@GeorgeMTO Since gaps are a semi-regular thing with the Apothecary translations, I went back to check. The biggest gap in pre-pubs Apothecary Diaries has had was between the last part of Volume 6 (9th September 2022) to the start of Volume 7 (23rd December 2022). Roughly 3 and a half months.

So I'm gonna put my guess in late November!

I can bearly wait! ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ

It's one of my favorite isekai because of the mix of wholesome slice-of-life, humor, and occasional adventure. It's more grown-up than the "cute" series with kid MCs but isn't edgy at all.

@Passiflora-C Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy our work!

@Rahul-Balaggan sorry for the late reply, yes it's been corrected on my end too now (guess I loaded the chapter right before the correction went live). Thanks for the heads up.

@Rahul-Balaggan I'll be waiting as well. It's a great series

@b-scot-morgan said in Being Fed Up with a Trope:

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a trope, but I really dislike "food porn" in stories. I am not a foodie. Long, lovingly detailed descriptions of various (often imagery) cuisine bore me to tears, and I've dropped series that had too much of it.

This one is definitely on my list of ones I hate but am willing to make exceptions for (AoAB and Cooking with Wild Game both indulge in it, for instance, and I love both to death.).

I'm very tired of 'Harem Member of the Volume' structures for serial story-telling. How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom is probably the least egregious exemplar of the trope, but even then I still think it structurally suffers from it.

Also not a fan of first page "Got dumped by my fiance/got kicked out by my party" setups which are attempts at in media res but rob the story of emotional impact.

I have extremely little patience for lover tug of war shenanigans.

I think my absolutely highest hate at the moment is when a work gives too much word count to a character I just don't give a shit about or the author is clearly too enamored with some gimick (maid secret agents, tsundere otaku pairings, giving potions mouth to mouth, etc) that is just not my jam.

@Lex said in Localization dates for Now I'm a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon?:

The fact that you never dropped a series (outside of the couple of exceptions mentioned) and even rescued series when the original licensor went bankrupt is more than enough to compensate for any delay that might happen during the negotiations. Your work is greatly appreciated.

right? I bought the whole Chivalry of a Failed Knight series in JP because I thought it was never going to get fully localized. Pleasantly surprised when I found it on JNC one day.

https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/3478/future-volume-release-schedule

@Project_Demise I might rather want more 異世界のんびり農家, also known as Farming Life in Another World. Flung into a New World? Time to Lift the 200-Year Curse! feels very similar to that, but both novels have quite the problem they become rather uninteresting after the 150th / 200th chapters.

They are still very light entertainment, so there is surely nothing wrong about them, it just hurts when they turn out so dissapointing after having supported them for so long.

@Musereader while it is not a Japanese one, I feel like Max Brooks' World War Z deserves a special recommendation. It is equally easy to read like a light novel. Just make no mistake to think of the movie, as the movie cannot be compared to the masterpiece of the novel.

It is basically a collection of reports regarding the world's efforts against a zombie outbreak which I consider most vivid / realistic writing which is also fun.

This just in case you are still looking for something worth your time reading in the form of diary/newspaper reports etc.

A manga adaption of Hannelore’s Fifth Year at the Royal Academy by Rei Kusakabe has been announced to start release on 2025-09-22.

@doceirias Awesome thank you. I was looking at her amazon page to compile these. I'm not great at Japanese yet so I knew there would be some I missed.

@PatrickPhelpsnpc I think it's a funny story that's written for fun, and just like volume 1 there's little description of the city and stuff to it. In volume 1 he was summoned to the new world, and next thing you know, he's left the city. The story is more about how he's dealing with all the hardships that are thrown at him, ever since volume 1.
I do agree with the shortness of the stories, though. They're cut off right in the middle of a story line. I don't like that... This one is especially skimpy on details. Could've had a few more, I think.