Overlord (Light Novel)
Overlord (Light Novel)

Overlord (Light Novel)

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Overlord (Light Novel) novel is a popular light novel covering Action, Adventure, and Comedy genres. Written by the Author MARUYAMA Kugane. 178 chapters have been translated and translation of all chapters was completed.

Summary

After announcing it will be discontinuing all service, the internet game ‘Yggdrasil’ shut down… That was the plan, but for some reason, the player character did not log out some time after the server was closed. NPCs start to become sentient. A normal youth who loves gaming in the real world seemed to have been transported into an alternate world along with his guild, becoming the strongest mage with the appearance of a skeleton, Momonga. He leads his guild ‘Ainz Ooal Gown’ towards an unprecedented legendary fantasy adventure!

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Comments on the novel chapters for the last week.

: 1 comment on Chapter 144.6: Volume 16: Chapter 5: Kill Steal (6)
  • Wasi1800 1

    The author wants to finish volume 17 and 18 at the same time. Considering how long it took him to finish 15 and 16 (they were originally meant to be one volume), he will probably release them in a year from now on. Maybe we will hear about some news on his progress when the movie airs, similar to when season 4 dropped with volume 15 and 16. Fingers crossed guys.

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  • OneFoolishReader 22

    Does anyone know if the author said anything about when the next volume is coming out?

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    • Tranger 10

      its not, he dropped the series because of reddit pirating. I think 2 volumes are still coming out though. Nothing after tho.

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      • Ekzarcun 12

        Oh so that is how fan translations that are 7 years in the future and done for free called. I call it unpaid labour

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  • MonkeyDRuffy 2

    For those of you who don’t know: Overlord: The Holy Kingdom is an upcoming anime film and the official release date of the movie is on September 20, 2024. It is a movie adaptation of the Roble Holy Kingdom arc (Volumes 12 - 13 of the Light Novel), which has not been adapted to the anime prior.

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    • KDFangy 2

      Where can u watch it?

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      • MonkeyDRuffy 2

        You can check on any of your local cinemas if they stream this movie. If that’s unfortunately not the case, you would need to wait for a bit longer before you can watch it online on pirate sites. Though, with an Crunchyroll Account, you could watch it immediately and legally as well.

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      • KDFangy 2

        Thanks

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  • MonkeyDRuffy 2

    The anime has 4 Seasons and adapted basically till volume 14. The novel has 16 volumes and is expected to end at volume 17.

    Edited: 4mo
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  • PriestOfPlague 12

    Okay, so, I see all these comments about how it was dropped and everything, but I have a more important question Is the translation good?? Does it live up to the greatness of the anime??

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    • MidMist 1

      The anime falls short in comparison with the light novel in my opinion (I like highly detailed writing) you can slowly witness how the main characters mental state changes from borderline personality fragmentation due to trying to uphold different personas for different tasks and situations (not allowing himself to be himself due to putting up a front for the now real npc’s that he and his friends/guild mates made) his mind starts to slip from reality and it effects his morality in various ways. Which is never really given due justice in either the manga or the anime.

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      • PriestOfPlague 12

        Ooooh fantastic, I love super detailed writing with the mc slipping into insanity 😩 Another important question: Is the grammar, spelling, and punctuation good? Cause I really enjoyed Reincarnated as a Slime, but couldn't stand reading the novel cause of the incredibly poor translation quality 😔

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      • MidMist 1

        I honestly didn’t read it from this site…. I have the books (hard cover worthy books) there’s another site that I read from that I had followed the translation releases chapter by chapter until I could afford buying the books (they had some interesting cometary notes that clued in on things normally lost in translation or only understood culturally like local phrases and such). So I have no idea of this sites quality of translation, sorry. It is just one of my favorites so I will sometimes just add to reading lists on sites I read on and once in a while I will check out the comments just because 😅(literally looking for a new book to fit my reading mood and saw it in passing as I was digging through the adventure genre)

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      • PriestOfPlague 12

        Oh I see, thank you 😊 in that case, I will absolutely read this after I finish my current novel. Any webnovel that's hardcover worthy is usually good 😌 I very much appreciate the feedback, and lightnovel rarely disappoints regarding translation quality

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    • Spider_Lily 1

      Actually people say it's the anime that doesn't live up to the standard of the ln and specially manga. Though I find the ln a bit too unnecessarily detailed. But it's good I'd say.

