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For anyone interested, I've compiled about 14,000 volumes of raw Japanese light novels, spanning over 5,000 series. I'll be updating the collection every month.

>https://nyaa.si/view/1986669

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>>280016848 (OP)
erm I can't read these ;_;

>all epub
Thanks, OP

>>280016848 (OP)
Thanks, OP.
Can you get us anime novelizations as well? I'm looking for the Gundam ones. 機動戦士ガンダムSEED DESTINY, to be precise.

>>280017019
Just learn Japanese

Hell yeah dude

>>280017040
I was debating whether I should convert them all to PDF too. Maybe I'll do it for the next release since at least one person is asking.

>>280017065
Maybe, I will look into it. Are they not on nyaa?

>>280017265
No, they are not.

>>280016848 (OP)
Based. I don't know why lns are so much harder to find than manga.

I let my eyes rest on the file list for a little while but no series sprung out to me, does anyone have any recommendations?

>>280016848 (OP)
Cool, much appreciated. Bookmarked.
Was hoping your collection would have more than only the first volume of やり直し令嬢は竜帝陛下を攻略中 but I'll keep an eye on your updates.

>>280016848 (OP)
Thanks. Amazing.

>>280016848 (OP)
That's pretty cool of you anon.

>>280017019
Just use AI

>>280016848 (OP)
Does this include Musaigen Phantom World? I'm thinking of trying my hand getting this translated.

I don't read LN, but i appreciate an anon doing an amazing work without flaunting it for karma, and that's something rare these days.

>>280016848 (OP)
Um, why is there only the first volume for Infinite Dendrogram?

>>280016848 (OP)
Love you anon. Sometimes I crave some raws but usually that stuff are the hardest to find.

>>280017241
I think he likes that they are epubs instead of pdfs.
I like it too.

>>280019348
TMW ebook collection has more and so do other archives.
This is cool but it needs work.

>>280017241
Fuck no ebook is so much better for this kind of stuff.

>>280016848 (OP)
Update a torrent? This shit is gonna die so fast; you don't even know what you're doing.

Excellent. Some of the older LNs have finally been leaked in epub format, most of those were scans of physical copies.

>>280016848 (OP)
How much overlap is there with TMW ebook collection?

>>280017019
You can't do ANYTHING

I can't read these but based.

>>280020456
Not sure, haven't looked. These are all taken from bookwalker, so unless those are updated frequently, this should be the most up-to-date (and remain so for the foreseeable future as I make more updates). If there are any missing volumes, it's because they were missing from bookwalker. I don't know how I can feasibly check for every missing LN, so if an anon wants to help with that I'll glady accept the help.

P.S. this release doesn't include most of the LNs tagged as R18. I'll make a separate release for that.

More categories come:
>ライトノベル-R18
>文芸・小説
>新文芸
>新書

>>280020170
Have you heard of the monthly "Officially Translated Light Novels" releases on nyaa? I maintain that too, and it's been going on strong for almost 10 years now. There's no reason why this should die so fast.

>>280022028
CORRECTION: the collection isn't *every* LN on bookwalker; it's the ones available on the MAX course. This may not include all LNs. I'll see if I can source the missing ones from elsewhere.

>>280016848 (OP)
Thanks, OP. 失敗禁止 was a holy grail of mine about a decade ago that I couldn't find even when looking for it in stores in Japan, so I'm glad I finally got to check it out. It turned out to be disappointing, but I'm glad for the closure.

>>280022028
It seems more standardized at least, the TMW one has things randomly organized and uses different formats.
>>280022137
What would you check against for missing LNs and where would you get them?

LNs are worth less than toilet paper

Thanks anon. I grabbed some books by 大澤めぐみ I'd been interested in.

>>280016848 (OP)
Any of them contain BBC ntr? Asking for a friend.

>>280022458
I could start by grabbing the ones from the TMW collection. Can you link it please? For the ones that are missing from both, I'll probably just have to purchase myself.

>>280019837
I meant EPUB + PDF, not either/or.

>>280022871
Just search 'TMW eBook Collection' on nyaa.
There are some shady sites that have a lot of stuff but they make it hard to scrape.

>>280022508
LNs are better than your favorite book

>>280023327
jokes on you I don't read books HAHAHAHAHAHA

>>280016848 (OP)
I'll be eating good for a while thanks to this. Godspeed, OP.

How is good or bad is Google Translate working for novels these days?

