Novel pick-up requests
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After Mommy Isekai getting licensed, this may be another one to watch from Kadokawa.
https://bookwalker.jp/de540260d7-6ec7-4dec-b6a4-2bc3d01e9d2e/?acode=WpfPW3yk
It's about a girl who puts all her skill points or training into defense because she hates getting hurt. A manga was announced recently (if I read the news article I saw on my Twitter feed right). And the light novel is now at 3 volumes (Mommy Isekai had 4 released before that localization announcement). I guess the only thing going against it is it doesn't have the instant "meme / trending" potential of a Mommy Isekai, Elf Pizza, or Vending Machine.
This novel has a voice-acted trailer too from back in January.
@paul-nebeling said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence Maybe not that long. Let's see if there's a sales bump from Demon.Lord, Ragnarok and Arifureta. Depends of if JNC gets mentioned in the episode reviews.
I was just paraphrasing Sam's comment on Curiosity Cat. Maybe the Galaxy will start to revolve more quickly, we'll see. x)
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@terrence Cute girl on the cover with cool looking armor and shield. I'm in.
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@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
I guess the only thing going against it is it doesn't have the instant "meme / trending" potential of a Mommy Isekai, Elf Pizza, or Vending Machine.
Honestly, I've heard nothing about elf pizza, and only very occasionally a "wtf tensei vending machine" comment. They get some initial buzz because of the absurdity, otherwise nothing. Isekai Mom has both Pochi-Goya going for it in addition to the age-old morbid curiosity surrounding taboo romantic pairings.
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@myskaros said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
I guess the only thing going against it is it doesn't have the instant "meme / trending" potential of a Mommy Isekai, Elf Pizza, or Vending Machine.
Honestly, I've heard nothing about elf pizza, and only very occasionally a "wtf tensei vending machine" comment.
Meme "Potential". They aren't out yet in English, so we'll see if they live up to it. I have seen all of them mentioned in jokes on social media in the past, though Pizza Elf definitely the runt of the ridiculous litter.
I feel like Vending Machine is going to get a lot of play and word of mouth when it releases this month, but we'll see. I feel like that'd be a fun one to put on a library shelf. Before it was licensed, Vending Machine had a post that blew up about it, 929 retweets, 1.2 thousand likes. O.o
https://twitter.com/hiren_style/status/809513573105995776?s=20
Edit: This post on the Pizza announcement by Frog-Kun has 355 retweets and over 550 likes. O.o
https://twitter.com/frog_kun/status/809606856469426176?s=20
Also, that was licensed in December of 2016... And we still haven't gotten a single volume. No wonder you haven't heard much about it, it's been years!
@aruseus493 said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence Funny how it says "next year" back in 2017 and we're still without a release date for volume 1. (Series licensed after it are getting releases coming up.)
"Insert Titanic meme quote". xD
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@terrence Funny how it says "next year" back in 2017 and we're still without a release date for volume 1. (Series licensed after it are getting releases coming up.)
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@terrence lately, I’ve been seeing more manga adaptations of light novel series that have been published months or pretty much a year it started, it was even recently that I came across the manga adaptation for that isekai(?) series of my class was summoned to another world, except for me.
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There's also "Isekai Onsen ni Tensei-shita Ore no Kōnō ga Tondemo-sugiru ~ Anta no Naka ga Kimochiii Wake Janaindesukedou!?~"
aka the one with the boy reincarnated as a hot spring
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@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
aka the one with the boy reincarnated as a hot spring
I feel like that or the Reincarnated as a Sword would be good candidates, yeah. Just depends on how raunchy the hotspring one is (Yen Press doesn't really publish any super Ecchi stuff, right?).
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There's something I don't understand about Yen's "Do You Like Your Mom?".
It's their 2nd Fujimi Shobo (and 1st Fujimi Fantasia Bunko) license, so why did they go with this one and does it mean to future license from Fujimi?
Why not smth with recent anime like Gamers or Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records or a title they have the manga for like Saekano or Hitsugi no Chaika?Is Fujimi testing the market or smth?
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@bloodygaikotsu Cause right now isekai is king, they got an isekai that is a little out there and completely different.
Much like they have done in the past, Reincarnated as a vending machine much.
JNC also follows a similar path, Reincarnated as a Genuis much.
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@bloodygaikotsu said in Novel pick-up requests:
There's something I don't understand about Yen's "Do You Like Your Mom?".
It's their 2nd Fujimi Shobo (and 1st Fujimi Fantasia Bunko) license, so why did they go with this one and does it mean to future license from Fujimi?
Well, those other titles already had their anime runs already. Supposedly gotta strike while the iron is hot with the anime currently airing. In the case of Mommy, maybe they're trying to get ahead of a potential anime?
In the case of Gamers! it's a SOL highschool romance, right? An Isekai, especially one with a fun twist like they've been picking up lately (Spider Reincarnation, Slime Reincarnation, Vending Machine), is probably a bit more safe to try out than that as a test case, yeah.
