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    • Paul NebelingP
      Paul Nebeling Premium Member @Terrence
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      @terrence Not much to go on, but the cover looks good. Did you see a story synopsis?

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        Terrence Premium Member @Paul Nebeling
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        @paul-nebeling said in Novel pick-up requests:

        @terrence Not much to go on, but the cover looks good. Did you see a story synopsis?

        Sounds like humans are bred to be like one of those extremophile creatures that survive extreme temps to solve the overpopulation problem.

        "The deterioration of the living environment due to population increase, meaning the crisis of survival. In order to avoid this, a highly secret project - "Azael plan" will be invoked that builds new human beings that can survive even in environments unsuitable for survival by raising the ability of human beings adapt to the environment. However, due to the human genome interference by the virus, the result was the creatures / zones of human eating ("Thanks Google Translate... Guessing Zombies are created? Or a monster named Zone eats the people? Idk?")

        (Some character background for the MC)

        spoiler

        "

        Since I found it inbetween Requiem for the Phantom (Requiem of Inferno) and Blassereiter... I have certain ideas about what kind of drama it'll have. But who knows.

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          Kite-XX
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          Any interests in "Chihou Kishi Hans no Junan"
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          Here's a link to the RAW. You can sample 3 chapters of all 7 volumes (and the full volume if you have an account on the site).
          alphapolis

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          • DTTAD
            DTTA Premium Member
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            Oooh.

            I read the manga, wasn't aware it was a LN too. Hans would be awesome. :)

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            • TerrenceT
              Terrence Premium Member
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              I like pompadours. So yes!

              Speaking of bros / anikis, I saw one where a guy ended up inviting the hot foreign exchange student to his house... But it was a guy, and a muscle head for that matter. Didn't look Yaoi though because there was a cute red head he's trying to impress in the inserts. xP

              Edit: Found It! This'll never come stateside. xD

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              Train ...... Muscles do not betray!

              Kimura Yusuke who lives a lonely life in semi-truancy has applied for a newly established "love life protection" established by counselor's advice.
              It was supposed to be a happy girl with a compatible favorite girl ... It was supposed to be happy ... but on the promised day, it was not a girl who came to the house, it was an uninhibited machineo "Aniki"! On the other hand, Luoji Temple, which should originally appear, appears as a transfer student, but everything is different from Yusuke's preference.
              Aniki who settled in the house, a transfer student who rejected Yusuke (Yuri), and a classmate and Matsukasa (Matsukasa) a thistle who approached with a secret ... .... A mystery calls a mystery, and sweat of Aniki blows off!
              Can you make love for Yusuke! What? All the answers lie ahead of muscle training!
              A healthy story that boys and girls and one macho weave.
              High tension, muscle, love comment Deliver here! !

              The first volume released in 2014, the second in 2016. Curious if it's a completed series. That's always so difficult to tell. =[

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              • TerrenceT
                Terrence Premium Member
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                I don't know if this is "holy copyright Batman!" or "holy fair use Batman!", but this series has Minecraft creeper gear and homage to that game in its color insert.

                クラスのギャルとゲーム実況
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                If we can't get Gamers!, I'd take this. Unfortunately, it's Kadokawa. =[

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                  Kite-XX @Terrence
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                  @terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:

                  Unfortunately, it's Kadokawa.

                  Really disappointed that LNs licensed by Kadokawa aren't up for grabs so easily. Besides Kadokawa, what other companies should we be wary of that licensed LN?

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                  • Rahul BalagganR
                    Rahul Balaggan Staff @Kite-XX
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                    @kite-xx

                    SoftBank
                    Kyoani
                    Alphapolis

                    Those are publishers that have some issues with licensing or issues with licensing only the light novel adaptation or issues with licensing digital only.

                    Beyond that there are other publishers that JNC just hasn’t acquired any licenses from, but I can’t say whether or not they would be open to licensing like Hero Bunko

                    So far we got HJ Bunko, Over-Lap, and Kodansha

                    Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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                    • TerrenceT
                      Terrence Premium Member
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                      @kite-xx said in Novel pick-up requests:

                      @terrence said in Novel pick-up requests:

                      Unfortunately, it's Kadokawa.

