Hi sorry about my lack of knowledge but could you explain to me what exactly the light novel is? I'm not really sure and I'd like to know. Thank!
celestial-citadel, you’re totally fine~ I didn’t know the OnS ones existed until a few months ago, and I haven’t been able to read them yet because I’ve been so busy, but I’ll try my best.
A light novel is a Japanese novel style that is similar to US novellas. They’re about 40,000-50,000 words and have some illustrations thrown in as well. Because they’re so small, they’re faster to write and thus easier to get to the public. They’re very popular among middle and high school students, but anyone is more than welcome to read them.
There are two light novel series that are being published along side OnS. The first one, Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen, is a prelude to the events of OnS. The main character is Guren (although some translations use the name Glen) and it details his life at a Sorcery Training School. It’s technically a stand alone series, but it’s canon in OnS and explains several references made in OnS. It’s running at about the same pace as the manga.
The second series, The Story of Vampire Michaela, is about Mika’s story and explains more about the origins of vampires. This series is currently being published and is quite new, the first volume being published on Dec. 4th in Japan.
I think I posted a link to the Guren series on a previous post, but I’ll update this post with more information once I find more out. (And if anyone else has more information, please add that as well~) I hope this helps~~