Novel pick-up requests
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@terrence Asterisk War was just a cliche magic school battle series, Chivalry on the other hand took that setting and made it work by using believable character interactions and having PROPER ROMANCE, instead of relying on the usual tropes of a harem series. Yeah, I love Chivalry of a Failed Knight. Having the MC confess on episode 3 was extremely refreshing.
And Kou-1 Desu ga has been on my top list of series I want licensed by JNC ever since I first commented in this thread (along with Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin, Inou-Battle and Izure Shinwa no Ragnarok). Administration isekai have a quite an appeal to me.
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I have two requests that I think would work great with JNC. Violet Evergarden and Kino's Journey. These are episodic series so they are great for pre-pubs that get translated weekly. every week can start a story and that story will end in that part. I can understand if for some stories if they are long might end in the next part (which would be a bit disappointing) but it would still be great for JNC, some parts might even get 2 stories if they are short. This would be the same appeal as Serialized shorts like Sherlock Holmes, except of getting 15 Pages worth (using Penguins publication as base) per month, we get a short story per week. I would not even care if the parts for these are sporadic if it means we get 1 story per part (Like if we get 6 parts for one book then 9 parts for the next book cuz that book has 9 stories over the other that had 6 stories). though I know Kino's Journey was Licenced in the past so it may be a little difficult but I still want it.
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Is it just me or has there been an influx of requests for Kadokawa titles here lately?
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@doublemangekyo said in Novel pick-up requests:
Is it just me or has there been an influx of requests for Kadokawa titles here lately?
Might be because people are looking for stuff outside of Harem Isekai, and Kadokawa has the most diversified portfolio. I think everyone understands that getting the Kadokawa properties specifically is probably a tall task currently, but maybe JNC can find some comparables.
I'd say 9 out of 10 interesting titles I see on Bookwalker are Kadokawa.
There's some interesting Kodansha stuff out there too, but a lot of those fly under the radar, and a lot of them are short / cancelled series. T.T
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@terrence Me, I don't really pay attention to the publishers of what series I think seem interesting but I noticed that quite a bit of series that look interesting to me are from Overlap.
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@terrence
Unfortunately, when I look into publishers of the novels I really want, Kadokawa owns most of them.
The rest are by Kodansha novels, Taiga and Box
But JNC, so far, only deals with Kodansha LIGHTNOVEL
https://curiouscat.me/jnovelclub/post/347054198?1520879967Then by Gagaga Bunko
Then any other publishers.
(That's while ignoring the fact that I want to see books from Kyoto Animation's KA Esuma Bunko.)
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@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
Inou Battle Wa Nichijou No Naka De"
I watched the anime so, I am kinda interested in a continuation.
@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
"Noucome"
Remembering reading the first volume, it was funny~
@drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:
Chivalry of a failed knight (Rival, Asterisk War):
For me, both are kinda way too similar (sometimes, I keep forgetting which events happened in which novel)
However, as far as the anime goes, ex-SHAFT director, Shin's Silver Link. really did amazing job on it compared to the mundane adaptation of Asterisk War by A-1.@drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:
Problem children are coming from another world aren't they(Rival, No Game No Life):
I loved the novel.
It's kinda different from NGNL and more complicated but I really like this one.
I even mentioned it on Seven Seas survey before.@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
Also speaking of mystery novels, it'd be nice to see "B.A.D", or "Beyond Another Darkness" get licensed.
The covers for this is so beautifulMystery + Psychological
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@bloodygaikotsu said in Novel pick-up requests:
@drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:
Chivalry of a failed knight (Rival, Asterisk War):
For me, both are kinda way too similar (sometimes, I keep forgetting which events happened in which novel)
However, as far as the anime goes, ex-SHAFT director, Shin's Silver Link. really did amazing job on it compared to the mundane adaptation of Asterisk War by A-1.I say the Number one Biggest Difference and probably deal-breaker for most is that Chivalry of a Failed Knight has an actual Romance between The Main Hero and the Main Heroine whereas in Asterisk War the Main Heroine is just another member of the Harem. This is Why SAO and Kadokawa is so popular, he writes a romance between the hero and Heroine (even though you can argue that Asuna is just another part of the Harem after SAO-arc). If I were to just name one reason Why I continued reading Accel World it would be the Romance between Haru and Kurohime. Going back to Chivalry of a Failed Knight, I heard there is a joke about Ikki and Stella having sex when a visitor spots a condom on the bed. This is why it should be licensed.
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@drone205 I've not read or watched Chivalry of a Failed Knight before, but your post has convinced me that I should. I definitely approve of the principal love interest over the rest of harem setup (Arifureta has it to some extent as well).
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@dtta more important in world teacher, he be one of the few mc's who use previous world knowledge for a profit(food/ appliances)
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"World Teacher" would be nice to license, it kind of rivals Rokudenashi (both started out in 2014).
Anyway, I want to also see this series licensed
Its titled as "Monku no Tsukeyou ga Nai Love Comedy". There's a manga adaptation of it, its from Dash X Bunko and it already is completed at 7 Volumes.
The one thing that surprises me is that the author for this series is the SAME author who wrote "Oniai".
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Also, this one may be possibly licensed but who knows: Unlimited Fafnir. Its also under the Kodansha Light Novel label.
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@xftg123 I read the manga for that on CrunchyRoll’s manga app, and it was kinda lame and generic. I think they also made an anime.
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@legitpancake Fafnir is not as cutesy as anime make it to be. In fact it is rather heavy psychological series. I stop reading it though but not because it is bad just that the balance tilt too much on one side.
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@drone205
I read like 2 vols before getting bored, watched the anime and I still adhere to what I said.
not just 'cuz he chose a girl right from the start, it means it's good.
The development and dynamics of the couple is really important to enjoy any romance (sub-plot or not), and this couple or even SAO's didn't really seem like what makes me enjoy or cheer them on. (Well, Progressive solved that)
Well, I dunno if Chivalry of a Failed Knight's later volumes made it better, but for now, I'll say it's just bland... -
That "Monku no Tsukeyou ga Nai Love Comedy" one has slick cover art.
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@bloodygaikotsu The Anime has a whole Episode that focuses on there romance and they go through something a lot of couples go through (ep 5 I think). Also, They talk to each other about Sex and if they want to have Sex (They obviously have sex later since that joke I said earlier is in the books). I am just wondering if you like the Romance between Lawrance and Holo from Spice and Wolf. I would say the romance between Ikki and Stella is mature and believable for Teenage characters.
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I have 0 evidence to back this up and to be honest this is 100% just my gut feeling but I seriously believe that 2019 will be the year JNC and Kadokawa work something out.
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@drone205
Indeed, Lawrance and Holo romance is one of favorites along with Chuunibyou's Rikka and Yuuta.
I remember those episodes and even the scenes in the novel (I read the novel before the anime BTW), it was about not touching her till he meet her parents and they approve of the relationship, while she had a cold.
Well, that doesn't seem to be enough for me, maybe the characters themselves ain't so interesting for me to care...dunno
They ain't interesting or sweet to me.
