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Narrated by:
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Keith Silverstein
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Eric Kimerer
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Cristina Vee
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By:
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NISIOISIN
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Around midnight, under a lonely streetlamp in a provincial town in Japan, lies a white woman, a blonde, alone, robbed of all four limbs yet undead. Indeed, a rumor's been circulating among the local girls that a vampire has come to their backwater, of all places.
Koyomi Araragi, who prefers to avoid having friends because they'd lower his "intensity as a human", is naturally skeptical. Yet it is to him that the bloodsucking demon, a concept "dated twice over", beckons on the first day of spring break as he makes his way home with a fresh loot of morally compromising periodicals.
Always disarmingly candid, often hilariously playful, and sometimes devastatingly moving, KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale is the perfect gateway into the world of author NISIOISIN, the best-selling young novelist in Japan today. The prequel to BAKEMONOGATARI ("Monster Tale"), this is where the legendary MONOGATARI series, whose anime adaptations have enjoyed international popularity and critical acclaim, begins.
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Sagara Sousuke isn't your typical high school student. He reads military enthusiast magazines; he responds to questions with "affirmative;" he brings grenades to school in his bag. Though everyone at school takes him for a hopeless military geek, Chidori Kaname thinks there might be something more to him. When their plane is hijacked in the middle of a field trip, Kaname's instincts will prove correct: Sousuke is an elite, mech-piloting mercenary... and he's here to protect her!
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An amazing performance for an amazing story
- By Russell on 02-09-24
By: Shouji Gatou
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Konosuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World!, Vol. 1
- Oh! My Useless Goddess!
- By: Natsume Akatsuki
- Narrated by: Kevin Steinbach, Arnie Pantoja, Erica Mendez
- Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Game loving shut-in Kazuma Sato's life as a young schoolboy in Japan abruptly comes to an early end...or at least it was supposed to. When he opens his eyes, though, he sees a beautiful goddess that offers him a once in an after-lifetime chance to be reborn in a parallel world. The catch is that the world is violent and threatened by a growing evil! Fortunately, he can choose any one thing to bring with him. So he chooses the goddess, Aqua! And so his adventure with his gorgeous companion begins.
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It's the English dub VAs, but they have no energy
- By Sparklehammer on 09-03-23
By: Natsume Akatsuki
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Overlord, Vol. 1
- The Undead King
- By: Kugane Maruyama, so-bin
- Narrated by: Chris Guerrero
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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For 12 years, the virtual world of Yggdrasil has served as the playground and battlefield for the skeletal lord Momonga and his guild of fellow monsters, Ainz Ooal Gown. But the guild's glory days are over, and the game is shutting down permanently. When Momonga logs in one last time just to be there when the servers go dark, something happens - and suddenly, fantasy is reality. A rogues' gallery of fanatically devoted NPCs is ready to obey his every order, but the world Momonga now inhabits is not the one he remembers.
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Great but some translation errors
- By Erebar on 09-15-21
By: Kugane Maruyama, and others
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Toradora! (Light Novel), Vol. 1
- By: Yuyuko Takemiya
- Narrated by: Cassandra Lee Morris
- Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Takasu Ryuuji might look like a thug, but he's actually a nice guy. Making friends when you've got an unintentionally scary face is tough--and don't even get him started on girlfriends. But with his secret crush in his class, the start of his second year of high school is off to a good start...until he crosses paths with Aisaka Taiga. Beautiful, frightening, and not quite five feet tall, the girl known as the palmtop tiger is the one person in school even scarier than Ryuuji himself--and he's just made the mistake of making her very, very angry.
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Cute but Warped
- By Zero Calvin on 08-21-24
By: Yuyuko Takemiya
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Spice and Wolf, Vol. 1
- By: Isuna Hasekura, Paul Starr
- Narrated by: J. Michael Tatum
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine-that is, until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart.
