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    • Rahul BalagganR
      Rahul Balaggan Staff @elkensteyin
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      @elkensteyin

      At J-Novel Club they do not add a new volume to the calendar until the day it is scheduled to be released.

      So not seeing it right now is normal!

      Technically this volume was supposed to end next week and then immediately continue with Part 2 Volume 3 the following week, since they released the whole thing early it is up in the air whether Part 2 Volume 3 will start on the 4th or the 11th of January...but we will all just have to wait and see, it will come out when it comes out no soooner.

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      • jcochranJ
        jcochran Premium Member @elkensteyin
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        @elkensteyin JNC posts novels on the release schedule the same day as they post the part 1 pre-release of that novel. Right now, I'm uncertain as when that would be for P2V3. A couple of days ago, I was expecting January 11th. But with the early release of P2V2P10, I don't know if it will be the 4th, 11th, or something else.

        Morning and Mourning sound alike for good and sufficient reasons.

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        • elkensteyinE
          elkensteyin Premium Member @Rahul Balaggan
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          @rahul-balaggan @jcochran Appreciate the quick answers. I'm still somewhat new to the site so need to learn some of the processes and idiosyncrasies here.

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          • hirotoH
            hiroto
            last edited by hiroto

            Interesting information in author's status update.

            Anime was planned for 2 cours from the beginning, and the 2nd cour to be aired in April is already completed.

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            • Libri LiberorumL
              Libri Liberorum Premium Member @hiroto
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              @hiroto
              Thanks for that.
              Why do they not run them consecutively? If this was planned from the start, why not announce this from the start?

              Maybe when booking broadcast time they were not confident of being ready in time?

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              • jcochranJ
                jcochran Premium Member @hiroto
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                @hiroto Oh my. Given the opening scene in episode 1, and hoping that cour 2 ends with that scene, to close the frame nicely, that gives hope that the second arc will take 2 cours. Which would mean a 3rd is planned. Crossing fingers.

                Morning and Mourning sound alike for good and sufficient reasons.

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                • AlexUsmanA
                  AlexUsman
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                  I was actually thinking few days ago that 14 eps wouldn't be enough to cover 4 books from the 2nd ark. So they may go for a usual 11-12 episode season and cover only books 1 and 2. That would be a fitting ending to the animation as I feel later parts will be different from what we had until now.

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                  • LegitPancakeL
                    LegitPancake Premium Member @Libri Liberorum
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                    @libri-liberorum It's possible there wasn't an opening in the JP TV programming. Supposedly one needs to book a slot far in advance.

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                    • JustaidanJ
                      Justaidan Premium Member @jcochran
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                      @jcochran said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

                      @hiroto Oh my. Given the opening scene in episode 1, and hoping that cour 2 ends with that scene, to close the frame nicely, that gives hope that the second arc will take 2 cours. Which would mean a 3rd is planned. Crossing fingers.

                      The teaser image for season 2 shows items not present in vol4/5 (game boards, cards etc) so season 2 will probably cover the entire second arc.

                      However there already two OVAs announced with the 2nd being taken from well beyond the current LN translations (arc 3 or 4 if I heard correctly). Normally OVAs get produced well after the season has ended to hype people up for the next season during big breaks. So what is happening for Bookworm is not normal and that makes me more hopeful for a 3rd season.

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                        sniper_samurai Premium Member @Justaidan
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                        @justaidan The second story is from part 3, but deals with events between parts 1 & 2

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                        • JustaidanJ
                          Justaidan Premium Member @sniper_samurai
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                          @sniper_samurai Thanks, wasn't sure and didn't want to spoil myself. Since the 2nd OVA is from a potential season 3 that puts my hopes up a bit.

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                          • SomeOldGuyS
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                            How long does Crunchyroll typically delay the disk release of animes they control?

                            I know Netflix tries really hard to keep things off the market while they have streaming rights. I'm still waiting for season 2 of The Seven Deadly Sins to be released, almost 3 years after it started streaming.

