Acquisitions Speculation - General

Terabyte

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

lighthawk96

@waterdweller
Couldn't agree more.

FacelessOne

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.

Lisast

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.

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)

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.

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)

MasterLillyclaw

@lisast Clearly, we have:

Fast Demon King Immediacy
And Let There Be Dungeons
They Flee First
Black Belt Chucky

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

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~~

Facebook's Ultimate Plan

Facebook, you say???

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.”

Windsagio

@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?

TheGrimLich

@terabyte said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

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

Mask Tuxedo?

jpwong

@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.

lighthawk96

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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jpwong

@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.

lighthawk96

@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.

Ellyonia

@lighthawk96 I forgot about “let’s manage the tower” I would be supper pumped of JNC licensed that!

lighthawk96

@ellyonia
That would so make my day too.

Shiny

No hint of Bookworm spinoffs. I'm still hoping, though.

@jpwong said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

@masterlillyclaw said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

Facebook's Ultimate Plan

Facebook, you say???

So the metaverse? Maybe something with VR?

Maybe taking over Redefining the META at VRMMO Academy from Sol Press. If so, I wonder if any of the others are amongst those recently removed from the Sol Press listing.

WaterDweller

Adding another suggestion for hint 6, assuming it's something related to VR - "Only Sense Online", a series that has 21 volumes out (or 24, when counting the Silver Goddess side story volumes), as of February. The only reason I'm putting it here, though, is because it's VR, and because I've been slowly working my way through the manga for the past week or so.

HarmlessDave

@shiny a Sol license rescue of 80,000 Gold would be awesome. I'd also say Strongest Gamer but MyAnimeList says it was canceled in Japan after the 2 volumes that Sol released.

saffire

Looks like Sam's secret second set of hints wasn't posted here. The trick with these is that they're in random order; he didn't link them to the first hints.

Just a terrible pun
God Said
Height Difference
What it says on the tin
4chan lingo
Anagram
They're lying to us

The discourse so far has us at this point:
Making a few assumptions about which guesses have been correct gives me this so far

Fast Demon King Immediacy + Anagram = Misfit Academy
Let There Be Dungeons + God Said = D-Genesis
They Flee First + On The Tin = 10 Years After I said "Go On Without Me" I Became a Legend
Black Belt Chucky + Terrible Pun = Doll-Kara
Sailor Moon relationship + height difference
Facebook plan + 4chan lingo
Dating in Japan + Lying

None of this has been confirmed obviously so still open to other explanations (though 1 and 2 seem like locks).