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    Catchup Titles Archive (Updated to March 2024)

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      Lex Member
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      I hope so. I wouldn't mind if we get new titles every two or three months, but I'm starting to fear we won't get catch up series anymore.

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      • TerrenceT
        Terrence Premium Member
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        I don't think you have to fear the above. Sam said something to the effect that he knows he's late on catch-up (post from 10 days ago).

        Yes I am being tardy on this and catchups but my backup of work that must be done is actually getting smaller now!

        https://twitter.com/jnovelclub/status/1084571512936517632?s=20

        I hope the government shutdown ends soon for Sam's personal sake too. T_T

        https://twitter.com/jnovelclub/status/1084572810578673664?s=20

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          Lex Member
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          Thanks for the info! I don't follow Twitter so I often miss these updates.

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          • TerabyteT
            Terabyte
            last edited by Terabyte

            First post updated with the 7 new series on catch up for February - March 2019:

            • Ao Oni ► Complete series (5 volumes).
            • Bluesteel Blasphemer ► Complete series (4 volumes).
            • Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest ► Volume 9 translation starting soon.
            • How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord ► Volume 7 currently being translated. (Last part remaining with volume 8 translation starting soon.)
            • If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord ► Final volume 8 coming out 25 February 2019.
            • Outbreak Company ► Volume 8 currently being translated.
            • The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar ► Volume 6 currently being translated.

            ===

            I'm already caught up with all 5 (incomplete) series. And I'm not interested in the 2 complete series. Maybe I'll give Bluesteel Blasphemer a try if I find some time; but not sure.

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              Lex Member
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              I already read everything except Bluesteel Blasphemer, it's only 4 volumes so it shouldn't be a problem to give it a try.

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                HarmlessDave Premium Member
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                I've only read (all of) Daughter, so this is a good catch-up catch-up for me.

                • Ao Oni - horror novels aren't my cup of tea, but I have read older Stephen King and some Clive Barker.
                • Part 1 of Bluesteel Blasphemer didn't hook me into buying it, but as a "rental" I'm interested in reading more.
                • I've been waiting for an Arifureta catch-up since I joined JNC last September
                • The Demon Lord anime was fun.
                • I think my otaku level is far too low to appreciate Outbreak, but I did enjoy the anime.
                • There's no way I'd blind-buy Rangarok after disliking the anime, but on catch up I can give it a second chance.
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                • renofuryR
                  renofury
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                  I would recommend reading Ao Oni if you have the chance.

                  Personally I will be trying out Ragnarok, I had read that is a lot better than it's anime adaptation

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                  • TerabyteT
                    Terabyte @renofury
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                    @renofury Yeah, you should definitely try the LN. Anime? What anime? 🙄

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                    • TerrenceT
                      Terrence Premium Member
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                      Ragnarok for me if I have time. Got quite a bit to read though, so I may not.

                      Ao Oni I'll save for September / October.

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                      • renofuryR
                        renofury @Terabyte
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                        @terabyte lol

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                          Lixaxy Member @Lex
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                          @lex How are you able to read that much!? I'm only able to get through 3-4 books á month, at most...

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                              novurdim @Nol_Mimi_Reyalta
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                              @sinnoaria said in Catch Up Titles (February - March 2019):

                              40 books a day

                              You may want to look cool but this is not humanly possible unless the "books" are extremely short. I guess you meant 4.

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                                Nol_Mimi_Reyalta @novurdim
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                                @novurdim said in Catch Up Titles (February - March 2019):

                                You may want to look cool but this is not humanly possible unless the "books" are extremely short. I guess you meant 4.

                                No, I mean literally 40. You are sort of right though that it is impossible for me to read 40 digital books in a day. I'd say with digital, I'm closer to 10-20 right now. As digital technology improves though, it will go up.

                                Might seem odd, but I'd say if we were to take harry potter as an example, I can read an average of 1-3 books an hour. (I read slower at first and pick up speed the more I read). Assuming that Harry Potter's first book, the sorcerer's stone, is a single book (about 200 pages), I generally read about that much my first hour of uninterrupted reading. (1 book an hour to start). After a few hours, I end up reading about 2-3 books (using harry potter's first book as a 'book') an hour and by the end of the day, I'm reading 3 books an hour (again, using harry potter's first book as the method of defining a 'book'). I can potentially go past 40 if I skip sleep, but I can't process as fast if I'm tired.

                                I'd say I'm a bit high even among my more book loving friends, but even they can hit 20+ books a day (none of them actually sit down and read for 16 hours straight though, so I suspect that the faster ones can read more than me if they actually did). It is actually probably a little harder for me to read slowly. I can't even figure out how it is possible taking an entire week to read a single chapter of a book like some of my classmates did back in school. I'd say they are kind of lucky in the sense that they wouldn't have high book costs like I do (At least some years, I averaged 1k USD per month in books and manga costs. This year is looking to be on the low side with about 200-400 USD per month on average plus membership since I'm only buying during sales).

                                I mean, even with digital books, I can't read that slowly. How are you only reading 4 books a day? @_@ . 8 hours of work, 8 hours of sleep, Assuming you have an hour of transportation, you still have 6 hours to read... And I'm assuming you are talking about days off, which means 16 hours of reading time. 4 hours a book is way too long! You are missing out on way too many stories if you read that slowly. You need to speed up. A lot. Just think about all the great stories out there for you to read and it will definitely get you motivated to read faster.

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                                  stardf29 Premium Member @Lixaxy
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                                  @lixaxy said in Catch Up Titles (February - March 2019):

                                  @lex How are you able to read that much!? I'm only able to get through 3-4 books á month, at most...

                                  Putting crazy people like sinnoaria aside...

                                  Bluesteel Blasphemer is a total of 37 parts. Read two parts a day (each part isn’t that long) and you get through all four volumes in a bit more than two weeks.

                                  MAL
                                  Beneath the Tangles (the blog I write for)

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                                  • Rahul BalagganR
                                    Rahul Balaggan Staff @Lixaxy
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                                    @lixaxy I have also read all those series (including Bluesteel) when they first started I kept up with all prepub releases and didn’t fall behind, and here we are today.

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                                          Rahul Balaggan Staff @novurdim
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                                          @novurdim I am deleting your comment because your are insulting other users.

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