Mommy Isekai is also in the running for the Kadokawa Female Mascot of the year or whatever, and none of the other candidates really stand out. From the Fantasia Bunko label, here were the potential candidates:
Do You Like Your Mom? Her Normal Attack is Two Attacks at Full Power by Dachima Inaka
Maō Tōbatsushita ato, Medatachitakunai no de Guild Master ni natta (After Tormenting the Devil, I Did Not Want to Stand Out, So I Became a Guild Master) by Tōwa Akatsuki
Assassin's Pride by Kei Amagi
Hiota no Kanojo ga Ore no Motteru Eroge ni Kyōmi Shinshin Nan Daga... by Kei Takizawa
Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjo, Arui wa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen (The War Ends the World/Raises the World) by Kei Sazane -
@Terrence @Rahul-Balaggan
You really think a LN without an anime or licensed manga is more of a safe bet even if it's an isekai?Reincarnated as a vending machine is a Kadokawa Shoten title, and we have plenty of those, so trying smth absurd won't hurt but Fujimi Shobo is a whole new territory and they have many titles that either had recent anime or are highly requested series.
So I don't see that a whole new series without any prior introduction to the market safe for one fan-translated volume is a safer bet even if it's an isekai.
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@terrence
BTW, half of this week top ten is held by Fantasia Bunko alone
Date A Live
Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records
High School DxD
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata Memorial
Shin Tenchi Muyou! Ryououki Gaiden: Tenchi Muyou! GXPSo, the candidates are no indicator of what kind of novels Fujimi has.
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@bloodygaikotsu people who are looking for LNs are looking for LNs manga or not they want LNs, many people who want manga won’t tpuch LNs.
As @Terrence said they are potentially trying to get ahead of an anime, which is better then coming in right before or during.
As for whether it’s more likely to sell Kadokawa owns 51% of Yen, if they thought the risk was to great they wouldn’t take it.
I for one would like to see all the ones you mentioned licensed, however I am still really happy to read the mother one.
(I am sure you are familiar with many of the things I said in my post like Kadokawa owning Yen, I am merely just stating what I had to state)
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@bloodygaikotsu said in Novel pick-up requests:
@Terrence @Rahul-Balaggan
You really think a LN without an anime or licensed manga is more of a safe bet even if it's an isekai?Publishers see Isekai as this holy grail right now, so unfortunately, yes I do.
It has other things going for it, like its absurdity. I don't know what Chaika or Akashic have going that makes them stand out in the crowd of fantasy. Gamers! I think would be a great pickup, but again, I think these publishers try to play it safe.
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YP picked up Re:Zero before the anime came out, Slime as well. I believe DanMachi's first volume came out in English right before the anime started airing or shortly after. They do get stuff that already had its anime air (e.g. Accel World, Hataraku Maou-sama, Overlord), but I do think they'd rather predict the next anime since it's a better boost to sales when they have new story already available rather than risk their audience forgetting about a series while YP slowly catches up.
Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.
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@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
Chaika or Akashic have going that makes them stand out in the crowd of fantasy.
I only mentioned names that had anime or they have its manga, that's all~
I ain't fan of Chaika and I didn't check Rokudenashi anime either, so I ain't necessarily mentioning personal favs~ (even tho, Saekano is a personal fav) -
@bloodygaikotsu said in Novel pick-up requests:
So, the candidates are no indicator of what kind of novels Fujimi has.
But they are indicator of what Kadokawa want to trend right now, currently.
A lot of the ones you mention in this post are old and have many volumes piled up. I don't think a work with a lot of volumes already would be a good test case. I'm already pretty bitter about Sound Eupho not getting another volume yet, I can't imagine how I'd feel if they tested out a 10-20 volume series and quietly canned it. T.T
But we'll see. I'm hopeful that Seven Seas will help push away the stigma of old series being forgotten with Toradora and Tenchi Myou... Though I'm honestly not interested in either of those two myself (I might grab Toradora, but I know the ending, watched the anime, so I dunno how much I would enjoy that). =[
Edit: Also, in the world of tinfoil hat reading into social media managers tweeting stuff, Yen Press liked this post.
https://twitter.com/wrosales35/status/979485081705185282?s=20
Just finish reading sound euphonium and it was an awesome read hope @yenpress realeses the other of this awesome light novel
O.o
(ItMeansNothing.GIF, I know).
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@myskaros very much this, as long as they get at least 2-3 volumes out before the anime starts airing, they have enough buffer time with the adaptation to get the next volume out which would hook in anime-watchers that want to know what's coming next. I guess we'll se how this plan works out for JNC once How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord hits CR on Summer (it was summer right?)
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@myskaros
Fujimi has no anime announced aside from this season so far anyways, so dunno about that.
We will wait and see.
