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      JeweledPoisonousButterfly
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      I know I am just repeating what has already been asked, but when will be the next licensing announcement? I hope it will be very soon, I‘m literally dying for it!

      I‘m still hoping that Sugar Apple Fairy Tale and Fake Cinderella will finally get licensed, this is my greatest wish!!!

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      • GoldenMoonButterflyG
        GoldenMoonButterfly @JeweledPoisonousButterfly
        last edited by

        I‘m still hoping that Sugar Apple Fairy Tale and Fake Cinderella will finally get licensed, this is my greatest wish!!!

        You are not the only one wishing for it. I slowly don‘t care anymore if it‘s Seven Seas Entertainment or J-Novel Club (though I clearly prefer J-Novel Club), but someone please license these great novels!!! Just don‘t let it be Yen Press!

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          LadySilverRose
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          Sugar Apple Fairy Tale and Fake Cinderella would be my top favorite licenses too. I hope they get licensed soon! Isekai Yakkyoku would be another favorite of mine.

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          • TerabyteT
            Terabyte
            last edited by Terabyte

            JNC has put up hints for the new licenses but it looks like nobody has noticed yet. Here you go:

            • SERIES 1 HINT: Fast Demon King Immediacy
            • SERIES 2 HINT: And Let There Be Dungeons
            • SERIES 3 HINT: They Flee First
            • SERIES 4 HINT: Black Belt Chucky
            • SERIES 5 HINT: Like Sailor Moon's relationship but backwards
            • SERIES 6 HINT: Facebook's Ultimate Plan
            • SERIES 7 HINT: Stories of dating in Japan
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            • WaterDwellerW
              WaterDweller Premium Member @Terabyte
              last edited by WaterDweller

              @terabyte For series 1, I can't help but think of The Misfit of Demon King Academy, what with the way the main character / reincarnated demon king uses his magic to grow up really freakin' fast. Immediately, even.

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                piisfun Member @Terabyte
                last edited by

                @terabyte said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                JNS

                What's that? The Japanese Novel Society?

                Number 7 is definitely a Rom-Com.
                Number six... Probably either a VRMMO or VRMMO Isekai.

                Green's Theorem

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                • Lily GardenL
                  Lily Garden Member @piisfun
                  last edited by Lily Garden

                  @piisfun said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                  @terabyte said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                  JNS

                  What's that? The Japanese Novel Society?

                  That's obviously what they were called in the 4Kids dub...

                  “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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                  • TerabyteT
                    Terabyte
                    last edited by

                    Ops, auto correct strikes again. I'm not even sure why the word JNS is coming up in it though...😅

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                    • lighthawk96L
                      lighthawk96 Premium Member @WaterDweller
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                      @waterdweller
                      Couldn't agree more.

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                        FacelessOne Premium Member
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                        Hints 2,3 and 6 could literally be one of a number of series, although perhaps hint 2 is something like World's Fastest Level Up. Hint 7 is definitely a romcom perhaps something like Rabudame or that series where the MC works at a dating agency. The other hints I have no idea on.

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                          Lisast Premium Member
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                          I can't think of a way to connect any of these to Bookworm Gaiden, so I'll just have to hope that doesn't count as a new series.

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                          • WindsagioW
                            Windsagio Premium Member
                            last edited by Windsagio

                            For hint 2, maybe they're taking over the license for Meikyuu labyrinth kingdom?
                            (yen has it now, but it'd fit the hint anyways)

                            Logic is out, Unreasonableness is in!

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                            • WaterDwellerW
                              WaterDweller Premium Member @Windsagio
                              last edited by WaterDweller

                              @windsagio Meikyuu Labyrinth Kingdom appears to only have a single volume out in Japan (released December 2019), which Yen Press has already published, so I doubt there's anything to take over.

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                                pcj Premium Member
                                last edited by pcj

                                Series 5: So it has a male lead who bumbles things up a lot, and a mysterious strong female character always swoops in the save the day when he messes up? Anyone know any stories like that? (That could be any of about a couple dozen series actually, now that I think about it - most of the overpowered harem genre probably fits that one)

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                                • MasterLillyclawM
                                  MasterLillyclaw Premium Member @Lisast
                                  last edited by

                                  @lisast Clearly, we have:

                                  1. Fast Demon King Immediacy
                                  2. And Let There Be Dungeons
                                  3. They Flee First
                                  4. Black Belt Chucky

                                  All of these relate to a rampaging Myne engaging in a Bloody Carnival.

                                  1. Like Sailor Moon's relationship but backwards

                                  I’m sorry I don’t actually know anything about Sailor Moon so I can’t make a joke here

                                  1. Facebook's Ultimate Plan

                                  Facebook, you say???

                                  1. Stories of dating in Japan

                                  This is part of Myne’s goal of organizing a library; it’s important to record the dates of which your stories are published!


                                  TL;DR “Wait, it’s all Bookworm Gaiden?” “Always has been.”

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                                  • WindsagioW
                                    Windsagio Premium Member @pcj
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                                    @pcj I can't help but think of that beloved memeable moment:

                                    "My job here is done!" > "But you didn't do anything!"

                                    So the reverse would be the person is useful?

                                    Logic is out, Unreasonableness is in!

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                                    • TheGrimLichT
                                      TheGrimLich Member @Terabyte
                                      last edited by

                                      @terabyte said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                                      • SERIES 5 HINT: Like Sailor Moon's relationship but backwards

                                      Mask Tuxedo?

                                      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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                                      • jpwongJ
                                        jpwong Premium Member @MasterLillyclaw
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                                        @masterlillyclaw said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                                        Facebook's Ultimate Plan

                                        Facebook, you say???

                                        So the metaverse? Maybe something with VR?

                                        @pcj said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                                        Series 5: So it has a male lead who bumbles things up a lot, and a mysterious strong female character always swoops in the save the day when he messes up?

                                        Maybe it's the reverse of that, a strong capable MC where a mysterious and incompetent stranger always swoops in trying to help.

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                                        • lighthawk96L
                                          lighthawk96 Premium Member
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                                          Hint number 2 could be the light novel version of "Dungeon Builder". The manga is already licensed.

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                                          It could also be "Let's Manage The Tower" which is really what I'm hoping for. That would be awesome!

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                                          • jpwongJ
                                            jpwong Premium Member @lighthawk96
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                                            @lighthawk96 I would be interested in either of those. I was considering that the hint may be the Dungeon Busters manga since JNC has started doing simulpub releases of manga.

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