Log Horizon (Novel)

Description

From Yen On:
Thirty thousand Japanese gamers awake one day to discover that the fantasy world of Elder Tales, an MMORPG that was formerly their collective hobby, has become their cold hard reality. Severed from their everyday lives, they confront a new horizon filled with ravenous monsters, flavorless food, and the inability to die! Amid the chaos, veteran gamer Shiroe gathers his friends, the guardian Naotsugu and the assassin Akatsuki, and together they embark on an adventure to change the world as they know it.

Official Translations: Print: Portuguese

Type

Novel

Related Series

Log Horizon (Spin-Off)

Honey Moon Logs - Log Horizon (Spin-Off)

Log Horizon - Nishikaze no Ryodan (Spin-Off)

Log Horizon - Nyanta Hanchou Shiawase no Recipe (Spin-Off)

Associated Names

Покорение горизонта (Novel)

ログ・ホライズン (小説)

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

N/A

Status in Country of Origin

11 Volumes (Hiatus)
13 Web Volumes (Hiatus)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1 (S1) / Vol 6 (S2) / Vol 11 (S3)

Ends at Vol 5 (S1) / Vol 10 (S2) / Vol 13 (S3)

User Reviews

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Forum

5 topics, 12 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.8 / 10.0 (96 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.21 / 10.0

49%

19%

18%

Last Updated

November 17th, 2025 7:58am PST - 2 months ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance Shounen
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Author(s)

TOUNO Mamare

Artist(s)

HARA Kazuhiro

Year

2010

Original Publisher

Enterbrain

Serialized In (magazine)

N/A

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Yen On (11 Vols - Ongoing)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #730 (-15)

Monthly Pos #1959 (No change)

3 Month Pos #3402 (-409)

6 Month Pos #5118 (-281)

Year Pos #6106 (-1230)

List Stats

On 690 reading lists

On 439 wish lists

On 28 completed lists

On 23 unfinished lists

On 304 custom lists

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Forum Posts Click to view the forum

Log Horizon Novel 11 Listed for March 2018

8 years ago

Studio JG(Polish publisher) puts Log Horizon on hiatus due to author's legal problems

8 years ago

Log Horizon Author Mamare Touno Charged With Tax Evasion

10 years ago

How does this compare to the anime?

11 years ago

The Taste of Food

12 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

This novel is magnificent

by compass96
11 years ago

Rating: N/A

I've always loved characters who were more intelligent and tactical than strong. Love the contrast between the adventurers and the people of the land. Also, the world building in my opinion is excellent. Btw, i love the fact that just like a normal game, they don't die. I know it must have being tempting to go the SAO route but i find this more refreshing. When you are practically immortal and in a different world how do you live without succumbing to boredom or immorality?

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different, "good" different...

by nakie08
12 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Despite its setting, I prefer to not see it as an MMORPG fantasy series. It doesn't contain much in-game activities usually seen in novels of that genre. It's not really about adventure, but more of a "building a new place for us to live in" type of story.

I loved reading LMS, so I can't help comparing the 2. LMS focuses on adventure; fighting mobs and boss monsters, gathering loot, completing quests and exploration etc. which gives you the feeling of actually playing an RPG game. To me it's fun because it's very familiar. I played alot of MMORPGs in the past.

In contrast to that, Log Horizon is something very different. It still has MMORPG style incorporated within it but it doesn't end in that. The story centers on the Catastrophe (the event where all the players online at the time were "sucked in" into the game) and how the players cope, live and interact with their new "reality" that they're stuck in after that.

So instead of adventuring, questing, boss hunting, loot-gathering etc. The story focuses on figuring out how they can interact with their "new" world, how much impact their presence have on it and vice-versa, finding their identity and culture, building a new place for them to live in and finally pushing the boundaries of possibilities limited by the in-game mechanics that is set in it. It kind of touches on the post-apocalyptic genre with regards to this but instead of the usual "gloomy acceptance" mood, Log Horizon has a more hopeful "Let's start from scratch" mood which is kind of refreshing and nice.

While it lacks the thrill of adventure, it gives a more satisfying feeling because the characters in the story is trying to achieve a higher goal than just self-imrprovement such as leveling and completing quests. A boss fight in other titles might give you more exitement but personally it pales in comparison to how it feels to read about characters working together in building something epic from nothing, which is what this novel is all about.

So you might get disappointed if you find out that it's not really the usual VRMMORPG type of story that you're looking for, but don't focus on what it isn't and focus on what it actually is; a very solid story that is full of depth, hopeful and promising. It's still ongoing and by the looks of it, it hasn't even reached half of its potential depth yet.

P.S.
If you do decide to try it, don't give up on it until you've read vol. 2. That's where all the fun starts ;p

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Fun VRMMORPG Series

by CrownedClown
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

It's different than the other VRMMORPG series because unlike titles like Sword Art Online & Legendary Moonlight Sculptor, Log Horizon focuses on team work & strategy. However, like most Japanese video game titles it fails to utilize the full potential of the video game setting & does not capitalize on the 'involved' feeling of LMS or Ark.

Instead of feeling like you are reading about characters in a video game, it's more like you are reading about a world where video game like mechanics exist. The story focuses a lot on character interactions with players & NPCs (Computer generated characters) more than actual action or game play. This is particularly disheartening because the glimpses we have of the game itself are quite interesting and entertaining.

All in all, this is a good VRMMORPG series with plenty to offer readers of the genre & anyone just looking for a nice fantasy setting. This series boasts a heavy emphasis on teamwork, characterization & setting. .

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