@BlueDragoon said in Over-localization:

When I read "Saga of Tanya the Evil" on Kindle, it has footnotes

Purely off the top of my head, I seem to recall that the footnotes in Tanya are from the original text, not added by the localization team.

@staylo67 https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/6002/mixed-bathing-vol-7?_=1661232001414

@myskaros said in After Spice & Wolf Anime, where too next?:

@Ruby-Eye The light novel is still the original source; the manga is an adaptation of the light novel. The manga is also long over while the LN kept going, so at some point you would have to switch to the LN to read more anyway.

To be fair, the spring log books are more of a sequel, running concurrent with Wolf and Parchment. The manga is nsfw, unlike the anime, so be aware of that if you read it. It also moves things around. A lot.

As a huge fan, the anime is...accurate...for the half of the story it shows. Danmachi is a phenomenal light novel series. I'm rather glad this season, since it appears they're doing a split cour; volume 12/13 in the first half and 14 in the second. Which it needs, volume 14 is a nonstop action chonky boy.

I'm rather annoyed it didn't include the three stories. Especially the closure one.

@Ekun said in Wikipedia pager -List of "j-Novel" OUT of DATE!!:

Yup! i did just this because is just a bit less than a week , so can save 1 update.

Just don't do it make a habit of it.

I believe 'coz the easy way just using G as search engine by default.

No, the easiest would have been using Amazon so there is a conscious effort to use Google Books.

And in fact, I am thinking to replace them to point straight to JNC web, at least with all the English references .

If you do that you're probably going to really annoy somebody.

@Anna-slut-a3x74lu said in looking for a yuri litrpg ;):

hi I'm looking for a yuri litrpg with a female mc and some hear pounding, smutty moments

hmmm. Well, there's The Knightly Elven... Spider?. It's not smutty yet though.

A Jaded Life - Good smut in the beginning, not so much later on. It's also got instalove which I'm not a fan of though I do like the story.

Azarinth Healer, of course. it's not smutty though, at all. The sex is there, just not elaborated. She is bi and currently dating a woman (for a few years now) and we're getting close to the end of the story.

Stray Cat Strut and A (Not So) Simple Fetch Quest I haven't gotten to but I hear good things.

Beneath the Dragoneye Moons I'm gonna add just because. Like AH, not smut, but again like AH the fmc is bi, and will end up with a woman at the end. A hella good story.

Wikipedia, of course, has a list of alternate country names.

@Elijah203223 it's directly confirmed now, but v12 started prepubs less than a month after it released in JP, so I'm not expecting it take anywhere near a year to begin translation on v13. I'd be hoping for Spring 2022, maybe Summer at the latest

(hint: don't use seasons to refer to time on an international forum, the Southern Hemisphere matters too)

As @GeorgeMTO says it mostly depends on digital sales. If a series is selling well digitally then JNC is likely to conclude that a print edition would be popular, but if it isn't then they'll see it as too much of a risk.

As such the best thing you can do to increase the chances of a physical release is to spread the word about the series and the LN. It's a fun series so an easy recommendation, but those who have seen the anime might not realise that the LN is still worth a read even if they know the basic storyline already.

For discussion of JNC's process for deciding what does and doesn't get a print release see:

@LegitPancake Yay, volume 12! I want it! It's better than... cake!

FYI, so far JNC has never dropped a series with the exception of New Life + where the Japanese publisher stopped selling it and asked JNC to also remove the translated version.

@Sean-8xcfxdr I think in the announcement they mentioned eventually adding the content to the website, but it isn't something they were planning on doing in the short term. So I doubt we will see them on catch-up in the near future.

@poisonedbite said in The longest title ever!:

Oh, that's easy. It's the one where the entire book is the title :D

Honestly, this would be really easy for J-Novel to get the rights to and translate it, but I can imagine the backlash.

The Japanese title of Lazy Dungeon Master is Zettai ni Hatarakitakunai Dungeon Master ga Damin o Musaboru made, but if you look at all of their translations, they only use Lazy Dungeon Master for everything. So they could translate it as Isekai Pi: The Ascendance Of My Wrong Legendary Heroic Life.

As it is just the English title, there would only be one part needed. Because Lazy Dungeon Master is ending, this could be given to @Quof because he is used to working on ridiculously long works. So translating a title can be done in his sleep. The J-Novel EPUB premium bonus content can even be the entire Japanese title translated into English.

So now the backlash. On the website we get an almost 200 page epub and on Amazon they get one page. Also, people would be irate about paying $7.99 for a one page book, but everyone else would be happy paying 699 Sams (J-Novel Coins) for the entire bonus title.

Even the hints they release at the next anime convention would be easy.

Hint 1: Pi
Hint 2: You don't need a hint 2.

@RobD
You might like Epilogue which sounds like it has a similar premise albeit different in execution.

@RobD said in Books about easy money / greed:

Or maybe he (or she) is poor and dreaming every day of a super-easy life.

That's my sense. Not greed or desperation, not wanting to life the super-rich life. The author just wishes they never had to think about money ever again.

@Taedirk said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:

@LegitPancake said in Sol Press Discussion Thread:

On Discord, when discussing all the groaning for Rakudai being left behind, Sam simply to fans “patience people, sheesh .” Take that however you will.

Well when everything but Rakudai gets rescued, it looks weird.

Perhaps the publisher is trying to get him to license Isekai Tensei Zero: Prologuing the Excitement or Dungeon Busters: History Lessons are Fun as a package deal?

(Apologies to those who want to read either of those made-up titles.)

@myskaros said in I Shall Survive Using Potions! - Vol.8 ?:

Scheduled to be released in Japan on August 2:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4065288150

thx for the info.

A short while agon, I didn't find anything about the 8 Vol. of the Light novel. It's a relief, that this serie was not dropped by the author.