#kirby novel

[swoodledoodle]

I recently read the Kirby and the Dangerous Gourmet Mansion novel and it's the best thing ever

[explainurlstomeplease]

Translation For This Novel?

I recently found one of the Kirby novels at a bookstore, but I'm not good at Japanese hahaaa..

Has someone translated this one already? I've been searching and I haven't found any

[cv01doodle]

Kirby Light Novel Masterpost!

(latest update: 3/16/2025)

(I've been planning to make my own list for a long time, this isn't intended to overshadow the one that's already out, it's just my personal list to keep track of the dates, translators, and upcoming/unfinished projects)

(i'm using the names from the wikirby btw tysm)

thanks to all the translators mentioned for their hard work 🙏 and thanks to the creator of the previous list as well! also thanks to takase-sensei for writing the novels lol

-2013-

Kirby and the Dangerous Gourmet Mansion?! translated by friendship-ended-with-pokespe (complete)

-2014-

Kirby and the Big Panic in Gloomy Woods! translated by friendship-ended-with-pokespe (complete)

Kirby Meets the Squeak Squad! translated by friendship-ended-with-pokespe (complete)

-2015-

Kirby: Meta Knight and the Puppet Princess translated by friendship-ended-with-pokespe (complete)

Kirby: Big Race in Pupupu Land! translated by friendship-ended-with-pokespe (complete)

-2016-

Kirby's Labyrinth Rescue! translated by friendship-ended-with-pokespe (complete)

Kirby and the Great Planet Robobot Adventure! translated by friendship-ended-with-pokespe (complete)

-2017-

Kirby: Meta Knight and the Galaxy's Greatest Warrior translated by friendship-ended-with-pokespe (complete)

Kirby Clash Team Unite! translated by makerofmadness (complete)

-2018-

Kirby's Decisive Battle! Battle Royale!! translated by makerofmadness (complete)

Kirby Star Allies: The Great Friend Adventure! translated by Mangosteen (complete)

Kirby Star Allies: The Universe is in Trouble?! translated by theultimateultimateweapon (complete)

-2019-

Kirby: Big Trouble in Patch Land! translated by rosakikoza (incomplete)

Kirby: Save the Rainbow Islands! translated by makerofmadness (complete)

Kirby: Super Team Kirby's Big Battle! translated by makerofmadness (complete)

-2020-

Kirby and the Search for the Dreamy Gears! translated by owls-gamblegalaxy (complete)

Kirby: Meta Knight and the Knight of Yomi translated by theultimateultimateweapon (complete)

Kirby: Uproar at the Kirby Café?! translated by hoshi-no-mahoroa (complete)

-2021-

Kirby Fighters: The Destined Rivals!! translated by owls-gamblegalaxy (complete)

Kirby: King Dedede's Great Escape Mission! translated by owls-gamblegalaxy (complete)

Kirby: The Mysterious Incident on the Pupupu Train?! translated by kachikirby (complete)

-2022-

Kirby: Welcome to the Starlight Theater! (untranslated)

Kirby: Lor Starcutter and a Magician of Falsehood translated by starcutter-and-lying-wizard (complete, deleted)

Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Start Running to the New World! translated by makerofmadness (incomplete)

Kirby and the Forgotten Land: Break Out of the Dreams of the Isolated Isles! (untranslated)

Kirby: Full Stomach, Perfect Circle, Dream Buffet! translated by kachikirby (incomplete)

-2023-

Kirby: Sever Evil with a Slash in a Flash! translated by owls-gamblegalaxy (incompete)

Kirby: Come on Over to Merry Magoland! translated by starcutter-and-lying-wizard (incomplete, deleted)

Kirby: Having a Blast at the Music Festival! (untranslated)

-2024-

Kirby: The Dream Onsen is a Good Hot Spring♪ translated by dumdrawer (incomplete)

Kirby: Meta Knight and the Monster of the Magic Stone (untranslated)

Kirby: Snowy Mountain Nights are Eventful! translated by Mangosteen (complete)

-2025-

Kirby: Great Duel at a Quick Draw Contest! (untranslated)

[polys-kirby-ocs]

I’ve read the gourmet mansion novel and couldn’t stop thinking about Sol being invited

It’s nice but, she has an appetite similar to Kirby’s. The only thing stopping her from inhaling food that’s supposed to feed all the guests for 3 days in 3 hours is her dress, because it covers her mouth.

[dumdrawer]

Kirby of the Stars: The Dream Onsen Is A Good Hot Spring ♩

Description:

Kirby, Dedede, and the residents of Dreamland join forces to create a hot spring!

Kirby and his friends head for the deserted Sunset Village in the far west, where they are asked to restore the village back to life. Up in the mountains, they find a hot spring, and name it "Dream Onsen".

