CATDOLL: The cover image is too 18+, it's hard to tell whether it's an adult novel or a light novel

For readers who often pay attention to Japanese light novels, I wonder if you have such a feeling, that is, the cover and inner page illustrations of Japanese light novels are more and more exposed, and people can't tell what the content is at first glance. Recently, a Japanese netizen pointed out this topic, and pointed out that the pictures of light novels are getting more and more exposed, and many "adult novels" are far less exposed than light novels! Can everyone really distinguish between these two types of novels now? The netizen who raised this topic, ぶどうぱん, cited 4 novels for netizens to guess, which one is a light novel? Which one is an adult novel? Let's take a look.

"The World Conquest of the Brave Man"

Plot summary: The male protagonist, who is a candidate, is summoned to another world to be a hero. Although he can return to his original world temporarily after completing the mission, the people in the other world keep summoning him, interrupting his study. This makes the protagonist unhappy, so he decides to support the Loli Demon King as his puppet to conquer the other world...

Answer: The loli demon king on the cover is almost naked in the first and second volumes, but it belongs to a light novel!!!

"The brave man, the owner of the house, the owner of the house, the love of the shop"

Plot summary: The hero who embarks on a journey as a brave man inexplicably takes over the management of an inn, and discovers that a princess actually works in this inn. Then princesses, female warriors, and dancers from neighboring countries gather around the hero one by one...

Answer: It sounds like a clichéd harem drama, and the cover only shows cleavage, but it is an adult novel!!!

"The Raising of the Strongest Hero by Hajime Hajime"

Plot summary: The hero, who is recognized as a legendary hero, is ordered by the goddess to train a group of female heroes, but they will all be destroyed even when facing slimes...

Answer: The cover shows half of the breasts and underwear, and there is a woman who looks very lustful, but it is still considered a light novel!

"The Hero of the Front, the Demon King's Death in a Traffic Accident"

Plot summary: The male protagonist took over the company because of his father's death, but he didn't expect that the so-called company turned out to be the Demon King's Castle in another world. While rectifying the Demon King's Castle, the protagonist also had to face the attack of the female hero and the temptation of the female devil...

Answer: The cover looks about the same revealing as the previous one, but this one is an adult novel!

Although adult novels have more in-depth descriptions of sexual plots, after looking at the covers of these four novels, don’t you think it would be better to just buy the covers of light novels and “use” them?^^