Full title: Aru Hi, Bakudan ga Ochitekite Author: Furuhashi Hideyuki Illustrator: Higa Yukari Label: Dengeki Bunko Year of publication: 2005 Pages: 253 Importing books is expensive, so in order to keep shipping costs down I always try to buy at least ten books at a time. However, finding ten interesting titles can be a difficult task, and sometimes I end up throwing dubious novels on the pile just to pad the numbers. One of these was Aru Hi, Bakudan ga Ochitekite, a name I only vaguely remembered having seen somewhere, but its meaning — One day, a bomb came falling down — got my imagination going, pondering what kind of missile it could be, and how the victims of this explosion would be affected. It was nothing like I imagined.

Full title: Mimizuku to Yoru no Ou Author: Kougyoku Izuki Illustrator: Isono Hiroo Label: Dengeki Bunko Year of publication: 2007 Pages: 267 What constitutes a light novel? It's a question you have to ask yourself when reading Mimizuku to Yoru no Ou, because there's no hint of manga style on the cover, and the inside of the book has no illustrations at all. It is, however, published by a light novel label, and Wikipedia has it classified as such, so who am I to argue? Either way, the novel is a wonderful literary work, light or not.