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    • smashman42S
      smashman42 Premium Member @Drone205
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      @drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:

      My Reincarnation as a Hot Spring in a Different World is Beyond Belief ~ It's Not Like Being Inside You Feels Good or Anything!?
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      Dat quote!

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      • TerabyteT
        Terabyte
        last edited by Z_Goddard

        It seems that volume 8 of Gaikotsu Kishi-sama, Tadaima Isekai e Odekakechu (Skeleton Knight, in Another World) is the last one in the series (the main story at least). Or so I read a few minutes ago, and taking a quick look at the afterword that got recently translated it says:

        Although the ending seems to imply more to the story, that’s because I wanted “the world continues even if the story concludes” type of atmosphere.

        and

        The main story of the WEB version is finished, I don’t know if I’ll write a sequel like series, I’m consulting with the people in change, so if there’s a volume IX I hope you’ll support you.

        I've seen it mentioned a few times in this topic, not to mention it is from Overlap, so it would be "easy" to get a license for it.

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        Summary:

        The protagonist fall asleep while playing an online game. However, he awoke in a strange world with his game characters appearance. In a state of shock, he noticed that he was equipped with nothing but his strongest weapon and armor. To make matters worst, our hero’s appearance was changed by the special avatar skin "Skeleton" when he enters this new world. The protagonist wanted to live without drawing attention, but he got acquainted with the dark elf Ariana and received her request.

        Cover:
        Skeleton Knight, in Another World - Volume 1 Cover

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          Kite-XX @smashman42
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          Just to understand, the “skeleton knight” is over, right? “Oooh, for all good things to come to an end! It is such sweet sorrow.”

          Sorry there, joking aside, but seriously, it’s over?

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          • TerrenceT
            Terrence Premium Member
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            If anyone is craving Yuri, this just released in Japan.

            "Usotsuki - A week with devil with her"

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            https://bookwalker.jp/deceaba20e-cdfd-4d81-b031-74e7c3b912bf/?acode=WpfPW3yk

            It has something to do with the devil and someone having an

            spoiler

            .

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              Hyferzftw @Terrence
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              @terrence sign me up. Haven’t read a full romance series yet.

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                Hyferzftw @Aruseus493
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                @aruseus493 I really want to read the first one you mentioned. One day I hope.

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                • Drone205D
                  Drone205 Premium Member
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                  here are some that seems like they would be interesting or stuff I would like.

                  Fairy Tale of the Strategist from Another World
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                  Hero Blessed by the Demon King, the Largest Human Traitor!?
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                  Humans are the Strongest Race
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                  I’m a NEET but When I Went to Hello Work I Got Taken to Another World
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                  Konjiki no Moji Tsukai
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                  • DTTAD
                    DTTA Premium Member
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                    Gosh, I wish someone would translate Hello Work. The Fan Translator stopped translating on the web page due to ... something with some people maybe, but he moved it to Patreon-only. I'm more than willing to buy, but Patreons for fan translations make me uncomfortable, so haven't seen it since.

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                      Hyferzftw @Drone205
                      last edited by Hyferzftw

                      @drone205 what’s the last one about? Seems like a guardian protecting a child or maybe a father. Also the second one seems like a fun read. Idk but I can see it being a comedy.

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                      • TerrenceT
                        Terrence Premium Member @Drone205
                        last edited by Terrence

                        @drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:

                        Fairy Tale of the Strategist from Another World

                        I posted this one recently during the "unique hair colors" theme, ha ha. You don't see green haired characters as lead romantic gal too often, especially a green haired maid (usually blue after Rem).

                        @drone205 said in Novel pick-up requests:

                        I’m a NEET but When I Went to Hello Work I Got Taken to Another World

                        Oh god no. Two blondes on cover 1... Two. The blonde take over at JNC would start up again in earnest. T.T

                        @hyferzftw said in Novel pick-up requests:

                        @drone205 what’s the last one about? Seems like a guardian protecting a child or maybe a father. Also the second one seems like a fun read. Idk but I can see it being a comedy.

