@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:
@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:
@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:
@lurkingmclurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:
@LurkingMcLurk said in Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion:
Today is (at least in my time zone) the one year anniversary of J-Novel Club releasing Part 1 Volume 1 (Part 1) and after just a year we are now at Part 2 Volume 3 (Part 9). Comparing to the web novel fan-translations, after one year they were at web novel chapter 40 which would be in the middle of Part 1 Volume 2.
And now (in my time zone) it's one day after the two year anniversary and they're at Part 3 Volume 5 (Part 5). Again comparing to the web novel fan-translations, after two years they were at web novel chapter 59 which would be about a third of the way into Part 1 Volume 3.
And now (as always, in my time zone) it's the three year anniversary and they're at Part 4 Volume 6 (Part 7). This is final time where I can compare to the original web novel fan-translations since the they ran for almost exactly three years themselves (2015-12-29-2018-12-24), at their endpoint they were at web novel chapter 96 which is about two thirds of the way into Part 2 Volume 1. The point of the comparison isn't to say that somebody doing it as their hobby is slower than somebody doing it as their job but rather to show just how good the last three years have been for English readers.
Another thing to point out is that in Japan Part 4 Volume 6 came out on 2019-03-09 so they're one release away from being where Japan was when the light novel was announced (ignoring auxiliary material).
Time sure flies. It's now the four year anniversary (in my time zone) and they're at Part 5 Volume 4 (Part 1). This time I'd like to show some four year old messages from the Discord server.
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Note: Part 5 Volume 3 is book 24 of the main series.
You know the drill. It's the five year anniversary (in my time zone) and they're at Part 5 Volume 10 (Part 3) pre-pub wise, Part 5 Volume 8 eBook wise, and Part 5 Volume 2 physically. This time let’s look at two somewhat comparable light novel releases by Seven Seas and Yen Press (do keep in mind though that J-NC’s workflow is very different).
For Seven Seas we'll look at Mushoku Tensei. The light novel license was announced on 2018-07-08 but more importantly for the comparison they released volume 1 physically on 2019-05-21 (J-Novel Club released Part 1 Volume 1 digitally on 2019-05-20 and physically on 2019-09-03) and released volume 26 (Final) physically just this week (which would correspond to Part 5 Volume 5). If you're interested in the eBook release dates subtract about a month and a half.
For Yen Press we'll look at Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town. The light novel license was announced on 2019-03-29 and they're currently at volume 14 with volume 15 (Final) scheduled for 2024-07-23 (which would correspond to Part 4 Volume 2 and Part 4 Volume 3 respectively).
Note: Quof apparently began translating the light novel on 2019-01-27.
It's the six year anniversary (in my time zone) of J-Novel Club announcing the light novel license and they're at Hannlore's Fifth Year at the Royal Academy Volume 1 (Part 8) pre-pub wise, Part 5 Volume 12 eBook wise, and Part 5 Volume 8 physically. This time let’s look at where the Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese releases were six years after they released Part 1 Volume 1 (since these were the only languages that came out before the English release and I'm not going to search for their announcement dates).
Japanese: They released Part 1 Volume 1 on 2015-01-25 so its six year anniversary was 2021-01-25 at which point they had released Part 5 Volume 4 (2020-12-10), Fanbook 5 (2020-11-10), Short Story Collection 1 (2019-10-10), and Royal Academy Stories: First Year (2018-10-10).
Korean: They released Part 1 Volume 1 on 2016-08-11 so its six year anniversary was 2022-08-11 at which point they had released Part 5 Volume 2 (2022-07-08) and Fanbook 1 (2017-11-07)
Traditional Chinese: They released Part 1 Volume 1 on 2017-08-07 so its six year anniversary was 2023-08-07 at which point they had released Short Story Collection 2 (2023-07-31), Part 5 Volume 7 (2023-05-05), Fanbook 6 (2023-02-13), and Royal Academy Stories: First Year (2020-08-17).
English: They released Part Volume 1 on 2019-05-20 so its six year anniversary will be 2025-05-20 at which point they will have released Short Story Collection 2 (2025-01-22), Part 5 Volume 12 (2024-09-04), Fanbook 5 (2024-11-11), and Royal Academy Stories: First Year (2022-07-26).