Together with the residents of Dreamland and the Co-Kracko who wandered in, they begin to to build a hot spring to revitalize the village!

The feast is ready, invitations are sent to Meta Knight, Daroach, and Elfilin, and the springs are open for business! But then, a big problem arises!

Time to protect Dream Onsen and the celebration party!

Intro

Chapters:

Chapter 1: Guests From A Faraway Village Chapter 2: The Great King Sunset Village We’ll All Go! King Dedede’s Discovery The Plan Let’s Make A Hot Spring! New Friends? Popstar’s In Trouble! Joining Forces Finally Open! An Amazing Copy Ability Celebration Party

(This is my first time translating, I'll be sure to try and not butcher it)

[doroach]

My favorite blues

This is so low quality cause I drew it so small on Aggie . Io

[what-is-love-babey-dont-hurt-me]

He would not go there.

[pinkd3mon]

NEW KIRBY FORGOTTEN LAND CONTENT I COULD CRYYYYYYY

OF COURSE ILL DRAW MY CRACK THEORIES LATER!!!!!

[l0stn3v3rf0und]

The babies talking about their favorite parfait's💖💕💞💓💓

Just started to binge read all of the Kirby novels and OH MY GOD I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

(Redraw from this glorious peice of art from the novel)

(Can't wait to see Waddle dee go through his Bandee era bc I NEED MY SON NOW!! 💳💥💳💥💳💥💥)

[ghostbny]

Another idea for the 4 day/headcanon

[cali-kabi]

~ Galaxy 🌟💫

[star-road18]

🌌Do not forget me! 🌌

[fumbling-flower]

FIIIINE i'll post more doodles (the blue one is from one of the light novels 🤭)

[trubbishrubbish]

Genocider Sho from Danganronpa the Animation novel.

Aka, the rarest and most obscure official art of Genocider Sho.

[dumdrawer]

Chapter 2: The Great King

Chip and Leafly sat down nervously when King Dedede came in, they both jumped.

“N-nice to meet you!”

“Y-yes, we are here to meet you, King Dedede… we come from Sunset Village, on the western edge of Popstar!”

Chip was so nervous, he couldn’t even look at the king, and kept his head down. King Dedede spoke in a cocky voice:

“There’s no need to be so nervous! It seems that you are worried about something.”

“Yes! There’s something we’d like to ask you, Oh Great King..”

Chip finally raised his head, and looked at Dedede.

“….what?”

After a moment of awkward silence, the two foreigners looked at each other, then the others at the castle. Leafly took out the portrait of the “dog” king, comparing it with the king in front of them.

“Uh… no way..”

Chip whispered, rubbing his eyes:

“Maybe something is wrong with my vision. He doesn’t look anything like the portrait…”

“Well mine seems fine… is this really King Dedede?”

King Dedede, ignoring what he knew was being said, leaned back on his throne and interrupted the two

“Sunset Village, you say? I’ve never heard of it. Where is it?"

Chip hesitantly explained:

“It’s far west here, in the quiet mountains.”

“Huh. Can’t believe my fame has reached even the most remote places, I'm impressed.”

“The portrait was carried by the wind, when all the villagers saw it, we discussed and thought that you’ll surely help us solve the village’s big problem.”

“Hm? What big problem?”

“That’s… well…”

The two started whispering to each other again.

“What should we do? He’s completely different from what we thought the Great King would look like.”

“But we’ve come all the way here. We can’t go home with nothing.”

“Yeah, you’re right. He may not look like the portrait, but he seems like a kind king.”

Chip turned to Dedede.

“Our place is pretty inconvenient. It’s far from everywhere else, so we can’t do any shopping."

Leafly continued:

“There was only one shop, a general store. It sold food, stationary, essentials, everything. But suddenly, the store closed down.”

“Hm? Well what happened?”

King Dedede asked, Chip replied:

“Well that’s because the owner, Oba-chan, left the village.. Oba-chan was nosy, but hardworking and nice. She dreamed of making her store more popular so the village would have more life…”

Leafly said sadly.

“She wanted us to help her reach her dream, but none of us have ever done work before, we didn’t want to bother her so we all refused. Oba-chan got fed up with our laziness, and left."

“I see, so your only store is gone.”

King Dedede nodded. Kirby, who has been listening to the conversation, spoke up.

“That’s terrible! We need to find a way to bring Oba-chan back…”

“Huh?”

King Dedede spoke in a sulky tone.

“Why are you here Kirby? This is my throne room, only I listen to the people’s wishes.”

But Kirby replied: “It looks like Chip and Leafly are in big trouble.. I want to help him too!”

