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Cover of The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria

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The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria

Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria

2009, Light novel, 7 vol, 85%

Loved by 70 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

Kazuki Hoshino treasures nothing more than his ordinary life, and March 2 should have been an ordinary day. The arrival of a transfer student, the mysterious Aya Otonashi, shouldn't have shattered the world he knows. He's never seen this girl before in his life, but she says…

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    Spice & Wolf

    2006, Light novel, ongoing, 87%

    Loved by 48 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  2. Cover of Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

    Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash

    2013, Light novel, ongoing, 82%

    Loved by 23 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  3. Cover of A Certain Magical Index

    A Certain Magical Index

    2004, Light novel, 22 vol, 83%

    Loved by 40 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  4. Cover of Gekkou

    Gekkou

    2010, Light novel, 1 vol, 76%

    Loved by 26 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  5. Cover of Toradora!

    Toradora!

    2006, Light novel, 10 vol, 80%

    Loved by 22 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  6. Cover of Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

    Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation

    2014, Light novel, 26 vol, 86%

    Loved by 75 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  7. Cover of All You Need is Kill

    All You Need is Kill

    2004, Light novel, 1 vol, 76%

    Loved by 15 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  8. Cover of Bakemonogatari: Monster Tale

    Bakemonogatari: Monster Tale

    2006, Light novel, 2 vol, 88%

    Loved by 75 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  9. Cover of My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected

    My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected

    2011, Light novel, 18 vol, 86%

    Loved by 36 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  10. Cover of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

    That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

    2014, Light novel, 23 vol, 84%

    Loved by 27 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  11. Cover of Full Metal Panic!

    Full Metal Panic!

    1998, Light novel, 12 vol, 81%

    Loved by 10 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  12. Cover of KATANAGATARI

    KATANAGATARI

    2007, Light novel, 12 vol, 86%

    Loved by 14 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  13. Cover of No Game No Life

    No Game No Life

    2012, Light novel, ongoing, 81%

    Loved by 25 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  14. Cover of Classroom of the Elite

    Classroom of the Elite

    2015, Light novel, 14 vol, 85%

    Loved by 61 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  15. Cover of Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

    Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!

    2013, Light novel, 17 vol, 84%

    Loved by 31 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

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    Hyouka

    2001, Light novel, 1 vol, 85%

    Loved by 18 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  17. Cover of Overlord

    Overlord

    2012, Light novel, 18 vol, ongoing, 85%

    Loved by 26 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  18. Cover of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

    The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

    2003, Light novel, 1 vol, 84%

    Loved by 27 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  19. Cover of Kieli

    Kieli

    2003, Light novel, 9 vol, 82%

    Loved by 6 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  20. Cover of Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1

    Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1

    2015, Light novel, 3 vol, 86%

    Loved by 29 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  21. Cover of Fate/Zero

    Fate/Zero

    2006, Light novel, 4 vol, 84%

    Loved by 25 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  22. Cover of Violet Evergarden

    Violet Evergarden

    2015, Light novel, 2 vol, 84%

    Loved by 18 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

  23. Cover of The Rising of the Shield Hero

    The Rising of the Shield Hero

    2013, Light novel, ongoing, 74%

    Loved by 15 Bakuman. fans who read novels.

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