J-Novel Club Knight Imprint Announces First Licenses
J-Novel Club Knight boys' love (BL) imprint announced its first titles: Romance Revived: An NPC Was the Final Boss's Love and The Despicable Duke Settles His Affairs. The first two parts of the light novels are now available on the JNC website.
Romance Revived: An NPC Was the Final Boss's Love
Written by: Haru Sakura
Illustrated by: Mitsuya
Kreis, the son of a powerful marquess, is actually a modern-day Japanese man who’s been reincarnated into the world of a BL novel… that he wrote! Unfortunately, his memories don’t return until after he’s been branded a villain, executed as a lackey of the final boss, and sent back in time to try his luck again.
Now that he has a second chance at life, Kreis swears revenge on the family that mistreated him and to take vengeance for the story’s stunningly beautiful final boss: King Siegfried. For some reason, Kreis is overwhelmed with a desire to protect him, no matter the cost. Kreis knows that all the main characters of the story, including his younger brother—the story’s original protagonist—will soon gather for his birthday party. With Siegfried’s support, will Kreis finally break free from the story’s predetermined path?
The Despicable Duke Settles His Affairs
Written by: Miori Kayamoto
Illustrated by: Karatsuyu
After careful consideration and meticulous planning, Kashimiya Tsukasa makes the devastating decision to end his life to save his family. However, instead of the afterlife, his eyes snap open to scenes of torture and pain… all inflicted by his own hands?! When his head clears, he realizes that he’s been reincarnated into the world of his favorite novel—not as a hero, but as the sadistic Duke Heinreid von Rodvelia. Haunted by the memories of the duke’s vile deeds, he vows to atone for the actions he himself didn’t take. But soon, his shift in personality arouses the suspicions of Craig Bauer, Heinreid’s personal knight and the one who he knows kills him in the original novel. Craig’s attention slips into obsession, and as his fate intertwines with Heinreid’s doomed destiny, the story of the novel begins to warp around them. Will Heinreid end up skewered down to the hilt of Craig’s sword, betrayed? Or can even the most despicable duke find a reason to keep living beyond the final page, newly reborn as someone kind and noble?
Source: Press Release
