While a sizeable number of anime are adapted from manga, an increasing number of anime are also being adapted from light novels, most notably from the isekai and fantasy genres. For those unaware, light novels are essentially shorter versions of novels, with an average of 50,000 words per light novel.
Many of them are published as books, but they also often contain black and white or colored full-page images of the characters or scenes that they’re discussing in the light novel. In the West, these novels are referred to as simply LNs, with more and more fans turning to LNs to find out how their favorite anime end.
10 Baccano!: A Story That Begins In 1711 & Ends In 1930 In The City Of Chicago
As one of the very rare anime that is set in the West, Baccano! features a non-linear and somewhat confusing story told by different narrators.
All of them have some connection with one another, beginning in the 1700s with a group of alchemists, and ending in the 1930s in Chicago. At the very center of everything that’s happening are Miria and Isaac, who aspire to be thieves, but have no idea what's going on around them.
9 Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!: When The Worlds Of A Chunibyo & An Ex-Chunibyo Collide
The Japanese term "chunibyo" is used to describe people (often children) who believe they’re special because they possess some sort of superpower. Rikka Takanashi is an unabashed chunibyo, and Yuuta Togashi is a boy who wants nothing to do with his chunibyo past.
Unfortunately for him, Rikka’s eccentricities soon catch up with him, and he’s forced to give up his dream of living a normal high school life, permanently.
8 Durarara!!: Ikebukuro Houses Some Truly Eccentric Individuals, Including A Headless Celtic Spirit
Tokyo's Ikebukuro district is home to several unbelievable rumors, most of which are surprisingly true. Right from schoolboys running underground gangs and indulging in gang wars, to a headless Celtic spirit who is always in search of her head — Ikebukuro has it all.
Caught in the middle of everything is newcomer Mikado Ryuugamine, who gets a lot more excitement than he bargained for when he personally comes in contact with many of the strange residents of Ikebukuro.
7 Beyond The Boundary: A Youmu Hunter Becomes Best Friends With A Boy Who’s an Immortal Half Youmu
As a Spirit Warrior, Mirai Kuriyama’s only job is to hunt youmu, which she later finds out is a job that's done in exchange for money. As someone who comes from a special bloodline, Mirai is able to wield her blood into a sword and uses it to decimate any and every youmu that stands in her path.
One day, she meets Akihito Kanbara, a rare half-youmu, and attacks him immediately. Her attacks fail because he’s an immortal, and an instantly besotted Akihito agrees to be her youmu punching bag, in exchange for her company.
6 Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon?: Bell Dreams Of Becoming The Greatest Adventurer Out There
With the support of Goddess Hestia, Bell Cranel’s dream of becoming an adventurer starts materializing before his very eyes. His city Orario is filled with Dungeons, places that are full of monsters. Like any other adventurer worth his salt, Bell dreams of slaying those monsters too.
However, survival is not as easy as it initially seemed to Bell, who soon realizes that he will have to fight for his rights in a world where death is simply lurking around the next corner.
5 The Devil Is A Part-Timer!: Satan Runs Away To Earth & Ends Up Working At MgRonald’s
A crushing defeat at the hands of the Hero Emilia forces the Demon Lord to run away to earth, with his trusted General Alciel by his side. To their shock, they are barely able to use their magic on this planet, and they soon realize they’re stuck here for a long time.
Satan finds a job at MgRonald’s and starts working there as an average employee, not knowing that the Hero Emilia followed him to earth, with just one goal in mind – to kill him.
4 Violet Evergarden: An Emotionless Child Soldier Slowly Understands What It Means To “Love” Someone
After the end of the Great War, Violet Evergarden realizes she has no real goals in her life. Even so, she applies as an Auto Memory Doll on a whim, and to her surprise, she’s hired to work at CH Postal Services.
Her job is to transcribe the words and feelings of people onto paper, and while she initially fails spectacularly at her job, she soon starts understanding the myriad of emotions that humans are capable of experiencing.
3 The Saga of Tanya the Evil: A Salaryman Is Reincarnated As A Sadistic Child Soldier
Angry at the Being X for reincarnating him into the body of a girl child, the man swears revenge at the celestial being, just to prove a point.
The young girl (Tanya Degurechaff) joins the military, hoping to live a lavish lifestyle full of government perks. To her shock and horror, war befalls on her country, forcing her to bring out her sadistic side and taking out her anger and frustration on her opponents, with no consequences to her actions.
2 So I'm A Spider, So What?: A Girl Finds Herself Being Reborn In A Fantasy World As A Spider
After her school experiences a catastrophe, Kumoko and a handful of her schoolmates are reincarnated in a fantasy world as princesses, nobles, and whatnot.
Much to her horror, Kumoko realizes she’s been reincarnated as a measly spider, well aware of her position at the bottom of the food chain. With every odd stacked against her, can this young spider manage to survive in a world full of monsters?
1 Grimgar of Fantasy & Ash: A Group Of Children Find Themselves In An Unknown World, With No Memories Of Their Past Lives
Finding themselves in a world called Grimgar, Haruhiro, Manato, Ranta, Shihoru, and Mogzo decide to work together as a group.
They pool their resources, talents, and skills, thus increasing their chances of survival in a world where all sorts of creatures are waiting to kill them. They all know that they will not get a do-over – once they die, they’re dead permanently.
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