Novel pick-up requests

DTTA

For the record, I'd love Lazy Dungeon Master as well, someone mentioned it somewhere in this thread. It's by Overlap, and we already have Arifureta, Faraway Paladin, Grimgar, and I think one or two more. :)

Eins

@Terrence I just finished Yuuji's backstory in the Labyrinth of Grisaia, and that's probably affecting my thinking, but if that concept was done right, it could be amazing. I'm probably thinking or wanting something far more serious than what it is though.

paulnamida

I was about to request 86, then I realized it was from Dengeki Bunko...

kaitokite

Please pick up this novel "Valhalla's Dinner" great story and comedy in it

ImIlyaz

@terrence I kinda dislike the childish vibe ngl gives of sometimes. But the plot is really good so I can't help myself

And how you desribed your feelings about the Ryou title is EXACTLY how I feel too, lmao.

~~also it's harem~~

Terrence

Justus did a video on Ga Sugoi magazine's rankings for light novels in Japan the past year. This list is pretty indicative of what is popular in Japan, and most of these titles make their way over in some shape or form stateside. Some really interesting stuff in there.

Part 1

https://youtu.be/_jaABABJWlo

Part 2

https://youtu.be/QtgeumfFfnI

Some highlights for me of stuff that hasn't made it over.

Bunko Top 10

86
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/86/

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Tsuki to Raika to Nosferatu
https://myanimelist.net/manga/102850/...
Bokutachi no Remake
https://myanimelist.net/manga/104281/...

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Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/j...
Gamers!
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/g...

Tankoubon top 10:

Honzuki no Gekokujou
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/a....
Mushoku Tensei
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/m...
Yokohama SF
Majo no Tabitabi
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/m...

A Sister's All You need also made the first list; cautiously looking forward to that.

paulnamida

Still wondering when is Mushoku Tensei gonna be licensed... I mean, it's like the highest rated isekai ever (in Japan at least), but somehow Death March, So I'm a Spider and That Time I Reincarnated into a Slime got licensed earlier. It doesn't make sense to me, even though the manga has already been licensed, so it can't be some weird stance like "we don't like our MC to be a little kid having the mind of a 30 year old lusting after childs" since the manga is already out...

myskaros

@paulnamida Don't forget that licensing is a two-way street; there needs to be both someone interested in localizing on the English side, and someone willing to play ball on the Japanese side. I'm sure the English side is very aware of the interest in Mushoku Tensei, but perhaps the license holders have been difficult or unresponsive.

Pantiesraider

I'm having a blast with yume nikki and Ao oni since it was a good breather for me to deviate from the conventional light novel newfangled tropes,therein i would love j-novel to take another bet with licensing more books of this caliber (Horror with a twist of mystery),and the foremost two candidates that i would like to see are:THE WITCH’S HOUSE – DIARY OF ELLEN/ALICE MARE,apparently,said novels had a very positive feedback on amazon,so yeah please bestow upon my request a modicum of consideration onigaishimasu!(Bows frantically)

Terrence

@pantiesraider said in Novel pick-up requests:

THE WITCH’S HOUSE – DIARY OF ELLEN
ALICE MARE

Always welcome to some horror recs (I hope J-Novel folks are receptive to them too). I'll take a look at these later. Actually, is Alice Mare based on an Indie game? That's on STEAM. (Looked up the other one; it also is based on the game The Witch's House).

(I'm sure I want them though if they're dark; Any sort of Corpse Party style books, where characters can and will perish in a spooky setting would be great). :ghost: :jack_o_lantern: :shinto_shrine: :scream:

I'm going to be definitely downloading the two horror novels with premium creds.

I've mentioned some before, but I want:

Shiki - One of the best classic horror stories in anime form. The book has gotta be interesting.

Danganronpa Zero - I believe this is two novels. It's a pretty important story that I don't think has been told in English officially. Others have also recommended the Kirigiri novels.

Shin Sekai No Yori - I've heard the anime and the books diverge a good deal. The manga is out in English, but I think I would prefer to read the books.

Only I Am Not Attacked In A World Overflowing With Zombies (mentioned above)

And the mystery twins

Subete Ga No F: The Perfect Insider series of novels.

Beautiful Bones: Sakurako-san's Investigation (/ A Corpse Lies Beneath Sakurako-san's Feet).

Cynigami

@terrence

Second Shiki, Shinsekai Yori and DR Zero.

Terrence

Looking up horror Light Novels. This seems fun.

Bringing the Supermarket to the Apocalypse - Main character and their super market get transported to an Apocalyptic setting.

Something with a Yandere could be interesting too. Not a huge fan of the trope, but, we got nothing featuring them (not too many Tsunderes either). Are any of the Yandere novels decent? I'm seeing Chronicles of an Extreme Yandere on the list I'm looking at.

I still want my "Death Need Round" restaurant mascot assassination novels too. 🍔

Rahul Balaggan

@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:

Bringing the Supermarket to the Apocalypse - Main character and their super market get transported to an Apocalyptic setting.

But do they continue doing their day to day supermarket duties, helping customers restocking shelves prepare bentos...or do they switch to survival mode?

Terrence

@rahul-balaggan said in Novel pick-up requests:

@terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:

Bringing the Supermarket to the Apocalypse - Main character and their super market get transported to an Apocalyptic setting.

But do they continue doing their day to day supermarket duties, helping customers restocking shelves prepare bentos...or do they switch to survival mode?

Why not both? Probably can restock the shelves with some new supplies courtesy of the bioengineered livestock created from nuclear fallout, like 2 headed cows and 3 eyed fish. :laughing:

Rahul Balaggan

@terrence hmmmmm, if they still operate the supermarket like usual then I would wanna read it, but if they just switch to survival mode and barricade the market set up an HQ and stockpile the supplies to try and survive I would probably pass.

Terrence

@rahul-balaggan said in Novel pick-up requests:

@terrence hmmmmm, if they still operate the supermarket like usual then I would wanna read it, but if they just switch to survival mode and barricade the market set up an HQ and stockpile the supplies to try and survive I would probably pass.

Reviewer says it's mostly a "pseudo-Cultivation novel based in the "modern" world". Take that how you like. It's also a Chinese web novel now that I look, so ehh, probably not great chances to make it stateside.

alocervancouver

Hopefully someone picks up, Humanity Has Declined (was a possibility from the clues last time) and Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou. The ones that I think are good (I would easily pay for them), but will stay at fan translations are Risou no Himo Seikatsu and Tsuki Tsuki (although the fan translations are of publishable quality).

ImIlyaz

@alocervancouver said in Novel pick-up requests:

Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou.

Yes I second this one(well duhh)!

Aardvark

Majo no Tabitabi please and thank you

Vide

I request:

Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita.

GC novels

Description:

When he realized it, the protagonist was in another "game-like" world and had become a sword that was stabbed in the ground in a great forest, overrun with beasts. At least, that was until he met with a cat girl that was about to be attacked by a bear type beast.

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Hajimari no Mahoutsukai

Fujimi Fantasia Bunko

Description:

In an age long lost to legend and myth.

In an age where humans had still yet to establish a system of writing.

It’s said that there existed a Magus in a country named Scarlet.

It’s said that he imparted knowledge concerning language and writing, taught how to cultivate the lands, instructed the ways of raising animals, and brought about the gift—nay, the magic of fire.

It’s said that he was a dauntless youth, a dragon clad in scarlet red scales, a person worshiped far and wide.

It’s said that this man was the God of Civilization.

Yet strangely, his name had been virtually wiped from the records.

Therefore, he was simply referred to as—

—The Magus of Genesis.