Novel pick-up requests
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@rahul-balaggan @Aruseus493 You forgot to mention that their president is a douche with capital J for Jacob. As for their deals: you've done it once, you've done it twice, then why would it change? Their Illusion partnership is an "International Distribution Rights" thing. Why would you do that if you've got no real intention to publish said content to any other language but english? Monopolistic behavior. The light novel market is awful enough with YP in it. Why would you want two with exactly the same business practices?
@myskaros It's more like the guy used to be the owner of the piracy platform for normies so he knew most of the core translation community. After he made the wani deal, he goes after whoever dares to translate whatever he might have any intention to publish. If you search well enough through the archives you might find many translators who have posted the threatening messages Jacob have sent them.
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@mmkop no but again I am saying it’s up to the Japanese publishers if they want to give FAKKU those rights, if FAKKU asks and they say no then that’s it either they take only English rights or they just don’t take anything and we all move on to not having it licensed again.
I also have nothing personal against Jacob he made it so I can legally read E-Musu Aki Hentai uncensored and HD.
Edit: are you only referring to their games?
If so I don’t think it would roll over to other places for manga and hentai, I already know that a polish publisher licensed Renai Sample for release from Wani so obviously FAKKU didn’t have exclusive rights for that, plus French publishers get a lot all not in English.
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@mmkop I'm not making any judgments on Fakku since I have zero experience with them as a business or their products, I was simply commenting that the specific situation Rahul cited sounds very similarly entitled to the occasional idiot who makes a new JNC account just to whine about their favorite source of copyright infringement voluntarily choosing to take down their translations.
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"Attacking the Dungeons With My Beautiful Boss Is Overtime Work?" has a volume 3 now.
https://bookwalker.jp/de9697cdbc-dcbf-431f-8985-a8b43a4317c0/?acode=WpfPW3yk
I bought the first two, and "read" the first volume with Google translate. It was a fun work, with sort of a Konosuba or even "Walking My Second Path in Life" structure to it where we follow our principle characters but in kind of a segmented, short story fashion with a slightly overarching plot. Dungeons basically pop up all over Japan about 30 years prior to the start of the story. Our heroes are a young, dark-haired boss (I want to say she's 25) and her older, dungeon hunting saavy subordinate (I want to say he's 28). During the day, they work in an office, but on one day of the week they go out to a dungeon portal in the city to hunt (I think for extra money they get from dungeon rewards; it's like a Monster Hunter type scenario where the stuff you get from monster drops is usable by craftsmen and cooks).
Unfortunately, it's Novel Zero, a Kadokawa label. But hey, we just got Mommy Isekai from Yen Press. Maybe if that sells well, they'll want some more older, female cover star stuff like this?
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@terrence I agree. Also, it actually took me a second to realize that YP has now licensed both of Pochi's works: "Do You Like Your Mom?" and the non-H version of "Ane Naru Mono"
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Also, in terms of translations/fan translations, I'm glad that JNC and all are having fan translators do official translations for LNs.
But it also kind of makes me wish that Yen Press could hire fan translators to do translations for each of their LN series as well.
For example, Nanodesu wanted to collaborate with Yen Press on the “Oregairu” translations. But, unfortunately, as Frog-kun stated in the article: “They would only have agreed to a collaboration if our group took down every translation, even the series not licensed by any English-speaking distribution company”
Another controversial issue was with Yen Press looking for translators. As stated in their article: *“*Yen Press is currently looking for passionate and motivated freelance Japanese-to-English translators who can’t put their light novels (and manga) down! We want to work with the finest talent to create the best translations possible for our English speaking readers and fans.”
Which is a good thing for YP’s LN imprint considering they have some small flaws to it.
If Yen Press did get some translators for NGNL, then we wouldn't have the series be delayed all the time by a year. :3
Just putting it out there
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@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
"They would only have agreed to a collaboration if our group took down every translation, even the series not licensed by any English-speaking distribution company”
I don't really see anything particularly wrong with that request. "Not wanting your employees to do questionably legal things" seems fair to me.
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While FAKKU might have horrible business practices, merits where it's due, they have high quality translations which make their products worth their price.
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@rahul-balaggan Wait what's this about a pruge now? Amazon has a ton of erotica available on their website.
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@rahul-balaggan Wow. Government censorship is forbidden in the U.S., but corporate censorship is perfectly fine.
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@terrence I believe they are still producing the manga. The novel appears to be complete at 9 volumes.
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Well, to steer the thread back to its original purpose:
I'll share the only titles I want from the companies that JNC worked with (but for Bungeishunjū which I already mentioned some of the novels I want from there)
Here: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/14/novel-pick-up-requests/1399?page=70From Hobby Japan
Yuusha to Maou no Battle wa Living de
Who doesn't want a SOL romance based around Yuusha and Maou
You tell me!
So, A demon girl appeared from another world and decided to live with the hero's descendant a.k.a the MC.
