Just to put this out there, the user who started this topic created their account 3 minutes before making this post, and has not logged in since then. That's usually indicative of bot behavior. What their goal was is unclear, but I thought it was worth setting expectations that anyone hoping the OP would come back and see the responses is probably out of luck, and the original post itself may have been written to be intentionally inflammatory.

Did you have no luck with Amazon? I bought all my physical copies from Amazon. I also visit local bookstores whenever I find out the stock is available.

Hello, the thread is a bit old, but I'd like to suggest two titles. I have personally read the raws for both, and confirmed the romance so consider picking up these two titles!

Reborn to Reign: Imposing My Rules with My Mastery of Magic (light novel/manga)
https://j-novel.club/series/reborn-to-reign-imposing-my-rules-with-my-mastery-of-magic

How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord (only the manga)
https://j-novel.club/series/how-not-to-summon-a-demon-lord

@Perplexed no news. JNC typically don't comment. A few other manga have had long gaps this year of similar length, but they were in a more caught up state, so I had just chalked it up to licensing issues. Still could be the case here though, as sometimes problems do arise when trying to get approval for future volumes.

Books from One Peace are back on the Kobo store, so it looks like their distribution stuff is sorted now.

@Aiza_candame14 said in The Apothecary Diaries:

@Folker46 hello can I ask where to see the apothecary diaries light novel?

Right here on the JNC website or app.

Volume 14 is free to read for members, but the earlier volumes will currently need to be purchased (or rented). They’ll be free for members to read at some point in the future when they’re part of a monthly catch-up.

Hi! While I can't go into details about why it's taken a while, I can happily say that Vol 2 is currently being worked on. Please be on the lookout for news about the release schedule in the coming months.

@SomeOldGuy said in Arpeggio of Blue Steel Manga:

Arpeggio of Blue Steel is available in English, in paperback. I've got the first 19 volumes. (Eight more to go...)

I'm not likely to be alive on (checks Amazon) January 2, 2079 when volume 20 and 21 are listed for publication, so I switched to buying the Japanese e-tanks.

Crunchyroll closing their manga section seems to have killed the official translation.

@Perplexed There was some discussion about this on the discord and Sam thinks the text is just an error on their end by their PR team. SS does know about the JNC license of this series at the very minimum.

@myskaros my bad.

@Cole-Seeley It's fixed now.

@myskaros thanks for information.

@PuckGoodfellow00-0 Yes! That was satisfying for my retail trauma. Customer service workers catch so much awful behavior from customers (and bosses), that I can see how she'd see him as a white knight. Luckily her boss is pretty cool (Cooler than 95% of the bosses I've ever had.)

@Rahul-Balaggan said in Would you buy manga adaptions of light novels?:

Only allowed to show it once a year.

Huh. TIL. I had thought moderators were required to have it surgically removed.

@Terabyte I figured they were different due to reading the descriptions. But wasn't 100% sure because some Manga/Anime gets a revamp and the whole series starts again.

Though, I agree. Doing something more to help others know it's a continuation of the series would help, IDK what they could do though. Maybe a disclaimer at the top, right after the title? saying something like

"Disclamer: No mistake on seeing Vol. 1-5 twice. After the First 1-5 volumes, the second set is under the new title "Demon Lord: Retry R", and is the continuation of the series."

Thats about the only thing I can think of, cause some people might not read the descriptions of the Volume they buy, or miss rhe giant "R" next to Demon Lord:Retry (I did lol). Then just think the second 1-5 are just a remastered version of the older ones.

@jpwong WuxiaWorld isn't the one with a monopoly, they're actually more into KR novels these days (especially since taking on Kakao Entertainment as a majority stakeholder [if not sole owner] similar to how Kadokawa purchased a controlling share in JNC). Webnovel.com is run by Qidian, and they're the one with the majority of the good CN series (there are a few others out there, like whoever Seven Seas is acquiring the Danmei off).