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    • myskarosM
      myskaros Staff @Lily Garden
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      @lily-garden

      SERIES 1:
      When? Now!

      https://twitter.com/jnovelclub/status/1437500487096586243

      SERIES 2:
      Sometimes it's just as exciting to watch.

      Reference to the story

      SERIES 3:
      A transient parting.

      Reference to the title

      SERIES 4:
      Not actually an otome game!

      Dumb joke because the title has "Duke's Daughter" in it

      Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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      • Lily GardenL
        Lily Garden Member @myskaros
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        @myskaros Thanks!

        Also, Faraway Paladin is a Print Release?!?!?! YESSSSS!!!!! I have wanted a print release for this series back when I first read it on my library's Overdrive app, back before I even knew what Jnovel was.

        I had two simultaneous reactions to this announcement:
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        “There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.” ― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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        • Lily GardenL
          Lily Garden Member @Lily Garden
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          @lily-garden so I only got 1 of 4 right, which was about what I was expecting

          “There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.” ― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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            SleepyTexan
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            I only guessed Endo but I'm pleasantly surprised to see Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter which was also on my wishlist.

            Zero Believers Goddess looks interesting so I hope I end up liking it as much as the last titles announced.

            Bookworm, Dahlia in Bloom, Min-Max RPG, Sponger Life, Apothecary Diaries, Fushi no Kami, S-Rank Adventurer
            Maou Retry, Cooking w/ Wild Game, Deathbound Duke's Daughter, Spirit Chronicles, Monster Girl Dungeon

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              ehmk
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              I’m so happy I’ve been waiting for the goddess with zero believers to be licensed forever

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              • Silver Sugar DuchessS
                Silver Sugar Duchess
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                Will there be hints again, or not this time?

                💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖

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                • myskarosM
                  myskaros Staff @Silver Sugar Duchess
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                  @silver-sugar-duchess Unfortunately, we are completely swamped getting things ready to go for AnimeNYC, so we just don't really have time to do hints this round :(

                  Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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                  • Silver Sugar DuchessS
                    Silver Sugar Duchess @myskaros
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                    @myskaros What a pity, it is always so much fun guessing the new titles.

                    💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖

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                    • lighthawk96L
                      lighthawk96 Premium Member
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                      As long as one of the releases is this title, I'll be happy.

                      Isekai de Tochi o Katte Noujou o Tsukurou

                      Let's Buy the Land And Cultivate in a Different World

                      異世界で土地を買って農場を作ろう

                      All the same name, but I would really like to see this June get licensed! Pretty Please!

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                      • Silver Sugar DuchessS
                        Silver Sugar Duchess @lighthawk96
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                        @lighthawk96 For me it would be Sugar Apple Fairy Tale, Fake Cinderella and Free Life Fantasy Online. I would be so happy if J-Novel Club actually licenses them! Earl and Fairy would be awesome too, but unfortunately J-Novel Club hasn‘t tied a connection to this publisher yet.

                        💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖

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                        • TheGrimLichT
                          TheGrimLich Member
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                          Any word on how many licenses are being announced?

                          My grasp on sanity remains absolute.

                          Oh, right, the poison, the poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison. ...That poison?

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                          • Rahul BalagganR
                            Rahul Balaggan Staff @TheGrimLich
                            last edited by

                            @thegrimlich

                            There will be a panel at AnimeNYC on Saturday the 20th at 6:30 pm Eastern Time.

                            There will also be announcements on twitter, and plenty of conversation in Discord (link available on the bottom of the page on J-Novel.Club)

                            Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
                            J-Novel Club, Future Volume Release Schedule
                            Manga FAQ
                            Premium Content List

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                            • Lily GardenL
                              Lily Garden Member @myskaros
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                              @myskaros said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                              @silver-sugar-duchess Unfortunately, we are completely swamped getting things ready to go for AnimeNYC, so we just don't really have time to do hints this round :(

                              Since there are no hints this around I shall just have to make random guesses mwahahah:

                              Heat the pig liver

                              Fake Saint of the Year

                              Delicious Veranda

                              I Summoned the Devil to Grant Me a Wish, but I Married Her Instead Since She Was Adorable ~My New Devil Wife~

                              Sugar Apple Fairy Tale

                              Now all that's left to do is to await the announcements and see how wrong I turn out to be...

                              “There’s always a story. It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.” ― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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                                HarmlessDave Premium Member
                                last edited by HarmlessDave

                                I'm going to go with five anime series I liked that have absolutely no hope of being acquired:

                                • Campione!
                                • If Her Flag Breaks (Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara)
                                • Kino's Journey
                                • Maoyuu Maou Yuusha
                                • Problem Children are Coming from Another World, Aren't They? (Mondaiji-tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou Desu yo?)

                                (See: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/1156/read-first-compiled-list-of-existing-suggestion-topics?page=1)

                                I predict that the accuracy of my guesses for new LN titles will be slightly less than 0%

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                                • jpwongJ
                                  jpwong Premium Member
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                                  My two biggest hopes are Isekai Yururi Kikou (unlikely as it's an alphapolis license) and Rebuild World. But JNC's licenses have been pretty good overall, I think there's always been at least one thing they announce that I end up buying.

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                                    LadySilverRose
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                                    I really hope they announce Sugar Apple Fairy Tale!!!

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                                      HarmlessDave Premium Member @jpwong
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                                      @jpwong - JNC has a great track record of getting me to read and then buy series that I'd never have picked up from a paragraph description or even a too-short kindle sample from Amazon.

                                      I wish other publishers had the equivalent of prepubs and catch-up months to lure me into buying more of their books.

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                                      • yumenokageY
                                        yumenokage Member
                                        last edited by yumenokage

                                        My wishlist:

                                        • Kino's Journey
                                        • Ascendance of a Bookworm sides stories
                                        • Death Mage who doesn't want a 4th time
                                        • SukaMoka (sequal to WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? aka SukaSuka)
                                        • Crest/Banner of the Stars Anthology

                                        I doubt the first will get licensed, but I would be ecstatic if it did.

                                        Assuming the fanbooks sell well I expect the second will eventually get licensed by J-Novel Club.

                                        During the hanashi media test site hullabaloo it sounded like the third may have been in the works by some other company, but I suspect Seven Seas is a more likely licensor if so, since they have one other work with the same publisher. The covers are kind of risque, unfortunately, so I imagine it might cause some amazon problems.

                                        The fourth would be Yen Press if anyone picked it up since they have SukaSuka, but I'm not too hopeful on that front.

                                        The last would of course be JNC if anyone picked it up, but idk if Crest/Banner has done well enough for it to make business sense for JNC to get it.

                                        License Wishlist: Kino's Journey, Crest/Banner anthology, SukaMoka
                                        Favorite JNC Series: Bookworm, Faraway Paladin, Dendro, Grimgar, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Tearmoon Empire, Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter, Apothecary Diaries, Otome Heroine's Fight

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                                          HarmlessDave Premium Member @yumenokage
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                                          @yumenokage said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                                          SukaMoka (sequel to WorldEnd: What do you do at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us? aka SukaSuka)

                                          I liked that anime, how are the English LNs if you've read them?

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                                            GeorgeMTO @HarmlessDave
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                                            @harmlessdave said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                                            I liked that anime, how are the English LNs if you've read them?

                                            The first three are fantastic (and make up the anime). And then the ending of the anime happens and my enjoyment for the rest of the series is greatly diminished. Not bad, just...not as good.

                                            spoiler
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