Konosuba cast is live. This is a fun one (apparently the news is over 30 minutes long somehow too). x)

Cast:
Kyle
Flyz
Terrence
Justus

https://youtu.be/wV2siWBMzA4

I'm interested. I think this is a wise move since the majority of the series is kind of seen/experienced through Haruhiro's viewpoint/personality. He is kind of apathetic at times so his internal thoughts can be surface level on anything not dealing with his Party. Additional perspectives can help with the world building, which I love. Seriously, the spin-off ecchi Grimgar series, What's wrong with a Hero being Jobless, gives more information about Alterna in its first two chapters than the entire 14 volumes of Grimgar has. And that translated chapter 13 alone, gave so much information on the Elves in Grimgar.

So, this has the potential to do some great world building.

@sam-pinansky
Yeah, JC Staff's Orphen anime was pretty much original content from the start since they only loosely based the entire first season around the first volume, while mildly adapting elements of the second and fourth volumes. Otherwise, they virtually ignored all of the other arcs in the main series, along with a majority of the lore, plot and characters and basically made up their own story. As for Akita Yoshinobu, he didn't fall into a creative slump and left the main series incomplete for years. That old rumor was based on him first talking about making the Teshitahen sequel starring Orphen and Cleao's daughters and Mayor(sp?) on his personal website, so you got people crowing "Orphen isn't finished!" when the main story was done years ago.

As for the re-edits, he condensed the main series into an omnibus, going from the initial 20 paperback volumes into 10. He's also done the same for the prequel gaiden and sequel series for Orphen. He's now re-editing the Muhouhen compilation again into two book series: Pre-Journey and Rogue (Pre-Journey covers Orphen's time as a student while Rogue details his travels before the events of Volume 1).

@harmlessdave I personally am a fan of this type of thing. The reason I put this out more than say Infinite Stratos or something else similar is because it is a new series to me while others I’ve seen the anime. Fantasy genre has always been a favorite of mine.

Pretty much skipped this volume. After the ominous ending of book 4 I had a few quick peeks at WN and it seemed like slice-of-life that I loved turned into heavy drama / wholesale slaughter. Only checked out the ending to read about the certain returning character. Maybe I'll pick up some future volumes if things turn lighter again, but otherwise it's another semi-dropped series. But at least there were a few fun volumes to remember. :)

Then I would suggest upvoting and commenting your support on the already-established licensing suggestion: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/1430/ubau-mono-ubawareru-mono-bereave-or-bereaved

@custodes Its going to be the end of the series, SPOILERS

going to miss this show fk

@motionless47 They release parts all the time before they release the previous ebook.
For example, there are 2 parts of Outbreak Company Vol. 9 available, however the ebook of volume 8 doesn't come out for a few more days...

@azhrey said in How A Realist Rebuilt The Kingdom Volumes 9 and up?:

@mvpkost Better late than never... even though it feels like torture.

haha its ok bro i agree with you 99,99% as long we have the exact date for release then its all guud

Yep, looks like Sam was too tired and messed up the month's name 😅

I'll update my topic in a minute.

Maybe it would be better to ask in the already established Arifureta Volume 9 Discussion Thread

Yes there will be, as for when they will release I don’t think there is an official date on 17 for now, but Smartphone comes out in Japan at a fairly reliable and fast pace.

V16 just came out 2 weeks ago so it is still gonna be 3 or so months probably at the soonest...

@myskaros That's kind of understandable. He tossed out so many threads. Which ones to follow and which to let go? I've got my favorites. I'm sure others have theirs.

@galactuskahn24 yeah, the guys that were originally doing the translation, took it down when JNC picked it up. But when JNC said that they had dropped it, they picked it back up again. I've read vol 4 and 5 on it and it wasn't too bad a translation. It's done by the same group that do hachinan tte. If your looking for it, you can get the links through NovelUpdates.

This novel makes waiting months feel so worth it tho. Also makes you realize time flys ode fast. Also reminds me slime next volume is out next month I think.

@aruseus493

It’s funny that you mentioned this, but labeling a volume as x.5 instead of just a ss volume is actually a relatively recent phenomenon intended for boosting sales in Japan. The consensus is that ss volume will almost always undersell the main series, with some fall as low as just 1/3 of the numbered volumes. Labeling something as x.5 boosts sales, at least anecdotally.

to answer your question the odds are unknown to anyone that isn't Sam.

That being said yeah like Myskaros said it would be better to make a Licensing suggestion topic.

Didn't catch this thread the last time through, but don't really get a chance to scan the forums as much as I'd like. On this, I'd have to say something of a variation from the story. I don't want it to be a spoiler, but it's nice if it can at least fit current events. Having said that, most of the images which have a lasting effect on me from light novels are those which are used for character introductions/additions. As I'm reading, I like having at least a face to attach to who I'm reading about. Especially in stories like Rokujouma, where there are an infinite number of characters, or Smartphone, where the wives-to-be and their families to keep track of, having a visualization of new characters in the opening art are probably those which I most appreciate. In volumes which include these, I tend to check them several times.