Aside from the fact that the first volume was shaky start and the following volumes were received better, I know nothing~Ore to Kanojo no Love Comedy ga Zenryoku de Kuro Rekishi
It's one-shot romcom and one of the few romcom you can find under HJOre to Kanojo no Zettai Ryouiki
Our protagonist, who goes almost unnamed, except when he’s called “Ka-bou” by his childhood friend, finally meets the girl of his dreams, Kanda Asuka, and confesses to her the very next moment. Oddly enough, she warns him that nothing but despair will fall upon him, but he doesn't care about this fact. Amazed by the protagonist’s confidence, Asuka accepts his confession, but under one condition: To change the inevitable future that she’s able to foretell. With rumors that she is the Lapis Witch, Asuka has the Pandora Box ability to foretell the dark future. To change the future, will our protagonist be able to accomplish this tall hurdle? Will he even take a step closer to finding romance with his new “girlfriend”?Ore no Real to Netgame ga Love Come ni Shinshokusare Hajimete Yabai
Sagimiya Keita is a heavy gamer of MMORPG without experience with girls. In his favorite game, he controls a female character, like most of the members of his guild. But when it comes to offline meetings, Keita plays the role of the "The Knight Lord", the only male character of the guild. He became famous in real life as in virtual life! The romantic comedy between the real world and the virtual one begins!
I think I mentioned this one before...I ain't sure...
Well, from Kodansha LIGHTNOVEL:
I think I mentioned
Kamisuki Tooru no Kegare Naki Sekai
Sosogi Sayoko no Yomigaeru Sekai
Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara
& Seitokai Tantei Kirika
Before so,Riajuu ni Narenai Ore wa Kakumeika no Doushi ni Narimashita
Hinagiku Kokoro no Break Time
See~
I am TRASH!
I see such a cute girl on the cover, I gotta want itSeriously tho, it is about this girl who started a counseling room and it's Honorable mention on Kodansha Lightnovel award
Jisatsu Suru ni wa Mukanai Kisetsu
From the title alone, you can tell it's about suicide and it's also about time travel and you can all it The butterfly effect the ranobe or smth
Well we lack of those drama novels and it won a grand prize
I.R:I.S
It seems like a basic superpower battle but I like the art so we are good~Well, for the last one and the only OVERLAP title I want:
Kiniro Quartet!
It was on Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2015
#12 overall
#4 among New Works
If you can't guess it, yeah, it's musical and yeah, it's brass instrumental.
@Terrence, do you think this will alleviate your wait till next the Hibike! Euphonium novel? -
@bloodygaikotsu said in Novel pick-up requests:
Kiniro Quartet!
If you can't guess it, yeah, it's musical and yeah, it's brass instrumental.
@Terrence, do you think this will alleviate your wait till next the Hibike! Euphonium novel?Doubtful. No character can match the maddening personality and development of Kumiko. =[
But it is a good idea for "series like another series", and I would definitely take it. Also, a lot of Overlap stuff is on sale on Bookwalker, so I at least eyed that, but I figure I'll steer clear of buying anything we could get and focus on finished series... Which unfortunately, Overlap has very few of (I guess they're only 5 years old? But still...).
I'm thinking of reading that one where the guy gets reincarnated as a Goblin on the Syosetu site.
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@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
focus on finished series
It's finished with 3 volumes BTW
@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
Which unfortunately, Overlap has very few of (I guess they're only 5 years old? But still...).
Well, that explains why their catalog is full of Isekais....
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@bloodygaikotsu said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
Which unfortunately, Overlap has very few of (I guess they're only 5 years old? But still...).
Well, that explains why their catalog is full of Isekais....
I think I posted it earlier, but here's their 5th anniversary sale page on Bookwalker.
オーバーラップ5周年電子書籍フェア 270冊以上50％OFF 豪華特典小冊子付き 4/14まで https://bookwalker.jp/ex/feature/overlap5th-bw/
I'll post the books later that I'm thinking about getting... But probably won't get.
I have 1800 coins left, 1200 I gotta use this month, and was really thinking of using it on Until Your Bones Rot volumes 4+5+6, but man, English language manga is so expensive, 860 JPY for one US work, only 400 JPY for the Japanese language work. xC
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@terrence
I view all American books as expensive. (well, they are too expensive for my currency, I wanna cry)
The new Katanagatari volume price will be equal to 1/6 of my country's middle class monthly salary.It will be hardcover | $29.95
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I have 100 Coins on Bookwalker due to a giveaway, but I don't know if I can even purchase anything on there with that much, unless there's a coupon code or something like that.
Anyway, I do want to see this series licensed
it's called "Jishou F-Rank no Oniisama ga Game de Hyouka sareru Gakuen no Chouten ni Kunrin suru Sou desu yo?"
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@xftg123 said in Novel pick-up requests:
I have 100 Coins on Bookwalker due to a giveaway, but I don't know if I can even purchase anything on there with that much, unless there's a coupon code or something like that.
On the JP store, they once had volumes of Amagi Brilliant Park on sale for 99 coins. I think Konosuba volumes were 99 coins too once for a special event, as well as that "I Am Your Father" light novel series. Maybe you can find some super cheap manga? But of course, you'll either have to machine translate or just look at the pretty pictures if you don't know Japanese. =[
it's called "Jishou F-Rank no Oniisama ga Game de Hyouka sareru Gakuen no Chouten ni Kunrin suru Sou desu yo?"
I've seen that one. Kind of reminds me of Kakegurui, but I haven't looked closely at the synopsis.