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      • PriestOfPlague 12

        Ooooh gotcha, thank you so much ^-^

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  • zeraxen 9

    didnt this sh*t have over 17 volumes? how is this less than 200 chapters? this gotta be fanfic

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    • Bobowan 1

      Author originally said it would be 17 volumes (last 2 volumes were gonna be a part 1 and part 2) but COVID hit and their favorite cafe closed so they had trouble writing and shortened it. I wish I was kidding

      Edited: 5mo
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    • Bruhguy 75

      It's not a fanfic, and no, there are only 15 volumes, with the most recent one coming out a year ago.

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  • LowTierConstellation 4

    3rd anime i watched all before the 3rd season and it is always top 2 and maybe no.1

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    • Cute_Dumpling 23

      Did you watch op and Naruto and still put overlord above them? Nice choice though I like op better than overlord season 4 was mid

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      • PriestOfPlague 12

        Bruh one piece literally has like, a thousand episodes and a dozen movies. I've been watching anime for 12 years, and could never even begin to get onto op because of the length and how slow it goes. Also naruto is lowkey mid 💀 naruto's entire skillset in combat is basically "rasengan", "g*ngb*ng", and becoming a furry

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      • MOONINRED 1

        Good point actually

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      • Cute_Dumpling 23

        If you can't watch op bec its long your loss I enjoyed it alot Also Naruto is mid? Bruh if Naruto is mid then demon slayer and aot are trash not even worth saying the names of Also being or short doesn't really matter much except you don't have the time to watch in which case as I said your loss Good shows Like Death note Gintama Opm Vinland saga Hxh Are all either long or short but well made nonetheless if quality aint the problem then there is nothing to complain about and naruto and op deliver (jeez people like these would watch trash isekai and complain about something that's actually enjoyable though and I'm not talking about overlord enjoyed that except the latest season wasn't so fun as the last few)

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      • PriestOfPlague 12

        Alright, first, Demon Slayer *is* trash, the plot is so basic it's insane. Only thing it has going for it is how awesome the fight scenes are 💀💀 Aot is decent, fell off towards the end tho. Op being long asf isn't the only reason I can't watch it lmao it's just a repeat plot, Luffy beats some guy who's supposedly ridiculously strong by discovering something new about himself, moves on, then surprise, that guy was actually weak and luffys new opponent is someone supposedly ridiculously strong. It happens over and over again. That's literally the entire plot. And yes, naruto is trash lmao I don't mind watching long *ss anime, but if they're not even good enough to catch my interest or hold my attention? No thanks. Also season 4 of Overlord was arguably the best season so far. Although I will say, there were a couple parts that weren't quite up to par, but the end was worth it 😌

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      • Cute_Dumpling 23

        Repeat of plot? Yea If you call amazing world building and foreshadowing in the earliest parts of the anime to be repeat of plot? It is and in most anime ofc as MC gets stronger he will fight stronger enemies we were already told he wants be king of the pirates so ofc he will fight enemies and become strong enough to have influence to reach the one-piece Unlike most sh*ts Naruto and op made their own power scaling with haki , chakra and devil fruits they are unique And it's god d*mn hype and enjoyable the only reason I can understand of not wanting to watch op is it's art style which was not that good at the beginning but improved as time went own and grows on you(I also didn't watch JoJo bizzare adventure because of the art style but I don't dare say it's bad bec I can't judge what I haven't eaten) And to me season 4 wasn't enjoyable enough the previous season with the vampire fighting MC becomes of someone actually being able to brainwash her somehow was one of the best moments

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      • LowTierConstellation 4

        I dont wanna watch those long as shows

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      • Leon_Hotdog 6

        The anime is bad considering the novel material. A lot of information was discarded and many others were left in the background. This last season should be more incredible than it already is.

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  • Cute_Dumpling 23

    Added to library

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  • Diavolock 5

    Why is the synopsis so goofy? It doesnt convey how awesome the story is and makes it seem like a typical isekai.

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    • Bobowan 1

      To be fair it is a typical isekai, just better than most

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      • Diavolock 5

        i disagree, i think its very unique but i may be a little biased considering ive read each volume at least 6 times

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  • lnwUser59480 1

    Just go on Reddit if you want to read Overlord LN , it's not s dropped book , you guys do know overlord is a published Book right? Either buy the book from Amazon or get the PDF file off of Reddit 🤷. me personally I do both if the volume hasn't been published I go to Reddit, when it has I buy it .

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    • MasemoYamahuchi 2

      Can you drop me the link or prompts of how can I search on reddit

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      • avatarboy 2

        You can go to overlord reddit and it's in the pin I think

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      • lnwUser59480 1

        Type this in reddit should take you straight to it (Overlord Volume 15 & 16 LN clean -Free download )

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    • lnwUser87208 1

      Can you please link the pdf please

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