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    • catstormC
      catstorm Premium Member
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      You know I feel like we are all very lucky right now, even 4-5 years ago the idea that we could get to read so many LN beyond mostly poorly translated fan stuff would be crazy. Just from J novel club alone we will have gotten more than 20 new translated series or stand alones in just 2018, that’s crazy stuff.

      I guess I’m just really glad to be able to legally access the medium I love so much is what I’m trying to say.

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

        You know I feel like we are all very lucky right now, even 4-5 years ago the idea that we could get to read so many LN beyond mostly poorly translated fan stuff would be crazy. Just from J novel club alone we will have gotten more than 20 new translated series or stand alones in just 2018, that’s crazy stuff.

        I guess I’m just really glad to be able to legally access the medium I love so much is what I’m trying to say.

        I know what you mean. The memory of Yen Press discarding the original covers for Spice & Wolf in favor of westernized ones seems a distant memory at this point...

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        • RaitoiroR
          Raitoiro Premium Member @Korppi
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          @korppi Sometime the westernize cover can be better, the new cover for the french edition of goblin slayer look way cooler than the jap one
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          Do you like death, war and misery ?
          Do you like badass op loli who let nobody got in their way ?
          Do you like vengeance story?
          If so then then vote for The girl who ate a death god

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          • TerrenceT
            Terrence Premium Member
            last edited by Terrence

            So we can sort when searching through the catalog between Manga or Novel now, and Most recent, least recent, along with the old A-Z, Z-A.

            Of course, nothing listed under manga yet.

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            • Drone205D
              Drone205 Premium Member @Raitoiro
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              @raitoiro well I still like the original cover. The series is about the characters and you get a sense that something is not right when you flip the cover anyways.

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              • RaitoiroR
                Raitoiro Premium Member @Drone205
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                @drone205 The serie is about character but mostly that dude being badass while killing goblin what i feel that cover show more than the jap one. The real problem is more that the next volumes will probably have the jap cover so vol1 won't fit that well with the rest of the serie.

                Do you like death, war and misery ?
                Do you like badass op loli who let nobody got in their way ?
                Do you like vengeance story?
                If so then then vote for The girl who ate a death god

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                  sniper_samurai Premium Member
                  last edited by sniper_samurai

                  New hints up for 5 manga and placeholders for 5 lns on the announcement page

                  Manga #1
                  Now with "enhanced" character design

                  Manga #2
                  Just call Terminix

                  Manga #3
                  Preferred Apache

                  Manga #4
                  The manga we deserve, but...

                  Manga #5
                  Are we sure this isnt a touhou?

                  Considering the description I think it is highly likely that #1 is Realist Hero due to the complaints about the changes to the character designs from the lns.

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                  • smiley_101S
                    smiley_101 Premium Member
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                    When will the new LNs be revealed?

                    Books are the best companion a person can have

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                    • Rahul BalagganR
                      Rahul Balaggan Staff @smiley_101
                      last edited by Rahul Balaggan

                      @smiley_101 if everything stays on track around Thanksgiving, could be before could be after.

                      Scratch that looks like manga is set for around Thanksgiving, and LN will just come in “winter”

                      Sorry but J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing decision or acquisitions.
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                      • TerabyteT
                        Terabyte @sniper_samurai
                        last edited by

                        @sniper_samurai I think you're right about #1; but I still hope we're all wrong. Realist Hero's manga art looks really bad to me 😐

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                        • smiley_101S
                          smiley_101 Premium Member @Rahul Balaggan
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                          @rahul-balaggan here's to hoping we get "Rakudai kishi no Cavalry". A man can only dream after all

                          Books are the best companion a person can have

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                          • TimmaaahT
                            Timmaaah @smiley_101
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                            @smiley_101 For some reason, the more time that goes... the further away that dream gets...

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                            • DoubleMangekyoD
                              DoubleMangekyo
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                              I do hope we get the Realist Hero manga. The art looks pretty good to me, balloon boob syndrome notwithstanding.

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

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                              • TerrenceT
                                Terrence Premium Member
                                last edited by Terrence

                                Hints are up for the manga!

                                Spoiler:

                                spoiler

                                Terminix makes me think of that Exterminator other world light novel, but this is a manga title, so idk. It does have a two volume manga as well, so hmmm.

                                Kujonin (Exterminator) https://forums.j-novel.club/post/26346

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

                                I do hope we get the Realist Hero manga. The art looks pretty good to me, balloon boob syndrome notwithstanding.

                                "Now with "enhanced" character design"

                                One of the hints.

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                                • GuspazG
                                  Guspaz Member
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                                  Yeah, my guess for #1 is Realist Hero. All the females in the series got... upgrades. Don't get me wrong, I'm normally a fan of that sort of character design, it's just that in this case it's a change from what was already established.

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                                  • TerabyteT
                                    Terabyte
                                    last edited by Terabyte

                                    I didn't look much into the hints yet, but if #2 is Exterminator, then I'm all for it. I've been checking out the WN + manga scanlation and I like it!

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                                    • DTTAD
                                      DTTA Premium Member
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                                      Not sure if I'd like Exterminator, myself, but not everything is for me. I read the WN and it ... just got repetitive. He doesn't do anything and it's not the fun sort of slice of life. Though that's WN, so they could've edited it for manga/LN.

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                                      • TerabyteT
                                        Terabyte @DTTA
                                        last edited by

                                        @dtta From what I've read of the manga, which I suppose is based on the LN, the story is already a bit different at the start.

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                                        • ShiroiRyuS
                                          ShiroiRyu Premium Member @Drone205
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                                          @drone205 My problem with the original cover is you can think that will be a funny manga with cute characters and others ...
                                          Oh we have cute characters but hey ...
                                          We have beautiful ones too (The sorceress !).
                                          Anyways, about the 10 new acquisitions, because i'm bad with that, i will just wait...
                                          But good job J-cafe for novel in real books and for manga ! :)
                                          I will look at it. ;)

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                                            Sean O'Hara Member @sniper_samurai
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                                            @sniper_samurai said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [8 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED (5 MANGA, 3 LNs)! 2 AQUISITIONS YET TO BE CONFIRMED! IT'S MANGA TIME!!!]:

                                            Manga #3
                                            Preferred Apache

                                            I'm guessing this is a title that's similar to a webserver or helicopter name.

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