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    • TerabyteT
      Terabyte
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      I wonder what happened. There's also a third (not licensed) title that's changing publisher, too.

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        Village Idiot Premium Member
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        Wonder how this will affect the current English licenses.

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        • DoubleMangekyoD
          DoubleMangekyo
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          Updated title:

          Welcome to the Diner of the Exiled! -----> Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!

          https://twitter.com/TentaiBooks/status/1324695915463086086

          My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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          • DoubleMangekyoD
            DoubleMangekyo
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            Newly added titles (Yen On):
            If the RPG World Had Social Media
            The King of Death at the Dark Palace
            Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below
            5 Centimeters per Second

            My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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              Korppi Premium Member @DoubleMangekyo
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              @DoubleMangekyo said in English licenses sorted by JP publisher:

              Newly added titles (Yen On):
              If the RPG World Had Social Media
              The King of Death at the Dark Palace
              Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below
              5 Centimeters per Second

              Only one I didn't know what it was about and couldn't find an English info link for. Here's the description, from BookWalker for If the RPG World Had Social Media, machine-translated;

              On his memorable 16th birthday, the brave man is woken up on social media by his mother and goes < straight to chat talk with the king.
              He hears about the captive princess's whereabouts in the chat and sets off to defeat the Demon King, but the Demon King, who declared war on the chat, is a girl who is not good at interpersonal interaction ......!
              Interesting chat with unique characters and disappointing heroes, including a shy demon king (girl), a four-tenant king who dotes on the demon king, and a yuri princess who is attracted to the demon king!
              A collection of everyday short stories in Part 1, 55 stories with a number of new stories written. There's also some hollies.

              Hollies?

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              • DoubleMangekyoD
                DoubleMangekyo
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                Newly added titles (Sol Press):
                The Game Master has Logged In to Another World
                Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party
                I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage

                My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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                • LottelieseL
                  Lotteliese
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                  Does Seven Seas currently hold licenses from Square Enix?

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                  • TerabyteT
                    Terabyte
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                    Seriously? SolSlow Press still can't reliably release new volumes of their current series but they're still licensing new ones?

                    Not to mention I fail yet again to see what's the point of licensing a series (GM Logged) which has been on hiatus for 3 years (and the WN, too, has been on hiatus for at least 1 year). I was actually interested in the other 2 series, but I've lost any hope now...

                    That said, I've seen a lot of Micro Magazine titles being licensed lately.

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                    • DoubleMangekyoD
                      DoubleMangekyo @Lotteliese
                      last edited by DoubleMangekyo

                      @Lotteliese They do now.
                      As of volume 14, Abilities Average will be published by Square Enix in Japan.

                      Also, for questions like these you can just check the OP.
                      Seven Seas titles are tagged with [SSE].

                      My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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                      • GamenG
                        Gamen Premium Member @Korppi
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                        @Korppi said in English licenses sorted by JP publisher:

                        Hollies?

                        ホロリ... Sad/sentimental stories? But I'm not going to put any confidence in that since I don't know nothing about Japanese social media >.>

                        My talking sword has a point. And is also right.

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                        • Aruseus493A
                          Aruseus493 @Terabyte
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                          @Terabyte

                          I fail yet again to see what's the point of licensing a series (GM Logged) which has been on hiatus for 3 years

                          Same reason Sam licenses stuff with only a single volume out so far. The license itself is probably cheap.

                          I've seen a lot of Micro Magazine titles being licensed lately.

                          MicroMagazine is making a big push this year to dump as much of their catalogue as possible onto the western market. (Regardless of publication status) They've gotten a taste of that foreign money from stuff like Tensei Slime and they want more.

                          My Light Novel List

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                          • K
                            Kyon7 @DoubleMangekyo
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                            @DoubleMangekyo said in English licenses sorted by JP publisher:

                            Let This Grieving Soul Retire! Woe is the Weakling Who Leads the Strongest Party

                            It's a new series by the author of Defeating the Demon Lord’s a Cinch (If You’ve Got a Ringer) so I'm happy, but SOL Press... Well, at least vol.1 will be this year (probably):

                            Currently available for pre-order.
                            Available December 28th.

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                              Village Idiot Premium Member @Kyon7
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                              @Kyon7 so is Defeating the Demon Lord’s a Cinch (If You’ve Got a Ringer) still going to continue or is it a dead series?

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                                Kyon7 @Village Idiot
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                                @Village-Idiot
                                Honestly I don't have an answer to that. But it seems the author is slooooowly writing the next volume on the WN website.

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                                • DoubleMangekyoD
                                  DoubleMangekyo
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                                  Newly added titles (JNC):
                                  Are You Okay With a Slightly Older Girlfriend?
                                  She's the Cutest... But We're Just Friends!
                                  My Friend's Little Sister Has It In For Me!
                                  The Ideal Sponger Life
                                  The Apothecary Diaries

                                  My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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                                  • Silver Sugar DuchessS
                                    Silver Sugar Duchess
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                                    I'm very happy about the The Apothecary Diaries Iicense, but the other ones don't interest me...

                                    💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖

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                                    • lighthawk96L
                                      lighthawk96 Premium Member
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                                      Glad to see we're getting Ideal Sponger Life. Love the manga but really eager to dig into the light novel.

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                                      • HyperionH
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                                        I'm sooooo happy for Apothecary Diaries. I have been asking and wishing and hoping for it for a long time. I'm also super excited for more rom-coms, and Sponger Life has the politics I've been longing for more of too. All in all, best licensing event for me in a long time. You guys are the best!

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                                          Lex Member @DoubleMangekyo
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                                          @DoubleMangekyo said in English licenses sorted by JP publisher:

                                          Newly added titles (JNC):
                                          Are You Okay With a Slightly Older Girlfriend?

                                          Great news! I love this series.

                                          My Friend's Little Sister Has It In For Me!
                                          The Ideal Sponger Life

                                          These two I started reading some time ago but never gone past the beginning, maybe this time will be different.
                                          The others I'll check to see if they might be if my liking.

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                                          • GamenG
                                            Gamen Premium Member @lighthawk96
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                                            @lighthawk96 said in English licenses sorted by JP publisher:

                                            Love the manga but really eager to dig into the light novel.

                                            But wow is it going to take a few books to catch up to the comic... volume 10 of the comic roughly corresponds to volume 7 of the books...

                                            My talking sword has a point. And is also right.

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