“Well I don’t want your help! And what’s with the basket? You’re now bringing fish to my castle? Do you wanna sell some?”

“Oh, this..”

Kirby had forgotten that he was carrying a fishing basket.

“Oh no! I have to take this to Chef Kawasaki!”

“You don’t have to. Just bring it to the castle kitchen, the Waddle Dees can cook it for you.”

“I see, but I still want to try his new fish dish…”

Chip, who was listening to Kirby and King Dedede, looked puzzled.

“Fish dishes..? You can eat fish?”

Kirby spoke in shock.

“What?! You’ve never tried anything with fish?!”

Chip and Leafly looked at each other

“I wonder.. have we tried any?”

“Well, I remember that Oba-chan used to sell these crispy, pale fried foods. It was pretty light, so maybe..”

Kirby replied:

“… fried fish!”

“Also, munya… munyo…what was it again? I can’t remember the name, but there was another dish that Oba-chan specialized in. It was grilled in butter on a platter, and if she squeezed some lemon on it, it would be refreshing and delicious.”

“That’s fish meunière! I love that!”

Kirby nearly drooled as Chip and Leafly spoke in admiration.

“Oh yeah, that’s made of fish!”

“I had no idea! Come to think of it, she would often go out early in the morning with her fishing rod.”

“She must’ve been catching fish in the nearby river and cooking them for us, I never thought about that.”

King Dedede crossed his arms, and spoke in a stern voice.

“You’re all relying too heavily on that general store owner! You’re being too selfish, you better start working on your own from now on. Anyways, your audience with the King is now over.”

Chip and Leafly frantically clung onto Dedede.

“It’s already over?! Aren’t you going to solve all our problems?!”

“And we did, “work for yourselves”. That’s some great advice.”

“But…!”

Kirby replied.

“You can catch some tasty fish near your village!”

Leafly turned back to Kirby

“Eh? Well all the dishes Oba-chan cooked were delicious, I’m sure we can catch some delicious fish.”

“I’m going!”

Kirby yelled excitedly.

“I’m sure I’ll catch some new fish. And then, I’ll get Chef Kawasaki to come up with a new recipe!”

Kirby loved his new fishing rod, it made him obsessed with fishing. Chip spoke in a confused tone.

“Umm.. we I’m glad you want to join us but… we still need help to reopen the general store. Even if we go fishing, Oba-chan…”

Kirby replied:

“Of course I’ll help you get her back, not just fishing! We can come up with a plan.”

Chip and Leafly were smiling again.

“Really? Thank you! Oh right, we haven’t asked your name yet.”

“I’m Kirby.”

“Nice to meet you Kirby, we can show you around Sunset Village”

“Everyone will be excited to greet you! You’re our hero!”

Chip smiled warmly, almost hugging Kirby as he raised his hand happily,

“Well then, let’s do our best and bring back the general store owner! Whoo!”

“Oh!-”

As the three of them got excited, King Dedede began speaking seriously.

“…Of course, I was also about to head to your village. Kirby, don’t hold me back”

Seeing Kirby praised, King Dedede got anxious. At this point, Kirby might be known there as “the hero of Popstar”.

Kirby looked dumbfounded.

“What? But King Dedede, you said ‘work for yourselv’-”

“I never said that! I told you to hurry up and show me around, because I’ll take care of it. Come on, don’t hesitate, let’s go!”

Bandana Waddle Dee ran in a hurry towards King Dedede, who was already walking away with a stomp.

“Wait, your Majesty! I need to get everything ready. I also need to make lunch..”

“Oh, that’s right. Then get it done immediately! Sandwiches, omelettes, sausages, salisbury steaks, tonkatsu, and fried chicken for twenty people! And don’t forget the donuts and cream puffs for snacks.”

Kirby immediately shouted:

“I’ll be going to Chef Kawasaki’s! I’m gonna let him grill the fish I got and turn it into onigiri!”

“Hey, how clever! Let me have some too, Kirby!”

“Of course! Yay, onigiri… onigiri~”

Kirby hurriedly ran out of the throne room.

Chip and Leafly looked at each other.

“…it feels like we’re on a school field trip..”

“Are they okay?”

The group packed some lunches and plenty of snacks, before setting off for the far west village.

That's Chapter 2! Notes: 1. I will rewrite some text when I eventually translate the whole thing, for example the "pale fish" was described as "whitish" or "seriously" was originally "gravely". I'm using Google Translate for must of this so I hope I can find some good Japanese learning apps/sites. 2. I'm not sure if it's because this is a butchered translation or that's how Mie Takase wrote it, but Dedede is.. out of character but also not? Or he's trying to be serious to impress Chip and Leafly. Thanks for reading :)

[george228732]