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Library War Novel Collection, Complete At Last!
It took me four months to get this completed. (oh and sorry for the crappy cellphone cam pic… I still haven’t bought a replacement for my old [stolen] one =.=; )
As you probably know by now, I bought the actual copies of the Library War novels months before the anime started airing and gawd are they thick and such a pain in the ass to read! That was way back January, almost at the same time I made this short random blurb on the upcoming Spring shows, and well, I only got my copy of the last two volumes just this week. Surprising huh.
The entire 4-volume Toshokan Sensou novel set was still available in Amazon JP then, but with my ever-hatred for Amazon JP as far as international shipping goes, I ordered my copy from HMV, an online shop I’d heartily recommend to everyone for its fast, reliable, and really affordable shipping offer. At about 300-450 yen shipping fee per item (sold at their original suggested retail price btw), you’ll get your package 3 days after it’s been shipped through EMS!
But I digress. Despite having ordered all four of the Toshokan Sensou novels from HMV, sadly, they had difficulty obtaining copies of the last two volumes, so I was left with no choice but to settle for yesasia, my last resort when it comes to buying stuff >_< Oh but don’t get me wrong, yesasia is a pretty competent online shop for one’s otaku needs as well, but you have to be willing to wait for months if you choose to avail of their free shipping (which is what I chose considering the expensive prices of their stuff). So the end result, I got my package three months after I ordered it. I even thought my package got lost and asked for a reshipment, and it just miraculously gets delivered weeks after I filed my complaint =.=;
And just last April, a supplementary Toshokan Sensou novel was released (the raburabu-looking novel there in the pic), which is supposedly filled with lots of sweet Iku x Doujou stuff, or so they say 
Of course I immediately placed it in my shopping cart, together with the first volume of the manga which was also released that time. So yeah, I have all these novels I plan to read, hopefully side-by-side the anime (damn the anime and its lightning speed!) Wish me luck in my deep-frying escapade(s) for this! Oh and the 2nd installment to my Toshokan Sensou deep frying should be out by tomorrow, unless I procrastinate even more >_<
P.S. It seems that the demand for the Toshokan Sensou novels escalated after the anime aired, that it’s now sold out in Amazon JP and yesasia! w00t! :O
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Damn, that’s nice. How much vocabulary would you recommend one learn before attempting to read something like this, and how often do you find yourself looking up words in the dictionary at your level?
Looks cool! Hopefully I’ll be able to get my hands on the whole set when I go to Tokyo next week, fingers crossed.
@Owen: I’d say you need at least a level 2 kanji /vocab and grammar knowledge to be able to read this with ease… and since I still haven’t mastered all those vocabs/kanjis/grammar stuff that much, I’m still having difficulty getting through this, especially those SRS BSNS stuff in the novel. I don’t have much problem understanding the sweet and funny antics though, but there should be no surprise in that
And hmm, since I read this during my commute, I find myself just ignoring some of the kanjis and vocabs I don’t know, in the hopes of getting the gist of what’s being said despite all that. If I was at home sitting comfortably in front of my PC while reading this, I’d say that not even a page will pass without me consulting the dictionary to look-up unknown kanjissss (most of them don’t have furigana too) =.=;;;;
@j1m0ne: woot, Tokyo escapade! lucky you!! I am soo hoping you’ll get to buy them too, and I’d love to hear your thoughts on it! =D
LOL! I tried finishing a collection (DN ANGEL MANGA) but then volume 12 isn’t even out and the mangaka is known for starting great series but then dropping them *sob sob*
That’s it, the next time I see the first volume I’m snatching it regardless of the cost (and my inability to comprehend things without furigana and my eternal reluctance to look up every bit of kanji in a sentence)! Damn you usagijen and your constant Toshokan Sensou pimping!
Looks great and you must be darn proud of yourself. \o/
@blissmo: but now DNAngel is back! so w00t! hope she can continue this now till the end~
@issa-sa: lol
I do hope you’ll get the manga, because the novel will be a real pain in the arse to read, especially for beginners and those who aren’t used to seeing all text ^^;;;;;; also, go order it from HMV!! :p
@The Sojourner: haha, yes, me ish proud of this!
and when I saw that the books were sold out in Amazon JP I was like “muahaha, it’s sold out, but I have ‘em all!” :p