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Like others have voiced
- By Josh on 03-17-22
By: Isuna Hasekura, and others
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So I'm a Spider, So What?, Vol. 1
- By: Okina Baba, Jenny McKeon McKeon, Tsukasa Kiryu - illustrator
- Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
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I used to be a normal high school girl but in the blink of an eye, I woke up in a place I've never seen before and-and I was reborn as a spider?! How could something that's nothing more than a tiny spider (that's me) possibly survive in literally the worst dungeon ever? Are there no rules? There should be some rules! Who the hell is responsible for this? SHOW YOUR FACE!
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I enjoyed it. But Appraisal ruins experience.
- By Matt on 01-12-23
By: Okina Baba, and others
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Lily Clairet, Book 1 (Light Novel)
- By: Kaye Ng
- Narrated by: Savannah Gilmore
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A young girl is arguing with a cherry tree. That's a new one for Lily, who's managed to reach the end of her first year at high school without too much weirdness. Unfortunately for her, it's not long after solving this odd mystery that her untroubled life begins to unravel. Discovering an abandoned room at the end of the music department corridor, she finds that aside from it being utterly run-down, it's also devoid of its sole occupant: Sonata Sonoda, the missing journalism club president.
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Incredible performance and great story
- By DrYuriMom on 11-09-19
By: Kaye Ng
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The Rising of the Shield Hero, Volume 1
- By: Aneko Yusagi
- Narrated by: Kurt Kanazawa
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!
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Great storyline limited by horrible narration
- By David Mann on 07-26-21
By: Aneko Yusagi
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Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Vol. 1
- By: Sunsunsun, Momoco, Matthew Rutsohn - translator
- Narrated by: Taylor Meskimen
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou is Seiren Private Academy’s “solitary princess.” She’s a half-Russian beauty with silver hair, at the top of her class, student council accountant, and…completely unapproachable. For some reason, she’s also taken on the responsibility of reprimanding the slacker who sits next to her in class. Masachika Kuze is constantly frustrating her by falling asleep, forgetting his textbooks, and just being an overall unexemplary student. Or at least, that’s how it looks from the outside. She may put on a tough act, but she doesn’t mind Masachika as much as others would think.
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all around great.
- By tw on 08-15-24
By: Sunsunsun, and others
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Reborn as the Villain's Lackey Volume One
- By: Twoony
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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After dying, Faith awakens in a fairy tale world from a book she read as a child. With no memories of how she died, she has to survive in a new body that once belonged to Kaeda, one of the lead villain’s lackeys. But in the novel, Kaeda is destined to die! To avoid dying again, Faith uses her knowledge of the novel to survive a fantasy world at war and avoid Kaeda's fate. But as the story unravels from a new perspective, she finds unexpected love—and realizes that the villain and hero are not what they seem.
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not too bad ending set up a bit poorly
- By Matthew on 06-20-24
By: Twoony
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Sword Art Online 1: Aincrad
- By: Reki Kawahara, Stephen Paul
- Narrated by: Bryce Papenbrook
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online - a VRMMORPG (virtual reality massively multiplayer online role-playing game) like no other - debuts, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG - a logout button.
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Glad to see more Light Novel Audiobooks
- By Bernard Kazlab on 08-10-21
By: Reki Kawahara, and others
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Mushoku Tensei
- Jobless Reincarnation (Light Novel), Vol. 1
- By: Rifujin na Magonote
- Narrated by: Cliff Kurt
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
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Kicked out by his family and wandering the streets, an unemployed 34-year-old shut-in thinks he’s hit rock-bottom—just as he’s hit and killed by a speeding truck! Awakening to find himself reborn as an infant in a world of swords and sorcery, but with the memories of his first life intact, Rudeus Greyrat is determined not to repeat his past mistakes. He’s going to make the most of this reincarnation as he sets off on the adventure of a second lifetime!
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Cliff Kurt Delivers Excellence
- By Dylan on 01-06-24
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Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Volume 1
- By: Miya Kazuki, quof - translator, You Shiina - illustrator
- Narrated by: Reba Buhr
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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A certain college girl who's loved books ever since she was a little girl dies in an accident and is reborn in another world she knows nothing about. She is now Myne, the sickly five-year-old daughter of a poor soldier. To make things worse, the world she's been reborn in has a very low literacy rate and books mostly don't exist. She'd have to pay an enormous amount of money to buy one.
