The Spring 2025 Light Novel Guide

Welcome to Anime News Network's Spring 2025 Light Novel Guide, the companion to our manga guide! Every included novel was published in March or April or is an upcoming May release. This guide focuses exclusively on series premieres, i.e., only the first volume–we're not reviewing the whole thing or the digital chapters beyond volume one.

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MARCH

This Alluring Dark Elf has the Heart of a Middle-Aged Man! Rebecca Silverman	Did You Think My Yuri was Just for Show? Lauren Orsini	Miri Lives in the Cat's Eyes Lauren Orsini
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Minor Myths and Legends Rebecca Silverman	They Don't Know I'm Too Young for the Adventurer's Guild Lauren Orsini	Imperial Reincarnation Lauren Orsini

APRIL RELEASES

I Played the Substitute Too Well Rebecca Silverman	The Apothecary Diaries Art Book Rebecca Silverman	The Summer Hikaru Died Rebecca Silverman, Lauren Orsini
Maboroshi Rebecca Silverman	One Piece Heroines Rebecca Silverman, Lauren Orsini	Riverbay Road Men's Dormitory Rebecca Silverman
Three Cheats From Three Goddesses: The Broke Baron Wants A Relaxing Life! Lauren Orsini

MAY RELEASES

Fluffy-Eared Realm Restoration: Taking It Slow with My Cool Big Brother Lauren Orsini	The Villainess Is Dead! Long Live the Empress! Redoing the Story After a Poisonous End Rebecca Silverman	Love Between Fairy and Devil Rebecca Silverman
My Fiancé Cheated, But a New Love Rings! Rebecca Silverman	Dr. Mashirito's Ultimate Manga Techniques Rebecca Silverman, MrAJCosplay	Dinghai Fusheng Records Lauren Orsini
The Wizard: When Words Kill Rebecca Silverman, Lauren Orsini