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    • TerrenceT
      Terrence Premium Member
      last edited by Terrence

      This looks really dumb. Anyone know what the title is?

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      https://bookwalker.jp/debf6e7aff-c4fc-462c-8d36-10d56ffc8703/?acode=WpfPW3yk

      Bottle of one detergent. That was the beginning of me and her.

      spoiler

      Description makes it sound more normal. Dang, I was hoping it'd be like the King of Mayo. Still, I like my slice of life relationships sometimes.

      Edit: It may be Yuri. Well, that'd make it more interesting.

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      • Aruseus493A
        Aruseus493 @Terrence
        last edited by Aruseus493

        @terrence
        Doesn't look like it has a Romaji title yet as it's a new series from Novel 0.

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        • myskarosM
          myskaros Staff @Terrence
          last edited by myskaros

          @terrence Hetero pair. Your spoiler should be "Takashi" in both instances, not "Takahashi" the second time. Seems like a pretty standard romance/drama, Golden Time vibes with the memory loss. Or, well, I haven't seen "Takashi" as a girl's name before, I guess that's a possibility then?

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

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          • TerrenceT
            Terrence Premium Member @myskaros
            last edited by Terrence

            @myskaros said in Novel pick-up requests:

            @terrence Hetero pair.

            Ah. The insert confused me because it features two women with character descriptions, and the pairing part of the book's title "Mitari-kun + Saku" is labeled above them, so I just assumed that was Mitari and Saku... But nope.

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            • myskarosM
              myskaros Staff @Terrence
              last edited by

              @terrence

              Kanzaki Keiko

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

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              • Aruseus493A
                Aruseus493
                last edited by Z_Goddard

                Seven Seas just licensed the manga adaptation of The Ideal Sponger Life, otherwise known as Risou no Himo Seikatsu.

                Publisher: Hero Bunko

                The basic premise of the series is that the protagonist moves to another world to marry a Queen and it's about him adjusting to his life as the Prince-Consort. This includes stuff like learning the necessary nobility manners, magic, and even introducing his own world's technology and cooking to a new world. The world doesn't really just suddenly explode with what he introduces though as he's only one person and doesn't know all the steps in reproducing his world's technologies like glass.

                Volume 1 Cover

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                • myskarosM
                  myskaros Staff @Aruseus493
                  last edited by Z_Goddard

                  Seven Seas just licensed the manga adaptation of The Ideal Sponger Life, otherwise known as Risou no Himo Seikatsu.

                  Only the manga? Sounds like a reasonable cue for JNC to have picked up the LN :v

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

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                    Kite-XX @Aruseus493
                    last edited by Z_Goddard

                    @aruseus493 said in Novel pick-up requests:

                    Seven Seas just licensed the manga adaptation of The Ideal Sponger Life, otherwise known as Risou no Himo Seikatsu.

                    Publisher: Hero Bunko

                    The basic premise of the series is that the protagonist moves to another world to marry a Queen and it's about him adjusting to his life as the Prince-Consort. This includes stuff like learning the necessary nobility manners, magic, and even introducing his own world's technology and cooking to a new world. The world doesn't really just suddenly explode with what he introduces though as he's only one person and doesn't know all the steps in reproducing his world's technologies like glass.

                    Volume 1 Cover

                    I’m seriously getting tired of seeing those type of covers. I’ve already accepted and tolerate romance, ecchi, and harem being a part of various series, but seeing those series that emphasize the genres non-stop is really irritating me! Can JNC pick-up a series that’s a bit moderate in that regard?

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                    • Aruseus493A
                      Aruseus493 @Kite-XX
                      last edited by

                      @kite-xx

                      Risou no Himo Seikatsu isn't really ecchi or harem though. Otherwise, putting the heroines on the cover is just universal for most series.

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                        Kite-XX @Aruseus493
                        last edited by

                        @aruseus493 I’ve seen the first chapter of the manga for this series, and I rest my case that I want a moderate series.

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                        • Aruseus493A
                          Aruseus493 @Kite-XX
                          last edited by

                          @kite-xx

                          One chapter of a manga which doesn't accurately represent the entire LN series.

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                            Kite-XX @Aruseus493
                            last edited by Kite-XX

                            @aruseus493 geez, whatever, the evidence is all around us, surrounding series that’s been published recently.

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                              Eins Premium Member
                              last edited by

                              Err, what's bothering you exactly? That the cover is an illustration of a girl with a seductive look? Or that most light novel series have a type of mildly sexual romantic possibly harem subplot?

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                              • myskarosM
                                myskaros Staff @Kite-XX
                                last edited by

                                @kite-xx said in Novel pick-up requests:

                                I’ve seen the first chapter of the manga for this series, and I rest my case that I want a moderate series.

                                @aruseus493 said in Novel pick-up requests:

                                One chapter of a manga which doesn't accurately represent the entire LN series.

                                It doesn't even represent the manga adaptation of the LN series :/ First of all, women have boobs. This is just how humans work. If you object to the presence of boobs in your reading... I dunno, I can't think of anything witty here. Yes, there's a romance aspect, since the main pair fall in love.

                                It's almost all about politics and how to maneuver in a society of rulers and powerful political figures. There's no harem since pretty much any other woman in the story is just trying to exploit the MC for his position, and the he refuses their advances anyway. There's no ecchi, unless you count the implication (i.e. it's not shown) of consensual sexual intercourse between consenting adults.

                                @kite-xx said in Novel pick-up requests:

                                geez, whatever, the evidence is all around us, surrounding series that’s been published recently.

                                Get over yourself.

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

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                                • Rahul BalagganR
                                  Rahul Balaggan Staff
                                  last edited by Rahul Balaggan

                                  Who gives a flying fart about the cover, if the story is good that’s all I care about.

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                                    Kite-XX
                                    last edited by Kite-XX

                                    I’m just worked up at the moment, I feel like the popular series I’ve been seeing picked up each time all have the same content (I’m not judging by cover), so I just want a good story that’s different.

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                                      Chi C Premium Member @Kite-XX
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                                      @kite-xx

                                      Have you read The Faraway Paladin yet? No harem antics, no fanservice, there isn't even a really heroine, just epic fantasy adventure.

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                                      • TerrenceT
                                        Terrence Premium Member
                                        last edited by Terrence

                                        I just found out about that manga. I'd be all for the light novel being picked up.

                                        I had the opposite reaction to the cover. I don't think we get enough mature looking women on our light novel covers and as love interests. Most light novels are still younger Isekai leads. This one stars an office worker dude? And the female lead on the cover isn't even really that scandalous. The plot and future covers may turn out controversial, but this looks tame (I just looked at what I think are future covers, and they all look tame to me).

                                        But I'm honestly worried about the tag for this one I saw... (spoilers)

                                        spoiler

                                        Anyways, I can't find this novel on Bookwalker. No digital version currently released? That probably makes it harder to license? =[

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                                        • myskarosM
                                          myskaros Staff @Terrence
                                          last edited by

                                          @terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:

                                          But I'm honestly worried about the tag for this one I saw... (spoilers)

                                          spoiler

                                          There is no harem -.- dunno where you saw that tag. People like to lump in "anytime lots of girls happen to exist around the male MC" as harem I guess.

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

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                                          • Drone205D
                                            Drone205 Premium Member @myskaros
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                                            @myskaros yeah... and anyways if you want to be technical, like 99% of "Harems" would not be Harems. but this ain't the post to delve into "Harems" not being Polygamous.

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