Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" short story book
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@thubar2000 said in Royal Academy Gaiden 1st year:
Chapter titles in the spoiler links, very roughly translated.
OMG, want!!!
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@xdrfiredogx Well Quof is also working on a LDM volume right now, plus the Bookworm manga too. He’s got a lot on his plate even without Gaiden.
I don’t expect Gaiden to start until after LDM is in limbo (final prepub for LDM is November 2nd). -
It appears on the official web site that this book is after part 4 vol 4. As to when exactly it should be read I can’t say.
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@pcj Funnily enough, the original plan for Altina was to release the short stories volume in place of a main story volume; we only ended up streaming them simultaneously because that was something Roy and I requested. I'm glad it was the approach we went with because I think it worked out well, but the extra workload that was necessary to make it happen certainly came with its challenges.
If we can license this volume, I'm going to be balancing it alongside two other series, the manga, and some proofreading work on a few other titles, so we'll need to ensure things are manageable. Like, releasing it at the same crazy breakneck pace as we release the main Bookworm volumes might be a little too uncomfortable for me. Ultimately though, my stance is the same as it was back in May: if we can license it, bring it on.
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@kier said in Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" side story book:
Funnily enough, the original plan for Altina was to release the short stories volume in place of a main story volume; we only ended up streaming them simultaneously because that was something Roy and I requested. I'm glad it was the approach we went with because I think it worked out well
My favorite memory of that one working out well is one of the parts in the short story volume ended in a cliffhanger... which was then resolved in the same day's part of the main story. Totally by coincidence that they lined up that way. So if you read the short story first and then the main novel, you got the entire story in one sitting that day. :-)
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@pcj said in Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" side story book:
@kier said in Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" side story book:
Funnily enough, the original plan for Altina was to release the short stories volume in place of a main story volume; we only ended up streaming them simultaneously because that was something Roy and I requested. I'm glad it was the approach we went with because I think it worked out well
My favorite memory of that one working out well is one of the parts in the short story volume ended in a cliffhanger... which was then resolved in the same day's part of the main story. Totally by coincidence that they lined up that way. So if you read the short story first and then the main novel, you got the entire story in one sitting that day. :-)
Same here. Like, I got legit goosebumps at how well that timing lined up. And it wasn't a minor bit of story either, it was actually something pretty crucial.
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Add my hat to the pile of do want. These side stories. I need them.
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Add me to the begging group.
I would absolutely love to read those stories.
I would gladly buy the book as soon as published. -
+1 for the begging group. And if timelines are an issue, I'd even be fine with it taking over the every other week slot that the Fanbook currently occupies after that is competed
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Yes please license this 🙏🏽 when they get to translating it doesn't quite matter to me (although of course my greedy self wants it like yesterday) just knowing it was licensed would be awesome
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Please license and translate the book. I would love to hear of all the things that happen to side characters. Miya Kazukis ability to write from different perspectives is one of the best parts of the bookworm universe. And it is crucial for the world building that we get books such as this and all future installments in the series.
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@killerrin said in Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" side story book:
+1 for the begging group. And if timelines are an issue, I'd even be fine with it taking over the every other week slot that the Fanbook currently occupies after that is competed
I would love that, too and would actually enjoy the slower pace of every other week since the book is compiled of short stories which can stand alone. To avoid spoilers perhaps a release after P4V4? That would make the start a Christmas treat🌲
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+1 for the side story books. We got the fan books, so it would be immensely disappointing not to get the side story books as well.
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+1 nuf said.
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I need more Bookworm universe in my life. Those short stories will be a gold mine of laughter, seeing the reactions of Rozenmyne's attendants.
If they can be translated it be great.
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+1!
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As @Tube noted on the Bookworm Discord, the Royal Academy Stories side stories were indirectly mentioned by Sam as part of the Q&A section of JNC's September 2021 announcement stream and this was transcribed by the Reddit user LurkingMcLurk. I watched the stream at the time and it accords with my recollection of what was said, but it looks like the Twitch streams are no longer archived.
Q. Since we got the fanbooks (thank you!), are there any plans to license the short stories?
A. Um, well, I'm not going to answer that directly. All I will say is that, that when it comes to Bookworm is that if it's written by the author we'll probably license it. If it's something like, that's like an anthology from other artists or mangaka like, um, you know, official doujinshi type publication, there are a couple of those, then, erhm, probably not just because the rights might be difficult to handle on all of those and also it's not really canon. Um, but maybe, yeah I mean I'm not saying never to these sorts of things but our focus is on stuff that's written by the author. So the short stories? We will get to those as soon as we can.
Stay shiny, y'all.
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@shiny Yay! I know it's not an official announcement but still hope!
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@shiny That's a lot of "err's" and "um's" for what basically translates to "we will probably do that eventually, because Bookworm is popular, but we have a policy of not talking about future licensing and other internal business information unless it directly impacts our users."
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@piisfun said in Ascendance of a Bookworm: "Gaiden" side story book:
@shiny That's a lot of "err's" and "um's" for what basically translates to "we will probably do that eventually, because Bookworm is popular, but we have a policy of not talking about future licensing and other internal business information unless it directly impacts our users."
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He was clearly trying to avoid any landmines. I agree that his response could be summarised as you suggest. I really hope that they get or have already secured the license.
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Quotes often omit the filler words which are normal in everyday speech, so because it was transcribed verbatim it sounds more uncertain than it did hearing it live.
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