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    • hopebestman
      hopebestman Premium Member last edited by

      Is it me or in JNC there are too many in similar stories about "book lover girl"?

      Ascendance of a Bookworm's Myne.

      Bibliophile Princess' Eli

      Stories about Marielle Clarac' Marielle

      I mean im not complaning or anything but because of the shut in sitution i start reading more LNs in JNC's library so i start seeing more and more books about those. Maybe my reading order has something to with it but anyway i was wondering if is there anyone has the same feeling as me?

      8 parts, 8 weeks to read a book, than binge read the same book within' 2 hours again.

      Myne: Did we deceived him?
      Ferdinand: Indeed we did.
      Myne: *surprised myneface

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      • doceirias
        doceirias Premium Member last edited by

        I think you need to look at this the other way. Why are there so many series with leads who DON'T love books and what is wrong with those weirdos?

        Translator for Discommunication and Last and First Idol. (Not Bookworm.)

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        • DoubleMangekyo
          DoubleMangekyo last edited by

          I wouldn't call 3 out of 80+ series "too many".

          My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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          • hopebestman
            hopebestman Premium Member @doceirias last edited by hopebestman

            @doceirias hey now, until 1.5 years ago i was one of those weirdos who "DONT love books". So please, we shouldnt call them weirdos :D

            @DoubleMangekyo well like i said its maybe because of my reading order so i am waiting more series with "girls who loves books". I have 7 more series i will read. So i can update my list and be more than 3 :D

            Edit: Also before starting Marielle i didnt know the story goes with "book loving girl" and because of my lack of english words, i didnt know the meaning of "Bibliophile" so honestly learning the meaning when i was reading was a surprize.

            8 parts, 8 weeks to read a book, than binge read the same book within' 2 hours again.

            Myne: Did we deceived him?
            Ferdinand: Indeed we did.
            Myne: *surprised myneface

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            • Jon Mitchell
              Jon Mitchell Premium Member last edited by Jon Mitchell

              I believe that a 'bookish' girl is one of the primary archetypes of characters in LN/Anime. Usually the bookish/ intellectual girl is NOT the protagonist, she is a side character or a foil for the heroine (there are not many anime where the bookish girl wins the boy for example)

              For example; in Bakarina, the heroine doesn't fit the archetype, but Sophia does (and she really doesn't get, so far at least, the type of character development we've seen with some of the other 'Katrina seekers')

              Myne (in her previous life) did fit that archetype, and her maturing/differences in her present life is part of why I find her so charming.

              Marielle is more defined by her being a fangirl and a fetishist than being a bibliophile. In fact we know much more about the books she writes than about what she reads. On top of that she's very much an 'action girl' vs. the stereotypical library shut in...but, she most looks the part. (Plain, glasses, unassuming)

              I haven't yet read Bibliophile Princess, so no comment.

              Bottom line: Why are there so many 'Book Lover Girls'? Because, it's a trope. A shortcut of a 'type of girl' that many in the target audience know or can relate to (or are themselves).

              Why are so many protagonists boys who value a peaceful, normal, life that are thrown into extraordinary circumstances? or otakus who get teleported to alternate worlds where game mechanics are real?

              EDIT to add" really 3 is too many? You are entitled to your preferences and opinion, but it doesn't feel like too many to me, how may isekai stories does JNC have?

              I read banned books

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              • Rahul Balaggan
                Rahul Balaggan Staff last edited by

                Tearmoon also fits the book loving girl persona

                It isn’t a main draw or anything but she does love reading...

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                  HarmlessDave Premium Member last edited by HarmlessDave

                  @hopebestman said in There are too many stories about "girl who loves books too much".:

                  Marielle Clarac

                  She's an author though, with a very different feel from the reading junkie of Ascendance. I've read thousands of books over the decades and own 100+ of JNC's LNs but I think Ascendance's MC takes her book lovin' to extremes. In what I read of volume 1 Mayne cares way too much for the act of reading, while I enjoy the contents of what I read. Her mania (or fetishizing?) makes it hard for me to empathize, but that's just me.

                  We are up to 3 (or is it more?) JNC series about women in an isekai where it matches an otome game where "all routes lead to doom!" (Plus Tearmoon where the reincarnation was same-world and not from a game.)

                  That's fine though: Bakarina is not my cup of tea but I'm enjoying I Refuse To Be Your Enemy so far. Variety, life, spice of.

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                  • stardf29
                    stardf29 Premium Member last edited by

                    Hey, at least we have Altina, which features a guy who loves books too much. :P

                    MAL
                    Beneath the Tangles (the blog I write for)

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                    • hopebestman
                      hopebestman Premium Member last edited by

                      I guess saying "too" many was not right :D however, i start reading LN quite late and also i start reading from JNC really really late. So when i saw 2 book lovers at the same day(i was following AoaB much before but other 2 i read the same day) so yeah for me that was TOO much :D

                      @Jon-Mitchell thanks for the info. I am new at this so hearing these stuff with good explanation is appreciated.

                      @Rahul-Balaggan its not in my list :D i will add it to read so i can edit my comment later with FOUR book lovers :D

                      @stardf29 and with Altina it will be 4.5 book lover girls/boy : D

                      8 parts, 8 weeks to read a book, than binge read the same book within' 2 hours again.

                      Myne: Did we deceived him?
                      Ferdinand: Indeed we did.
                      Myne: *surprised myneface

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                        Seiya last edited by

                        I'm pretty sure 'protag who loves books' as a cliche gets drowned out if we were to compare it to the catalog of titles featuring an op Isekai protag. 😁

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                        • Hosikuzu
                          Hosikuzu last edited by

                          For some reason people who like to read books, like to read books about people who like to read books.

                          Who'd have guessed? :D

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                          • piisfun
                            piisfun Member @Seiya last edited by

                            @Seiya That would be like trying to sort them based on whether or not the story has at least one dragon.

                            Green's Theorem

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                              Seiya @piisfun last edited by

                              @piisfun said in There are too many stories about "girl who loves books too much".:

                              @Seiya That would be like trying to sort them based on whether or not the story has at least one dragon.

                              Hmmm...
                              Not sure if that's an appropriate comparison though...
                              Op was suggestion too many protag love books.
                              I suggest there are too many protag who are op.
                              Counting if a story in a dragon doesn't really fit into the scope of the comparison.

                              Though by this point I'm digressing and we're arguing semantics. πŸ˜…

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                              • hopebestman
                                hopebestman Premium Member @Seiya last edited by

                                @Seiya well that discussion looks like much more interesting :)

                                8 parts, 8 weeks to read a book, than binge read the same book within' 2 hours again.

                                Myne: Did we deceived him?
                                Ferdinand: Indeed we did.
                                Myne: *surprised myneface

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