Novel pick-up requests
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@paul-nebeling said in Novel pick-up requests:
JNC hasn't done a mecha series yet. At least not that I've read. I'm not counting Elexis' numerous creations in Rokujouma or the manned (womanned just sounds so awkward) monstrosity in Bluesteel Blasphemer.
Yeah, I know in this era of isekai, mecha is dated, but still, surely there's one title that isn't owned by Kadokawa.
I don't know that many Light Novels that involve mecha, only a few through fan-translations like "Magic Robot Aluminare", or my favorite "Knight's & Magic", yet not sure of any Light Novels like those that could be picked-up by JNC.
Still, if isekai series is the main theme to focus on, I at least want a series that isn't ...stereotypical, like similar character traits or personalities, typical cheats or overpowered, general outline of the story, or cliches, etc. Just asking for a good series with its own unique aspect.
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I love mecha. Keep up the recommendations guys. Hopefully we get one.
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My first pick up request. I really want to request the official translation of a special light novel. It's setting is really unique, I've never seen a similar series and it's unbelievable funny. To describe it a little bit, the dog people appearing in the story all have a dog breed name as their last name, like Leonhart von Golden Retriever (レオンハルト・フォン・ゴールデンレトリバー), or Darius von Wolfhound (ダリウス・フォン・ウルフハウンド), or Barbarian von Pitbull (バーバリアン・フォン・ピットブル) just to name a few. They also have a human form and a doggy form, they change through both throughout the story. True to their "mad dog" description, they run rampant in the name of their queen, but it's up to the MC to keep them on their leash. Harder said than done though, which makes for laughs and giggles. Please, please consider to pick it up!!!
Name: Queen, the Mad Dog Knight Order is Prepared for you, so Please Discipline them Harshly
Queen, I prepared a knight group of crazy dogs, so please train with a feeling of death.
Joou-sama, Kyouken Kishidan wo Youishimashita node Shinuki de Shitsuke wo Onegaishimasu
女王様、狂犬騎士団を用意しましたので死ぬ気で躾をお願いします
Author: 帰初心
Artist: Fuji Mitsuya
Original Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Harem Josei
Year: 2016
Volumes: 2 (Ongoing)
Synopsis: 【Officially】This is a story of where a small girl was discovered to be the King’s illegitimate child, was supplied with a robust army of soldiers called Dog People and governs over the country.
（【In reality】A loner child with no charm, at a level where she would trip and fall from being lead by a medium sized dog, gets put in charge of leading a great number of mad dogs and until she can properly hold her ground, this is about the difficulty of her walk.） -
@silvercat422 said in Novel pick-up requests:
You just mentioned in your own post that it's published by Kadokawa, meaning there's little to no hope of J-Novel getting it. You'll have to look to Yen Press.
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@legitpancake said in Novel pick-up requests:
@silvercat422 said in Novel pick-up requests:
You just mentioned in your own post that it's published by Kadokawa, meaning there's little to no hope of J-Novel getting it. You'll have to look to Yen Press.
While there's not much chance of JNC getting a novel from Kadokawa, it's still worth requesting stuff because they could pick up similar titles to your tastes that are available from publishers they work with. At least, that's how one of the other pubs taking requests viewed it when asked on social media (forget if it was Seven Seas or Bookwalker).
The title I still want the most is ZoaHunter.
What title do you guys want the most above all your other requests?
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The Legend of Legendary Heroes...
T.T
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@eins said in Novel pick-up requests:
The Legend of Legendary Heroes...
T.T
I almost got the first set of these for free from a Bookwalker JP glitch. Alas, glitch was fixed by the time I amassed enough coins.
Apparently the sequel novels are wrapping up with next volume. Must be one long series to have a whole sequel novel set.
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Ahgg, these Survival / Death Game Lightning Bunko releases on sale on Bookwalker are tempting, but I've got enough books I'll probably never read. I hope someday this Kadokawa stuff comes over.
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@terrence Can I request that you at least include a summary of the series? You're just hotlinking images with no explanation and not even a link back to the page you got them from, and a huge portion of the last few pages of this thread have been just that. Those mecha books don't even have a title, it's just "look at the pretty cover." I'd like to be able to say "oh, that series sounds interesting" and support your picks, but I'm typically not in the mood to go image hunting for an indeterminate amount of time just to find out I'm not even interested in that book at all.
