded so im smart durr

>> No.10457157

>>10457140
It's more I'm not a lazy imbecile who has to clearly organize things into great and awful so he doesn't end up like his fellow marvel watching dimwits.
When you're intellectually secure you can feel ok just calling some alright

>> No.10457235

>>10457114
0.5/10

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>>10457157
Feel free to stop wasting your life on bad art at any time

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>>10456941
Yes, but only one series worth reading.

>> No.10457547

>>10456956
name any field in which this does not apply
>>10456966
>ssc
eww

>> No.10458968

>>10456941
hakomari was okay desu, haven't read anything else

>> No.10459011

LotGH is pretty good.
Overlord and Log Horizon are also fun.

Honestly I've had more disappointments with actual novels than with LNs, but maybe that's a matter of expectations.

>> No.10459127

I always read weeb and genre trash in between real literature, it just feels right. This month was
>Latro in the Mist
>Kizumonogatari
>Notes from Underground
>Konosuba
>The Double
>Bakemonogatari

Light novels are not literature though, no. Japan lives in a cultural bubble and none of their authors are well read.