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      seault Editors @DoubleMangekyo
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      @doublemangekyo

      Ah oops, my bad

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        Kite-XX @Shiroi Hane
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        @shiroi-hane said in Novel pick-up requests:

        @kite-xx there is an illicit translation of Word Master and I seem to recall it being fairly decent (IIRC it was the title where I was so relieved at the quality of the English after sampling so much dross that I went and bought the Japanese ebooks right away). Pretty sure I’ve brought it up in this thread before for that matter.

        was it cloudy translations that translated Konjiki no Word Master you were talking about? I was really disappointed when they stopped in the middle of Volume 3. I prefer the LN over the manga if the series ever get published to the west.

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          Eirhime
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          More isekai ones, I`m reading all of those you already have and would love to get even more.

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          • CynigamiC
            Cynigami @shrike_al
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            @shrike_al
            No, nothing published by Kyoani has ever been licensed.

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              Hyferzftw
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              You guys have such good LN requests I wanna just read them all but if I do that I’ll get interested and end up getting depressed cuz of the hiatus on some LNs :(

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                myskaros Staff @Hyferzftw
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                @hyferzftw said in Novel pick-up requests:

                You guys have such good LN requests I wanna just read them all but if I do that I’ll get interested and end up getting depressed cuz of the hiatus on some LNs :(

                LN delays are nothing. A Dance with Dragons was published in 2011, but there's no inkling on when Winds of Winter will be done. Words of Radiance came out in 2014, and Oathbringer just came out a few weeks ago, meaning the next book might not be out until 2020.

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

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                  Theo Member
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                  I would like to request the light novel Isekai Yakkyoku published by Media Factory.

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                    catstorm Premium Member @myskaros
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                    @myskaros said in Novel pick-up requests:

                    @hyferzftw said in Novel pick-up requests:

                    You guys have such good LN requests I wanna just read them all but if I do that I’ll get interested and end up getting depressed cuz of the hiatus on some LNs :(

                    LN delays are nothing. A Dance with Dragons was published in 2011, but there's no inkling on when Winds of Winter will be done. Words of Radiance came out in 2014, and Oathbringer just came out a few weeks ago, meaning the next book might not be out until 2020.

                    Have a look at this for delayed

                    Obernewtyn (1987)
                    The Farseekers (1990)
                    Ashling (1995)
                    The Keeping Place (1999)
                    The Stone Key (2008)
                    The Sending (2011)
                    The Red Queen (2015)

                    28 years for a 7 book series from Isobelle Carmody.

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                    • myskarosM
                      myskaros Staff @catstorm
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                      @catstorm I know, right? And people in the LN world complain about 4-6 months :)

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

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                        paulnamida
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                        If anything, Tolkien's Unfinished Tales have taught me to never complain about release dates unless the author dies

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                          Hyferzftw @catstorm
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                          @catstorm alright alright I’ll stop complaining. Guess I better start taking Japanese classes or something.

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                          • TerrenceT
                            Terrence Premium Member
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                            I just got my first Japanese novels on Bookwalker to test that out... Though I know no Japanese. xD

                            We have a distinct lack of OL (office lady) focused light novels, so I grabbed this one!

                            美人上司とダンジョンに潜るのは残業ですか?
                            (Are you Working Overtime with a Beautiful Boss and Dungeons?).

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                            Edit: The first chapter is titled "Slime is good for Beauty".

                            Her name is Kuroki Himezo, and the main character is the male employee working under her, Makino. I should try doing a Let's Fumble through Google translation thread.

                            Edit: Read a bit more of this. It's a bit like GATE in that an Isekai kinds of worms it's entrance into our real world. I think dungeons just start popping up in random houses and ruins across Japan, bringing with them monsters.

                            But if my Google translation isn't failing me, this all occurs 30 years prior to the book's start, so there's a long history of its existence. Interesting... Oh, turns out their "job" is dungeon questing. The paperwork probably has to do with their expenses and stuff?

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                              Hyferzftw
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                              Well I like mature characters leads/LNs since I turned to an adult officially myself XD weeks ago.

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                                DTTA Premium Member
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                                This is one reason I like Death March and have a fond spot for Realist Hero. Least Souma is out of HS and starting college when he's summoned.

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                                • TerrenceT
                                  Terrence Premium Member
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                                  Top Ten Light Novels in Japan for this week...

                                  https://youtu.be/3k1_4YL1niU

                                  Just another reminder that we don't have any way to continue Alderamin in English legally. =[

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                                    paulnamida @Terrence
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                                    @terrence wait what?? Why is that?? Alderamin was on my PTR list but with a low priority but ever since the last chapter of the manga, it really got me hanging with that final scene, I need explanations!!!

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                                      Terrence Premium Member @paulnamida
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                                      @paulnamida said in Novel pick-up requests:

                                      @terrence wait what?? Why is that?? Alderamin was on my PTR list but with a low priority but ever since the last chapter of the manga, it really got me hanging with that final scene, I need explanations!!!

                                      It was in the top ten sellers in Japan this week, but no license for the light novel stateside yet is all I'm saying. Dunno which publisher would have to license that one.

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                                        Appalling
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                                        I'm going to go ahead and suggest tie-in novels in general. Whether or not they're as profitable as series, they would go a long way to attracting attention from fans of anime-originals and the like. As an offhand example, Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero has the tie-in novel Nogi Wakaba is a Hero, chronicling the first generation of Heroes(as well as several others).

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                                          DSMK2 Premium Member
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                                          Just started rewatching Bodacious Space Pirates / Miniskirt Space Pirates / Moretsu Pirates / Minisuka Uchū Kaizoku, I consider it a enjoyable light sci-fi series... And it's only now that I notice that it was adapted from a light novel, as with other works. AFAIK It's a completed series as well.

                                          I haven't seen translations of it anywhere, and I think it's relatively recent enough... And it's been mentioned here twice.

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                                          • NicoN
                                            Nico @Appalling
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                                            @appalling Now that you bring that up, I'm very surprised Viz hasn't licensed the Black Clover tie-ins yet since there are characters who appeared in the manga some time ago now, but were introduced in one of those novels.

                                            Also, is this the one the author wrote about in Neechuu's afterword? Sokushi Cheat ga Saikyou Sugite, Isekai no Yatsura ga Marude Aite ni Naranai n desu ga.

                                            I'm interested in it, all the same. Reading a description I could find, apparently used the surname Dannoura in another series, lol.

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