Okay, that makes sense.

>
>You might be amused by this article (and some of the studies linked
>from it):
>
>https://jgeekstudies.org/2020/11/09/my-light-novels-title-cant-be-this-short-the-evolution-of-light-novel-titles-in-another-world/

Nicely scientific, with subheadings that are references to anime. Yes, I was amused.

Peter Eng
--
Insert humorous comment here.

The story I heard is that a lot of light novels these days get their start on Japanese webnovel hosting sites (similar to Royal Road) and that one of the major sites for these doesn't allow a blurb, just a title.

Since readers have nothing to let them know what they're getting except the title, some the authors on the site simply used the concept of the story as a title, and here we are. It's now just the norm.

"The street finds its own uses for things."
- William Gibson, "Burning Chrome" (Omni, July 1982)

-><-
Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

That's similar to the logic I've heard, which is that new readers often don't bother reading the back cover blurb of light novels, so they use the title as the blurb.

The author originally wanted to call it the much shorter Familia Myth, but their editor insisted they go with a longer one. It's especially silly because the protagonist never attempts to do what the title describes.

Just goes to show how this thing can actually backfire sometimes.

Yeah. It's basically "Idealistic kid goes to Adventuretown, Shenanigans Ensue".
Worldbuilding based on "What if the economy was literally based on adventurers going into the dungeon and killing monsters".