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    • TerrenceT
      Terrence Premium Member @_08
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      Then the hint would be referring to a very minor aspect of series...

      Iirc, we did get at least one hint that referred to a minor thing in a volume 1.

      I know there was one about eggplant?

      Found it:

      The "not part of the Nasuverse" hint ended up being for Yume Nikki.
      It was a reference to a minigame in it where you collect eggplants (eggplant means Nasu).

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        _08 @Terrence
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        @terrence Nasu is a very memorable part of Yume Nikki (plus, that was a part of multi-hint thing). Meanwhile I can't remember Inou Battle having any JoJo references.

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        • TerrenceT
          Terrence Premium Member
          last edited by Terrence

          Yeah, I can't recall them either (they said one of the characters can stop time..which isn't a power specific to JoJo, but is the way they do it specific?). So I doubt it, but I saw it thrown out there on the Reddit (the other one was Oreshura).

          I was thinking something more fabulous art style wise like JoJo with poses, but I don't know anything offhand.

          @_08 said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [11 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED!9 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED! NEW PUBLISHER!!!]:

          Or with time manipulation.

          Time manipulation was in the guess for Inou Battle on Reddit, yeah.

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            _08 @Terrence
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            @terrence Again, every anime these days have a JoJo reference or two. Can be art style, SFX, direct/obscured quotes (try remembering or googling ones used in steins;gate, did you find this one?) or even reproduction of entire scenes.
            Oreshura directly named JoJo so if fits that reasoning a bit better.

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            • FezuF
              Fezu Premium Member
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              I have updated with the previous hints that you mentioned @_08

              They're at the bottom of the Opening Post.

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                _08 @Fezu
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                @fezu I linked it with markdown, though. And here's the one with bullet points because previous version looks bad (open in notepad if browser botches encoding).

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                • FezuF
                  Fezu Premium Member @_08
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                  @_08 Updated again! Thanks for making it a bit more readable!

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                  • TerrenceT
                    Terrence Premium Member
                    last edited by Terrence

                    You know what else is wryyyy? Smiles.

                    https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/1050/why-is-there-so-much-wry-smiling

                    Maybe there's an LN cover with a large wry grin? x)

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                    • Drone205D
                      Drone205 Premium Member @hatguy12
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                      @hatguy12 said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [11 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED!9 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED! NEW PUBLISHER!!!]:

                      It's also vaguely my theory that "AX Teaser Announcement" will be Sam saying he's figured out a way to do print, and that print editions for some JNC series will be coming up in the future (beyond what Seven Seas already does).

                      If that is the case I would really love to see that all the series be available in print. maybe it could be something like a Print-to-Order type of thing, though if they do not come with the bonus stuff then IDK if I would (most likely I would get Faraway Paladin as Print and others JNC series I Love too but IDK).

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                        BloodyGaikotsu @Drone205
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                        @drone205
                        For me, it has to be Outbreak Company and Invader of Rokujyoma.

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                          _08 @hatguy12
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                          @hatguy12 said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [11 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED!9 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED! NEW PUBLISHER!!!]:

                          It's also vaguely my theory that "AX Teaser Announcement" will be Sam saying he's figured out a way to do print, and that print editions for some JNC series will be coming up in the future (beyond what Seven Seas already does).

                          The recent e-mail mentions a huge non-licensing announcement and a curiouscat answer suggests that "AX Teaser Announcement" is a license, so those two are separate.

                          Gonna hijack your idea and speculate that Sam's going to piggyback on HJ to get relatively cheap low-volume prints for most if not all of their titles.

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                          • unsynchedcheeseU
                            unsynchedcheese Premium Member
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                            AX Announcement #5: Might not make it in time for AX (sorry)

                            Originally I was thinking this was "I've Been Reincarnated (Sorry)" ("Tensei shichatta yo (Iya, gomen)"), but then I don't think it's gotten past the webnovel stage into published light novel form, so I'm probably wrong.

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                            • Paul NebelingP
                              Paul Nebeling Premium Member @_08
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                              @_08 That picture of Sam did have him holding English printed copies of Smartphone (a HJ title).

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                                _08 @unsynchedcheese
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                                @unsynchedcheese Alphapolis wasn't really approachable, last time Sam commented on that. Either way e-mail explicitly says it's not a hint.

                                @Paul-Nebeling That, the book's size and SS not having a single HJ title.

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                                • TerrenceT
                                  Terrence Premium Member @BloodyGaikotsu
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                                  @bloodygaikotsu said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [11 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED!9 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED! NEW PUBLISHER!!!]:

                                  @drone205
                                  For me, it has to be Outbreak Company and Invader of Rokujyoma.

                                  I don't know that Rokuojyoma is selling well enough to warrant physical release. Steady sales, but no profit. =(

                                  I'm not much of a physical guy, so I have no rooting interest in a particular title.


                                  From Curiosity Cat:

                                  Do any of your upcoming licenses have more than 10 volumes? — Yes

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                                    BloodyGaikotsu @Terrence
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                                    @terrence said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [11 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED!9 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED! NEW PUBLISHER!!!]:

                                    I'm not much of a physical guy, so I have no rooting interest in a particular title.

                                    I am the kind of guy who might get a title he was iffy about if it's available in print so....

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                                      hatguy12 @_08
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                                      @_08 said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [11 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED!9 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED! NEW PUBLISHER!!!]:

                                      and speculate that Sam's going to piggyback on HJ to get relatively cheap low-volume prints for most if not all of their titles.

                                      Ohh... That seems pretty good when you consider that Sam mentioned "the smartphone books are identical in size to Japanese tanks, 128x182" (phrasing it as identical to a JP size). I feel like he's also mentioned having multiple meetings with HJ a few times quite recently; maybe it's just lots of normal licensing meetings, but it fits the narrative for this guess.

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                                        Siess Premium Member
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                                        I really hope AX Announcement #2: Help! I'm drowning! turns out to be The Death Mage that doesn't want a fourth time.

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                                          fozzedout Premium Member @hatguy12
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                                          @hatguy12 said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [11 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED!9 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED! NEW PUBLISHER!!!]:

                                          Ohh... That seems pretty good when you consider that Sam mentioned "the smartphone books are identical in size to Japanese tanks, 128x182" (phrasing it as identical to a JP size).

                                          128x182 inches? In what world is a 10 foot wide book considered a 'light' novel? Or is that the super extreme giant print edition ?

                                          😂😂😂

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                                          • DoubleMangekyoD
                                            DoubleMangekyo @fozzedout
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                                            @fozzedout I'm pretty sure he meant it in millimeters
                                            https://papersizes.io/japanese/jb6

                                            My light novel counter (EN & JP) for series published by Yen On / JNC / Seven Seas

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