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    • GoldenMoonButterflyG
      GoldenMoonButterfly @JeweledPoisonousButterfly
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      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
        last edited by

        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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            • piisfunP
              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
                    last edited by

                    @waterdweller
                    Couldn't agree more.

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                    • F
                      FacelessOne Premium Member
                      last edited by

                      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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                            • pcjP
                              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
                                  last edited by

                                  @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
                                      last edited by

                                      @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
                                        last edited by

                                        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
                                          last edited by

                                          @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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                                          • lighthawk96L
                                            lighthawk96 Premium Member @jpwong
                                            last edited by

                                            @jpwong
                                            That very well could be. But I've been hoping for "Let's Manage The Tower" and since the hint had "Let" in there I thought it could be possible.

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