Catchup Titles Archive (Updated to March 2024)
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@terabyte said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to October 2019):
@yumenokage said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to October 2019):
I can't say I have any enthusiasm for trying Ragnarok as it looks like just another harem, but if anyone wants to give a defense/promotion of it I might reconsider.
I think you should give it a try. While there are indeed several heroines there hasn't really been much of a harem time/development so far after 10 volumes. I could probably say a few things more, but then it would end up being a spoiler. (And, in case you checked out the anime, forget it ever existed...)
That's my problem: I haven't found a way to erase the anime's awfulness from my mind so that I can give the LNs a fair chance.
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@harmlessdave If you've seen Arifureta's anime they're basically the same thing in terms of "worst/wrong adaptation".
(I still rate Arifureta below Ragnarok because of the god awful CGI though.)
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I'm glad to see Bookworm since I wasn't able to get to the first volume before it expired, so now I can finally give it a try.
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Updated first post with November 2019 catchup. Only 3 series this time around, but still 28 volumes overall (with 1 more volume for Magic Behind starting soon).
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Nothing I'm interested in this time, which I'm actually kind of glad about since I'm going to be really busy through the first bit of December. I am a little curious about JK Haru, since it's supposed to treat things a little more seriously, but since it's still supposed to be pretty obscene I don't think I'd be comfortable reading it in the end.
For last month's series, I didn't get to much because of other stuff going on, but I did read the first volume of Ao Oni, which I thought was okay, and then got a little farther on For My Daughter, which I'll probably pick up again whenever it next comes on catchup.
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I own all of smartphone and the first ...6? of Magic, and JK Haru isn't my cup of tea.
Oh well, better luck next month.
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> catchup series
> JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another WorldJK Haru 3 confirmed.
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I think I'm gonna try Smartphone, the anime was terrible (the abridged version is gold tho) but I kinda want to see what the LN is like.
Do you like death, war and misery ?
Do you like badass op loli who let nobody got in their way ?
Do you like vengeance story?
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I need to read Magic in this Other World Too Far Behind (pretty sure I read 1-4).
Podcast I'm in is covering JK Haru shortly, so that works out pretty good if I want to read through some of Summer again (I did buy the first one though for rereading last month).
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@raitoiro said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to November 2019):
I think I'm gonna try Smartphone, the anime was terrible (the abridged version is gold tho) but I kinda want to see what the LN is like.
It was fun for a while, but I dropped out around vol. 11 or 12. The series' original schtick could only carry it along so far, and the stuff brought in to replace it didn't really interest me.
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@raitoiro said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to November 2019):
I think I'm gonna try Smartphone, the anime was terrible (the abridged version is gold tho) but I kinda want to see what the LN is like.
It's fun. One of the faults of the anime, probably done for time reasons, is it cut out a lot of the material where Touya was training, crafting, learning. That made it feel like he was succeeding without earning anything.
He is another overpowered character, massively so as it goes on. The harem size is also overdone to the point that you really need that list of characters. Despite those points it's still a fun read.
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@terrence said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to November 2019):
I need to read Magic in this Other World Too Far Behind (pretty sure I read 1-4).
Podcast I'm in is covering JK Haru shortly, so that works out pretty good if I want to read through some of Summer again (I did buy the first one though for rereading last month).
Magic 1-4 or 5 were the good ones for me. After that it descends into a mix of the original story and cliched teen harem comedy.
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First post updated with December 2019 catchup.
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Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash
This went on catch-up a little before I joined JNC in September 2018, and I've been waiting ever since. I've read it gets weird later on but I liked the anime so I've wanted to give it a try.
Arifrueta Zero - I should try this since I've read the main series
Campfire Cooking, Infinite - fun, but I already own then.
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Yes, Grimgar! I've been waiting for a catchup to bridge the gap between where the physicals are and where the digital releases are at. I started reading the physicals after learning about the series through the anime and before I became a J-Novel Club member. After I became a member I decided to start following the weekly releases instead once there was a catchup and sold my physicals. When I have more money I might buy the premium ebooks for the bonuses and if I have more space as well maybe the physicals again, although I don't really like the quality and typesetting of Seven Seas's release. It's way too bulky for how long the books actually are and the covers look cheap. I like J-Novel's in-house physicals a lot better.
For the others, I'm already caught up with Infinite Dendrogram and Campfire Cooking. I might try Arifureta Zero if I have time. I read part of the main series last time it was on catchup and thought it was decent enough that I'd likely read more if I had the time next time it went on catchup, although the harem was annoying and I think some of JNC's other series that have gotten less hype are actually quite a bit better.
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@yumenokage said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to December 2019):
I might try Arifureta Zero if I have time. I read part of the main series last time it was on catchup and thought it was decent enough that I'd likely read more if I had the time next time it went on catchup, although the harem was annoying and I think some of JNC's other series that have gotten less hype are actually quite a bit better.
It's pretty far down in my ranking of JNC titles. It has a long list of eye-roll worthy cliches but I enjoy it despite itself and have made it through 9 of the 10. (I'm still reading it I just haven't gotten around to #10 yet.)
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I was trying to push myself through the latest Grimgar, glad to see I don't have to (put it off until later in the month).
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New catch up, this one will last 1 month and a half until the end of February 2020 and features 6 series (2 of which are complete):
- Bluesteel Blasphemer ► Complete series (4 volumes).
- Lazy Dungeon Master ► Volume 9 currently being translated.
- My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World ► Complete series (7 volumes).
- Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles ► Volume 9 currently being translated.
- The Unwanted Undead Adventurer ► Volume 5 currently being translated.
- Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! ► Volume 3 currently being translated.
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I'm caught up with the 4 ongoing translations and I remember losing interesting in Blueesteel around volume 2 (and hearing the series got axed/ending rushed made me drop it even faster). I'm interested in reading Big Sis so I just need to find the time.
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@terabyte said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to February 2020):
I'm caught up with the 4 ongoing translations and I remember losing interesting in Blueesteel around volume 2 (and hearing the series got axed/ending rushed made me drop it even faster). I'm interested in reading Big Sis so I just need to find the time.
I enjoyed Big Sis. Some people thought the ending was weak but I thought the final battle was fine and fit the rest of the story. There is also some sly humor now and then including jokes that just happen and are never explained, a little like Monty Python or Buckaroo Banzai ("what's with the watermelon?").
Hopefully that isn't over-selling it.
