Novel pick-up requests

Aruseus493

@galactuskahn24
There're no problems with ecchi. Mixed Bathing is one of my favorite series from J-Novel Club.

Drone205

@galactuskahn24 yeah as @Aruseus493 said there is no problem with ecchi or fanservice. if anything it only matters how the fanservice is executed. one thing you could look at for Fanservice is, is it Fanservice for the viewer or for the characters?

Terrence

Earth Star novel posted some of the images from that "Born as a Treasure Chest Mimic With Legs" novel on their Twitter.

https://twitter.com/es_novel/status/989746163648643072?s=20

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paulnamida

@terrence that's disturbing as fuck

Terrence

@paulnamida said in Novel pick-up requests:

@terrence ...disturbing...

But the main girl is Kawaii! Reminds me of Ms PacMan. But with razor sharp teeth...

Did I mention she's a red head underneath it all? That makes it fine if she bites us, right?

Opening pages of the story spoilers:

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Aruseus493

We should have theme days where someone posts a theme and we request something we want that fits it.

Drone205

@aruseus493 Here is s aTheme then: Double Protagonists, a series with two core main characters such as Spice and Wolf and No Game No Life. Sherlock Holmes is the Protagonist of his Story but Doctor Watson is the Main Character.

My suggestion for this theme is : I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated
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This can Rival Yen Ons Reborn as a Vending Machine

Terrence

Dual protagonists you say? Hmm. Let's have a looksie (I like triangle relationship stuff, and even good stuff with dual protagonists like "Attacking the Dungeon With My Boss Is OT Work" don't feature the guy on the cover, so this is a challenge).

If Sakurako-san counts, then that (the male protagonist bothers a lot of people though).

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You mentioned Sherlock Holmes. This basically operates on that same principle (adult woman the detective / bone examiner, her assistant the highschooler is the main character).

Aruseus493

For the theme of duel protagonists, I can think of several.

Zettai ni Hatarakitakunai Dungeon Master ga Damin wo Musaboru made - A series about a summoned dungeon master and his blonde loli dungeon core. Published by Overlap with 7 volumes so far.
The World God Only Knows - Light Novel side stories to the manga original series, I actually own both Japanese volumes. This fits well with the theme as we have Keima and his assistant like character Elsie.
Risou no Himo Seikatsu - A series about a guy that moves to another world to marry the Queen of a country. It's about him getting used to life as a Prince Consort. The perspective frequently shifts between him and the Queen as she tries her hardest to run a country while also desiring to make her husband happy despite his open attitude to working.

These are all series I'd love to be licensed, but for the main theme here as my submission, I'll go with:

86

Publisher: ASCII Media Works (Dengeki Bunko Label)

This is a war series. When an Empire declares war, they send out autonomous robots to invade the surrounding countries. They have become known as Legion. The Republic of San Magnolia responded not by coming together as a country, but by stripping the rights of any non-pure-blooded citizen and putting them on the front lines. Those that have lost their basic human rights have been labelled as Eighty Sixers to signify the those outside of the 75 districts that make up the republic. Our first protagonist is Lena, a handler living in the central district whose job is to direct the soldiers beneath her to fight off the waves of Legion. The second protagonist is Shin, a soldier leading the squad beneath Lena that goes by the callsign Undertaker. One is a soldier who has become a legend of his own while the other is a handler that seeks to keep her troops alive at all cost. The story really shows the two sides of their world and does a great job of having a politically dramatic series in the midst of war as Lena has to deal with an unruly squad while learning more about her own country.

Volume 1 Cover

I've requested this before and I'll do it again. The cover for this is one of my favorite for LN series in general because of the composition. We have two contrasting protagonists in which a first glance will show them appearing opposed to each other. Further inspection reveals a lot more though. Shin located on the left is holding his hand as if holding a gun as which is a display of his goal in the story. It's not pointed at Lena though. Lena on the other hand is crying while extending her hand out as if to offer aid, yet it is missing Shin. The protagonists are back to back, yet looking in each others' directions which shows a major difference in perspective. Lena is backed in a clean uniform holding a clipboard with a blue/white background to show off her pure-blood position. Shin is in military fatigues with scars on his face with a red/brown backdrop to show his background of being directly in the war to protect the country that pretends to still be pure.