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@myskaros said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence Can I request that you at least include a summary of the series? You're just hotlinking images with no explanation and not even a link back to the page you got them from, and a huge portion of the last few pages of this thread have been just that. Those mecha books don't even have a title, it's just "look at the pretty cover." I'd like to be able to say "oh, that series sounds interesting" and support your picks, but I'm typically not in the mood to go image hunting for an indeterminate amount of time just to find out I'm not even interested in that book at all.
It's a bit more work, but I'll try. Reverse Image search still an option for the older posts if you're interested in those works and I don't put the BW link.
I don't like reading descriptions all the time because they can spoil things, which is why I don't always share them, so sometimes I do just go by the pretty covers and genre to choose a series. And I tend to like short series, so if you like 10 plus volume series, I won't be your guy. I'd say 3-6 volumes is ideal.
- Coliseum
Publisher: Dengeki Bunko (Lightning Bunko, a Kadokawa Subsidiary)
Bookwalker: https://bookwalker.jp/debcbc0393-9622-4694-82de-960ce897f8f9/?acode=WpfPW3yk
- Escape From Paradise Island
Pub: Dengeki Bunko (Lightning Bunko, a Kadokawa Subsidiary)
Bookwalker: https://bookwalker.jp/def356c72c-4e66-4e47-86d8-87717990a855/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Some older Request links:
Dowl Masters (Mecha light novel): https://bookwalker.jp/de2095534b-cb5b-4b27-8eed-b1177516c0ab/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Mismarca Empire (this was someone else's recommendation, but I'm interested): https://bookwalker.jp/de6969a280-7123-4c88-84d5-469377468c84/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Dungeon Seeker (another one that has been brought up by more than just me; published by Alphopolis): https://bookwalker.jp/deb6a09b1a-ab7f-4fcc-b01a-20ffbb5b4cda/?acode=WpfPW3yk
When we go to a different world we first confirm the law of physics: https://bookwalker.jp/de3ac82270-fb75-4ef5-a42d-634716c2e2e8/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Raw pawniki (the Aniki muscle head series with the cute red head on the cover, dweeby blue haired dude, and super muscly dude): https://bookwalker.jp/de8a5c14cf-b011-479e-b7c3-5825896d1b53/?acode=WpfPW3yk
I was ordered a chef in a different world I will become a martyr for the Queen! (HJ Bunko, so I think this is actually possible, and it's a food novel, which I know we need!): https://bookwalker.jp/de4be488e6-5499-4996-b1aa-3febbb46d3c4/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Inou Battle (I'm sure people know this, but I'll put the Bookwalker link): https://bookwalker.jp/de2e630ddb-168c-4b5b-a58b-ca02c5dea1ec/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Alderamin (same deal as above): https://bookwalker.jp/dee8d59a6e-e278-4b81-ba51-453f1c5f59d2/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Expedition rice of Enoch second unit 1 (a girl is eating a hamburger on the cover! Must have! Ok, not really a Request, but still!): https://bookwalker.jp/de548d59cf-c08c-446e-963a-9777d2bac73a/?acode=WpfPW3yk
This just looks kawaii (and you know I love my dark haired protag; adding glasses and childhood friend to the status, OMG!)
My childhood friend is invaded by an alien
Pub: Kodansha
https://bookwalker.jp/debf448352-3b73-4c24-8a7b-cbe5acad9434/?acode=WpfPW3yk
I posted this below before, but just the generic Mecha on cover 2 to make it seem classy. But as you can see it has a gal in a somewhat less classy looking Mecha suit too! xD
4 volumes and the publisher is Hayakawa Bunko. Anyone know anything about them?
https://bookwalker.jp/deacdc89f6-2717-490b-b380-901750663e07/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Also, I've been reading the VN with fanslation, but it'd be nice to have an official White Album 2 release stateside in some form, like these LNs. This is a real world, romance triangle story that has multiple endings in the VN, and it gets really emotional (some people say it's the most "real" visual novel for adults to take in).
Pub: GA Bunko
https://bookwalker.jp/de743588e4-a5b7-4f7d-8f56-cf8738752c03/?acode=WpfPW3yk
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@jason-m I'll second the Tokyo Ravens request.
