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

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                          • lighthawk96L
                            lighthawk96 Premium Member @Ellyonia
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                            @ellyonia
                            That would so make my day too.

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                            • ShinyS
                              Shiny Premium Member @jpwong
                              last edited by 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.

                              Stay shiny, y'all.

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                              • WaterDwellerW
                                WaterDweller Premium Member
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                                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.

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                                  HarmlessDave Premium Member @Shiny
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                                  @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.

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                                  • saffireS
                                    saffire Premium Member
                                    last edited by 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

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

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

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                                      force24
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                                      I feel 2 could be dungeon battle royale

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                                      • CreyC
                                        Crey Member @saffire
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                                        @saffire Hm, couldn't the second one also be Maou-sama no Machizukuri! ? I know manga has been licensed, not sure about the LN.

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                                        • saffireS
                                          saffire Premium Member @Crey
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                                          @crey said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

                                          @saffire Hm, couldn't the second one also be Maou-sama no Machizukuri! ? I know manga has been licensed, not sure about the LN.

                                          The thought process is that the hint is specifically invoking the Book of Genesis.

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                                          • lighthawk96L
                                            lighthawk96 Premium Member
                                            last edited by

                                            Second one could still also be "Let's Manage the Tower".

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