Acquisitions Speculation - General
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Sugar Apple Fairy Tale and Fake Cinderella would be my top favorite licenses too. I hope they get licensed soon! Isekai Yakkyoku would be another favorite of mine.
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JNC has put up hints for the new licenses but it looks like nobody has noticed yet. Here you go:
- SERIES 1 HINT: Fast Demon King Immediacy
- SERIES 2 HINT: And Let There Be Dungeons
- SERIES 3 HINT: They Flee First
- SERIES 4 HINT: Black Belt Chucky
- SERIES 5 HINT: Like Sailor Moon's relationship but backwards
- SERIES 6 HINT: Facebook's Ultimate Plan
- SERIES 7 HINT: Stories of dating in Japan
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@terabyte For series 1, I can't help but think of The Misfit of Demon King Academy, what with the way the main character / reincarnated demon king uses his magic to grow up really freakin' fast. Immediately, even.
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@terabyte said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
JNS
What's that? The Japanese Novel Society?
Number 7 is definitely a Rom-Com.
Number six... Probably either a VRMMO or VRMMO Isekai.Green's Theorem
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@piisfun said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
@terabyte said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
JNS
What's that? The Japanese Novel Society?
That's obviously what they were called in the 4Kids dub...
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Ops, auto correct strikes again. I'm not even sure why the word JNS is coming up in it though...😅
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@waterdweller
Couldn't agree more. -
Hints 2,3 and 6 could literally be one of a number of series, although perhaps hint 2 is something like World's Fastest Level Up. Hint 7 is definitely a romcom perhaps something like Rabudame or that series where the MC works at a dating agency. The other hints I have no idea on.
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I can't think of a way to connect any of these to Bookworm Gaiden, so I'll just have to hope that doesn't count as a new series.
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For hint 2, maybe they're taking over the license for Meikyuu labyrinth kingdom?
(yen has it now, but it'd fit the hint anyways)Logic is out, Unreasonableness is in!
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@windsagio Meikyuu Labyrinth Kingdom appears to only have a single volume out in Japan (released December 2019), which Yen Press has already published, so I doubt there's anything to take over.
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Series 5: So it has a male lead who bumbles things up a lot, and a mysterious strong female character always swoops in the save the day when he messes up? Anyone know any stories like that? (That could be any of about a couple dozen series actually, now that I think about it - most of the overpowered harem genre probably fits that one)
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@lisast Clearly, we have:
- Fast Demon King Immediacy
- And Let There Be Dungeons
- They Flee First
- Black Belt Chucky
All of these relate to a rampaging Myne engaging in a Bloody Carnival.
- Like Sailor Moon's relationship but backwards
I’m sorry I don’t actually know anything about Sailor Moon so I can’t make a joke here- Facebook's Ultimate Plan
Facebook, you say???
- Stories of dating in Japan
This is part of Myne’s goal of organizing a library; it’s important to record the dates of which your stories are published!
TL;DR “Wait, it’s all Bookworm Gaiden?” “Always has been.”
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@pcj I can't help but think of that beloved memeable moment:
"My job here is done!" > "But you didn't do anything!"
So the reverse would be the person is useful?
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@terabyte said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
- SERIES 5 HINT: Like Sailor Moon's relationship but backwards
Mask Tuxedo?
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@masterlillyclaw said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
Facebook's Ultimate Plan
Facebook, you say???
So the metaverse? Maybe something with VR?
@pcj said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:
Series 5: So it has a male lead who bumbles things up a lot, and a mysterious strong female character always swoops in the save the day when he messes up?
Maybe it's the reverse of that, a strong capable MC where a mysterious and incompetent stranger always swoops in trying to help.
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Hint number 2 could be the light novel version of "Dungeon Builder". The manga is already licensed.
It could also be "Let's Manage The Tower" which is really what I'm hoping for. That would be awesome!
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@lighthawk96 I would be interested in either of those. I was considering that the hint may be the Dungeon Busters manga since JNC has started doing simulpub releases of manga.
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@jpwong
That very well could be. But I've been hoping for "Let's Manage The Tower" and since the hint had "Let" in there I thought it could be possible. -
@lighthawk96 I forgot about “let’s manage the tower” I would be supper pumped of JNC licensed that!
