even worse!, Global bookwalker had only vols 1 & 2 of Part one listed.

Libro.fm and AudiobooksNow.com only have Pt 1 Vols 1 & 2 as well. I have been asking both of them about getting Pt 1 Vol 3 for the last year and they both tell me that the distributor is having issues distributing Pt 1 Vol 3 and that they are working on a solution. I keep following up every month or so but there is no news. I wonder if it has something to do with the DRM free nature of these websites, since the only sites that seem to have it use DRM (Google & Audible).

Can anyone from J-Novel Club confirm if DRM is the issue, or could someone poke the distributer to see if they can fix the distribution problem?

the longest ones I saw are; My daughter leave the nest, with 11 vols.
By the grace of the goods with 10 (or so) realistic hero rebuild the kingdom with 15
even Slayers! stopped at Vol. 3 out of 18

I'm really bummed that "By the Grace of the Gods" stopped at Vol 10, I really want more! There is at least one title that seems to be on going "The Great Cleric" has 10 volumes on audiobook with volume 11 coming out soon. But I too would like to see more J-NC titles on audiobook.

It's difficult to find what J-NC titles are available on audiobook since the publishers are scattered (Tantor Media, Dreamscape Lore, PublishDrive, ect). Is there a list of J-NC audiobooks anywhere? YenPress and SevenSeas make it easy to see what audiobooks are available, could J-NC do something like what they do and create a page with the titles and link to the publisher and/or list the sites that they are available on?

Options/tastes vary - and I won't judge, but some of the themes in Healer around consent are just a little too squick for me. (yes I watched the anime, and feel no need to explore any deeper)

I do feel that there is a place for adult content ( such as Poison King ) and if we have romance and BL, why not JNC afterdark? I don't know how well it sells, but if there is demand, and labeled correctly, why not? (but I see why not this particular title)

I've been working on a story with a female protagonist who practices yoga and martial arts, and I found some great visual references for describing her activewear and outfits. Check out women's apana clothing — really helpful for getting the details right when writing action scenes. Does anyone else use real-world fashion references when describing characters?

@wanderer_1204 said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - anime discussion:

I was surprised that the chibi at the end mentions getting a schtappe in the "garden of beginnings".

pre-seeding for the future so less info dump then maybe?

@Luigi2262 - those are the two I most want to be continued myself.

I do have to remind myself to be patient since they need to be written not translated. Unlike with Japanese LNs there also might not be already-written web novel chapters to use as the starting point.

Volume 10 will be released in June.

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@Hylebos The manga has three volumes, so they might have confused the two.

Seven Seas picked up the manga.

going to boost this because I would still love this

I'd definitely read the manga.

@Rahul-Balaggan I think the wording used on the web site still needs to be updated

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It specifically calls out "read every volume of these series" but only 2 of the pictured series are ones where you can read every volume.