Acquisitions Speculation - General
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Just to wrap up now that the titles have been revealed (though not yet updated on announcements page):
Mixed bathing in Another Dimension was obviously the ridiculous premise one, though I don't know if 534 actually meant something or was just random numbers.
The Faraway Paladin is then the ultimate novel, though it wasn't apparent to me why at first. However, in recent discussions on the Kono Sugoi list, where it placed 19th, I noticed someone translated the title (最果てのパラディン) as Paladin of the End (for comparison google translate gives The Farthest Paladin). So apparently ultimate ('of the end') is part of the nuance of the word in Japanese, even if that was somewhat lost in the official English title of The Faraway Paladin.
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@hatguy12 Oh yeah, I need to update the announcements page... Thanks for reminded me.
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Per the latest j-novel club email, the announcements page has been updated:
https://j-novel.club/announcements
Clues:
-Makes the World Go 'round-First Comes Infrastructure
Last two titles were from Overlap, so maybe one of these is from HJ.
Quick guess I have is "100yen Shop Ten'in ga Isekai Trip Shita Kekka." That's only because that may lend itself to the money related clue.
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So I saw some speculation on reddit, the second clue could be referring to "A Realist's Kingdom Reform Chronicles" from Overlap. Looking at a plot summary, that sounds like it could fit the bill.
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Harems make the world god around, so it should definitely be Arifureta.
... Yea, I know my dreams are dashed.Real guess would probably be something like Nidome no Jinsei wo Isekai de in which the MC has to bring something like "resources" or something which makes the world go around. I don't remember very well, but it's a possibility.
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I'd be interested if it is the 100 Yen Shop, that series sounds intriguing
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I've seen people mention Death Need Round for the first clue. That could fit with both the money and "'round" part of the clue.
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Following up on the Death Need Round clue, I saw someone posted this on twitter:
I know it's just a PV, but it looks pretty damn cool. Kinda cool that Overlap was making PVs at all.
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@lazyproblems She's sitting on a hamburger... What is this madness?
The trigger and the music and some scary mascot (clown) make me think of Danganronpa, but I'm just going based on the pictures in that video. I hope we get something like that (the preview is probably all about cupcakes and sunshine in text though, and I'm completely misreading that).
Wait...wait... Is that Ronald Mcdonald and it's a fastfood place? xP
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@Terrence Haha, yeah, simply based off of the pv this does sort of have a similar sort of psychopop feel to it, like Danganronpa. Supposedly the heroine needs money to pay off family debt, so she becomes a mercenary. Her first target is supposed to be the familiar looking Fast Food mascot. :fries:
This looks like it could be both a fun and serious series, so I'd be all for it.
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Sounds interesting. :hamburger: :hotdog:
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@lazyproblems Yeah I looked into that series... You realize that the title itself is a pun on "Disney Land"?
It's nuts, but... it didn't seem that good, like... edgy in a bad way? I could take another look at it, though! (i.e. that's not what the clue is)
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@Sam-Pinansky "It's nuts, but... it didn't seem that good, like... edgy in a bad way?"
Like Danganronpa and Future Diary? Sign me up. xD
I think I can guess what you mean by edgy in a bad way, but I can't say I'm not interested in the absurdity. I deal with a lot of bad edginess these days too in my media (Game of Thrones, Attack on Titan, Akame ga Kiru). Sometimes these popular series take the over the top edge too seriously.
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@Terrence Maybe I'm just afraid of licensing a book whose premise is about assassinating mascots of very powerful multinational corporations, okay?! I DONT WANNA DIE
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@Sam-Pinansky ahh, ok. Yeah, I could see how it could be maybe turn out to be a bit too edgy and melodramatic. The ridiculousness looks like it could be fun, maybe somewhere down the road it might be worth looking into.
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Ok. When will we get the answer? We waited long enough, I think.
It'd better be 100yen shop and realist hero's kingdom.
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@Phil99 I'm waiting on cover approvals to announce...
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I hope it's not machi o tsukuru/the ability to make town... Reviews bomb that title
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I updated the thread of the current status of further aquisitions. Enjoy!
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Everyone...let the speculation COMMENCE!!!!
