Delays in Continuing Series (Fall 2019)(All Fall 2019 Delayed Series have Resumed)
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Any news on Bakarina or Unwanted Undead?
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@jason-maranto Bakarina is still being worked on, same logistical obstacles as before have not yet been resolved. No updates on Undead, unfortunately.
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At least it's not as bad as one peace books delaying shield hero like a year because of a "minor translating" error.
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@galactuskahn24 I was under the impression that they were re translating the whole book hence the long delay, do you have a source on what caused the delay I'd kinda like to know?
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@galactuskahn24 said in Delays in Continuing Series:
At least it's not as bad as one peace books delaying shield hero like a year because of a "minor translating" error.
I never understood why they'd go on hiatus publishing it while within the sphere of influence of the anime timeperiodwise?
On another topic, any news on Siskan v5/final?
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@korppi At this stage I'd consider Siskan abandoned, apparently J-Novel lose the licence if the final volume isn't out before the end of this month and it hasn't started pre pub yet.
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@sniper_samurai said in Delays in Continuing Series:
Siskan abandoned
I haven't been following Siskan, but it saddens me to think that JNC would leave some members hanging. I know there may be reasons etc why JNC would lose a license before a series is complete (or chose to discontinue translating a series if not popular/low sales)
I'd like to see some kind of announcement if a series is being dropped
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RE Siskan, I thought I remember Sam recently posting that it was actually another year (as opposed to this year like he had said previously). But that recollection is a bit vague, so I could be mistaken.
Either way, even if the license expires, Sam can (probably) just license it again if he wants. But regardless of the license status, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it at this point.
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I do remember Sam saying on discord that Siskan was a 5 year contract or sth. So he's still got a little under 2 years left to get that final volume out.
@jon-mitchell said in Delays in Continuing Series:
(or chose to discontinue translating a series if not popular/low sales)
Sam's own words: "We will never drop a series aside from issues on the Japanese side or the dissolution of the business."
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I seem to remember the same sentiment: Sam committed to translate as long as he's allowed to.
so if Siskan is 'abandoned' its because of the something outside of JNC's control (I assume) and I'd like for there to be something official (on JNC's site, not in discord/curiouscat/twitter)
at this point (on my part at least) it's all speculation - we don't know if Siskan is cancelled, delayed, or merely just a time lag longer than usual between volumes?
I don't expect Sam/JNC to share whatever dirty laundry / details of the sausage making process etc, there may be. Things in negotiation, business reasons for delays, etc are topics that are not necessarily for public eyes. I do expect that when a series/project is ended/cancelled (i.e. New Life+) that we get told about it (as we were w/ New Life+)
I think that the frustration that some are expressing is about lack if info/ definitive timelines
(heck, folks complained when latest Bookworm installments was delayed by a day or 2)Personally - I'm anxiously awaiting the super deluxe Bakarina LN/Manga hybrid volume that's next - I don't know when it's coming- just that we've been assured that it's in the works
I've not been following Siskan - but those who do, I imagine would like the same assurances
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Honestly even after read the comments in this topic I am still not sure how this turned into a Siskan delay thread...either way this is still technically a delay thread so I guess carry on...?
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@rahul-balaggan Because we all want to read the last volume of SisKan, of course. ;-)
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Any news about the master of ragnarok and realist hero?
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@matt84 According to a Twitter's reply from a few hours ago the new editor for Realist Hero is getting up to speed: https://twitter.com/jnovelclub/status/1206529207528050688
I imagine it's the same for the other series that haven't yet restarted too.
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@terabyte I wonder what speed they need to reach. A wyvern's flying speed? Mach? Naden's flying speed?
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@terabyte thanks for the update
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so now we just need to wait on Bakarina news?? everything else we at least have status updates on, yeah?
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@jon-mitchell Nothing to update, really, it's still being worked on, and the question of "how do we present a book that's part manga which reads right-to-left and part text which reads left-to-right" has not been solved yet. Not to mention that the manga portions also need to be typeset, reviewed, and possibly re-typeset, unlike every other light novel, so that adds additional time that's hard to predict.
Suffice to say it's being worked through, but we have no ETA.
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@myskaros For reference, both Reincarnated as a Sword (4) and The Alchemist Who Survived (1) have some RTL manga in them, in case you want to have a look at what SS and YP did.
