If Alya anime doesn't end up getting a complete anime adaptation of the light novels. Which volume is the best stopping point for the anime in the light novels so far?

@Zarutaku V9, which presumably would be S3. Can't say much about V10 since it won't be out before July 1st.


That being said, I definitely don't want the show to stop until they've animated the bit about Alya discovering that Masachika knows Russian.

i don't like this anime
people are watching this due to Russian mc
but she doesn't portrait like Russian but more like a normal japanese anime character

Yuki hasn't given up yet, so she hasn't lost yet, until the game ends, but I don't know when it does.

@Zarutaku so that student council election thing. Makes sense because anime focused way more on that than actual romance.

@Zarutaku @WaterMage S2 will barely have any of that, trust me.


Provided that they follow the same pacing as S1, the first 5 episodes will purely be romantic with Yuki's shenanigans. These episodes will adapt V4, which IMHO is the best volume all things considered thus far. Masha fans are in for a treat.

Then the last 4 episodes will center around the school cultural festival. I won't be spoiling anything, but the psychological warfare between the MCs and a new antagonist will be the highlight of the season. It's worth being hyped about.

Honestly, you'll be eating good no matter which of the heroines you're rooting for.

@Zarutaku @WaterMage S2 will barely have any of that, trust me.


Provided that they follow the same pacing as S1, the first 5 episodes will purely be romantic with Yuki's shenanigans. These episodes will adapt V4, which IMHO is the best volume all things considered thus far. Masha fans are in for a treat.

Then the last 4 episodes will center around the school cultural festival. I won't be spoiling anything, but the psychological warfare between the MCs and a new antagonist will be the highlight of the season. It's worth being hyped about.

Honestly, you'll be eating good no matter which of the heroines you're rooting for.

Agreed, and btw, do you like brother x sister romance?

@Zarutaku except Orimeo I enjoyed the ones I watched of those type. Even if it's just "bait".

@WaterMage I read an anonymous interview with a real siblings couple from India, maybe you find it interesting since you're from there as well.

Part 1 + Part 2

@aurora_yuuki

"i won't spoil anything" - only to go ahead and spoil shit from the light novel anyway

someone give this blockhead a goddamn medal

@aurora_yuuki I would prefer that. Was disappointed with S1 except Yuki. Won't be "hyped" but will watch when it airs if I survive.

Also antagonist in romcom sol is kinda funny concept.

@Zarutaku except Orimeo I enjoyed the ones I watched of those type. Even if it's just "bait".

@WaterMage I read an anonymous interview with a real siblings couple from India, maybe you find it interesting since you're from there as well.

Part 1 + Part 2

@Zakatsuki_ Chu hated this one too ╯︿╰.
This one's one of my favorites.


Even @Zarutaku loved it.

@aurora_yuuki I loved it until onii-chan chose to not side with his imouto.

@Zarutaku He's on both of their sides. And he'll side with her in S3.

@Zakatsuki_ Chu hated this one too ╯︿╰.
This one's one of my favorites.


Even @Zarutaku loved it.

@aurora_yuuki ated is a big word but this anime is still trash , like it happens for a lot anime who comes first with a funny and/or original idea but after 3 or 4 episodes it doesn't work anymore and they go back to being another stereotyped anime of their genders

True for most light novels. Especially for many Kadokawa novels nowadays, in both romance and fantasy genres. One of the main reasons why I go to smaller Japanese light novel publisher sites to look for new light novels to read.

I look forward to your opinion when this foreign heroine romance novel gets adapted.

Has been months since I read it, don't remember if she is Swedish or Norwegian, considering majority of the foreign heroines in romance novels are from Nordic countries.

@NewestPersonHere so you're advising me to watch a shit anime or the spoiler is for the alya anime

@Zakatsuki_

Nah, what I meant is that there are many illustration baits or synopsis baits recently.

An attractive illustration or an intriguing synopsis, but the story is not well written, either distracting, deviating or forced drama.

These types of baits are common among Kadokawa titles recently, Ishura, Sasaki And Peeps, Don’t Put Collar On Witches, etc.
Not sure why these types of baits are common in Kadokawa~

@NewestPersonHere Roshidere and The Angel Next Door too?

@aurora_yuuki

Roshidere synopsis sounds like Alya teasing Masachika but in recent volumes, Alya is aggressively seducing Masachika.

