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I recently started reading the Re:Zero light novel in Japanese. It's freakin' tough. The word choice is crazy sometimes (from the perspective of someone who usually only practices Japanese with manga). Part of the problem is certainly that novels just naturally use more descriptive words than manga and I'm not used to that, but even so I'm finding it tougher to read than even most seinen manga. Still, my e-reader's built-in dictionary makes the lookups quick enough that it's an overall enjoyable experience. Just slow. I mean, I'm 2 hours into the first volume and only 17% of the way through it!

The e-reader has been indispensable for this, hence my question: "Are there any websites that sell light novels in Japanese in epub format?"

Comparable formats would be fine. The important part is the ability to open the file in the koreader app and use koreader's built-in dictionary functionality.

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[–] AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

my homework increased.

hahaha no. It's a dramatic “you,” as in GLaDOS telling me that my backlog of projects has increased. You know, b4 GLaDOS took over.

benefit of a format that supports so many features though!

Exactly. Colleagues know ebooks only benefit a small percentage of the population. VN formats help fill a gap poor accessibility software doesn't provide: Designed for TTS, animation, braille output, & SFX.

Koreader sync server is built on top of the Gin JSON-API framework

So I did read correctly. So basically I have to choose/make a decentralized model. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

Thanks for all your work on open-source reading technology!

Heh😁, it's anarchist praxis irl, so thanks!