Novel pick-up requests
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@xftg123 I don't think they've ever said how they pick their licenses, but I know back when they still used a Google Doc, they said they'd forward requests directly to the various publishers. It was more of a "people want series x from you in English" from what it sounded like.
Otherwise, it's Combat Baker. It's surprisingly good. If only Bookwalker didn't come with DRM.
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@aruseus493 Oh, that makes sense.
I'm also kind of hoping though that Bookwalker fixes their grammar errors and such as well.
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@aruseus493 said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence
I kind of feel like doing a license request dump on Bookwalker's site, but I might get banned considering the size my wishlist has grown to in the last few years since I last did a request dump.My wishlist on Bookwalker is over 600 books long. =P
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@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
@aruseus493 said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence
I kind of feel like doing a license request dump on Bookwalker's site, but I might get banned considering the size my wishlist has grown to in the last few years since I last did a request dump.My wishlist on Bookwalker is over 600 books long. =P
Series or volumes?
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@aruseus493 said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
@aruseus493 said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence
I kind of feel like doing a license request dump on Bookwalker's site, but I might get banned considering the size my wishlist has grown to in the last few years since I last did a request dump.My wishlist on Bookwalker is over 600 books long. =P
Series or volumes?
There's a few series with two or three books on the list, but mostly single volumes / volume 1s. Some manga, but not much.
Edit: 48 of the 636 books are manga.
Edit 2: 45 Volume 2s or repeated volumes.
So 543 unique novels / light novels.
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That's definitely a lot. I don't come up with wishlists for requesting light novels. Rather, I use LNDB or Amazon Japan's light novel section to see which books are quite popular under their respective label.
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@terrence I looked at Book Walker, what's the difference between the brand and the publisher?
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@followernumber1 said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence I looked at Book Walker, what's the difference between the brand and the publisher?
Label / Brand is the label that something is published under. If you check Bookwalker JP book listings, and then have Google Translate the page, you can find the label (above the publisher in book details). You wouldn't expect a girl audience manga to be in the same label / branding as an adult male manga, so it's a similar principle with light novels. That's how I understand it at least. Multiple labels can have a single publisher though; Kadokawa has so many labels.
I don't know specifically what each label is, but you can guess from the content. Like, Novel Zero works tend to be adult focused Kadokawa stuff.
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@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
"29 to JK"
I am only interested in this one cuz it's been on the top selling novel list (I wonder how it works)
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@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
Ryuuoh No Oshigoto" made sense considering how it's quite popular in Japan and it won Kono Light Novel Ga Sugoi! twice AND there's also an anime.
"Combat Butler And Automaton Waitress" was also on Kono Light Novel Ga Sugoi! BTW
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I got a wishlist too.
It's in .txt file categorized based on the company (and sometimes the labels) -
@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
My wishlist on Bookwalker is over 600 books long. =P
It maxes out at 1000 (or was it 999?)
I had to go through moving everything in English to Global (as they have separate wishlists) and making sure I only had one volume per series. -
@shiroi-hane said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
My wishlist on Bookwalker is over 600 books long. =P
It maxes out at 1000 (or was it 999?).
Oh noes! ={
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I don't think I've recommended it, or at least it's been a while, but the Human Wolf Game series would be a nice one to get around Halloween time some year.
https://bookwalker.jp/de529e98a7-838c-4996-856c-50a57b71a3b7/?acode=WpfPW3yk
I believe it is a death game series.
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Interesting. It'd be nice to see some dark fantasy licensed, like "Isekai Goumon Hime"
even though its an isekai, I love Saki Ukai's artwork, its beautiful.
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@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
(Fremd Torturchan)
I ended up buying the first volume from Bookwalker a bit ago. I really gotta get to that and Mother Isekai. =]
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@terrence Ah yes, the "Do You Like Your Mom?" One
I only read the first volume and definitely enjoyed it, plus Pochi's ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) artwork as well.
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@xftg123 Yeah, it's quite the story, I also like the manga. When it comes to dark fantasy novels, my favorites are about the MC participating in wars, on a quest for vengeance, or is against the world (almost everyone is an enemy).
Here's a list of some novels I've read:- Yuusha, Aruiwa Bakemono to Yobareta Shoujo
- The Girl Who Ate a Death God
- The Girl Who Bore the Flame Ring
- Dungeon Seeker
- Nidome no Yuusha
- To Deprive a Deprived Person
- Summoned Slaughterer
Also for anyone interested, here's some light novel suggestions about reincarnating in otome games, but the story turns dark.
Barusak Chronicles ~ Riku the One-Winged and Rook the Silver
Akuyaku Tensei Dakedo Doushite Kou Natta.
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Interesting. Also, another novel that'd be an excellent dark fantasy license would be "Kuro No Maou"
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Dark series~
I would love to see more of thoseOne of the names I love is
Kamisu Reina Series
The first series I read by Hakomari's author, Eiji Mikage.
Well, it's by Dengeki BunkoHowever, he has a new series published by Kodansha Taiga:
Satsujinki Tantei no Netsuzou Bigaku
Well, I think I hardly suggested fantasy novel...hmmm
Maoyuu Maou Yuusha is one of the few fantasy titles I am really interested in
By Mamare Touno, Log Horizon author.However, it's by Enterbrain.
I think I have a few novel I am interested in from Hobby Japan...
Let's see...AhOre no Real to Netgame ga Love Come ni Shinshokusare Hajimete Yabai
8 Volumes (Completed)
The premise is simple.
Sagimiya Keita is a heavy MMORPG gamer and he's in 6 player female-only guild, which somehow has one male character.
So, in offline meetings, he plays the role of the “The Knight-sama”, the only male character of the guild.
However, the thing is his in-game account is a girl and he's just coerced into doing this.Edit:
Satsujinki Tantei no Netsuzou Bigaku's synopsis
A body with a missing foot and a skinned off face—indicating it is a murder by the "Masquerade serial killer"—is discover. The young female detective Yuri Uguisu requests the help of Higano Seiren, a psychiatrist who helps out the police with tricky cases.
As they receive the testimony of the victim Reina Myouko's close ones—her dad, her fiance and her lover, they realize how contrasting people's impressions of her are.
And on top of all that an eye witness claiming they saw Reina after her time of death comes forward.
