Zhao Youyue was disappointed when she saw that title. She could almost feel lady luck patting her on the shoulder, yet "Two Dimensional Gate" had fooled her once again. Of all the millions of titles out there, why did it have to make such a choice?
With such a lengthy title, this had to be a light novel on the physical market.
Like online articles, several good light novels had been adapted as manga and anime. More often than not, the light novel fans would approve of the adaptations. They would be utterly convinced that this was how the author had envisioned it. Of course, this was the artist's interpretation, not the author's.
In general, light novels often came attached with illustrations. Those little teasers had the wonderful effect of boosting its sales. Some people even joked that the novels were actually freebies attached to the actual product - the illustrations.