Acquisitions Speculation - General
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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?
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I believe it's already been said
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@LegitPancake Oh hey, I think I'd like it if it was Sweet Reincarnation.
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@piisfun said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
cc: manga
as you mentioned the common /standard meaning is 'Carbon Copy' (for those who don't know the history; in a type written memo a duplicate would be sent to whomever was "cc'd")
so this clue might mean that there is a Manga of this LN title as well - or there is a manga related to it with the word 'carbon' or 'copy' or duplicates being relevant?
google found "CO Chuu" which translated as 'Carbon Dioxide and Kiss' as a manga title - but I couldn't find anything about it
I also found an "Altered Carbon" anime (based on an English novel) which doesn't fit
maybe something about clones ?
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@Jon-Mitchell A little more history
Carbon Copy is a reference to the pressure sensitive "carbon paper" that was used when you wanted to print two copies of something on a typewriter. The pressure would change the color of the back sheet (they were loaded simultaneously), while the front sheet had ink applied.
It is still occasionally used for record-keeping with documents that have to be signed or hand-written, as a pen is effective as a typewriter at triggering the color change (Provided there aren't four layers of copies [personal experience]).
Green's Theorem
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@piisfun said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
Provided there aren't four layers of copies [personal experience])
you've got to press pretty hard for signatures to get through 4 part (or 6 part) forms
in the USA - buying a car (at least the last time I did) still needed 4 part carbon copies
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I'm confused. Is the third license a manga now, or a light novel?
