Outbreak Company

1st part of 1st volume now available J-Novel Club announced on Thursday that it has licensed Ichiro Sakaki's Outbreak Company - Moeru Shinryakusha (Outbreak Company - The Power of Moe) light novel series. The online service is currently offering the first half of volume one for members and the first 40 pages for free users. The first e-book will go on sale in November. Sakaki launched the 18-volume light novel series with illustrations by Yuugen in 2011 and ended it in August. J-Novel Club describes the story: The year is 20XX, and Shinichi Kanou is a pretty typical otaku: he loves anime, manga, games, and light novels, but his devotion to the two-dimensional hasn't always made him the most popular guy around. What he doesn't know is that Japan has discovered a portal to another world in the vicinity of Mount Fuji. The government sees a great chance to make a profit, if they can keep the secret long enough to corner the market on exports to the Holy Eldant Empire, the