EDIT: GUYS I’M STILL TLING THE DAMN WEB NOVEL. I’M JUST REMOVING THE EPUB FILES FROM THE “DOWNLOAD EBOOKS” PAGE.

So, as you may know, the ShuuKura chapters I translate are taken directly from the web novel version of the story, which is publicly available on Kakuyomu and Narou. The ebooks compiled on the Ave Lilium website are simply imitations of what the light novels look like, featuring illustrations taken directly from the official light novels themselves—illustrations that are exclusive to the light novel releases. This removes some of the incentive to purchase the light novels, as readers can essentially obtain the full novel, complete with illustrations, for free through us.

At first, this was something I was willing to overlook, since there was no official English release in the works, meaning the story was virtually inaccessible to anyone who didn’t understand Japanese. However, now that the first volume has been officially released, with likely more to follow, I fail to see the need to continue hosting these EPUBs when they could potentially discourage readers from purchasing the official novels.

As a result, Ave Lilium will no longer host EPUBs for ShuuKura, and they will be taken down from the “Download eBooks” page by end of day, likely when I wake up from my slumber.

And if you’re interested in picking up a copy of the first volume of ShuuKura, feel free to check out Yen Press’s website, where you can find links on where you can purchase both the physical and digital editions of the book!

Pre-orders for volume 2 are open as well. You can click here if you are interested in getting a pre-order in.