                        spoiler
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                        • myskarosM
                          myskaros Staff @Hyferzftw
                          last edited by myskaros

                          @hyferzftw No offense to @Terrence's attempt (good effort!), but that stock summary really doesn't describe what it's about at all >_>

                          5 people are transported to another world, 4 of them are friends and agree to help the human kingdom fight the demons and the beastmen, but the 5th, Hiiro, has the title "Innocent Bystander" and is just a random classmate, unassociated with other 4. He is suspicious of the kingdom's motives, so he opts to leave and travel on his own. He finds out that he has "Word Magic," which basically allows him to write words and gain that effect, which is even more powerful since he can use Japanese kanji. In his travels, he meets various people of various factions and discovers that the relations between the 3 races is not what the human king would have them believe.

                          It's a good story, I read most of the WN fanlation. I would say it's most similar to Arifureta, except no open harem, Hiiro isn't as over-the-top overpowered like Hajime is, and there's no emo edginess "man against the world" to it.

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

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                            Hyferzftw @myskaros
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                            @myskaros Ty.

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                              paulnamida
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                              Damn, is that art by Sameda Koban?? I now have to read Hello Work...

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                              • TerrenceT
                                Terrence Premium Member @myskaros
                                last edited by Terrence

                                @myskaros said in Novel pick-up requests:

                                @hyferzftw No offense to @Terrence's attempt (good effort!)

                                That wasn't my effort, unfortunately. I didn't even read it, hence the spoiler tag (I don't look at synopses if I can help it). x)

                                It was from here:

                                https://myanimelist.net/manga/82401/Konjiki_no_Word_Master__Yuusha_Yonin_ni_Makikomareta_Unique_Cheat


                                Kodansha has a big sale going on on Bookwalker. So I'm looking through some of their stuff.

                                This one looks Death Game esque? Like Fate Extra? IDK.

                                "World Wide War I"

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                                https://bookwalker.jp/dedf7f0ee4-6b52-44f0-974c-3b3587655d4d/?acode=WpfPW3yk

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                                  Kite-XX @myskaros
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                                  @myskaros I find the story good, particularly Hiiro, his character is refreshing as I’ve seen a lot of protagonists of isekai stories with common character personalities establish harems, but he is competent, yet dense to other’s affection towards him and is a “travel-at-my own-pace” character who wants to live his own life freely in another world. Also, in the fan-translation for the light novel, despite having overpowered Magic, he still faces difficult obstacles that he risk his life to overcome (particularly over trivial reasons). To summarize, I like protagonist’s unique character, facing challenges along his journey, and also, I love the tsukkomis in the interactions that Hiiro causes.

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                                  • TerrenceT
                                    Terrence Premium Member
                                    last edited by Terrence

                                    This one has been getting some big promotion. It's technically a novel label, but it's an Isekai with beautiful cover art and full color insert images at the start of the book. It even has an English title on the cover:

                                    "The Hero is Invincible, but 'Too Cautious'"

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                                    https://bookwalker.jp/debe23a431-21ac-4760-924d-208f3abb8c3d/?acode=WpfPW3yk

                                    Appears to be a comedy about a hero who over prepares (the insert shows him wanting to buy 3 sets of the same armor; a spare, and a spare for the spare).

                                    Publisher is Kadokawa. So along with it being a novel, that's, like, two strikes against JNC getting it. T.T

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                                    • Shiroi HaneS
                                      Shiroi Hane Premium Member
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                                      I seem to recall that, when I was looking into fan translations to find suggestions for this very thread, Word Master was the first breath of fresh air in that it was actually readable English. Although, having a good fan TL can be a demerit in terms of Sam picking it up.

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                                      • myskarosM
                                        myskaros Staff @Shiroi Hane
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                                        @shiroi-hane said in Novel pick-up requests:

                                        Although, having a good fan TL can be a demerit in terms of Sam picking it up.

                                        Depends if the TLer is willing to play ball with JNC!

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

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                                        • TerabyteT
                                          Terabyte @myskaros
                                          last edited by

                                          @myskaros said in Novel pick-up requests:

                                          Depends if the TLer is willing to play ball with JNC!

                                          It depends also if they have a Patreon or something similar too I guess. That's kind of a grey area.

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                                          • Paul NebelingP
                                            Paul Nebeling Premium Member @Terabyte
                                            last edited by

                                            @terabyte @myskaros Sam actually did say something to me on the subject. Improving one's ability to translate and having a love for the subject were in there.

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