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      HarmlessDave Premium Member @myskaros
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      @myskaros said in Catch Up Titles (June 2019):

      June 2019 catchups:

      • Elf Bride
      • Der Werwolf
      • Cooking with Wild Game
      • Paying to Win in a VRMMO

      Nice, I've been wanting to try Elf Bride.

      For anyone who hasn't read Der Werewolf, it's good, fun and surprisingly funny now and then from situational humor rather than slapstick or jokes.

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      • smashman42S
        smashman42 Premium Member
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        Another month, another I've already read them all or own them.

        Really hoping for that Apocalypse one to come on catch up, as it is the only still active thing JNC has that I haven't read.

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        • Paul NebelingP
          Paul Nebeling Premium Member @Lex
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          @lex There's also some quirky humor in the form of pop culture references. I liked it, overall.

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          • LegitPancakeL
            LegitPancake Premium Member
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            Well it’s July now. Wonder what this month’s ones will be.

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                yumenokage Member @Nol_Mimi_Reyalta
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                @sinnoaria Sam said last night he was going to try and see if he could get to it after the website update that night, so it is on his mind.

                While I'm normally in the impatient group I wouldn't mind if it took a little longer this time since I still have a bit of stuff I might read from this month in addition to all my physical backlog. I've got all the stuff I really wanted to read that was already expired finished, though, so if it does change soon I won't count it a huge loss either.

                License Wishlist: Kino's Journey, Crest/Banner anthology, SukaMoka
                Favorite JNC Series: Bookworm, Faraway Paladin, Dendro, Grimgar, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Tearmoon Empire, Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter, Apothecary Diaries, Otome Heroine's Fight

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                • TerabyteT
                  Terabyte
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                  Let's see if he'll put Mixed Bathing on catchup this time around... 🙄

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                    Nol_Mimi_Reyalta @yumenokage
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                    • myskarosM
                      myskaros Staff
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                      July 2019 catchups:

                      • Clockwork Planet
                      • Bakarina
                      • Orphen
                      • Unwanted Undead

                      Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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                      • yumenokageY
                        yumenokage Member
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                        Yay! I was wanting to try Bakarina.

                        I also plan on checking out Clockwork Planet since I like NGNL, although I would tone the ecchi way down if I could. But I really like characters like Shiro and Schwi and seeing all the crazy games is fun.

                        As for Orphen, anyone read it that can give me an opinion on it and tell a little about what sort of title it is, beyond what the summary provides? And is it complete?

                        And then there's the last title, Unwanted Undead. I read it during its last catchup, which was only a few months ago. Looking back at previous catchups it looks like it goes on catchup fairly frequently. I wonder if something in the licensing deal makes it easier to do catchups for? First bit of first volume was painfully slow, and even going forward there's a lot of exposition, but I liked it decently well.

                        License Wishlist: Kino's Journey, Crest/Banner anthology, SukaMoka
                        Favorite JNC Series: Bookworm, Faraway Paladin, Dendro, Grimgar, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Tearmoon Empire, Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter, Apothecary Diaries, Otome Heroine's Fight

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                        • myskarosM
                          myskaros Staff @yumenokage
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                          @yumenokage said in Catch Up Titles (June 2019):

                          As for Orphen, anyone read it that can give me an opinion on it and tell a little about what sort of title it is, beyond what the summary provides? And is it complete?

                          I've read the first couple volumes, it's very much in the same vein as say Slayers or Full Metal Panic in that it's an older series written when different character stereotypes were "in vogue," as it were. It's a fantasy ensemble adventure, think of like anime-Dragonlance, or a more comedic Record of Lodoss War. It's not complete, Steiner put it on hold in order to devote more time to Smartphone in order to catch up with Japan. It'll be resuming in the near future.

                          Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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                          • TerabyteT
                            Terabyte
                            last edited by Terabyte

                            First post updated. I also added a note about Orphen's hiatus.

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                            I've got nothing to read this time around either. Clockwork planet has been on hiatus(?) for quite a few years now so I won't start reading it unless there's news of new volumes coming out. As for the other 3 series, I'm all caught up already.

                            Rather, I might drop Unwanted Undead with volume 5 because I've picked up a few other series since I started following it. I actually read volume 4 only because the parts for it came out on Saturday. The long monologues in it really bore me and make me sleepy.

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                            • TerrenceT
                              Terrence Premium Member @myskaros
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                              @myskaros said in Catch Up Titles (July 2019):

                              July 2019 catchups:

                              • Clockwork Planet
                              • Bakarina
                              • Orphen
                              • Unwanted Undead

                              I gotta catch up on Unwanted Undead, so that's good. Once I finish Battle Divas 2, I'll jump into that.

                              And Orphen, but I kind of want to buy those.

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                              • Nol_Mimi_ReyaltaN
                                Nol_Mimi_Reyalta
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                                I'm surprised Sam found time to update the catchup titles. Not much for me to catch up on this month. Spent a few hours reading instead of playing games, lol.

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                                  Terrence Premium Member @Nol_Mimi_Reyalta
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                                  @sinnoaria said in Catch Up Titles (July 2019):

                                  Spent a few hours reading instead of playing games, lol.

                                  I've wasted my week on Mario Maker. T_T

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                                    SomeOldGuy Premium Member @Terabyte
                                    last edited by SomeOldGuy

                                    @Terabyte said in Catch Up Titles (July 2019):

                                    The long monologues in it really bore me and make me sleepy.

                                    So, it's among the books in the Beddhist church library?

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                                    • Rahul BalagganR
                                      Rahul Balaggan Staff
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                                      Looks like JNC will now be making new News threads for all catch up month titles going forward.

                                      Thank you for keep us up to date thus far @Terabyte I salute you.

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                                      • TerabyteT
                                        Terabyte @Rahul Balaggan
                                        last edited by Terabyte

                                        @rahul-balaggan I think I'll keep this topic anyway, maybe renamed to "Catchups Archive" or something. That way people can look up easily the whole list :)

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                                          HarmlessDave Premium Member
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                                          I'm trying to read Bakarina / All Routes Lead to Doom! and have bounced twice.

                                          Without spoilers, does the MC ever stop being a Homer Simpson level of idiot?

                                          I don't mind lacking common sense, Mile in Abilities Average is often adorable and I loved the first Zoolander, but so far MC just keeps doing stupid things over and over. It's much more annoying than amusing to me.

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                                          • Rahul BalagganR
                                            Rahul Balaggan Staff @HarmlessDave
                                            last edited by Rahul Balaggan

                                            @harmlessdave said in Catch Up Titles (July 2019):

                                            Without spoilers, does the MC ever stop being a Homer Simpson level of idiot?

                                            THATS AN INSULT TO THE GREAT HOMER SIMPSON!!!

                                            Also no, not really

                                            I got tired of it by the end of V2 (still reading it though cause I don’t wanna drop any series I start)

                                            I also got tired of Average Abilities by the end of V2 (same situation)

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