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    • ShinberoyS
      Shinberoy
      last edited by Rahul Balaggan

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      Author: Yoshioka Tsuyoshi
      Volumes: 8 (Ongoing)

      Description: Thanks to various magic, the human race has been saved from calamity many, many times. Retaining his memories from his previous life, a boy, Shin, was picked up by an old man known to the world as a “Magi.”

      Shin was brought up by the Magi, who had retired to a secular place, as his own grandson. With the memories of his past life, he absorbed the Magi’s craft and grew to be able to develop his own magic.

      Then, the grandfather told him he has to become independent when he reaches the age of 15.

      “Ah, I forgot to teach him common sense.”

      The grandson who has grown beyond the level of normal people, lacked common sense; the common sense of the world. So to learn how to socialize, he goes to Earlshide Kingdom City to be admitted to Earlshide Advanced Magic Academy.

      My thoughts:
      I like this. Its a funny story and the protagonist doesn't built a harem (a plus for me) and his love interest is clear early on. There are a lot of good Character's too, like Gus!
      I also like how his lack of common sense is portrait. So funny!

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      • shrike_alS
        shrike_al
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        An anime for this has been announced right? Strangely there hadn't been any follow up announcements.

        I remember this was one of those titles that stood out because of the antagonists.

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        • Shiroi HaneS
          Shiroi Hane Premium Member
          last edited by

          They haven’t even announced a format (TV/OVA etc) as far as I know.
          The novel is published under Enterbrain, like Kokoro Connect, so it’s now a real possibility.

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            Silvermane Premium Member
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            I wholeheartedly support the notion of adding this LN to JNC! I found the manga originally and the searched for the LN. I stopped reading after I caught up to what was then translated. It would be great if JNC could pick this up.

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              Aryan @Silvermane
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              @silvermane is there a chance jnc will license it ?
              it would be great if they did.

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                Kite-XX
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                It was announced recently that there's going to be an anime adaptation now it seems.

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                • catstormC
                  catstorm Premium Member @Kite-XX
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                  @kite-xx

                  Nice, I haven't read the WN of this yet but i thought the Manga was pretty decent.

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                    darkwingedeagle Premium Member
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                    I would seriously love to see this novel picked up it was one of the first Japanese things I ever read and I really wish it had an official translation.

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                      nonmelodic Premium Member
                      last edited by nonmelodic

                      The manga for the series was good and it's getting an anime. Tho some of the side characters in the manga are a little under-developed so it's be awesome if it was licensed. (with the upcoming anime it'd also be nice to read all the finer details and stories that the anime will probably skip over too).

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                        BloodyGaikotsu
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                        The synopsis doesn't really portray what the series is about; at first, I thought it's just comedy/slice of life of guy who don't how the world works and OP at the same time. However, it turns to be more of two-team war with the real suspense comes from the other characters than the MC (but there ain't much lose in characters so far...sad)

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                        • ZingZ
                          Zing
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                          Checked manga out and based on what I read so far its pretty nice, there is no harem and the relationship between main character and heroine is, sadly, childishly pure.

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                          • TerrenceT
                            Terrence Premium Member
                            last edited by Terrence

                            TV Anime set for April (don't know if that month was official before or no?).

                            https://twitter.com/FB_twi/status/1101771340455981056?s=20

                            Trailer:

                            https://youtu.be/8TXDk-isqLE

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                            • Aruseus493A
                              Aruseus493 @Terrence
                              last edited by

                              @terrence

                              Saw the trailer last night and was surprised at how high budget it seemed.

                              My Light Novel List

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                                Thomask Premium Member @catstorm
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                                @catstorm said in Magi's Grandson / Kenja no Mago:

                                @kite-xx

                                Nice, I haven't read the WN of this yet but i thought the Manga was pretty decent.

                                It’s a bit slow atm, but then I’d blame the translators. That said, you can’t really argue with the free ones...

                                spoiler

                                What am I reading?
                                0) Bookworm

                                1. Seirei Gensouki

                                2. Realist Hero

                                3. Wortenia Senki

                                4. D-Genesis

                                5. Arifureta
                                  Waiting for catchup to fantran

                                6. By The Grace of Gods

                                7. Ideal Sponger Life

                                Complete

                                1. Fushi no Kami
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                                • ZingZ
                                  Zing
                                  last edited by Zing

                                  Looks like this one is getting anime adaptation on 10th of April.

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                                  • smiley_101S
                                    smiley_101 Premium Member
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                                    Upvoting it as I liked the anime and manga and would love to see LN translated as well

                                    Books are the best companion a person can have

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                                      Hyferzftw @smiley_101
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                                      @smiley_101 yeah totally agree. Went into the anime with my doubts of liking it but ended up liking it. Gives me Slime vibes and I insta loved Reincarnated Slime LN. So I hope a company picks up the license.

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                                      • smiley_101S
                                        smiley_101 Premium Member @Hyferzftw
                                        last edited by smiley_101

                                        @hyferzftw Also, there's no Harem which is a plus

                                        Books are the best companion a person can have

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                                        • Vanguard801V
                                          Vanguard801
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                                          If J-novel licensed this I would be ecstatic

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                                            kaitoukay1412 Member
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                                            I would love to read the LN if possible so I also hope JNC can get a license for it. The anime moves pretty fast so I’m sure there’s a lot of missing details that would be explained in the novels.

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