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    Catchup Titles Archive (Updated to March 2024)

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    • SomeOldGuyS
      SomeOldGuy Premium Member @mvpkost
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      @mvpkost Well, technically, since you can't start translating until the volume is published... this is as "caught up" as you can be.

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      • Rahul BalagganR
        Rahul Balaggan Staff @SomeOldGuy
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        @someoldguy

        Are you saying that JNC can’t start translating a new volume until the previous volume has been released as an e-book?

        Or are you saying JNC can’t start translating till the Japanese Edition has been released?

        Cause the Japanese Edition came out in June.

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        • SomeOldGuyS
          SomeOldGuy Premium Member @Rahul Balaggan
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          @rahul-balaggan I'm saying they can't start translating it until it comes out in Japan. And there may be a lot of it translated already, unofficially.

          June is "just" 23 days ago. V9 was just released 2 days ago here.

          Are the contracts all in place? Has JNC received the published copies to translate?

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          • Rahul BalagganR
            Rahul Balaggan Staff @SomeOldGuy
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            @someoldguy said in Catch Up Titles (July 2019):

            Gotcha

            Are the contracts all in place? Has JNC received the published copies to translate?

            Not sure I haven’t been checking Discord much lately (not that Realist Hero’s status necessarily came up in the convo)

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            • TerabyteT
              Terabyte
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              Updated first post with August's catchups list. All complete titles this time around, well... almost. 2 series are complete and the other 2 are on their last volume.

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                HarmlessDave Premium Member @Terabyte
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                @terabyte said in Catch Up Titles (August 2019):

                Updated first post with August's catchups list. All complete titles this time around, well... almost. 2 series are complete and the other 2 are on their last volume.

                Thanks for doing this every month.

                I liked the Demon King Daimaou anime, so I'll finally give this one a try.

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                • yumenokageY
                  yumenokage Member
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                  Didn't quite get to finish everything I wanted to last month because I started a job, but nothing I desperately wanted to finish. This month I'll probably try Last and First Idol and Beast Head and then try and catch up on my pile of non-JNC physical novels and manga that have piled up. I'm not really interested in the other two catchup series, although if I had more time and a smaller backpile I might've checked them out.

                  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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                    Amakaze
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                    That's a lot of reading for this month's catch-up. I'm not interested in Beast Head, but the others I'll give a try, though I doubt I'll manage to read both Demon King and Apocalypse.

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                    • TerabyteT
                      Terabyte
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                      Updated the first post with September 2019 catchups.

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                        HarmlessDave Premium Member
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                        Faraway Paladin and Mixed Bathing were both great.

                        Paladin reached a decent stopping point though I do wish it had continued on. It's also one of my favorite fantasy examples of a Paladin acting in the service of their god in ways other than "me strong fighter with <alignment of god>!" the other :ahem: shining example being Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy.

                        I was too lazy to give Crest of the Stars a read when volume 1 came out but I liked the anime so I'll use this second chance.

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                        • TerabyteT
                          Terabyte
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                          Updated the first post with October 2019 catchups.

                          Not a fan of horror so I'll skip Ao Oni as usual, and I'm all caught up with the other 3 series.

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                          • TerrenceT
                            Terrence Premium Member
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                            I'll be reading a bit of Ao Oni this month, but I'll probably keep buying them for a tiny bit of support towards Horror (and to own them to read in the future).

                            Bookworm, Ragnarok, and For My Daughter I have to catch up with... But I got a lot of newer stuff to read too. So I'll have some decisions there.

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                            • yumenokageY
                              yumenokage Member
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                              I've been meaning to give Ao Oni a try when it came up again to branch out in genres.

                              I'll also see about reading more of For My Daughter which I started last time it was on catchup. Don't know if I'll want to continue past the infamous change in relationship, though.

                              Already up to date on Bookworm but I'm picking it for my book club this month so this lines up really well with that for people who prefer to read digitally or want to read past volume 1.

                              I can't say I have any enthusiasm for trying Ragnarok as it looks like just another harem, but if anyone wants to give a defense/promotion of it I might reconsider.

                              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 @yumenokage
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                                @yumenokage said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to October 2019):

                                I can't say I have any enthusiasm for trying Ragnarok as it looks like just another harem, but if anyone wants to give a defense/promotion of it I might reconsider.

                                I think you should give it a try. While there are indeed several heroines there hasn't really been much of a harem time/development so far after 10 volumes. I could probably say a few things more, but then it would end up being a spoiler. (And, in case you checked out the anime, forget it ever existed...)

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                                  HarmlessDave Premium Member @Terabyte
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                                  @terabyte said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to October 2019):

                                  @yumenokage said in Catch Up Titles Archive (Updated to October 2019):

                                  I can't say I have any enthusiasm for trying Ragnarok as it looks like just another harem, but if anyone wants to give a defense/promotion of it I might reconsider.

                                  I think you should give it a try. While there are indeed several heroines there hasn't really been much of a harem time/development so far after 10 volumes. I could probably say a few things more, but then it would end up being a spoiler. (And, in case you checked out the anime, forget it ever existed...)

                                  That's my problem: I haven't found a way to erase the anime's awfulness from my mind so that I can give the LNs a fair chance.

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                                  • TerabyteT
                                    Terabyte @HarmlessDave
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                                    @harmlessdave If you've seen Arifureta's anime they're basically the same thing in terms of "worst/wrong adaptation".

                                    (I still rate Arifureta below Ragnarok because of the god awful CGI though.)

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                                    • HyperionH
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                                      I'm glad to see Bookworm since I wasn't able to get to the first volume before it expired, so now I can finally give it a try.

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                                      • TerabyteT
                                        Terabyte
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                                        Updated first post with November 2019 catchup. Only 3 series this time around, but still 28 volumes overall (with 1 more volume for Magic Behind starting soon).

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                                        • yumenokageY
                                          yumenokage Member
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                                          Nothing I'm interested in this time, which I'm actually kind of glad about since I'm going to be really busy through the first bit of December. I am a little curious about JK Haru, since it's supposed to treat things a little more seriously, but since it's still supposed to be pretty obscene I don't think I'd be comfortable reading it in the end.

                                          For last month's series, I didn't get to much because of other stuff going on, but I did read the first volume of Ao Oni, which I thought was okay, and then got a little farther on For My Daughter, which I'll probably pick up again whenever it next comes on catchup.

                                          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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                                            HarmlessDave Premium Member
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                                            I own all of smartphone and the first ...6? of Magic, and JK Haru isn't my cup of tea.

                                            Oh well, better luck next month.

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