User blog comment:Jethro Harper/Possibilities/@comment-1.9.99.102-20160819132816

Regarding the anime, it's not about liking the story because of the anime. Rather, it's the marketing power of the anime. The number of people who cater to animes are a lot higher than those who read manga, let alone LNs. In fact, the majority of non-japanese anime fans might not even know about LNs.

Picking up a non-popular Japanese Light Novel and taking it to the counter is hard, especially when you've never even heard about it. Here's where the anime comes in. When there are more audience, word spreads about the series, and people are less reluctant to give the series a try. Then they might get hooked on it.

Without an anime, the franchise can only target certain niche audience that are into these things. Not to mention lots of people despise the thought of having to read.