Novel pick-up requests
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@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
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@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...
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@yankee from what I could see, seems like the author moved on to the Fantasy/Isekai genre
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@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:
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I'd posted this in the wrong place. Wondered where it had gone:
It's Kadokawa/Media Factory but Kusoge Online seems interesting. It's a full dive MMO setting, but in a early game of the genre that is not only incomplete but also hopelessly broken (the main character is roped into trying to fix it).
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Cheat Majutsu de Unmei wo Nejifuseru
One of Tsukiyo Rui-sensei's interlinked titles (Including Elf Tensei, Kaifuku Jutsushi, Okashi Shokunin and probably Maou-sama no Machizukuri). This one is direct sequel to Elf Tensei featuring one of the previous MC's daughter.
Nepustation's GM Rusaku did some translation on it until a while ago where a jerk upset him and caused him to stop entirely. I'm still wishing someone would pick it up.
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I really suggest the LN: Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! written by Tomohiro Matsu.
A "slice of life" novel that worthy to read. I've waited for this LN to be translated for more than 7 years. -
I would like better Tomohiro Matsu's earlier series, Mayoi Neko Overrun, to be translated. Always wanted to read that one even more than PapaKiki
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I would love to see
At the Northern Fort!
By Mikuni TsukasaIts a lovely Slice-of-Life reincarnation!
A young girl got reincarnated as a little white Snow-Fox spirit. It is just so fluffy and cute <3 -
Lately I've been craving Slice of Life stuff, we need more of that stuff!
I need to fill the hole "flying witch" anime left in me. I don't have any specific titles in mind, anything should qork as long as it's relaxing and cute I guess :p
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@imilyaz said in Novel pick-up requests:
Lately I've been craving Slice of Life stuff, we need more of that stuff!
I need to fill the hole "flying witch" anime left in me.
Flying Witch manga is out.
But yeah, bring on the slice of life LNs...
And romantic real life drama.
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@shinberoy This seems to be of interest to me too, fluffy and cute are perfect discriptors for what I want in some of my light novels!
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@terrence ye volume 3 juat got released. Though i think it's still not yet caught up to the anime or just ended where the anime stopped
But like you said, more SoL!
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@rahul-balaggan said in Novel pick-up requests:
@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
@rahul-balaggan not really a valid argument imo because it's not that Kino failed because it didn't sell as a particular title, it's because light novels failed in general to sell in previous attempts to bring LN's over
and yes, I know Kadokawa titles are unavailable for now, but the reality is that they have the best stuff when it comes to LN's, so hopefully other companies can license their stuff sooner or later
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@kino In my opinion it doesn't matter what the circumstances of the title failing were, a failure is a failure regardless.
No company in the world wants to show failure and if it happened once they would be more hesitate at least to try again.
If it Kino gets licensed great, but right now (and for the foreseeable future) it is probably low on the totem pole.
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@rahul-balaggan said in Novel pick-up requests:
@kino In my opinion it doesn't matter what the circumstances of the title failing were, a failure is a failure regardless.
Pretty much this. Not only do the companies involved in the licensing have to worry about the fact that this was previously a "failure," but book distributors also might be hesitant to stock a book that previously didn't sell. It sucks, but those are the optics of the industry.
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@rahul-balaggan said in Novel pick-up requests:
@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
@myskaros said in Novel pick-up requests:
@rahul-balaggan said in Novel pick-up requests:
@kino In my opinion it doesn't matter what the circumstances of the title failing were, a failure is a failure regardless.
Pretty much this. Not only do the companies involved in the licensing have to worry about the fact that this was previously a "failure," but book distributors also might be hesitant to stock a book that previously didn't sell. It sucks, but those are the optics of the industry.
Mobile Suit Gundam: the Origin was a complete failure when it got initially published and now it's one of Vertical's best sellers. Just because something failed in a period where a particular type of titles weren't successful at that point in time, it doesn't mean they can't do well now. I would say Kino is higher up on the totem pole because of the new anime.
Also, it doesn't really make sense to say, it was a failure, so it's pretty much marked for the future as a bad pickup idea for any licensor, especially in a time where everything was going wrong for LN publications in NA with Tokyopop dying being the final nail in the coffin. Couldn't you say the same about light novels in 2009 or before that when they also failed to take off in NA? Then in 2013 Yen Press came at the right time and managed to become the leader in selling light novels in NA because of the popular titles they picked up then, at the right time. Kino is a different kind of novel and I'm sure people would appreciate it, even non-light novel readers, because of how unconventional it is in its presentation as media.
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@kino All we're saying is that your statement of "not really a valid argument because" is not the point, all that matters is whether the companies involved in making a license agreement happen think it's valid.
No one said "it's impossible to be licensed now because it was a failure before," @Rahul-Balaggan simply said it's "harder" and license holders might be "reluctant," and I'm simply saying the fact that it's a previous failure is a legitimate factor to consider in the conversation.
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Fine, I don't really think it's harder to license though. I think we've gotten over that phase when light novels were risky business and looking back at past failures when light novels totally failed might be pointless now, we do know that light novels are super successful right now and started blowing up after Yen Press did things the right way. I think one thing publishers learned is that sometimes, you just need the right timing for something and YP got lucky. I hope the anime encourages YP to license it, since it seems Kadokawa doesn't want to deal with j-novel club because it's one of their main competitors, which is sad, because it limits both companies from getting some of the better light novels out there, sad, but that's just the crappy state of NA manga and light novel licensing. With manga, it's Viz mostly preventing other companies licensing from 3 major distributors because they partially own Viz... Maybe Kadokawa will open up to this platform, but I'm starting to become a non-believer in that and that leaves me with very little light novel content to be interested in, sadly.
