Novel pick-up requests
-
@aruseus493 Considering Uchi-Musume is based in a fantasy world I wouldn't really catagorize it as slice of life series either and thinking about it Gamers really is more of a romantic comedy than a slice of life series. Though since it lacks any supernatural hi jinks that we see in so many light novels nowadays I would still say it has slice of life elements.
-
@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:
If people are looking to learn about series that aren't in English to suggest here, Justus R Stone posted a new video on the top selling volumes in Japan for the past week, and there's lots of ones most people have probably never heard of.
I want the craftsmen Isekai, and the one with the 40 year old dude. xD
Yeah, they both seem pretty fun - I would definitely read both of these! I had a quick google and they're both Kadokawa though so probably a no-go though from JNC. :(
Edit: I'm sure this has been brought up before but what are the odds of Arcadia Garden being picked up? It's Overlap but has multiple authors (the first volume says there will be 10 authors for the series) so I don't know whether that complicates things or not. I'd like to see more from Kanata Yanagino so I'm interested in this.
-
I think you guys should take a look at Shinka No Mi, The Evolution Fruit – Conquering Life Unknowingly.
-
I'd wish for Sagrada Reset, though that's Kadokawa and therefore unlikely.
-
Not sure if Im posting something already requested but here goes,
Any chance you guys might pick up
"Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu"
Vol 1 cover
Vol 2 cover
To my knowledge Kodansha holds the license as well.
Its currently being translated by https://isekaicyborg.wordpress.com/
however his early translations for the novels are really rough around the edges.
His manga translations for the series are far more passable however.Its basically your typical, roleplay, shut-in, NEET gets summoned to the world based on the game he plays as a demon king, however when he gets there due to his social awkwardity, he basically has to keep up his role-play shindig so nobody finds out hes in fact a social trainwreck. So far from what I can tell its minor healing, mostly comedy action adventure with harem hijinks.
8 volumes are currently out I believe.
-
@bryan yeah, I'm hoping for that too, since importing the books to my country raises the cost by 50-60%
-
@bryan unfortunately Hachette are only listing a physical release for "That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime" at present.
@john-collins
Not sure if Im posting something already requested but here goes,
Any chance you guys might pick up
"Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu"I actually picked up Slavemagic on a whim a while back because the art was pretty. I was worried about the "slave" part, but having more recently tracked down a translation it's not even as bad as Shield Hero in that regard and no worse than Death March. The sexual content is another matter though...
Official site: http://www.isekaimaou.com/
-
Im not sure if Seraph of the Ens even has a LN but id love to see one
-
@phobes Seraph of the end has 2 Light Novel series that I am aware of.
1 series is licensed by Vertical Inc. - Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen, and they are releasing the volumes in 2 - in - 1 editions.
The other series is not yet licensed. - Seraph of the End: The Story of Vampire Mikaela
Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
J-Novel Club, Future Volume Release Schedule
Manga FAQ
Premium Content List -
@rahul-balaggan Ah yes thats right now I remember once I read "Guren Ichinose". Thanks!
-
@shiroi-hane
I also picked it up on a whim because of the art.
Yeah I'm aware it starts to get lewd by volume 3 but I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have something a bit different. At the very least from what Ive read of volume 1 it stands on its own. As for the slave thing, as far as I can tell since the whole thing was an accident, so his whole goal is to break the spell, not profit from it, so for the most part its basically moot.
On another note I guess it just bothers me to see a half decent series get destroyed by awful grammer and silly spelling errors, even if its in goodwill. I suppose Warnis's Rokujouma translations have spoiled me even if their not perfect. -
Hey, how about you pick up Kino's Journey since it's getting a new anime and all that stuff? :wink:
Also, it's been quite a while since there have been new licenses, should people be worried?
-
@kino Kino's journey might be difficult to acquire, considering that not only is it a Kadokawa title, but also it has been licensed by Tokyopop back in the day. And while I'm not 100% certain, I recall Tokyopop doing something stupid which aggravated the author, making him wary of further localization.
You can't spell Keikaku without Kei – Vote for Sagrada Reset!
-
@jaquobus said in Novel pick-up requests:
@kino Kino's journey might be difficult to acquire, considering that not only is it a Kadokawa title, but also it has been licensed by Tokyopop back in the day. And while I'm not 100% certain, I recall Tokyopop doing something stupid which aggravated the author, making him wary of further localization.
He seems to be pretty chill since he came as special guest to the Crunchyroll convention, I don't think he'll mind if his series gets published here again, properly. I kind of hope the fact that it was licensed by Tokyopop makes it easier to license.
-
@yankee Definitely need Zero since it's an important tale for DR 2 iirc.
-
Dantalion No Shoka please
-
@kino it's not really the author stopping the acquisition it's the fact that as of right now J-Novel Club just can't license Kadokawa properties.
51% of Yen press is owned by Kadokawa so as of right now Kadokawa pretty much gets first and last dibs.
Regarding licensing something that was once already licensed...because TokyoPop went under and thus Kino's Journey didn't sell it makes it that much harder to license it here.
Japanese publishers don't like failure (no one does) so they would be reluctant to try a title that already "failed" once. Plus the American publishers may be hesitate to license a book series that already "failed" once. In this case it doesn't matter cause J-Novel can't license from the parent company anyway
Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
J-Novel Club, Future Volume Release Schedule
Manga FAQ
Premium Content List -
@yankee said in Novel pick-up requests:
What are the chances of an English release helping to revive a dead series?
Realistically, I think it would have very little impact. Light novels are a niche of a niche in the west so I can't imagine that they sell the kinds of numbers that would be needed. That's also assuming that the series got cancelled in Japan due to sales and not something like the author becoming ill...
-
@yankee from what I could see, seems like the author moved on to the Fantasy/Isekai genre
-
@paulnamida said in Novel pick-up requests:
@yankee from what I could see, seems like the author moved on to the Fantasy/Isekai genre
:cry:
