


They are hard to kill and breed like crazy. The appearance of the mimic species is compared with that of an ugly toad. The story begins at one of the numerous battles humanity fights against an enemy called the mimics. At the core of the book are questions of what it means to be a soldier and how ethical it is to destroy one civilization for the benefit of another one.Īll you need is kill is both a science fiction and dystopian story. The only solutions humanity has is to destroy the alien force themselves. This doesn’t mean the stories of a light novel are light themselves though! This story, for example, is an action-packed war story set in the future where bad-ass soldiers fight an alien force set on the complete destruction of earth and the human race. This makes the books accessible to a wide audience. The characteristics of a light novel are that they are short (around 50.000 words), aimed and young people and often illustrated with the manga art style. All you need is kill is described as a ‘light novel’ which is a genre in Japanese literature aimd at a young audience.
