Japan has insanely long titles for light novels (which was also adopted by manga) in order to get people to pick up books. There's such an influx of light novels the writers starting turning the titles into summaries.

[–] Nelots@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My personal favorite title is:

Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Trusted Companions Tried to Kill Me, But Thanks to the Gift of an Unlimited Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out For Revenge on My Former Party Members and the World

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Part way through reading that title, my brain instinctively tried to "Chuck Tingle" it.

Backstabbed in the butt by my own butt in a Backwater Dungeon..."

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Its the ultimate "Dont judge a book by its cover" counter system. Its kinda odd but i honestly dont mind it unless it spoils too much.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nah, it's a limitation of the main platform that forces that. What was it again, they have nowhere to place a description so they have to use the title for that to get readers.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

which i would get if they weren't all minor variations upon the exact same thing, like come on give me a light novel title that sounds like lord of the rings

[–] PeachyMcPeachface@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Pretty sure this was a joke but The Faraway Paladin is an isekai that seems VERY inspired by, if not derivative of, The Hobbit.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Nice read btw.