@drone205 They will be 3 in 1 and hardback, but they will also be in their original magazine size, so much bigger. $50 each though is pretty dang steep.

If you buy the premium ebooks from JNC instead of the regular ones from somewhere else, there are bonus stories not part of the catch-up / web version:

(copy-pasted from the Premium Content thread here)

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom

Volume 1: 6 store exclusive short stories
The Little Tanuki Princess of Amidonia
Aisha: Day of Departure
Tomoe's People-Watching Diary
Juna - Better Days Are Coming
What They Wanted to Be
Liscia: Picking an Outfit

Volume 2: 6 store exclusive short stories & a Color Pinup!
Aisha in the God-Protected Forest
Juna and Excel
Ludwin and XXX
Getting Dressed by Liscia
Tomoe and Poncho's Behind the Scenes Work
The Little Tanuki Princess on the Night Before the Final Battle

Volume 3: 5 store exclusive short stories
Aisha and Juna's Secret Pact
Liscia's Happy Family Get-Together
Jeanne and Hakuya's Joint Complaining Session
In the Refugee Camp
Maid Training

Volume 4: 5 store exclusive short stories
Liscia and Aisha's Emergency Conference
Post-Juna
Roroa's Mistaken Order
The Association for Victims of Masters: Now Seeking New Members
Poncho and Serina: A Bizarre Midnight Snacking Session

Volume 5: 5 store exclusive short stories
Program Production Conference
Castor's Marine Diary
The Fiancees' Guarding Techniques
Fried on the Grill Every Day
On a Corner During the Spring Announcement Festival

Volume 6: 8 store exclusive short stories
Tomoe, Holding Down the Fort
Naden and the Royal Capital
Poncho Becomes a Governor
Juna and Roroa Demand Answers
Ruby Goes to Hal’s Family Home
The What-If Known as Discarded Setting Elements
Liscia in Recovery
The Former King and Queen are Enjoying the Slow Life

FYI, the $50 (sometimes $30) Amazon Fire 7" tablet works pretty well as an ebook reader. It's not as nice (or as light) as my $200 e-ink Kindle but is perfectly legible and isn't too heavy. It also has a microSD card slot that supports 128 GB cards.

The main drawbacks with it are: the built-in speaker is terrible (headphones sound great) and it doesn't run a standard version of Android or include any of the Google apps or store.

He's still writing the web novel part of it atm.

Its only about a chapter or so in.

@terrence Thank you.

It's such a good series. I like their take on the whole re-incarnation in another world trope. Kinda reminds me a bit like Shield Hero, but so much darker.

I don't know about anyone else, but i would be slightly annoyed if this did something like that considering i have re-bought almost 30 novels just to get the bonuses....

I do agree that YA fiction fans could get a kick out of many light novels. Nice video trying to spread LN awareness.

Yes I do it all the time at work. Especially in the winter when it becomes super slow.

Woot, 3rd week winner! Since I depleted some JNC credits this week to get some volumes for reread purposes, this works out well. =D

Edit: Thanks for the credit Sam and thanks for the contest @Aruseus493 .

Read here if you want more details:

https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/1284/new-life-cancellation

@smashman42 I would definitely be interested, but only if the series is completed.

I just got the first two volumes of Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! and I finished both in less than two days. I just could not put the book down, one moment A is happening but almost as soon as A happened we get B, and we just have to see what happens and then C happens almost right away; There is absolutely no fluff or unimportant content in this series. This series does not have long periods of nothingness like many other series have. I had to force myself to put this series down and other series such as Shield Hero, Konosuba, Vending Machine, Smartphone etc. because I just would not stop reading it until I finished the book. Even the fights have so much content in them where something like Accel World drags out almost every fight to the point where we just want it to stop, We get it, the game is supposed to be a game, its supposed to be fun not ruined by some guy. I also just noticed that most of the series I just can not put down were originally WN, so they typically would have short chapters and each chapter needed something to happen or change and be interesting, so where some LN will take 2-5 times longer to get to the important points or have something happen, a WN needs to keep the readers hooked wanting more and tuning in next week or month for a new chapter, so they make something happen, they change something, they introduce something, they conclude something, they add to something, they progress something, they do not add fluff (unless it is something like Chinese WN where they get paid by word-count).

@ryu-heishin It seems the pronunciation is still the same (or similar) even thought it's written like that. Or so I read at least.

I ran it through jisho.org and very roughly it's something like "Branded disqualified as the Duke's heir, today I'll live life to the fullest!"

They also give more detail for side and background characters.

well, I will make a comment every now and then on this topic about a protagonist I really LOVE, and I will probably use my list I created as a guide.

Bell Cranell:

Goals and Motivation - Bell has a Goal from before the start of the series and that is to pick up girls, but at the start of Volume one, his goals shift to being worthy of Aiz Wallenstein. For this goal, Bell needs to become stronger and become Aizs' equal.

Personality and Likes & Dislikes Bell loves the stories about heroes and their adventures. Bell is loyal and can be a bit childish at times, like when he first learned magic he wanted to test it out right away even going against Hestias' words about being patient and waiting the next day.

Weakness - Bell does not have any kryptonite type of weakness. Bell had a lack of confidence and a wall blocking his progression known as Fear, though this wall was destroyed in Volume three it was present. Not necessarily a weakness but Bell will do what he believes to be right, even if there will be dire consequences.

Dilemmas and Choices - Bell is forced into making near impossible choices, and he takes action, NOT a passive wishy-washy or no choice.

@taka69 thx