Acquisitions Speculation - General
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@Hosikuzu Unfortunately Last and first idol didn't sell well so it seems unlikely, but It would be fantastic if he did pick up that kind of weird story again.
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One potential guess if we're going dark for the JNC license:
This dark Grimm Fairy Tale collection.
This one is also a "Media Works" work (Kadokawa), so it would assume new licensing partners. A 2015 series with no "completion" tag, but I don't know that it even lends itself to ending since they're collections of stories (they might have a frame narrative device that needs a conclusion though?).
https://bookwalker.jp/deb6dbefee-3580-4abb-b5e4-d02adff62ee8/?acode=WpfPW3yk
I don't know if this is the same one you're talking about above. I think it's a different collection.
@Hosikuzu said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
I never thought anyone would be nuts enough to license Last and First Idol either, so...
It'd be nice to get more award winners stateside, but I guess hearing it won some random named award in Japan doesn't do much for most folks.
Really wish Haikasoru didn't die... =(
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I wonder, if there will be any surprise licenses again like last time? I hope it a little bit. And it would be nice, if we could get Kadokawa as a new licensing partner. There are some of their titles I really want after all.
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@Clarabelle JNC has already work with Kadokawa in the past: Altina, Full metal panic and Kokoro connect are all from Kadokawa subsidiary.
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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@Raitoiro Oh, I didn't know that. Then I have hope, that I someday get the titles I want.xD
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New hint:
Nick Fury this ain’t
The hint on the announcement page is incorrect with "Nike".Given Nick Fury is the head of SHIELD, would be nice if this is Bofuri. Or considering his eyepatch, maybe some chuuni character.
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@LegitPancake Don't give me hope.
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It's a bit far fetched but it could be the gacha isekai since the story is about a guy assembling a team of hero, but through a gacha so none of the difficulty which come with recruiting hero.
It's even more far fetched but it could also be Sevens since the MC is slowly building team of powerful allies (mostly girl and mostly through political marriage) to fight a powerful enemy. But at the start the MC is a pampered noble son who come as really weak unlike Furry who is a seasoned soldier.
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When I read "Nick Fury", I think: eyepatch, missing eye, military, shield, avengers.
And the hint could be read "MC is like Nick, but not really".So maybe it's Kuro no Senki?
MC is missing an eye, has a military uniform, is probably gathering hisavengersharem.
Hobby Japan has been republishing this former Overlap title since last summer. Also, it's isekai. -
Sevens would be awesome, but I think the Snow White to Sevens clue is too obvious.
I'm guessing its more about the kiss, that woke her from death. Could a major character be some kind of undead princess? or zombie?"Nick Fury this Ain't" S.H.I.E.L.D. is a government agency, and Fury is a crusty veteran : we're looking for a major character or story about a fighting force that are not government affiliated, or maybe not well organized, headed by a novice? (maybe even a child?)
I don't have a guess, We're looking for something like Robin Hood, Where Robin is a newbie to the role and Little John is a badass undead princess (or a golem, or a zombie)
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@Jon-Mitchell said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
"Nick Fury this Ain't" S.H.I.E.L.D. is a government agency, and Fury is a crusty veteran : we're looking for a major character or story about a fighting force that are not government affiliated, or maybe not well organized, headed by a novice? (maybe even a child?)
It could be Marginal operation LN, it somewhat fit that description and JNC already has the manga
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How about Spy Room? It involves a veteran spy with a 100% success rate who has to assemble a ragtag group of seven women into spies that can succeed in spite of their mission having a 90% chance of failure rate (at least that's what it sounds like it's about).
And the girls on cover 2 have eyepatches! They ain't Nick Fury, but they'll do just fine maybe? x)
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Regarding the first hint again, ”Kiss” could mean, that it will be a JNC Heart novel. ”Snow White” could mean, that the story has remotely something to do with a fairy tale character (or the title has something to do with a fairy tale character). So ”Kiss little Snow White goodbye” could mean in overall, that another fairy tale character will appear, like for example Cinderella. ”Little” could mean, that it's about a child (at least at the beginning). So I would assume it could be Fake Cinderella. It's a shoujo novel and there is the name of a fairy tale character in the title. The main protagonist is a little girl at the beginning of the novel and in the title of the first volume are the words ”Nice to meet you” too, the opposite of ”goodbye”.
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@Terrence that sounds fun. I'm hoping it's this one
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What time does the next hint come out? (I have nothing better to do than wait...)
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Although not an exact time the other hints have come out around 2-3 pm EST
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@Rahul-Balaggan Thanks!
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Third hint
cc: manga
Closed Caption? Carbon Copy? Maybe it is some sort of ASCII Art?
Anyway, it is manga.
Green's Theorem
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Maybe it's a manga of one of the previous two, or manga of an already published LN?
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Campfire Cooking manga?
