is a Japanese light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

 adventure series by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kohaku Kuroboshi

Kohaku Kuroboshi

, also known as , is a Japanese illustrator and character designer. He is from Kanagawa Prefecture and currently lives in Fukuoka Prefecture. He is probably best known for his frequent collaborations with writer Keiichi Sigsawa as the illustrator/character designer for the Kino's Journey and...

 starring Meg, a supporting character from Lillia and Treize

Lillia and Treize

is a Japanese light novel adventure series by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kohaku Kuroboshi starring the children of the characters from Allison. There are six light novels in the series, published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label...

. The first novel was released on March 10, 2008 published by MediaWorks

MediaWorks (publisher)

was a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group known for their brand magazines and book labels. These included such well-known magazines as Dengeki Daioh, and Dengeki G's Magazine, along with MediaWorks' main light novel publishing imprint Dengeki Bunko. The company was merged with ASCII...

 under their Dengeki Bunko

Dengeki Bunko

is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works . It was established in June 1993 with the publication of Hyōryū Densetsu Crystania volume one, and is a light novel imprint aimed at a male audience...

label.

Characters

Meg is a sixteen-year-old girl from Sou Beil, the western region of her world. Due to her father's work, Meg comes to live in the eastern region Roxche. She comes to be in the same class as Lillia

Lillia and Treize

is a Japanese light novel adventure series by Keiichi Sigsawa, with illustrations by Kohaku Kuroboshi starring the children of the characters from Allison. There are six light novels in the series, published by MediaWorks under their Dengeki Bunko label...

 even though Meg is one year older than she is. She is the chorus club's best singer, and eventually becomes a newspaper club member. She is gentle, sensitive, and trusting to a fault. She is completely unaware of Seron's feelings for her.

Seron is a fifteen-year-old boy born and raised in Roxche, the son of Karen Maxwell, a highly successful business magnate. Seron is in the same year in school as Meg and Lillia, though is in a different class. He boards at the school dormitory because his residence is situated very far away from the capital. He is very bookish and diligent, and is skilled at everything except singing. He is also quite popular with girls (despite his default stoic look and quiet air) though he's turned down every single one. He is secretly in love with Meg, but doesn't know how to express it. Like Meg, he is in the school newspaper club, but only to be close to her.

Light novels

Meg and Seron began as a series of light novel

Light novel

A is a style of Japanese novel primarily targeting junior high and high school students . The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. Light novels are often called or for short...

s written by Keiichi Sigsawa, and illustrated by Kohaku Kuroboshi

Kohaku Kuroboshi

, also known as , is a Japanese illustrator and character designer. He is from Kanagawa Prefecture and currently lives in Fukuoka Prefecture. He is probably best known for his frequent collaborations with writer Keiichi Sigsawa as the illustrator/character designer for the Kino's Journey and...

. The novels are published by MediaWorks

MediaWorks (publisher)

was a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group known for their brand magazines and book labels. These included such well-known magazines as Dengeki Daioh, and Dengeki G's Magazine, along with MediaWorks' main light novel publishing imprint Dengeki Bunko. The company was merged with ASCII...

 under their Dengeki Bunko

Dengeki Bunko

is a publishing imprint affiliated with the Japanese publishing company ASCII Media Works . It was established in June 1993 with the publication of Hyōryū Densetsu Crystania volume one, and is a light novel imprint aimed at a male audience...

publishing label. Three light novels have been published, the first on March 10, 2008, and the third on July 10, 2008. A spin off

Spin-off (media)

In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...

 short story work called was serialized in MediaWorks' light novel magazine Dengeki Bunko Magazine

Dengeki Bunko Magazine

is a Japanese light novel magazine published by ASCII Media Works . The magazine succeeded the light novel magazine Dengeki hp, and originally was published as a special edition issue of Dengeki Daioh for the first two issues; the first issue was released on December 10, 2007...

on February 10, 2008.