Juuni taisen light novel pdf download

Final Thoughts: I liked it, but I wish it was a little less predictable considering how he wrote it I get why it couldn't be and I really enjoyed how he wrote it, but still.

View 2 comments. Oct 24, Michael rated it liked it Shelves: light-novels. I have to admit this book really disappointed me. I have to come to really enjoy NisiOisiN's books I've read so far, but this one didn't meet expectations. The premise of this book is really intriguing, as it features the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac fighting it out to be the lone victor and have a wish granted. That part is awesome, but the structure of the chapters was not. Once I realized the pattern of how deaths occur, I was kind of bored.

When you start a chapter and immediately know w I have to admit this book really disappointed me. When you start a chapter and immediately know who the next death is before reading a single line, the fun of wondering who is next is sucked out of it. This book had potential, but it was squandered in my opinion. Jan 10, Illy rated it did not like it. Bunny was probably my favorite of course.

Beyond that, the book was your pretty standard battle royale kind of book. I recommend it for those who like light novels and fighting plots. And who like interesting characters because you do go in depth with the 12 characters for the most part. Nov 05, Kate Looking Glass Reads rated it really liked it Shelves: fantasy , translated-prose , light-novel.

I happened to come across an absolutely beautiful copy of The Zodiac War by NisiOisin in my local bookstore not too long ago and immediately picked up a copy. This book is about the Zodiac War, a battle that occurs every twelve years between fighters which represent each of the 4 out of 5 stars on Looking Glass Reads. This book is about the Zodiac War, a battle that occurs every twelve years between fighters which represent each of the twelve zodiacs.

What you see is pretty much what you get here. The point of view changes rather frequently in this book. Each fighter, or nearly each fighter, gets a section from their point of view. The transitions from one chapter to the next were extremely smooth. All were masters at something whether it was a fighting style, weapon type, or a more fantasy based ability.

Personalities were also incredibly varied. Each one was very interesting in their own right. Though titled differently they work the same, dividing the book at appropriate points and are further broken down into shorter sections.

One of the interesting parts of the novel is that it only follows the Zodiac War. We see the participants fighting against one another, struggling to win. And some just want the wish they will be granted if they win. Needless to say, this is a very fast paced book. A lot happens within pages. There is plenty of fight scenes, some great strategizing, and I loved every second of it.

However, as the narrator states, this is a game on two levels. A physical one for the fighters, and a game of politics and money for those who organize it. And the latter is not something that the fighters, especially while on the battlefield, are thinking about in any great detail. I would be interested to read more about these characters and this world. Thankfully, we do have a little more available to us. There is a one shot manga included within an anthology called Ogiri which features one of these characters, something I will definitely be searching for in the near future.

Beneath the dust jacket is a gorgeous cream colored hardback covered in the character's depicting the various animals of the zodiac and the same diamond shaped title and author image from the dust jacket. If you like fast paced stories with some light fantasy elements, definitely pick up this book. I highly recommend it. Nov 27, Terrence rated it liked it Shelves: japanese-novels-read-in A solid, but not spectacularly interesting Battle Royale story.

This is a true Battle Royale, no punches pulled when it comes to characters dying in bloody ways. If you're looking for a sweeping epic with grandiose setup and character development, you've come to the wrong book.

Besides a brief interlude about a character before each chapter, this book is focused on thoughts about actions and then the actual actions taking place. Most of the combatants don't know each other, and some don't even kn A solid, but not spectacularly interesting Battle Royale story.

Most of the combatants don't know each other, and some don't even know the renown of the abilities of the fighters. Fights are swift, some being settled in a matter of a line or two.

The victor of the battle seemed pretty obvious for how it was going. I wasn't sure how we were supposed to feel towards the scenario we saw. Like, one of the "villains" of the scenario could easily be seen as an intelligent mastermind, someone worth rooting. Some of the "heroes" are not as cunning or intelligent again, some of them were just lucky, so I didn't really feel like rooting for them. I don't know, I didn't care for the underdogs as much. Despite the story being about granting a wish, we don't really get to see this wish in action, and we don't learn too many of the wishes other losers held.

Is there more to this? Will there be a follow-up novel? I dunno. Maybe gotta read some other impressions and take a look at the Afterward. Jun 23, Lacydior rated it really liked it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers.

To view it, click here. The premise of this story is about 12 warriors chosen to fight in a proxy war that is held once every 12 years. Battle royale is a genre that have saturated the market in recent years, given rise by the likes of Hunger Games and even Fate series, it is inevitable that Juuni Taisen will be compared to them.

I have started this book after finishing it's anime, so I went in with the knowledge of what will happen. And as many others have pointed out, it is predictable. But if you start this book wit The premise of this story is about 12 warriors chosen to fight in a proxy war that is held once every 12 years.

What this book manage to do however is putting realistic and human response in a fantasy setting. It touches on philosophical questions in situations played out throughout the Zodiac war. Like the moral ethics of Rabbit, the question of 'how to do the right thing' by Tiger, the pacifist Monkey trying to save everyone, Rat dying ninety-nine times so that he could live one uninteresting life, just to name a few.

The book even ends off with a very anticlimactic ending, one where it ended off going along the lines of 'Life goes on, as usual. But it is also predictive and uninteresting at its worst. On a personal note, I truly enjoyed it, and came to love every single characters. I do wish that one day I will still get to know what Monkey's plans truly were.

Though I do have a few slight ideas from clues in the book itself. Jan 08, D rated it liked it Shelves: light-novel. L gave me their copy after reading, saying they had no sympathy for any of the characters and I was prepared for the worst. But actually it wasn't so bad? So it looks like Juni Taisen is a prologue to a manga illustrated by Hikaru Nakamura who also drew the cover for the novel and I guess that makes sense considering how fast Juni Taisen just You get a few sub-chapters for each 'fight' and the battles don't usually last long.

