Acquisitions Speculation - General
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@fezu so far nothing announced from Shogakukan
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According to this reply by Sam, the last 2 unannounced series are basically done being translated for volume 1! Though I bet they’re still gonna only post the first 4 parts at once and then do the next 4 parts weekly.
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I am still holding out hope the first Shogakukan title is Sasami-san@ganbaranai. But hey, what do you guys think it's going to be?
@legitpancake Interesting, I am surprised about this. They must be rather huge titles then.
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The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! is for Better Late Than Never
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So we have one book left that is "Not a Light Novel" and "A Personal Story"?
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Updated. I guess its' going to be an interesting novel.
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wait if Sam said the last two announces were basically done for vol 1 translations then are we going to get a 3rd fan-translated series? If so then this could narrow down the possibilities. just narrow down to credible or good fan-translations and then there would not be that much left, all it would take is the hint and we could have a reasonable guess.
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@drone205 that is indeed a possibility!
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If he hired the fan translator in the first place and has enough trust in that "published" version, then I suppose that cuts out the translation step entirely. Otherwise it would depend on how familiar with the fan translation the editor is already, since if you have a translation checker go over the fan script first, that's going to take about as much time as a translator translating from scratch.
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If we're talking about quality translations with a volume already fan-translated, maybe Sam has finally broken through the Kadokawa barrier and grabbed 86.
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@terrence said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:
Not a Light Novel
When was that hint mentioned?
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@bloodygaikotsu said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:
When was that hint mentioned?
It was the first hint, they gave 2 hints per title, apart from the fifth one.
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To go with "Not a Light Novel", maybe it isn't a novel-novel, but not a light novel. In other words, a heavy, emotional novel.
could fit there.
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@terabyte
Ah~
I only started playing the guessing game recently so, I didn't know... -
Or maybe the Horizon series?? Those 1000 page long novels can't be considered "light"
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I only know that 86 was on Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!
Would it fit the other hint?
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@paulnamida said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:
Or maybe the Horizon series?? Those 1000 page long novels can't be considered "light"
Exactly.
I mean, I definitely would love it if it is a novel label novel, but I think "emotional" or "lengthy" novel would be good too. So... I think I'll be happy either way.
Unless it's the unforseen option 4...
@bloodygaikotsu said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:
I only know that 86 was on Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!
Would it fit the other hint?
"A personal story"?I feel like "A Personal Story" will be something like the Japanese equivalent of that in the title. Like My Love Story is Ore Monogatari. Monogatari meaning "story"? And there's all sorts of other stories with Monogatari in the name, like Bakemonogatari.
If it weren't already licensed, I'd be thinking something fiction but based on personal experiences, Welcome to the NHK. Personal experiences made into manga stories are a hot commodity now with My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, The Bride Was A Boy, and even something fiction like My Brother's Husband hits a personal tone to me.
I feel like that hint isn't extremely helpful though since everything can be considered the main character's personal story (especially if told from First Person).
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@terrence
I think a novel from other Kodansha labels may fit too since they ain't exactly light novel labels (or that's just my wishful thinking speaking~) -
@terrence
Well, I did find an overlap series with very similar title "Lonely Myself Saga" but that's light novel (and It didn't look like it's that heavy emotionally).Hmmm, Welcome to the N.H.K.
I'd love to see it licensed again (but that's by Kadokawa Shoten)Well, according to this, we may ignore the titles with long volumes.
https://curiouscat.me/jnovelclub/post/343001981?1521248913They are really useless hints tho, as they only raise our expectations...(lol)
