Ascendance of a Bookworm - General Discussion
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Here's an alternative afterlife for Urano. There are quite a few parallels.
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Finally got a piece of merch I ordered back in... December, dang can't believe it's been six months! It was this scarf from SuperGroupies, they have a couple other Bookworm pieces but the scarf was what really charmed me, I love scarves
even if I rarely wear them. Anyways, here's a few pics of it in person! I could tell from the website it would be pretty big but it still surprised me somehow lol. -
IF YOU CLICK ON THE AUTHOR'S TWITTER YOU WILL BE GREETED BY SPIN-OFF RELATED CONTENT!
https://twitter.com/miyakazuki01/status/1820744530100191622
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I thought I'd received a lot of comments in English, and then I discovered that the English translation of the main story was finished today.This is the first time I've seen an announcement that a translated version is complete.
17:51 · Aug 6, 2024https://twitter.com/miyakazuki01/status/1820744659792179373
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Thank you so much to the translator, Mr. Qouf（@Mr_Quof）.
Without your careful translation, we wouldn't have been able to draw so many English-speaking readers into the world of the story.
I think you're the best translator.
Thank you so much.17:52 · Aug 6, 2024
https://twitter.com/miyakazuki01/status/1820744779560538305
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And I would also like to thank all of my readers who looked forward to my updates every Monday.
Thank you for enjoying "Ascendance of a Bookworm."17:52 · Aug 6, 2024
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At the back of Spin-Off Volume 1, which came out earlier this week in Japan, there is a promotional image for Short Story Collection 3. In it they reaffirm their plan for a Winter release (specifically Winter 2024).
2024年冬 発売予定!
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The author's focus seems to be on SSC3 and they're currently hosting a poll on Twitter which one of four potential chapters people want her to write for the volume.
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Today is (at least in my time zone) the one year anniversary of J-Novel Club releasing Part 1 Volume 1 (Part 1) and after just a year we are now at Part 2 Volume 3 (Part 9). Comparing to the web novel fan-translations, after one year they were at web novel chapter 40 which would be in the middle of Part 1 Volume 2.
And now (in my time zone) it's one day after the two year anniversary and they're at Part 3 Volume 5 (Part 5). Again comparing to the web novel fan-translations, after two years they were at web novel chapter 59 which would be about a third of the way into Part 1 Volume 3.
And now (as always, in my time zone) it's the three year anniversary and they're at Part 4 Volume 6 (Part 7). This is final time where I can compare to the original web novel fan-translations since the they ran for almost exactly three years themselves (
2015-12-29-2018-12-24), at their endpoint they were at web novel chapter 96 which is about two thirds of the way into Part 2 Volume 1. The point of the comparison isn't to say that somebody doing it as their hobby is slower than somebody doing it as their job but rather to show just how good the last three years have been for English readers.
Another thing to point out is that in Japan Part 4 Volume 6 came out on2019-03-09so they're one release away from being where Japan was when the light novel was announced (ignoring auxiliary material).Time sure flies. It's now the four year anniversary (in my time zone) and they're at Part 5 Volume 4 (Part 1). This time I'd like to show some four year old messages from the Discord server.
Note: Part 5 Volume 3 is book 24 of the main series.You know the drill. It's the five year anniversary (in my time zone) and they're at Part 5 Volume 10 (Part 3) pre-pub wise, Part 5 Volume 8 eBook wise, and Part 5 Volume 2 physically. This time let’s look at two somewhat comparable light novel releases by Seven Seas and Yen Press (do keep in mind though that J-NC’s workflow is very different).
For Seven Seas we'll look at Mushoku Tensei. The light novel license was announced on
2018-07-08but more importantly for the comparison they released volume 1 physically on2019-05-21(J-Novel Club released Part 1 Volume 1 digitally on2019-05-20and physically on2019-09-03) and released volume 26 (Final) physically just this week (which would correspond to Part 5 Volume 5). If you're interested in the eBook release dates subtract about a month and a half.For Yen Press we'll look at Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town. The light novel license was announced on
2019-03-29and they're currently at volume 14 with volume 15 (Final) scheduled for2024-07-23(which would correspond to Part 4 Volume 2 and Part 4 Volume 3 respectively).Note: Quof apparently began translating the light novel on
2019-01-27.It's the six year anniversary (in my time zone) of J-Novel Club announcing the light novel license and they're at Hannlore's Fifth Year at the Royal Academy Volume 1 (Part 8) pre-pub wise, Part 5 Volume 12 eBook wise, and Part 5 Volume 8 physically. This time let’s look at where the Japanese, Korean, and Traditional Chinese releases were six years after they released Part 1 Volume 1 (since these were the only languages that came out before the English release and I'm not going to search for their announcement dates).
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Japanese: They released Part 1 Volume 1 on
2015-01-25so its six year anniversary was2021-01-25at which point they had released Part 5 Volume 4 (2020-12-10), Fanbook 5 (2020-11-10), Short Story Collection 1 (2019-10-10), and Royal Academy Stories: First Year (2018-10-10). -
Korean: They released Part 1 Volume 1 on
2016-08-11so its six year anniversary was2022-08-11at which point they had released Part 5 Volume 2 (2022-07-08) and Fanbook 1 (2017-11-07) -
Traditional Chinese: They released Part 1 Volume 1 on
2017-08-07so its six year anniversary was2023-08-07at which point they had released Short Story Collection 2 (2023-07-31), Part 5 Volume 7 (2023-05-05), Fanbook 6 (2023-02-13), and Royal Academy Stories: First Year (2020-08-17). -
English: They released Part Volume 1 on
2019-05-20so its six year anniversary will be2025-05-20at which point they will have released Short Story Collection 2 (2025-01-22), Part 5 Volume 12 (2024-09-04), Fanbook 5 (2024-11-11), and Royal Academy Stories: First Year (2022-07-26).
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