Acquisitions Speculation - General
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I'm referring more to YP's other problems like how it takes 9+ months for them to release a new volume of a caught up series. Or how at this point, almost every series is delayed at least 2 weeks. Or how garbage in consistency some of their translations are. (Looks at Danmachi.)
If they can keep their original 4 month pace at least, I'd be happy. At this point though, I'd prefer if they worked to do better for the series they already have licensed. (Which is why Sam worries me sometimes with how many licenses.)
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@aruseus493
Tbh, I haven't checked their schedule for some time now, being overwhelmed by Verical's almost-monthly release of NisiOisiN.
My recent order is mostly Vertical aside from Konosuba and Toradora.So, I don't know how late their series got aside from NGNL. (Yeah, I haven't read DanMachi yet, is it that bad?)
I was referring to how YP's announcements are fewer than JNC's tho.
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I was referring to how YP's announcements are fewer than JNC's tho.
Ah, I was being more general in regards to how many light novel licenses are typical for publishers rather than ragging on YP for only 1-3 LN licenses per convention. This is more of J-NC being outside the norm.
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@aruseus493
Well, to be fair, they also license Manga as well, while JNC don't.
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Also, Justus' month release videos are getting longer and longer that I'm starting to give up on keeping up with anything anymore.
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JNC has a basically public and fixed schedule though, so it's obvious when they get off track. YP is sort of just nebulous. It will be quite obvious to us if adding this many new series causes scheduling issues.
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If we're speculating what the new licenses are, I'm gonna guess that one of them is ギルドの新人教育係（自称）/ Trainer for Newcomer at Adventurer's Guild (Self-Styled). Someone mentioned that two of them are oneshot volumes and this one is also a oneshot. It's from Overlap, came out last month, and features a pretty unique concept in which the protagonist is one of those asshole villains that harasses the main character in a lot of fantasy series when they try to register with the Guild. It's interesting to make that character a protagonist so I think it'd do well.
(Also, the typesetter/layout designer for the cover is totally the same guy that does the UchiMusume Covers.)
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I think this is new (unless I missed a convo earlier)...
The pre-AX announcements now have hints associated with them:
- Pre AX Ann. 1 - Classic Millennial
- Pre AX Ann. 2 - RTFM
I feel like you could potentially make some good guesses with those hints, but nothing comes to mind immediately for the titles I'm familiar with.
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Hmmm. My knowledge base of LN titles isn't that large, so I can't suggest specific titles, but still...
Classic millennial makes me think that it might be a title that came out about 20 years ago and had a popular anime made from it.
RTFM... Read The "Fine" Manual... An isekai where the protagonist gets a guidebook?
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RTFM probably wrong guess...
"A century later I was reincarnated as a magical book, but modern magicians are too weak"
https://bookwalker.jp/dec899d37e-cb17-422e-bdb2-c909f7b5b353/?acode=WpfPW3yk
Release date: 5/25/18 (just one volume)
Publisher: Shueisha (I forget if they're one of the ones that doesn't want all digital).
The main character is literally a manual on magic.
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@terrence Shogakukan was the anti-digital ones. And GC.
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@paul-nebeling I've always heard it as "Read The Firing Manual," so my first thought was it would be something to do with the army, guns, or the army and guns.
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@tremorc Lots of different words for that "F"... XD
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Heh. Read the FSCKING MANUAL.
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Guess on Classical Millennial
Shinwa Densetsu no Eiyuu no Isekaitan
Once upon a time, a boy was referred to as a “War Hero.”
In another world called Aletia, the boy who had saved the Lost Kingdom, conquered their neighbouring countries, and led to the rise of a grand empire decided to throw everything away, returning to the modern era at the cost of his memories.
As three years passed, the boy who was happily enjoying his daily life was once again called back to the other world.
However, what awaited him was the Aletia of 1000 years in the future.
As his past glories became a “myth,” the legend of the youth referred to as the, “Twin Black Hero King,” begins.
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@village-idiot said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:
Guess on Classical Millennial
...1000 years in the future.
Ah, that's a good idea. Someone from 1000 years in the past.
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Maybe RTFM could refer to Altina the Sword Princess? From what I've read of the synopsis it contains a person who always would read the manual dealing with a "meathead" who doesn't.
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God, that'd be nice, though I think it's Kadokawa, so ... if Sam did get it, it'd be a coup. :)
(Note, as well, that Altina isn't stupid. She just isn't interested in books, there's a difference. She picks up on things pretty well. :)
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That would mean JNC now has access to Kadokawa titles
