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    • HordiniH
      Hordini
      last edited by Hordini

      Besides everything that J-Novel Club is currently translating...

      A Certain Magical Index
      Accel World
      Baccano
      Black Bullet
      Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?
      Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Sword Oratoria
      Kagerou Daze
      The Monogatari Series
      Log Horizon
      My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong As I Expected
      No Game No Life
      Overlord
      Psycho Love Comedy (Psycome)
      Re: Zero
      Spice and Wolf
      Sword Art Online: Progressive
      Sword Art Online
      The Asterisk War
      The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
      The Irregular at Magic High School
      The Isolator
      The Rising of the Shield Hero
      Tokyo Ghoul (Spin-off LN)

      I'm pretty much reading and am caught up on everything currently released by Yen On, except for Durarara (which I think was completely covered by the anime, if not, correct me) and Strike the Blood (because the anime's ending pissed me off). I also read a lot of manga.

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      • the green deathT
        the green death
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        Was happy to get a package from RightStuf with the new SAO, Asterick War and the first volume of Goblin Slayer.

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        • TerrenceT
          Terrence Premium Member
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          Starting Baccano volume 4 now. Wish me luck at finishing this and the three expiring J-Novel volumes I haven't read (suspect I'll be using my credits on one or two of those). 😣

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            Hyferzftw @Terrence
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            @terrence good luck, no life it if you have too like I do XD

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            • gonkiG
              gonki
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              Among a bunch of other titles listed here... Goblin Slayer.

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              • V
                Village Idiot Premium Member
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                Nearly every single Yen Press and JNC series.

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                  Nameless
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                  Date A Live by Koushi Tachibana, such a good series and I really hope it could get licensed here in English by either J-novel or Yen Press or anyone else

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                  • TerrenceT
                    Terrence Premium Member
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                    I need some help with remembering stuff about the Gandors from Baccano volumes 1,2, and 3 so I can be ready for 4. One specific element....

                    (SPOILERS for Baccano up to volume 4)

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                    • raddevlinR
                      raddevlin @Terrence
                      last edited by raddevlin

                      @terrence said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:

                      I need some help with remembering stuff about the Gandors from Baccano volumes 1,2, and 3 so I can be ready for 4. One specific element....

                      (SPOILERS for Baccano up to volume 4)

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                      Anything Gandor related would be super helpful. =)

                      You are pretty much on the money. :slight_smile:

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                      Personally I really like the Gandors and volume 4 is a favourite of mine! After you finish the book, you might want to check out chapters 1-5 of the (good) manga as it features that group of childhood friends in a prequel story set in 1927. It's not essential by any means but I enjoyed it. :slight_smile:

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                        Rootbeermaster Premium Member
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                        So far what i am currently reading is

                        Strike the Blood - 3 volumes, have volume 4 on my bookshelf.
                        Invaders of the Rokujyōma!? - 3 volumes
                        No Game No Life - 5 volumes, however just got volume 6 in the mail the other day, now to find time to read it.
                        A Certain Magical Index - 9 volumes, have volume 10 on my bookshelf.
                        Arifureta - 2 volumes
                        My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy world - 4 volumes

                        Infinite Dendrogram - 1 volume
                        My Favorite Song - Silver Siren - 1 volume
                        Konosuba - 1 volume, have volume 2 on my bookshelf.
                        Accel World - 1 volume, have volume 2 on my bookshelf
                        Asterisk War - 1 volume, have volume 2.
                        Is it wrong to pick up girl in a dungeon? - 1 volume, but I have volumes 2-5,
                        Log Horizon - 1 volume, but I have volumes 2-5,
                        Demon king daimao - 1 volume
                        If It's for my daughter I would even Defeat a demon lord? - 1 volume

                        I only put the series from stuff I have read at lest 1 volume too, not every light novel series that I have collected.

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                        • TerrenceT
                          Terrence Premium Member
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                          Anyone seen this site Qidian International? Are they legit / legal Chinese web novels translated to English? How do they make their money (ads?)?

                          https://m.webnovel.com

                          After I saw the Cross Infinite World announcement of that Reincarnated into an Otome Protagonist book, I wanted to see if there were any male reincarnation stories, and there's one called Neet Receives a Dating Sim System there.

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                            Jaquobus Premium Member @Terrence
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                            @terrence Arguably legit, probably not legal: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/6cvjst/whats_going_on_with_qidian_international_and/

                            I'm not really interested in any Wuxiang/Cultivation/Chinese novels (except maybe Release That Witch), but this Qidian saga is popcorn worthy.

                            You can't spell Keikaku without Kei – Vote for Sagrada Reset!

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                            • TerrenceT
                              Terrence Premium Member @Jaquobus
                              last edited by Terrence

                              @jaquobus said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:

                              @terrence Arguably legit, probably not legal

                              Ahh, too bad. I try to stay on the up and up with my novel reading (haven't read any fanslations yet, but if I did, I'd probably want to purchase the books in Japanese first to show support).

                              Edit: I don't really understand the situation in the link though... that doesn't sound like illegal, just them taking back their properties and not licensing any more to that other site. I'm probably misunderstanding the situation from those posts.

                              Edit 2: That additional link on the Reddit got me an answer to my other question...

                              which they intend to paywall in a few months.

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                                Jaquobus Premium Member @Terrence
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                                @terrence The illegal part refers to https://www.reddit.com/r/noveltranslations/comments/6cp1ag/please_use_this_thread_to_discuss_the_wuxiaworld/. I obviously cannot verify those claims, but with everything said and done, Qidan seems to be at least scummy.

                                You can't spell Keikaku without Kei – Vote for Sagrada Reset!

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                                  Village Idiot Premium Member
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                                  From what I gather, Qidan just rips fan translations from Wuxia World, though they're in process of recruiting Wuxia World's translators and bringing over their series.

                                  They're currently in legal dispute with them as well.

                                  Personally I wouldn't read stuff on Qidan. They seem really scummy, aiming for an eventual paywall and LOL I ain't paying for fan translations.

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                                  • TerrenceT
                                    Terrence Premium Member @Village Idiot
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                                    @village-idiot said in What Other Light Novels Are You Reading?:

                                    and LOL I ain't paying for fan translations.

                                    You aren't buying Invaders of the Rokujyoma? Granted it's getting edited.

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                                      Village Idiot Premium Member @Terrence
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                                      @terrence I am buying Rokujouma.

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                                        Terrence Premium Member @raddevlin
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                                        @raddevlin

                                        Hey, I have one more question if you don't mind.

                                        How old is Luck developmentally?

                                        I'm curious if Luck x Eve Genoard could be a thing in the future, but don't spoil it. Luck being single was something brought up in the volume

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                                        • raddevlinR
                                          raddevlin @Terrence
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                                          @terrence No worries. :slight_smile:

                                          Going by the manga, Luck is the same age as Firo so he's physically 18 and actually 21-22 in volume 4. I assume Claire is the same age as them as well.

                                          My thoughts on Luck x Eve - no spoilers as I don't know the answer, haha:

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                                          • TerrenceT
                                            Terrence Premium Member
                                            last edited by Terrence

                                            A lot of light novels released yesterday. Anyone get any?

                                            I got:

                                            Part Timer 8 (2.99 after a Google Books 5 off promo).

                                            Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers 2 (3.50 after a 5 off credit from a cancelled free Amazon Echo Dot).

                                            I'm making out like a bandit.

                                            Also got Slime Reincarnation (which I think I messed up and got the manga) and Goblin Slayer 3 on their way.

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