Japanese authors and physics
"Physics? Is it sparkly? Is it tasty?"

Ikaruga turned its thrusters to the weapon and started moving so fast that a steam of flames didn't hurt it.

OMFG LOL 🤣
Physics prep school graduate in me is crying tears of blood.

How fast is "so fast"? Mach 5? 1M? 0.5M? We know it's a steam of "flames" and we heard nothing about fuel so the weapon got to have a huge air intake for super-heated air. Well not so super heated as it's RED, making an intake even larger, cause less energy injected. Why author thinks that moving inside the steam of flames will make any difference? IMO it will make it worse, as you'd add that steam's matter's resistance to ambient heating.

So yeah, author was better of writing "It spewed the dense steam of mana at it" and be done instead of inventing half-assed "explanations".

I know this is an old topic - but I think technology as finally caught up to what was on my 'wishlist' for a device:

high quality/clear display: e-ink 300 dpi - minimal ghosting/high refresh etc. long battery life - weeks not hours O/S that supports both J-Novel app and website fits in my jacket pocket/hand inexpensive

making my 'Christmas list" :BOOX Go 6 - not the fastest cpu but ticks all the boxes - $150 US- includes case - anyone have one? thoughts? alternates (I also like the BOOX Palma2 but a bit more than I want to spend and prefer an aspect ratio closer to 4:3)

@AuroraFox88 https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/3478/future-volume-release-schedule

Hopefully this advice from last month will be of assistance:

@Rahul-Balaggan said in [CONTEST OVER] JNC Original Light Novel Contest:

There is no "standard" for the outline. As the author you will determine what should be there. What characters count as "major", how far to go into the story, and any other information you feel makes your work shine.

That is one of the main things here. You are writing this outline to show your work has potential, and that you have an idea of where the story is going and how you will get there.

You have 10,000 extra words to make a sales pitch. Use those 10,000 words in a way that will leave you the writer satisfied.

Are we going to get an imprint for GL?

@Gentian-Elezi-i7i0ssa Please see the future volume release schedule sticky:

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

@Sekki
Yeah.
The neat thing for the German & French market is that JNC Nina can pick up titles that were snagged by other firms for the English licenses; the licenses, even when global, are language specific.
So if no one else has negotiated a German or French license it's fair game for JNC Nina.

@wanderer_1204 said in Dahlia in Bloom:

PSA: Volume 11 will released on November 25th in Japanese.

Edit: Sorry, had mistyped the date. Corrected it now.

Nice! Aside from the story, which I do love, I really like the world building happening here. It is slow, but constant and interesting in its own right.

I don't mean to bring new life to this post. But I just want to say with the fact that J-Novel Club is being professional with there translations and localizations. I am not worried about their political biases getting put in to the work they put into translating the material they get licenses for. This for my self has made me trust their work over other translation companies to name one as an example though they deal with anime not books Crunchyroll.

So with this all of this I put a great deal of trust in the work this company does and am glade they hold to their standers and to not and will not cut corners.

@Kilocron said in Demon Lord, Retry! volume 9:

Bump for impatience! Pretty sure 10 just came out like yesterday or something, too.

The worst part is that even when it starts we'll have to wait 8-14 weeks to it to finish. I want it all, nowwwwww! (whining)

If you look at the Calendar you can see which volumes of books are being translated now and so are available to members: https://j-novel.club/calendar

There will also be some volumes that have finished being translated recently and do not yet require you to purchase them: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/534/expiring-volumes-light-novels/342?page=18

From the expiring topic, Expiring September 16th, 2024:

Ongoing series list:

VTuber Legend Vol. 7
Campfire Cooking Vol. 15
Management of a Novice Alchemist Vol. 2
Misfit of Demon King Academy Vol. 7
I Parry Everything Vol. 6
Knight's & Magic Vol. 4
Peddler in Another World Vol. 8
Private Tutorto the Duke's Daughter Vol. 13
Taking My Reincarnation One Step Vol. 6
Zilbagias the Demon Prince Vol. 2
After-School Dungeon Diver Vol. 3
Black Summoner Vol. 18
Record of Wortenia War Vol. 25
Holmes of Kyoto Vol. 19
Seirei Gensouki Vol. 25
Enough with This Slow Life Vol. 7
Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! Vol. 9
Rebuild World Vol. 5
Min-Maxing my TRPG Vol. 9 Canto I
Goodbye, Overtime! Vol. 2
The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World Vol. 1
Invincible Summoner Who Crawled Up from Level 1 Vol. 2
A Surprisingly Happy Engagement for the Slime Duke and the Fallen Noble Lady Vol. 2
DUNGEON DIVE Vol. 8
The Crown of Rutile Quartz Vol. 2
Cooking with Wild Game Vol. 25
Earl and Fairy Vol. 7
Tearmoon Empire Vol. 13
DUNGEON DIVE Vol. 9
Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 5 Vol. 12
Blade & Bastard Vol. 4

The volume 1's are these:

The Blessing of Liefe Vol. 1
The Fake Hero Crashes the Party Vol. 1
The Royal Hostage Has Vanished Vol. 1
The Hero and the Sage, Reincarnated and Engaged Vol. 1
Dagashi-ya Yahagi Vol. 1
The Poison King Vol. 1

If you like to be able to read more than the bite-sized samples that Amazon, etc. give you for their ebooks then the membership is a great way to read an entire volume of a series before deciding if you want to buy it.

@Kaleissin
That's even a possibility for attending!
...gonna have to think about that...

@QuixoticHorizon not only did it not get a v4, they reprinted the 3 volumes with a new illustrator.