Overall, from the first volume I've read, it's an absolutely fantastic series that I think will absolutely get an anime adaptation one day.

paulnamida

@aruseus493 you beat me to it with 86. I really want this one, I just hope the fan translator is right and this gets picked up quickly.

Well, for dual protagonists, first thing that comes to mind is Absolute Duo but the anime was quite crappy, never got around to read the novels... How about Heavy Object?? Qwenthur and Havia certainly fit the dual protagonist thing. Much like 86, it's a military action story, lots of mecha wanking and a badass premise about two guys that become a legend by being the only ones that could destroy one of the eponymous mechas without a mecha of their own.

BloodyGaikotsu

@aruseus493
With how popular it is in Japan and how the publisher twitter talk about it, I have feeling that it might get licensed by Yen Press soon.

Duel protagonists, huh?
Something like
A Lollypop or a Bullet
Publisher: Kodakawa Shoten

Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan
What I find really interesting about this one is the fact that our narrator is Mii-kun a.k.a. the liar.
So, it's safe guess to treat him as unreliable narrator.

But I think what I will go with this time is

Seitokai Tantei Kirika
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How to describe this...
Think of Hyouka, small-scale mysteries with underlying drama, but instead of a whole club as main character, we have a sleuth, Kirika, and the narrator (her Watson), Hikage.
I think inferiority complex plays huge role in this one.

Publisher: Kodansha LIGHTNOVEL

Drone205

Kinos's Journey, There is Kino and there is the Bike for dual protagonist.
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klingerman01

I'd like to see (Kaifuku Jutsushi) and (Isekai Nonbiri Nouka) would be great.

galactuskahn24

@drone205 thankfully the webnovel is being trnslated a chapter every couple days.

Aruseus493

Let's do another theme.

Competition of Publishers

Pick a series from another publisher, and pick something you consider similar for J-Novel Club to compete with.

Aruseus493

@aruseus493

To compete with KonoSuba, I'd go with Kono Sekai ga Game da to Ore dake ga Shitteiru. Both series feature a similar style of over the top absurd comedy. But I've requested this one before.

So instead, let's compete with Sword Art Online with an obscure title I've dug up. :3

Death Game kara Hajimeru MMO Slow Life

Publisher: Fujimi Shobo

We've seen Sword Art Online where the first arc is about escaping a death game. We've gotten The New Gate (fan-translated) which is about going from a death game to an Isekai series. Now let's have a Death Game where the protagonist isn't even trying to end it. Death Game kara Hajimeru MMO Slow Life from what I could dig up about it, is a slice of life series where the protagonist is living a romcom/harem life inside the game.

Volume 1 Cover

Terrence

Kadokawa:

"Dowl Master"

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https://bookwalker.jp/de2095534b-cb5b-4b27-8eed-b1177516c0ab/?acode=WpfPW3yk

Overlap:

"Lunar weapons of the galactic war record <Antique> 1 When I was awakened by a high school student I was in a spaceship"

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https://bookwalker.jp/de661ee717-1e74-4bf5-81a2-4e2d4e5e263e/?acode=WpfPW3yk

For this ^ May want to do some finagling to get the Syosetu chapters licensed since the physical novel is likely cancelled, but the Syosetu has continued to be updated to the present.

Ichijinsha:

"Destruction Flags"

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https://bookwalker.jp/dea817b88a-e559-4b56-9c73-5ecd624bcd4c/?acode=WpfPW3yk

Arian Rose:

The Villain's Daughter

https://bookwalker.jp/de5b8f4cdb-1fe3-4e31-a56b-f6734e07f39c/?acode=WpfPW3yk

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We can compete with titles that aren't out in English yet, right? =P

Drone205

Ok, another kinda cliche Request at this point (I lost track how many times even I made this request):

Chivalry of a Failed Knight (Rival Asterisk War)
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A great series where there is a real romantic relationship that actually goes somewhere.

paulnamida

@drone205 To this day I can't understand the reasoning behind licensing the Asterisk War over this. They got an anime adaptation at the same time and this was the superior one by all means!!!!

Rahul Balaggan

@paulnamida how dare you question our supreme overlords Yen Press, if you get out of line again we will be forced to isekai you to a world full of plot holes and traps...