For the Angel Next Door, I think it can be considered an illustration bait. It has character development in the story but the romance novel is outclassed by many other cohabitation novels we have nowadays…..
The story should have ended in 4 volumes but SB Creative wants to milk the series….
Not bad, just outclassed. Especially with the large amount of cohabitation with foreign heroines nowadays.

By which LNs is it outclassed? And why is it the best selling romcom LN, with even its cast annually ranking 1st ?

There are a ton of cohabitation novels nowadays, I have already lost count. I think Angel Next Door did well because of big publisher and nice illustrations.



Best selling romcom LN is Full Metal Panic, the only romcom that exceeds 10m sales. I read all 12 volumes of the original, did not read the sequels though~

As I mentioned, big publisher, SB Creative, and illustrations bait~
Personally, I don’t view Mahiru as the best girl. There are many more girls in romance novels I will pick over Mahiru. Charlotte Bennett, Sumireno Sumika, Ichijo Ai, etc

And I happen to be reading another cohabitation novel right now. Coincidences are scary.

@NewestPersonHere You must love Maigo ni Natteita Youjo wo Tasuketara Otonari ni Sumu Bishoujo Ryuugakusei ga Ie ni Asobi ni Kuru you ni Natta Ken ni Tsuite a lot~


Very long title... I miss the times when they used to be short back in the 2000s and 2010s.

I think so. It was the second foreign heroine romance novel I read, with Roshidere being the fourth. It also revealed to me that there are hidden gems in romance genre too, which eventually led me to the romance novel that made me drop Angel Next Door. :P




Nowadays, LN readers, including the author, name it with a shorter name, Otonari Asobi. :)

I still don't know how to name this romance novel. :/

The title is too long that I just described it as 'unbuttoned blouse' to other LN readers for now.

"Unbuttoned blouse", heh~ ✪ ω ✪

Good one~

"I was surrounded by the Madonna of the school who had rejected so many confessions."

Too long and dull. Nowadays, authors of isekai and romcoms try to entice the audience by summarizing the synopsis into the title of their work. Can't say I approve.



Why would that make you drop it? I believe as a romance novel itself, The Angel Next Door is just fine. It's not stellar or novel, nor does it bring any novelty into the genre itself. Furthermore, unlike some romance novels, the writing The Angel Next Door has actual depth and the characters actually do undergo development. Even the side characters aren't redundant, and have a role to play in the story.

This romance LN is another one of those illustrations baits, I think it trends directly above Roshidere last week, below Takane No Hana (another illustration bait).

The second cover illustration is even more erotic~

I have read around 20 chapters of the WN, no lewd scenes despite the author’s history of making the male lead seeing the female lead naked….


This is only part of the title.

Here is the full title:
I Became the Boyfriend of the School’s Madonna, Who Had Turned Down Numerous Confessions, but Somehow, Without Realizing It, I Wasn’t Just Playing a Role Anymore

I think the illustrator struggled to fit the title onto the cover. XD


As you mentioned, Angel Next Door’s characters have depth and proper development as compared to majority of the romance LNs we have nowadays.
I don’t have the time to follow it because there are many better options out there. Furthermore, I don’t see any direction after volume 5~
I heard from other LN readers that the publisher is currently milking the series. I felt that volume 4 is a good jump-off point. I don’t dislike Angel Next Door, I think I will enjoy my time more when I look at other series. :)

Huh, according to my epub reader, I read Angel Next Door Vol 5 in August 2023. I was addicted to Silent Witch at that time.

What's Silent Witch? What made you addicted to it?



Such as?



And you dropped it since~

I think the LN has around 12 volumes now.

Found it on MAL. :)
https://myanimelist.net/manga/142171/Silent_Witch__Chinmoku_no_Majo_no_Kakushigoto?q=Silent%20witch&cat=manga


The amount of character development the protagonist has. :)


The romance novel I mentioned above~
https://myanimelist.net/manga/140518/Zutto_Tomodachi_de_Ite_ne_to_Itteita_Onna_Tomodachi_ga_Tomodachi_ja_Nakunaru_made?q=と言っていた女友達が友達じゃなくなるまで&cat=manga


I have lost count, it always trend in Japanese Bookwalker when I go there to look for new light novels to read~

For some whatever reason, typing in Roshidere in Japanese Bookwalker always recommend me Angel Next Door despite both of them being different romance genres~