GATE: Where the JSDF Fought (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 6
• 2017 - 2020

In the Great Orient, lies the continent called Rodenius. One day, an unidentified flying object arrived at Qua-Toyne Principality’s airspace. The unidentified flying object defied the Principality’s common sense. But that unidentified flying object was just a harbinger of something even more shocking. Far to the eastern sea, a group of islands suddenly appeared. The country of the islands called itself: Japan. According to them, their nation had been transported to another world. Now finding themselves separated from their old world and must survive in the new one, how will Japan interact with the native countries of this world? Will they greet her as a friend or as an enemy? This is a story of the country called Japan as it was engulfed in the chaotic storm of the world.

• Vol: 8+; Ch: 41+
• 2018 - ?

In the Great Orient, lies the continent called Rodenius. One day, an unidentified flying object arrived at Qua-Toyne Principality’s airspace. The unidentified flying object defied the Principality’s common sense. But that unidentified flying object was just a harbinger of something even more shocking. Far to the eastern sea, a group of islands suddenly appeared. The country of the islands called itself: Japan. According to them, their nation had been transported to another world.Now finding themselves separated from their old world and must survive in the new one, how will Japan interact with the native countries of this world? Will they greet her as a friend or as an enemy?

• Vol: 18; Ch: 95
• 2011 - 2017

Tigrevurmud Vorn, the young lord of a remote region far from the kingdom's center, is commanded by the king to go fight the war against a neighboring country. The leader of the enemy is Eleonora Viltaria, one of the seven Vanadis given supernatural arms from a dragon. The moment when an archer boy and the silver-haired beautiful war maiden meet, it is the beginning for the legend of a hero that will be told for generations to come.

• Vol: 14
• 2012 - 2018

Inept with a sword, unable to ride a horse, and apathetic toward the empire he serves, Regis Aurick is a hopeless soldier who spends his days buried in books. Banished to the borderlands, he encounters a stirring young woman with red hair and ruby eyes. She is Fourth Princess Marie Quatre Argentina de Belgaria, known simply to Regis as Altina. “…Do you want to become my tactician or not?” Having sought him for his rumored strategic prowess, she aspires to reform an empire led by self-seeking nobles and driven to pointless wars, the legendary blade of an emperor, the Grand Tonnerre Quatre, at her hip. Continuously underestimated by her regiment, including her would-be tactician, the princess resolves to prove her worth beyond a shadow of a doubt—no matter the risk. Here is a tale of war, love, and politics, woven by the bookworm and the sword princess.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 9
• 2014

Fourth Princess Altina has been chased from the imperial court and assigned to command a faraway unit on the border. If she wants to one day become empress, what she needs most is wisdom. “The Eve” recounts the first time she learns about the bibliophagic tactician who goes on to become her biggest ally. A young Felicia must uphold a deception of the grandest scale, taking on a new identity to live as her late brother. Find out her fate in “Auguste, the Silver Princess.” Finally, in “A Vow to the Morning Star,” Third Prince Bastian sets off with Elize—whose right to the High Britannian throne has been stolen from her—to write a new story. Here is a set of short tales from the popular military fantasy!

• Vol: 18+
• 2013 - ?

High above the blood- and mud-soaked trenches, a young girl pits herself against army mages in high stakes aerial duels with bullets, spells, and bayonets. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff and she is the Devil of the Rhine, one of the greatest soldiers the Empire has ever seen! But inside her mind lives a ruthless, calculating ex-salaryman who enjoyed a peaceful life in Japan until he woke up in a war-torn world. Reborn as a destitute orphaned girl with nothing to her name but memories of a previous life, Tanya will do whatever it takes to survive, even if she can find it only behind the barrel of a gun!

• Vol: 2
• 2018 - 2020

• Vol: 3
• 2019 - 2020

Herian was the ultimate player of the nation-building VR game “Tactics Chronicle” when he got transported into the country he built himself in the game. There, he met the great army of magical beast which possessed their own ego, as well as his peerless former NPC generals. Hiding his identity, what he found together with his vassals were the Elves battling against a great evil. Seeing the tears of the innocent masses, he came to a realization of his duties as king and made a declaration in anger. To vanquish evil with the hundred thousand magical troops under his command! “Stand up, my brave people! Now is the time to bare your anger!” ““OOOOOOOOOOHH!!!” The moment the thunderous roars resounded—the peerless Alchimaira breaks off ahead!! The king of a thousand beasts now orders the attack of the strongest army!!

• Vol: 2
• 2018 - 2019

PotatoStarch, a live streamer who's gaining popularity for his excitable attitude and witty banter, has begun streaming Dragon Demon RPG-DX, a game with a cult following known for its extreme difficulty and unreasonable systems. Only masochists would play it. Meanwhile, in the world of the game, a fierce war between humans, elves, and vampires is reaching its bloody peak. The humans, lacking in magic, were forced into a defensive battle—until a savior appeared. Wielding a battleaxe, a young girl named Chloe stepped forth to oppose both enemy armies. Her heroic efforts earned her the names “Dragonslayer” and “Killer of Demons.” Thanks to Chloe, a girl “loved by God,” humans counter-attack. PotatoStarch is just a video game player. He dives into this world hoping to forget the tiring real world. But through an unexpected series of events, he ends up almost “possessing” Chloe. As he reaches the game’s climax, Chloe discovers a mysterious power and PotatoStarch’s fate is changed forever.

• Vol: 11+
• 2013 - ?

Kurata Tsubasa is not your average citizen. Sure, he’s a genius programmer and software engineer, but as far as he’s concerned, his most important trait is that he’s a hardcore mecha nerd. So, what happens when you take that nerd and reincarnate him into a fantastic world of swords and sorcery? Well, you’d think he’d be disappointed...but this world has magical giant robots! Obviously, Tsubasa—reborn as Ernesti Echevalier—now wants to devote his life entirely to these wondrous pieces of technology. But how exactly can young Ernie achieve his ultimate goal of getting his very own mech? He’ll have to rely on his imagination, uninhibited by the common sense of this new world, as well as his extreme dedication and focus! He also might just find help in the form of a rather interesting quirk...