Acquisitions Speculation - General
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@nofairytale
It's not that Kadokawa is 'untouchable'. It's more like thanks to JNC's track record they can finally step into the negotiation table with Kadokawa. -
I hope Tentai builds up a track record enough to do the same. (Obviously going to need more staffing to reach that point though, and we need to see if they can capitalize on their success with Side Character with future romcom).
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@Lily-Garden I would be happy with a little bit more. I currently have 20 light novel series in my library and 5 light novels have already ended (well, besides one novel they got more likely canceled by the japanese publisher) and 4 are ending soon.
@lighthawk96 If it's about physical books I could so understand you, but if it's about ebooks, I can't get enough.
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@Liber-Monstrorum
Neither can I. But it's not about storage space, it's about the lack of time in the day and dollars in my wallet that is POTENTIALLY holding me back. -
I wouldn't mind having had a few more announcements, with a number of my follows about to or actually are caught up with Japan, I foresee myself going from too much to read to too little to read soon. I also can't imagine that fanbook getting much of a prepub (if at all). How many parts can you split a QA into, since I don't think they'll put up the images.
But if Sam's in Japan for work, maybe we can look forward to another set of announcements in a few months. Not like they need to hold back announcements for anime cons this year. I'm really hoping JNC can pull a surprise reveal that they've opened negotiations with AlphaPolis since the last "update" on the subject that seems to be around on the forums is from years ago that they wouldn't even meet with JNC to discuss the possibility of licensing anything.
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I‘m quite curious how many new light novels we will get on Friday (hopefully more than just two) and if there will be more Heart titles.
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@liber-monstrorum It's unfortunate we don't have anything to speculate from, it's usually fun and builds anticipation. This time we can only wait.
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@nosgoroth said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
@liber-monstrorum It's unfortunate we don't have anything to speculate from, it's usually fun and builds anticipation. This time we can only wait.
Well played, staff.. Well played.
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@nosgoroth I hope this isn‘t the only license...
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@liber-monstrorum It's not a license, it's an April Fools joke that contains hints for tomorrow's licenses.
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@nosgoroth Ah, I completely forgot today’s the first April. Now I understand. Thanks for telling me. But honestly I don‘t seem to find any hints.😅 But the story seems quite interesting actually.
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@liber-monstrorum Try reading the actual part ;x
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@myskaros I‘ve already read it and I‘m still totally clueless.😅
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only thing that stood out for me was the line about the fat loser noble that gets an ok marriage... So maybe Piggy Duke? Although on re-read it says low rank noble rather than loser so maybe a Duke is out...
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@shipteaser It could very well be the opposite. The opposite of a fat low-rank noble nobody cares about is an attractive high-rank noble or even royalty everybody cares about. I thought of Fake Cinderella after reading these lines. The main character got hit by a truck before reincarnation into another world, at the time of her death she was 33 years old (the 3333-03-03 in the description) and after reincarnation she is one of the highest ranking and most important nobles in the country, married happily (though only after she befriended her husband) and has to experience assassination plots on a regular basis. Moreover the original owner of the body she reincarnated into was assassinated.
But these are only assumptions, I don‘t really get my hopes up for it, though J-Novel Club has the connection to the publisher. -
Lots of 4's on the cover, and Chapter Four is the only chapter that's spelled out (Chapters 1, 2, 3, Four, 5). I know Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time is highly requested.
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Sakakibara's opening the doors... [...] is he charming his way into the good pulls?
The only thing I can find about Sakakibara is one of the characters in Arioto, an on-going Softbank 3 volumes yuri romcom series from a seasoned author, which sounds like... a reasonable license for JNC.
The plot, paying for a relationship, sort of matches the quote as well.
@liber-monstrorum said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
I thought of Fake Cinderella after reading these lines.
The illustrator of that series, Takemura, is also mentioned on the text.
Quof got a break.
WHAT'S THE STORY WITH THAT FREAKING BLACK DRAGON?! -
A fun read. Nice work!
In terms of clues, there could potentially be a hint in:
- The last half of the Japanese version of the title. It is "ふざけるな!" Which Google translates to "Do not be silly!"
- The name of the part which only appears in the app: "Sermon 3.[pi digits] Part A Million"
- The names of the staff: LeVon Jaymes, Hirei, exedore, Nathan Archer
- The names of the characters, e.g. Takemura (Fake Cinderella as above), Jessica and Sakakibara (although some could be JNC internal references to staff)
- The tags for the series, e.g..bishounen
- The reference to England, Scotland Yard (Sherlock?), America, Naru, Maine, Germany and the Armstrong Lunar Base
- The reference to 2000 Yen and 23,000 years
- The reference to being a bumbling knight's perfect female squire
- His jobs and education, e.g. business studies and middle management
- a "mayonnaise rice" existence, "Denouement", m*rcedes", "zombie movies", "a legendary destination for a Japanese policeman", "petty revenge"
- Link between reincarnation and gacha
- The text on the cover, e.g. the protagonist's t-shirt (4444 already mentioned), "tokuten"
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@crimson-wise said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
The illustrator of that series, Takemura, is also mentioned on the text.
You are right, I didn‘t notice that.