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                            • LegitPancakeL
                              LegitPancake Premium Member @SomeOldGuy
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                              @someoldguy The problem right now is that for shows they haven't had anything to do with Funimation (Konosuba, Place Further than the Universe, Gabriel Dropout, and many more), they just don't release at all on home video, with the exception of some outliers like 5cm per second, Strike the Blood, and Kemono Friends, which were sublicensed to other companies. CR has entered into a home video distribution deal with Viz Media, but we have yet to see anything happen with that.

                              As for Seven Deadly Sins, either it wasn't profitable enough for Funi to license season 2, or Netflix is becoming more restrictive of home video for their shows.

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                              • SomeOldGuyS
                                SomeOldGuy Premium Member @LegitPancake
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                                @legitpancake That's kind of what I'm afraid of. I have a dislike of subscription streaming, preferring to do my own streaming of stuff I buy.

                                By all accounts, my current library is bigger than any of the streaming services in terms of total titles, if not current titles. It doesn't go away if my internet has problems, either. Or when the streaming service can't re-license it.

                                This is one title I really want to have...

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                                • Libri LiberorumL
                                  Libri Liberorum Premium Member
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                                  The anime makes great use of shadows. For example, episode 2 13:40 onwards as Main and family head out to the pig killing (fully shadowed in town as the sun has not yet risen above the walls, to sunlight outside the gate, carefully paying attention to which direction each character is facing) and episode 7 around 12 minutes when Lutz first questions who Main is.

                                  As an aside: the light novels spend several pages on candle making and Main's attempts at improvements, which in the anime is reduced to a single still image in ep 2 13:37. And I missed first time through that at 13:40 both sub and dub reference the song 'Donna Donna'. This reference is not in the LN.

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                                  • Libri LiberorumL
                                    Libri Liberorum Premium Member @Libri Liberorum
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                                    @libri-liberorum
                                    And here is Donna Donna in Japanese:
                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0w-g2733Vk

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                                    • hirotoH
                                      hiroto @Libri Liberorum
                                      last edited by hiroto

                                      @libri-liberorum said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

                                      And I missed first time through that at 13:40 both sub and dub reference the song 'Donna Donna'. This reference is not in the LN.

                                      It did exist in original LN, and localized this way:

                                      > I followed him to the Gilberta Company like a fearful lamb to the slaughter. Benno was waiting for us and we were taken to his office immediately.

                                      EDIT

                                      That was a wrong volume, also using Donna Donna. It is this one.

                                      Which is why I was currently sitting inside the back of a covered wagon between the loads of stuff packed into it.

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                                      • hirotoH
                                        hiroto
                                        last edited by hiroto

                                        Result of Fall 2019 anime popularity vote which took place 12/19/19 - 1/5/20.

                                        Total votes: 35986

                                        1. Ascendance of a Bookworm - 6539

                                        2. Rifle is Beautiful - 3439

                                        3. Kemono Michi - 3066

                                        4. Nurupeta - 2855

                                        5. After School Dice Club - 2662

                                        Source: https://akiba-souken.com/anime/vote/v_2792/

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                                        • crowdcontrolC
                                          crowdcontrol
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                                          The 20-minute side story OVA is split into two parts covering the stories "Justok's Downtown Invasion" and "Corinna's House Visit.” The OVA will be bundled with the limited edition version of the 22nd light novel and the start of the fifth story arc, Incarnation of the Goddess. The novel, along with the OVA, goes on sale on March 10 in Japan.

                                          https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/01/07/page-turning-preview-of-ascendance-of-a-bookworm-side-story-anime-ova-gets-printed-online?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+crunchyroll%2Fanimenews+(Latest+in+Anime+News+by+Crunchyroll!)

                                          Which volume is Justok's Downton Invasion? Contains characters not in the translated Light novel yet. I think Justok is a magic user and a spy that is looking for information on Myne at Ehrenfest

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                                          • LurkingMcLurkL
                                            LurkingMcLurk Member @crowdcontrol
                                            last edited by LurkingMcLurk

                                            @crowdcontrol
                                            It’s from the end of Part 3 Volume 2.

                                            spoiler
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