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amazing!!
- By Anonymous User on 02-21-24
By: Miya Kazuki, and others
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- Matthew
- 07-23-16
Something New, Different, and very Unique
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A phenomenally good book, but maybe not one for everyone.
I didn't and don't know anything about this series, but this book at least seems to have stolen my list of everything I want in a book. Humor, psychological, a protagonist that I scarily resonate with, a superb ending that makes you think, and the list goes on. What it boils down to is a book with a very unique writing style and no way to categorize the genre (humorous psychological horror slice of life?). It's just something new that will have you laughing out loud one page, then three pages later cringing, and four after that thinking about a moral quandary.
There are what I can only assume are cultural difference with two or three brief parts that might put off some people, but they are so few and handled with tongue in cheek. So, I don't think they are too bad to completely put off people, but it is worth noting.
I recommend this book to anyone who just wants something new and different. And anyone who wants to laugh as they take a crack at what amounts to thought experiments. Definitely a good book.
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- B. Nick Taylor
- 06-04-16
Fantastic supernatural sci-fi story
Would you listen to KIZUMONOGATARI again? Why?
I enjoyed the book a ton. To keep it in mind this is a translation of a Japanese light novel and it is really well done.
What was one of the most memorable moments of KIZUMONOGATARI?
To put it simply, if you haven't had much experience with Japanese light novels, manga or anime some of the moments are a little odd.
What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The narrators are very good and enjoyable to listen too. I am going to be listening to the following books.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Of course! and I did.
Any additional comments?
Vertical did a fantastic job with the translation. I look forward to the following books in the Monogatari series, as well as other ones translated by Vertical.
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- Aaron S. Nagy
- 05-15-17
Phenomenal Audio Drama
Would you listen to KIZUMONOGATARI again? Why?
I have twice already.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
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So I want to be clear this is an audio-drama not an audio-book complete with sound effects background music and voice acting rather than just reading the dialog and it's quite well done and works really well for this work. As for the plot, it's urban fantasy????? but it's nothing like what you are used to. The protagonist gets pulled into these increasingly weird events that are occurring just in the underbelly of the city and of course has new found ways to deal with these problems but mostly wants nothing to do with any of it and is an average person before. But the rules of the world are far less "hard" magicy that you see in modern works and instead more symbolic and weird and that is how the main character survives. All in all it's a unique experience on audible and I recommend you give it a shot.
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- Joshua
- 02-07-19
An amazing audio work
The cast was perfect and there was even music. I hope they continue to make more of these for the Monogatari series. I love reading light novels, but this was my first time listening to one. I highly recommend giving this a listen or read if you prefer.
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- Trey Davis
- 08-13-19
Need More
This is an absolute must for any fans of the monogatari series, but also a great entry point for newcomers. All of the VAs you've probably heard before if you watch dubbed anime or play enough video games, and they bring their A game here. If you guys are even remotely interested, please pick this one up. Listen to it in the car, while playing games, while doing chores, etc. I want this to do well so we can get audiobooks for the whole franchise.
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- Ishvan Fiesse
- 05-25-17
Great prequel to a great story for anime fans
Great story, but may be difficult to get in to without knowing the prior work
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- Joseph Cordova
- 12-27-17
Absolutely loved this!
I really loved this i just wish there was more light novels on audible including more of the Monogatari series
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- Buns
- 03-07-17
the voices used and how they emoted was perfect.
voices are amazing. it's read perfectly and the story is so thrilling and never slow. would listen to this again.
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- Marshall A Miles III
- 01-10-20
Good listen to
This was good lsiten too. Feels like i was there. They did an really good job. Guess this is are Englisg dub lol
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- Tyler
- 04-25-17
pretty good
turned out pretty good. one two three four five six seven eight nine more words.
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