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    Catchup Titles Archive (Updated to March 2024)

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    • TerrenceT
      Terrence Premium Member
      last edited by Terrence

      Demon Lord Retry for me I guess (if I do any catch-up).

      The rest I'm mostly buying over time. (Except Archdemons, kinda skipping for now).

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      • TerabyteT
        Terabyte
        last edited by Terabyte

        I put Archdemon on hold after V6 but I plan on buying the premium ebooks so I won't rush reading it on catchup; I'm caught up with FMP and Retry!; I'm not interested in Seeking Sister and I dropped Orphen after V5.

        Admittedly, there's not many series that could interest me on catchup at this point since I'm caught up with almost everything after following JNC for a while; it's still a great value for new subscribers though.

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          HarmlessDave Premium Member
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          I buy the premium editions for Archdemon. Sister and Stabber aren't my cup of tea.

          I gave up on Retry when the farce level kept increasing in volume 1, but I might try again and see if it changes my mind.

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          • TerabyteT
            Terabyte
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            Updated the first post with August catchups: 7 series this time around.

            I'm already caught up with 4 and I'm not interested in checking the other 3 for now. I do have Clockwork Planet on my read list but since there's no volume 5 in sight in Japan for now I might as well focus on other series.

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              HarmlessDave Premium Member
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              I enjoyed the first 10 or so volumes of Little Apocalypse, after which it felt like more of the same (in a bad way) for me. I'd suggest anyone trying it to read until you're tired of the premise then read the last 2 (or was it 3?) volumes for the series conclusion.

              Holy Knight's Dark Road was more fun than I expected it to be. To enjoy it you might need to realize that the edgelord routine is 90% method acting for his goal, and underneath he's just a nice kid with a warm heart.

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              • xdrfiredogxX
                xdrfiredogx Premium Member @Terabyte
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                @Terabyte I really like Clockwork Planet, it's fun and absurd in a special way. But yeah, no vol 5 in sight makes it hard to recommend you rush out to read it. It's no spoiler to say that while it doesn't end on a cliffhanger or anything, volume 4 very obviously wasn't intended as a end.

                Most of these I'm already up to speed on or already passed on reading so don't think I'll be joining in this month.

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                • Paul NebelingP
                  Paul Nebeling Premium Member @Terabyte
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                  @Terabyte Yeah, Clockwork Planet definitely has the unfinished feel all over it. And I'm thinking at least two more volumes are needed. (If you do read it, you'll see why.) I'm not very hopeful.

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                  • SomeOldGuyS
                    SomeOldGuy Premium Member @Paul Nebeling
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                    @Paul-Nebeling Reading various comments about Clockwork, it has a double-whammy of health problems (creator and author).

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                    • Paul NebelingP
                      Paul Nebeling Premium Member @SomeOldGuy
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                      @SomeOldGuy I've heard the same, which is another reason why I'm not holding out much hope for it to get finished.

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                      • TerabyteT
                        Terabyte
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                        Updated the first post with September catchups: 5 series this time around (1 complete, 2 caught up to JP, 2 ongoing).

                        Nothing for me to check out this time either: I dropped Isekai Rebuilding Project after volume 1 and I've got other series higher on my read list other than Daimaou. I do want to read Daimaou, but from what I've heard it seems it turns quite bad as the story goes on (kinda like Infinite Stratos I guess). So yeah, I'll probably get to it at some point, but surely not now.

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                        • TerrenceT
                          Terrence Premium Member
                          last edited by Terrence

                          I might read Isekai Rebuilding Project. Oh, Daimaou is in here? I need to finish that at some point.

                          Amagi I'm just going to buy all of them someday.

                          I made it through a grand total of 6 parts of catchup last month (gonna have to buy Holy Knight's Dark Road). >_>

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                            HarmlessDave Premium Member @Terabyte
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                            @Terabyte said in Catchup Titles Archive (Updated to September 2020):

                            I do want to read Daimaou, but from what I've heard it seems it turns quite bad as the story goes on (kinda like Infinite Stratos I guess). So yeah, I'll probably get to it at some point, but surely not now.

                            Yes, also like Infinite Stratos the Daimaou anime was decent so I was curious about the LN but these are apparently two of the rare cases where the anime adaptation fixes the LN flaws and makes things better.

                            I'm already reading I Refuse to be Your Enemy and enjoying it. It's a less farcical version of Bakarina. So nothing new for me either.

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                            • TerabyteT
                              Terabyte
                              last edited by Terabyte

                              Updated the first post with October catchups: 6 LNs and 1 Manga this time around (1 complete LN, 1 LN caught up to JP, 4 ongoing LNs, 1 ongoing manga).

                              First time ever a manga is on catchup.

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                              • TerrenceT
                                Terrence Premium Member
                                last edited by Terrence

                                Grace of the Gods, Marielle Clarac for me.

                                I'll probably leave reading the final volume and rereading previous parts of Paladin for later.

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                                • the green deathT
                                  the green death @Terabyte
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                                  @Terabyte I think it's safe to assume that Paladin is finished. If the series were super popular I think the author could unexpectedly put out a new volume, but this long in between volumes on a medium seller says to me that it's unfortunately over.

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                                  • TerabyteT
                                    Terabyte @the green death
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                                    @the-green-death I think I read somewhere the author has writer block or something? Or was it another LN? Not sure.

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                                    • the green deathT
                                      the green death @Terabyte
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                                      @Terabyte I’ve heard here over the years that it was writers block. Too bad, but what we got was great and didn’t end on a cliffhanger or anything, so maybe a short great run is the best.

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                                      • TerabyteT
                                        Terabyte
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                                        There we go. First post updated with November's catchup.

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                                        • TerrenceT
                                          Terrence Premium Member
                                          last edited by Terrence

                                          In for Discommunication and Tearmoon.

                                          Mixed Bathing I gotta read the newest. Dunno if I want to catch up with Baker or no.

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                                          • pcjP
                                            pcj Premium Member @Terabyte
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                                            @Terabyte the "Previous entries are inside the spolier below" is inside the spoiler, so you can't see the instructions to open the spoiler without opening the spoiler. ;)

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