A blessing, from what I've seen of NisiOisiN's fight sc L gave me their copy after reading, saying they had no sympathy for any of the characters and I was prepared for the worst. A blessing, from what I've seen of NisiOisiN's fight scenes to be honest, but also doesn't really give me the feeling that these people are the world's greatest fighters.

We could chalk it up to 'well all of them are good so it's a matter of who's better right? After the hype we saw of Boar and how deadly she was, how femme fatale, how strong, and then bam she's just dead--I kinda feel cheated you know? Two specific points I like: the combatants' bio that appears before their chapters. I like some of them and think they're interesting characters from their bio.

Too bad the actual novel doesn't really show much of any of that. Another is Tiger's disappointment about life in general. I didn't really think I'd like her as much as I did but her chapters were pretty good. It shows how an innocent and naive person can react to war and death and I liked that.

All in all the novel's not too bad, but I'm glad I didn't have to pay for it. Sep 09, Olivia Wilborn rated it really liked it. While this book had it's flaws, like lacking in character development, but I'm not taking away much because in the end there character is there for you to get to know only for them to be killed off.

However, I really enjoyed the little snip its of information we got for each character. It made it so that you could feel more connected with them before their deaths. I would say that you should definitely give this one a read, you will like. The characters are unique in their own ways and the reasons range from a variety of reasons. The ending is a bit hard to understand a first but as this review is being written there is and anime for this book.

I say read the book first then go watch the show. The show fills in a lot of the gaps that couldn't be filled in the book and it also has episodes that give more background on the characters. Also if you have a problem with the death order, then next time don't go out of your way to spoil yourself and be mad at the author for it. May 20, Ashe rated it it was amazing. This is such a guilty pleasure read of mine. In my heart I knew it should not have been a 5 star read, yet here we are. The anime was probably 3.

So, whenever I read the light novel I was not expecting much and was pleasantly surprised. The story itself is very predictable if you know the backstory of the Chinese zodiac or if you read the chapter outline. Putting that aside the writing for this light novel was outstanding. The best writing in a light novel I have read yet This is such a guilty pleasure read of mine.

The best writing in a light novel I have read yet. It was beautifully detailed. The characters were surprisingly deep not all that fleshed out in some cases but even still they were human with humble wishes. Despite them being strong warriors most with supernatural powers. The powers were very unique.

The warriors had some resemblance to the zodiac animal they were portraying. It was a quick read not sure if it's for everyone, enjoyable nonetheless. Jan 14, Brooke rated it really liked it. I picked this up because of the anime adoption and wanted to see how different it was. The anime added more to the story with the addition of most of the fighter's backstories. The book didn't contain that and I was surprised when I started. Overall, I enjoyed the novel as much I enjoyed the anime!

Ushii Warrior of the Ox became my favorite al I picked this up because of the anime adoption and wanted to see how different it was. Loved it! Nov 30, Andersen Albert rated it really liked it. Battle Royale as written by Nisioisin, the author of the Monogatari series. This book is actually pretty good!

At first, the chapter structure annoyed me, since it made the deaths predictable, but I realized that the deaths weren't what mattered. This book is the textbook definition "It's about the journey, not the destination", and I'm completely fine with that.

Mar 06, Bekka rated it really liked it. Very entertaining, fast-paced read that was brought down by the predictability of the chapter format and a slightly unsatisfying ending. Would have liked to know more about the mysterious 'they' and get a little deeper into the character's wishes but I knew I wouldn't get much of that going in based off of previous experience with LNs Very entertaining, fast-paced read that was brought down by the predictability of the chapter format and a slightly unsatisfying ending.

Would have liked to know more about the mysterious 'they' and get a little deeper into the character's wishes but I knew I wouldn't get much of that going in based off of previous experience with LNs Sep 09, Chris Orme rated it it was amazing.

Was fun at keeping on toes to who would win, only real flaw would say is that could have been longer, give you more time to know the characters but loved it never the less. Oct 04, Lauren rated it it was ok. The premise is interesting and some of the fights are nice and action-packed, but overall it was really disappointing.

I figured out very early on what order the characters would die in, so I also knew early on who the winner was. In the parts between the fights, I wasn't really interested in what was going on or what the characters were thinking about since I didn't really like any of them.

I normally like Nisioisn's writing, but this one was a huge letdown. Nov 22, Eric Snell rated it liked it. It was a solid read and I enjoyed some of it's twists and turns. However, it belongs to a class of books that have done it better.

The anime looks amazing but doesn't stray at all from the book in any fashion. It's probably preferable to just watch it then read it as you won't be missing anything. May 15, Darnell rated it it was ok Shelves: manga-manhwa.

One of those series that doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is: twelve people with unusual powers kill each other in creative ways. So don't expect the hints about the war having a purpose to go anywhere, but it's decent for what it is.

My main complaint is that, since we know Rat will win from meta-knowledge, the victory and lack of wish were anticlimactic. Characters Usagi. Nobuhiko Okamoto. Shun Horie. Yuuichirou Umehara. Hiromi Igarashi. Elder Tatsumi. Takuya Eguchi. Younger Tatsumi. Kousuke Toriumi. Hikaru Nakamura. Naoto Hosoda. Sadayuki Murai. Chikashi Kadekaru. Gou Shiina. Do As Infinity. Hiroyuki Sawano. Status Distribution Completed. Score Distribution. Recommendations View All 18 recommendations.

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