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It would be nice to have Kore wa zombie desu ka? translated...
I would rate this as a 5 stars novel and, to be sincere, one the best books (for me)
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@yagostudart it's a Fujimi Shobo property which means it's owned by Kadowawa, so as of now no J-Novel has no access.
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This seems interesting
The Strongest Guild Master Founded a Nation in a Week
Novel Updates Synopsis:Renjin Yanase is an ordinary member of society whose occupation is a sales person. His hobby is an online VR game “Einherjar” that has been on for over five years now. It is a game with high degree of freedom and Renjin silently works hard to nurture his subordinate character.
The next day was a holiday so he’s going to use it for boss hunting all night.
When the boss hunt is finished, Renjin falls asleep in the game. He felt like someone was calling his name so he woke up.
Standing in front of the half-asleep Renjin was Eleanor, a character he created.
When Renjin looked outside after being puzzled to the characters who behave like they are alive, the outside scenery changed into one that he did not know at all.
Renjin who surveyed the surrounding, realized that the castle and the 200 subordinates that he created with time and money was transferred to a different world.
The transferred Renjin announced the declaration of the founding of a nation after a week.
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@drone205 well it is interesting, but was this series published recently? I have nothing against this Light Novel, I'm just kind of tired of jumping into Series that just started getting serialize (in Japan) when I'm in the middle of series that at least have five or six volumes.
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@drone205 Sounds like a mash-up of Master of Ragnarok and Death March to a Parallel World The proxy.
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This girl has a Nintendo DS... As an integral part of her character I guess for it to be on two covers (Dengeki Bunko / Kadokawa, so don't get your hopes up; Bookwalker has a sale on that label, so it's really "in your face" right now).
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@paul-nebeling add Overlord to that mash-up, the whole concept is the same, just with boring human characters ;)
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@terrence Not the first time I saw a Light Novel fantasy cover with a character holding a nintendo DS. Although, I don't know which Light Novel had that type of cover first.
"The other world doesn't stand a chance against the power of instant death."
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Both of these novel series are super awesome to read with great stories, I really hope they will get picked up and officially translated someday!
Name: Parallel World Pharmacy
Different World Pharmacy
Isekai Yakkyoku
異世界薬局
Author: Takayama Liz
Artist: keepout
Original Publisher: Media Factory
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Seinen, Slice of Life
Year: 2015
Volumes: 6 (Ongoing)
Manga Adaption: Yes
Synopsis: A young pharmacologist and researcher in Japan died from overworking, and was reincarnated in a Medieval Parallel Europe.
He was reincarnated as a 10 year old apprentice to a famous Royal Court pharmacist, had attained an inhuman skills of ability to see through disease, material creation, and material destruction.In a society in which dubious medical practice are rampant, price gouging through the monopoly of the pharmacist guild and good medicine isn’t available to the commoners.
He was recognized by the Emperor at that time and opened a Pharmacy at the corner of the town.
He will wipe out the fraud that has swept the world, and deliver to the commoners a truly effective medicine that was developed using present day pharmacology.
Thus the boy pharmacist will cheat by using his previous knowledge to create innovative medicines while helping the people of the parallel world, a story about living his new life to the fullest this time.
Name: A Wild Last Boss Appeared
Yasei no Last Boss ga Arawareta!
Yasei no Rasubosu ga Arawareta!
野生のラスボスが現れた！
Author: Firehead
Artist: YahaKo
Original Publisher: Earth Star Novel
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Gender Bender
Year: 2015
Volumes: 6 (Ongoing)
Manga Adaption: Yes
Synopsis: It was in the year 2800 of the Midgard calendar. Back then, there was a Overlord who once reigned supreme and had reached the very brink of subduing the world.
Her name was Ruphas Mafahl, a great woman dreaded as the Black-Winged Overlord.She was too strong, too fast, and too beautiful…
However, she was defeated by Heroes who opposed her ferocity, and her ambition was brought to an end.
――or so went the story of our protagonist’s in-game character, whose body he now possesses for some reason in a world 200 years after Ruphas’ downfall. Follow our protagonist as he becomes unnecessarily feared by his surroundings and unnecessarily worshiped by his former subordinates as he―or now she―cheerfully travels around this fantasy world.
