Delays in Continuing Series (Fall 2019)(All Fall 2019 Delayed Series have Resumed)

[Steiner]

Dendro's starting up again in January. Just recently got the contract on it.

[Mathias Sorensen]

I was hoping for updates on grimgar :( last volume surprised me in a positive way, really got me excited for the next one

[LeinadE]

Some good news for Dendro, yeah. Now I hope for Ragnarok to resume next. I can live a little longer without Unwanted Monologe.

[InfernalDrake]

So is Unwanted Undead still cursed?

[Rahul Balaggan]

@infernaldrake if your asking it it continues to be delayed then yes, they mentioned there were more unforeseen circumstances.

[Paul Nebeling]

@infernaldrake I'm pretty sure Rentt considered himself to be cursed. ;-)

[xdrfiredogx]

UUA is well named at least. Keeps rising from the dead, thankfully.

And yay more Dendro!

[jampodevral]

This experience also shows some weakness to JNC's current onboarding process. Hopefully this circumstance allows for a better plan to be in place for any future issues.

Unlike my employer who thinks they got perfect and keep throwing me useless people with no clue. 😐

[jpwong]

It feel like the problem (barring external issues) is more to do with the required lead time rather than the process itself.

[Javierh998]

Any news on seirei gensouki volume 9?

[Rahul Balaggan]

@javierh998

Sierei is not part of the delayed series, it is the end of the year and the holiday season, please refer to this post for more info. the reason it is not in the schedule is because new volumes are not added to the schedule until the day they are ready for part 1 to go up.

Edit: Volume 8 just finished on the 16th, it hasn't even been the standard 2 weeks yet, but again because of the holiday slowdown it will most likely come out next year

[Ramp]

@steiner YES!!!! This is fantastic news :) Thank you! Will it be added to the January release schedule soon?

[Nosgoroth]

@ramp It probably won't be added until it starts.

[Rahul Balaggan]

@ramp J-Novel Club doesn’t add new volumes to the schedule until the day Part 1 goes up.

[whyohwhy1]

any more up updates on the delayed series

[Rahul Balaggan]

@whyohwhy1

This was the update as of 5 days ago

Updates

Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! - prepublication of volume 3 began on November 29, 2019
I Shall Survive Using Potions! - prepublication of volume 4 began on December 13, 2019
Unwanted Undead ran into additional problems, so we were unable to meet the "resume next week" mentioned originally. We have no ETA for it right now.
There are no updates for any other series at this time.

[Rahul Balaggan]

Updated as of January 10, 2020

Updates

• Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! - prepublication of volume 3 began on November 29, 2019
• I Shall Survive Using Potions! - prepublication of volume 4 began on December 13, 2019
• Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash - prepublication of volume 14++ began on January 6, 2020
• Infinite Dendrogram - prepublication of volume 11 began on January 7, 2020
• Unwanted Undead - prepublication of volume 5 began on January 10, 2020.
• There are no updates for any other series at this time.

[LegitPancake]

So just Ragnarok, Realist Hero, and Next Life as a Villainess left. Personally looking forward to the latter two.

[Quixotica]

Just stumbled across this old CuriousCat answer. Think it explains quite a bit about delays... https://curiouscat.me/jnovelclub/post/903695529

[Rahul Balaggan]

@melicans

The opening post actually explains why there are delays:

Unfortunately, the editors of these series were unable to continue on the projects, so we have been onboarding new editors. It has been taking time for the new editors to get up to speed, especially in the cases where the series is already many volumes in.

Granted other unforeseen circumstances have cause some series to see more delays, but not necessarily pertaining to the actual volume being licensed.