Thread:Ashleyien/@comment-918376-20150707020140/@comment-918376-20150927040154

They probably weren't new, I just didn't notice it until I read the translation. I mean, light novels in general are very hit-or-miss, I think. LH is really the only light novel series I follow at the moment. I tried to read to Toaru Majutsu no Index novels, but I didn't get too far.

Volume 6's adaption was underwhelming, whereas volume 7/Shiroe's group got a larger focus (likely because v6 was mostly about personal growth, whereas Shiroe's was about growing with others). Reading the novel gives a lot more character to Rieze and Rayneshia that I didn't see in the anime (Rieze was almost completely skipped, and I didn't pay attention during Ray's talk with Elissa because I'm pretty sure I was too busy reading the stream chat). It's something that I didn't really appreciate, either, until I went back into it for the Rayneshia character analysis for LHxFE8.