• gon [he]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      If you prefer the written medium, make sure to read the light novel as well!!! IT’S REALLY FREAKING GOOD!!!

      Personally, I actually prefer it to the anime (though I basically always prefer the written version to video).

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        2 hours ago

        This is not about Toradora, but general visual novels: I quite liked the Re:Zero anime, so I thought I’d read the visual novel as it’s much further ahead (and I actually love reading). But the quality of the writing was so damn bad.

        Are all visual novels like that? Simplified English to get the point across, but not a good read overall?

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          Well, not sure. What version of the Re:Zero light novel did you read? By the way, it is light novel, not visual novel; Visual novels are effectively video games. I assume you didn’t play Re:Zero.

          There is actually a Re:Zero visual novel, so if that’s what you meant, then I can’t comment, as I don’t play visual novels.

          But, generally speaking, light novels use relatively simple language. I did read the Re:Zero LNs though, and didn’t think they were bad at all! I only read up to volume 17. I’ve heard that the web novel version is much worse in a lot of respects, though. If that’s what you read, then maybe that’s why you disliked it. Not sure.

          I would definitely say that good light novels are expected to be good reads, even if they don’t use complex language.