Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
My novels: www.sarahmoonnovels.comI've read around 100 light novels and I've translated almost 50 of them professionally. Let's take a shallow dive...
The Distorted I Love You giveaway is closed!
00:00 reincarnated as a toilet
2:05 prologue
3:20 what makes a light novel
9:34 but how popular are they?
12:50 why are their titles so long?
14:32 localized light novels
35:24 how to make light novels better
39:00 don’t skip the epilogue
My novels: sarahmoonnovels.com
Support my novels on Patreon: patreon.com/sarahktranslate
Onetime donation to my rent: paypal.me/PrettyTranslator
I have a kofi now! ko-fi.com/sarahmoon
Learn Japanese with me! youtube.com/channel/UC00Mznw4ZNBjsty7wNhx4hg
Gaming Channel with Husband-kun: youtube.com/channel/UC28Wc4Qb2-A2ZITsH68HElw
Cooking Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCD0PJo6f98klkFLe-AswbXw
Email: sarahktranslate@yahoo.com
Bluesky: prettytranslator.bsky.social
Sarah Moon anime avatars by: @saintlazysunday (IG) @veracaudieux (IG) upliftsquire.ArtStation.com
Sources:
JP Wikipedia: ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%8E%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB (defines light novels, gives a brief history, compares to other forms of novels for YA audiences, describes what they tend to be about)
EN Wikipedia: (more or less says the same things as the JP wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novel
Wordcounters.com (approximates the word counts of books)
Shousetsuka ni Narou: syosetu.com
Archive Of Our Own (AO3): archiveofourown.org
List of anime adaptations of light novels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anime_and_manga_based_on_light_novelshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anime_and_manga_based_on_light_novels
Sales numbers for JP LN in Japan: ln-news.com/page/circulation
List of best-selling light novels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_light_novels
Why are light novel titles so long: nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO79378990W4A101C1000000
Disclaimers: all opinions are my own, sponsors are acknowledged. Links in the description are typically affiliate links that let you help support the channel at no extra cost.
My novels: www.sarahmoonnovels.comI've read around 100 light novels and I've translated almost 50 of them professionally. Let's take a shallow dive...
The Distorted I Love You giveaway is closed!
00:00 reincarnated as a toilet
2:05 prologue
3:20 what makes a light novel
9:34 but how popular are they?
12:50 why are their titles so long?
14:32 localized light novels
35:24 how to make light novels better
39:00 don’t skip the epilogue
My novels: sarahmoonnovels.com
Support my novels on Patreon: patreon.com/sarahktranslate
Onetime donation to my rent: paypal.me/PrettyTranslator
I have a kofi now! ko-fi.com/sarahmoon
Learn Japanese with me! youtube.com/channel/UC00Mznw4ZNBjsty7wNhx4hg
Gaming Channel with Husband-kun: youtube.com/channel/UC28Wc4Qb2-A2ZITsH68HElw
Cooking Channel: youtube.com/channel/UCD0PJo6f98klkFLe-AswbXw
Email: sarahktranslate@yahoo.com
Bluesky: prettytranslator.bsky.social
Sarah Moon anime avatars by: @saintlazysunday (IG) @veracaudieux (IG) upliftsquire.ArtStation.com
Sources:
JP Wikipedia: ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%8E%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB (defines light novels, gives a brief history, compares to other forms of novels for YA audiences, describes what they tend to be about)
EN Wikipedia: (more or less says the same things as the JP wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_novel
Wordcounters.com (approximates the word counts of books)
Shousetsuka ni Narou: syosetu.com
Archive Of Our Own (AO3): archiveofourown.org
List of anime adaptations of light novels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anime_and_manga_based_on_light_novelshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anime_and_manga_based_on_light_novels
Sales numbers for JP LN in Japan: ln-news.com/page/circulation
List of best-selling light novels: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_light_novels
Why are light novel titles so long: nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO79378990W4A101C1000000
Disclaimers: all opinions are my own, sponsors are acknowledged. Links in the description are typically affiliate links that let you help support the channel at no extra cost.