>>280023708
Don't. Use DeepSeek or google gemini 2.5 to translate japanese, they will give you near native performance if you know how to promp it correctly.

>>280016848 (OP)
thanks for your service
love you

JOP thread...

>>280016848 (OP)
Based anon saving us from trannylations

>>280016848 (OP)
are any of these tagged for jap begginerds? or should I just stick to manga for babies

>>280023761
>if you know how to prompt it correctly.
Very few people seem to understand that this is where the real skill lies in using these tools effectively.
The input effects the output.
Garbage prompts, garbage outputs.
The companies know this and try to mitigate it a bit with their system prompts though.

>no “世界最後の魔境"群馬県から来た少女
my garbage pulp slop...

>>280022902
If the pdf are just your own conversions, don't bother.

>>280024605
https://jpdb.io/novel-difficulty-list

>>280016848 (OP)
Neat

>>280016848 (OP)
Oh shit nice work. Any chance of DDL though? I'm not about to download 100GB of random shit. As far as raws go I'm currently only interested in Hikari no Ou, though from a quick ctrl-F that doesn't appear to be included.

>>280022028
>Have you heard of the monthly "Officially Translated Light Novels" releases on nyaa? I maintain that too
You're a lifesaver, I thought it was all over after the original guy stopped. When's the next update?

>>280016848 (OP)
Thanks anon. Are there any for raw manga collections too?

>>280016848 (OP)
Dude. Break them into smaller torrents. Trying to mark which files I want is freezing up the file iterator in torrent client.

Does this even have the Monogatari series in it?

>>280016848 (OP)
danke

Retard bros

>>280016848 (OP)
What's this face trying to convey?

>>280016848 (OP)
Although I don’t read LN, nice work OP.

>>280016848 (OP)
Nice. Thanks.

>>280016848 (OP)
Good shit, OP. Is Ben-To in there somewhere?

>>280023761
If gemini is better why don’t google translate use that?

>>280030055
Probably because it's WAY more expensive.

>>280030055
Google Translate does use AI behind the scenes, just not the ones we usually access. Either way, Google is notorious for making terrible decisions for their products that ultimately lead to their demise. It's due to how their teams operate internally.

i'm still at the point in N3 where i can read but not comprehend if the sentence is long but hoping i'm gonna make it. thanks for maintaining both OP.

>>280016848 (OP)
nihongo was dekinai

>>280017019
Use AI for translating. LLMs can handle LNs better than manga.

>>280030142
>Google Translate does use AI behind the scenes
No, it's not LLM related at all.

>>280016848 (OP)
based, thanks sister

>>280016848 (OP)
>14,000+ raw Light Novel
Only Light Novels? Because there are some Novels that have anime adaptions but they aren't Light Novels, they are called Novels.

For example

https://mangadex.org/title/c9ff2c76-6a83-4f6d-8dc0-ea02136c70db/crusher-joe-rebirth

And

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yatagarasu_(novel_series)

>>280016848 (OP)
Thank you for your service

>>280031319
There's also 新文芸 as a separate category.

>>280016848 (OP)
An actually worthwhile thread on /a/ in 2025? This is like the third time it's happened!

>>280017019
anon... your reps?

>>280017993
Maybe because Japanese writers are fucking atrocious

>>280016848 (OP)
thanks anon i guess
too bad i'm too much of a chinese cartoon fag
if i read raws of manga/ln i just spend 40 pages usually

>>280032231
Shut up, retard.

Any edgy TS lns? I feel like theres only TS in manga

>>280032405
Nah, he's right.
>inb4 that's because you're reading a shitty translation, retard
I'm afraid the original is just as bad in most cases.

>>280032790
You're wrong about everything you just said. You have bad judgement and never know what you're talking about. Just stop.

>>280016848 (OP)
For once OP wasn't a faggot.

Also,
>le sturgeon's law
Literally applies to everything ever made. You are not smart for pointing that out.

>>280016848 (OP)
sankyuu

>>280022028
>Officially Translated Light Novels
Thank you for existing.
By the way, I'm pretty sure I find your site before you went to make that.
Weren't you making epubs for WN's translations on NU?

>>280016848 (OP)
Do you have Infinite Dendrogram Vol 22 (EN)?

>>280016848 (OP)
Based anon, it's thanks to people like you I got so much reading material to help learn Japanese.

>>280033922
fax