Novel pick-up requests
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@terrence The fact that many series exist just to be sales boosters for LN actually causes me to avoid shows. I have watched 2 shows this year, 1 last year and 1 the year before. And that was after a 4 year skip of all current anime.
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@jampodevral said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence The fact that many series exist just to be sales boosters for LN actually causes me to avoid shows. I have watched 2 shows this year, 1 last year and 1 the year before. And that was after a 4 year skip of all current anime.
This year is pretty rough. Best shows are mostly LN or visual novel adaptations, so lots of skipping those for the original source.
I am watching that MMO Junkie one since I believe it's based on an anime. Mori-Mori-chan best of the year! xP
Justus R Stone released his weekly top ten selling LNs in Japan video. Only one LN returning, so lots of new stuff, majority not licensed.
Most interesting titles for me were the new series by the Konosuba author, the farmer Isekai, and the Cooking for Mercenaries Isekai.
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@terrence
Glad to see Pupil and Rokujouma there. I never knew how well Rokujouma really did in japan other than that it had to at least be doing adequate to reach 27 volumes. -
@john-collins Rokujouma is the best seller series from HJ Bunko. It always appear on Oricon chart on the first week of it's release before disappear from the list next week.
In fact on it's 10th anniversary Yurika is chosen as poster girl for HJ Bunko.
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@neoankara
Oh wow neat, and yurika of all people hah. -
I don't now if anyone has requested it yet but I figure that since there is nothing like it in the current lineup and given that it appears to be fairly popular it might be a good bet for this site to pick up.
http://www.novelupdates.com/series/me-her-and-the-ballistic-weaponry/
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Personally, I would like to see:
Dantalian no Shoka
Shakugan no Shana (only 2 volumes were ever licensed, and I think it's 20+ volumes)
Boogiepop Series
Shigofumi
Ben-To
Kenja no Deshi wo Nanoru Kenja
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@ren-chan said in Novel pick-up requests:
Personally, I would like to see:
Boogiepop SeriesBoogiepop getting re-released digitally right now. Hope the rest of those get picked up if the digital sales are ok.
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I hadn't heard about that, that makes me very happy :D
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I've requested this before I'm sure, as well as it's probably one of my requests from the survey, but I feel the need to do this again since I'm currently re-watching the anime adaptation.
Aru Origin Story Time. A long time ago in on a computer far far away. An Aru before he was the Arifureta Crusading Quality Warrior you see probably him as today. An Aru still less than 5 years into anime. This Aru has found love in romance series. However, he ran into sad endings constantly. Romance series constantly ending with broken hearts in love triangles.
In the mass consumption of just about anything with the romance genre, Aru came across a series and started it like usual. This series wasn't the usual though. Within the first episode alone, a confession rang out. And it was directed at 4 heroines simultaneously. This protagonist refused to be wishy washy right off the bat and immediately declared his intent for the harem ending in which all heroines end up happy. And thus the Harem Lover Aru was born. This was the series that made Aruseus493 the Harem loving maniac he is today. This is Seitokai no Ichizon.
Over the years, I've watched and re-watched this series numerous times. When I had once won the 20,000 yen in one of the Bookwalker raffles, I immediately leaped onto the manga and loved every bit of it. When the first volume of the LN was translated, I fell in love with it again. I even stalked the sequel manga to completion and every iteration of the series continues to be vastly different as the author truly goes all out in making every medium a unique experience which constantly pokes fun at the other adaptations and original. Sadly though, only one volume of the LN has ever been fully translated and I wish every day for the series to get licensed.
The author of Seitokai no Ichizon is absolutely great at turning tropes on their head. He showed that harems don't have to end in sadness of the majority of the heroines. And he even went onto write the recent romcom hit known as Gamers! which re-purposes misunderstandings often cringed at into comedy tools while driving forward the romance.
So here I am once again requesting Seitokai no Ichizon while recommending that anyone that hasn't seen the anime that likes romcoms/harems to absolutely watch the anime as well.
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@ren-chan said in Novel pick-up requests:
Personally, I would like to see:
Dantalian no Shoka
Yes please!
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my pick up requests are LN that have a low chance of getting picked up by other companies such as Yen-On(AKA no anime or unpopular anime or just has not been picked up in years):
Listen to Me, Girls, I’m Your Father!
Seitokai No Ichizon - Student Councils Discretion
Chivalry of a Failed Knight
Kino's Journey
Mushoku Tensei
Only Sense Online
The Familiar of Zero
She Professed Herself The Pupil Of The Wiseman
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@drone205 I sooo second both PapaKiki and the author's previous series, Mayoi Neko Overrun. Why did you leave us so early Tomohiro-sensei??
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@drone205
Seconded on She professed herself the Pupil of course. :V
As for Kino's journey I once had interest in. I still have the first volume tokyopop published(Under Kino no tabi), before it got axed for varying reasons I believe, which were all TPs fault if I'm correct. -
Mythical Spirit Chronicle (Seirei Gensouki) [especially wanna read this one]
+1 on She Professed Herself the Pupil of the Wiseman
Golden Wordmaster - (something about it has seemingly killed off many translators for the web novel leaving much desire to continue reading)
The Seed of Evolution (Shinka no Mi)
The Reincarnated Person Doesn't Want to Cheat
The Wrong Way to use Healing Magic
I’m a NEET but When I Went to Hello Work I Got Taken to Another World
Kanna no Kanna (Kanna the godless?)
+1 Only Sense Online
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I would definitely like J Novel to pick up Chivalry of a Failed Knight and High School DxD.
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Figured I'd mention Yen-On picked up Suka Suka World End and some random LN license (Defeating the Demon-Lord's a Cinch if You Have a Ringer).
Also, Justus R Stone uploaded the top ten selling light novels of the week, and this starts with some non-localized stuff (7 new titles to the top ten list too), including the Isekai tale of a 29 year old.
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@terrence also SAO alternative gun gale
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@rahul-balaggan said in Novel pick-up requests:
@terrence also SAO alternative gun gale
And some random Final Fantasy 7 book. =P
True Tenchi Myou novels coming courtesy of Seven Seas.
Vertical has their panel tomorrow, so maybe we'll get something there? Fingers crossed.
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I’ll definitely be getting the WorldEnd LN. That anime was fantastic.
