@bfennema Nothing announced, someone asked in the discord on Friday though

myskaros: We're working on it, but we aren't able to start streaming it yet.
eMPTy: Unfortunately, the only answer we can give is when everything's in place for it to happen

You've got about a week and a half to finish reading April's catchups! May catchups will be coming on Monday, May 2, around 10 AM PDT/1700 UTC!

@jpwong
Thanks! Yes, my app is indeed new version, updated Dec 5.

@georgemto same for by the grace of god, Seirei Gensouki and the other 2 seasons of bookworm ? The first one being the light novel and the 2nd season being the manga. They usually started right before or right after the new season. So either April or May. I buy them anyways as in my opinion bookworm is easily the best light novel period.

@harin-sadu-zvitmak

Hello,

Yes, please refer to the following page,

https://j-novel.club/jobs

Thank you

Starting in about an hour and 40 minutes!

@bartzbb said in J-Novel Club Announces New Business Partnership with Kadokawa and Bookwalker:

@weasalopes said in J-Novel Club Announces New Business Partnership with Kadokawa and Bookwalker:

including not saying that negotiations failed, if they failed.

I highly doubt negotiations would ever fail. It might be tricky and hard but would not fail. Especially since JNC already licensed the first few books.

My basis for this is the fact that Sol Press was able to grab some good titles even though the company was failing and did not have a good track record. They were even able to release more than just 1 volume of a series.

It's doubtful they would fail in negotiations for additional volumes, but that doesn't mean it's impossible.
Thus, I include that since they don't report failed negotiations.
If we never hear of an additional volume in a series even though it had been released umpteen bazillion years ago in Japan, negotiations failed.
So far that hasn't happened.

But if the chappie is so out of the loop to ask when the next volume will be ready days after it is released in Japan, one is comprehensive in covering all the reasons they might not hear anything concerning a release date for some time, if ever.

I wholeheartedly recommend Slightly Older Girlfriend.

@the_ascended_fox-lej5qfs https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/5292/heat-up-your-winter-with-some-steamy-february-catchups

Sorry for the late reminder, but catchups will be changing on Tuesday, February 1, around 11 AM PST / 2 PM EST / 1900 UTC! One day it'll all be automatic, but until that amazing future arrives, you'll have to continue dealing with manual switchovers that are affected by meetings and vacation and forgetfulness and all that jazz ;o

I'd been dubious about A Very Fairy Apartment, but a couple of days ago I said to myself, I said, "Hey. It's free just now."

What a lie that was.
It's only "free" if you don't go out afterwards and purchase the whole series...

I think my dubiosity was a result of being a major fan of Rokujouma, and somehow having a block on the idea that there could be other Worthy Works with a bunch of goofballs invading someone's apartment.
Dunno.
Whatever my concern had been, it was totally bogus.

A Very Fairy Apartment is very silly, and very well done.

Sorry for the late reminder, but catchups will be changing on Wednesday around 1000 PST/1800 UTC, so finish reading your picks before then!

@sam-pinansky That is disappointing :( At least my credit limit I guess gets to be happy.

Holy moly that's a lotta new content. Grats JNC!

Would limiting opening new chats to subscribing members solve the spam bot issue?

@campbella said in Haunting Halloween Creepy Catchups!:

@harmlessdave said in Haunting Halloween Creepy Catchups!:

The other is Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy which I highly recommend.

Yesss!! Great portrayal of a paladin. It's one of my favorite books so I was happy to see it mentioned. Faraway Paladin has done a great job so far too (I need to read the LN now)

Yes, Moon's take on a paladin is more human and more admirable than the stereotypes of the insufferable goody two-shoes and the humorless zealot. Faraway Paladin gets it right (for me) in some of the same ways.

Happy bday j-novel!!

I love the work you guys did these last 5 years, hopefully I'll get to see 5 more! :D

@rahul-balaggan said in Get Ready to Fall for August Catchups!:

@elkensteyin

Not Myskaros however, the general answer would be that J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing acquisitions until they are ready to announce.

That being said, since you are quoting a comment in relation to the Realist Hero Series, I will mention that J-Novel Club has licensed and is releasing the manga.

https://j-novel.club/series/how-a-realist-hero-rebuilt-the-kingdom-manga

Since you mentioned sequel series after that, I assume this is not about Realist Hero, as to my knowledge there is no sequel series.

Thanks for the reply.

And that is an Oopsie on my part, as I think I may have quoted the wrong item in the thread. I meant to ask about the manga and sequel regarding The Sorcerer's Receptionist, which was discussed earlier in the thread and the silly me that I am didn't realize that the topic changed.

Completely understand about formally commenting on future works, however.

@myskaros said in Delays for October 2021 and November 2021 Print Titles:

@qeeh Due to our website architecture, it's very difficult to add new features that don't use that existing structure. (Hint: This architecture was built in 2016, before Sam even started thinking about print, so you can imagine why print features on the website are kind of scarce...)

Plans to update our architecture are in the works but will take months to complete and migrate, so after that it will be much more feasible to add a feature like what you're describing.

I can totally relate to that. I'm programming myself (thou, in my case, hospital information systems). Making a generic structure can be both a blessing and a curse at the same time.

Hello catchup readers! Friendly reminder that catchups will be changing on Friday, October 1, around or after 1000 PDT (1700 UTC), so get your reading done before then!