                      Really disappointed that LNs licensed by Kadokawa aren't up for grabs so easily. Besides Kadokawa, what other companies should we be wary of that licensed LN?

                      Justus R Stone, in one of his light novel videos, was talking about one recently that he said got scared to bring anything stateside after their initial failings. I forget which licenses / what publisher that was though. Might have been an arm of Kadokawa that we can't even expect Yen-On or Bookwalker to publish. Maybe the one that wrote Gamers!

                      Have any Novel Zero novels made it stateside? I should check that. Oh, that's a Kadokawa label too... T_T

                      Anything super raunchy is obviously out immediately too I think.

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

                      @kite-xx

                      SoftBank
                      Kyoani
                      Alphapolis

                      Ah, Arigato!

                      I should probably start looking at getting some of these publisher's titles from Bookwalker JP.

                      I feel like Overlap is a pretty good get for JNC.

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                        Jaquobus Premium Member @Rahul Balaggan
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                        @rahul-balaggan jnc has deals with more publishers: PHP Institute (Ao Oni, Yume Nikki), and the Watafuta one.

                        You can't spell Keikaku without Kei – Vote for Sagrada Reset!

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                        • TerrenceT
                          Terrence Premium Member
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                          Would Bookwalker links for labels help anyone? Here's PHP Institute's.

                          https://bookwalker.jp/company/24/

                          Looks like none of their works can be purchased there if you live outside Japan. =[

                          I saw another Ao-Oni book. Curious what that's about.

                          Edit: Actually, they list the Ao-Oni we got as having 4 books in a series. Curious about those.


                          So Kodansha is possible? I've been looking at these three.

                          1. Looks like a Romance triangle? Release is very recent.

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                          1. Mystery lit? One volume released years back.

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                          1. Alien takes control of (male?) love interest. Very recent volume 1 release.

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                          I'm trying to pick and choose my purchased books based on whether I think they'll come stateside. I feel like the Mother Isekai from Kadokawa should be brought over at some point, but I don't think the 30 year old Isekai will be... but I'd rather invest in the shorter series currently. Prove me wrong about 30 year Isekai Yen Press / Bookwalker! xC

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                            Terrence Premium Member
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                              Kite-XX @Rahul Balaggan
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                              @rahul-balaggan said in Novel pick-up requests:

                              SoftBank
                              Kyoani
                              Alphapolis

                              Don't know much of the first two publishers, but I thought Alphapolis was okay when I asked about "Chihou Kishi Hans no Junan" and "Spirit Migration".

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                              • Rahul BalagganR
                                Rahul Balaggan Staff @Kite-XX
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                                @kite-xx I see the previous conversation you are referring to. Thy user said that Alphapolis is not related to Kadokawa so it “shouldn’t” be a problem.

                                However they are still reluctant to license their novels.

                                All we know is that they were approached for potential licensing but they never replied.

                                Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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                                  Aruseus493 @Rahul Balaggan
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                                  @rahul-balaggan
                                  They've licensed out some of their manga. Re:Monster to Seven Seas and Gate to Sekai Project. (Although they might become even more sour to licensing since Sekai Project has seriously dropped the ball.) At least for English. Apparently France is almost caught up with the Gate manga.

                                  It might be something LN specific too.

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                                  • Rahul BalagganR
                                    Rahul Balaggan Staff @Aruseus493
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                                    @aruseus493 I would consider licensing manga and licensing light novels to be 2 separate beasts and all we have on the light novel side is the fact that they were reached out to for licensing and then nothing.

                                    Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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                                      Kite-XX @Rahul Balaggan
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                                      @rahul-balaggan
                                      "Sighhh." Geez, who knew licensing would have all these complications and somewhat. At this rate, I'll be out of light novels I want to mention here. And just a curious question, what of Square Enix? How are they involved in manga and light novels?

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                                      • NeoNoireN
                                        NeoNoire
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                                        Personally I want Isekai Mahou wa Okureteru to get official translations.

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                                        • TerrenceT
                                          Terrence Premium Member
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                                          Hey look, it's Haru and Yume.

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                                          (Crisis Gear)

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                                            _08 @Terrence
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                                            @terrence That's Souma, though.

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