The Emergence of Light Novels through, Duraarara!!, A Novel by Ryohgo Narita

Rashmi Naik

Abstract: Light novels are an emerging genre of novel from the East, specially Japan where it is called ‘Raito Noberu’. These novels have a word limit of fifty thousand words, which are the bare minimum of a western novel. This had been a tradition in japan, which now has spread across the globe. These novels are usually in A6 size and it is seen that, most of the animation that have been produced, have these novels as their base. This articles, looks at the coming of light novel through the anime, Durarara!! and how they differ from each other.

Keywords: Anime, Durarara, Light novel, Ryohgo Narita