Any Food Related Light Novels?
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So I am reviving this thread why you ask...because BookWalker Global had just licensed a Food Related Light Novel from HJ Bunko
Press ReleaseAnd funny enough it was one of the novels mentioned by @Paulo27
I wonder if BookWalker is handling translation or if they are outsourcing it?Edit: Looks like BookWalker is funding the translation and leaving the Novel translation and rights to the publisher...wonder who the publisher is cough cough.
Snippet from the press release:
Although the translation costs for these light novels will be fully funded by BookWalker, the English language translation rights will belong to the original publisher.
Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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Isekai Izakaya Nobu is really good. Reading the WN always makes me crave for those japanese foods. This series already have a manga so I'm sure it already have an LN, waiting to be picked up.
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@Rahul-Balaggan I thought about you when I saw this announcement!
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Combat Baker and His Automaton Waitress is out on Bookwalker. First 3 chapters are up for free preview too I think.
Here's a Goodreads link for discussions / reviews when those pop up.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35542583-the-combat-baker-and-automaton-waitress-vol-1
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We got more food related LNs announced by Yen Press:
The Hero and his Elf Bride Open a Pizza Parlor
Vending Machine Reincarnation
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@Terrence is Vending Machine really food related though?
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@Hakomari said in Any Food Related Light Novels?:
@Terrence is Vending Machine really food related though?
...we shall see. 😂
I'm guessing we'll see lots of jokes about reaching in the machine's slot to get items. It'd be cool if the food produced by it were consumables like health items / powerups from video games.
Ew, Hershey's bar, I'd rather have rare candy from Pokemon.
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What really amuses me is that it has a romance tag on Novelupdates. So... tell me, how does a vending machine have sex?
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@Hakomari Very loudly, I suppose.
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@Hakomari said in Any Food Related Light Novels?:
What really amuses me is that it has a romance tag on Novelupdates. So... tell me, how does a vending machine have sex?
This is a road you don't want to go down (I'm imagining some suggestive food items in this vending machine now). =P
"Never doubt, it's the road to ruin" - Shell Septinos, Mardock Scramble.
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I got a pretty cool clear file folder for the Combat Baker at the BookWalker booth at AX. They also gave out a $10 credit so I picked it up and the latest Shield Hero manga while I was at it!
My girlfriend got one of the folders too but isn't really into it. If anyone wants to pay postage and packaging within continental US I'd be happy to send it to someone here.
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@the-green-death I read the 3 chapter preview and I'm not sure it counts as a food novel though. The amount of cooking in it or bread descriptions was kind of minimal really.
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New Bookwalker license announcement tomorrow. Will it be food related? Isekai Shokudo / Restaurant To Another World is an anime now, so that could be good to license. Let's wait and see. 🍕🍝
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@Terrence I kinda hope not I really want that series but I would prefer JNC picking it up for speedy Translations and also DRM free downloads.
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Whelp, no food, but it's a Shogi focused novel, Ryou No Oshigoto. ☖☗⛉⛊
https://mobile.twitter.com/TheOASG/status/884796698958200832
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This food series from Hobby Japan seems to be going strong. It's got 13 volumes.
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@terrence you my friend are like a librarian. Best believe you are now my go to guy if I need certain genre titles recommendations😂.
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@hyferzftw said in Any Food Related Light Novels?:
@terrence you my friend are like a librarian.
I am a librarian, lol. So no wonder I seem that way. =P
I love looking through Bookwalker JP to find stuff. They've got some really neat resources there, like the recommended tabs and "what others bought" tabs below the book you're looking at, so you can find some really out there stuff. =]
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@terrence that’s good to know.
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@terrence Isekai Ryouridou is quite good. I've read the first 4 volumes of it in Chinese. It's got fleshed out characters, as well as an unique setting and world.
Also, no battles, crazy cheat powers, just straight forward cooking cooking and more cooking.
The premise: Our MC, Asuta, is a chef to "dies" when he runs into a burning restaurant to save his precious cooking knives, only to wake up in woods in another world. He's rescued and taken in Aifa, a member of a clan of barbarian-like hunters.
Her clan lives off of a giant boar-like animal known as the Giba, who resides in the woods. They're dangerous to hunt and taste very bad, but to the clan who lives in the woods, food is merely a necessity of life. They have little culture of cuisine, and considering cooking to be pointless as beyond getting food edible.
Asuta sets out to prove his worth by introducing the joys and benefits of cooking to Aifa and her clan, as well as develop ways of preparing Giba to improve it's taste. His goal is to make Aifa say that his meals are delicious!
