@BlueDragoon said in Over-localization:

When I read "Saga of Tanya the Evil" on Kindle, it has footnotes

Purely off the top of my head, I seem to recall that the footnotes in Tanya are from the original text, not added by the localization team.

Someone already mentioned So I'm a Spider, but I was reminded of another series that I actually ended up reading backwards nearly 30 years ago. It was a Battletech series, 3-4 volumes, though I don't recall the name...Wolf's Dragoons or something similar? It was a group of Clan members infiltrating the Inner Sphere as mercenaries for reconnaissance.

Anyway, I accidentally picked up the last book in the series, not realizing there were multiple volumes. Really enjoyed the book, found and read the previous volume and then the one before it. But it was so well written I even felt sympathy for the villains that died. And while reading the original volume, I was concerned for the life of the protagonist, even though I already knew he would survive because of the subsequent volumes I had already read.

@KopiCAT You get that with Mushoku Tensei a lot, the girls have defined roles in the household but in the end do whatever Rudy wants. It's even hinted that yuri stuff happens because Rudy wants to watch Sylphy and Roxy play with each other, even though they have no interest in doing so otherwise. Eris is prob the only exception, he can't get her to do anything except with him because she takes over during sex and doesn't want to share.

You can argue that medieval societies would raise their daughters to be submissive and obedient to their husbands, and that a woman should hold on to a powerful man no matter what. Why the trope of a young girl being repulsed by a fat husband is so dumb, to people who don't get enough food a fat man means he eats well, so a woman would find him very attractive. In a society where harems are the norm, why should it be surprising to find the girls ok with it?

Problems show up in Harems when everyone gets older, the girls get fat from age and childbirth, and the husband brings in a young girl to add to the harem. Of course, the older wives are upset because they know they are being replaced and won't be nice to the new girl. At least in anime this is presented as a dick move by the man and makes him out to be a selfish ass. I see Rudy doing this eventually, he's just that selfish.

@staylo67 https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/6002/mixed-bathing-vol-7?_=1661232001414

@the-green-death said in Series with the steepest/largest drop in quality:

I keep meaning to finish the last volume I bought of I’ve Been Killing Slimes again

That one hasn't gotten bad, just for me a bit bland. It's a one-volume-a-year for me too.

@myskaros said in After Spice & Wolf Anime, where too next?:

@Ruby-Eye The light novel is still the original source; the manga is an adaptation of the light novel. The manga is also long over while the LN kept going, so at some point you would have to switch to the LN to read more anyway.

To be fair, the spring log books are more of a sequel, running concurrent with Wolf and Parchment. The manga is nsfw, unlike the anime, so be aware of that if you read it. It also moves things around. A lot.

As a huge fan, the anime is...accurate...for the half of the story it shows. Danmachi is a phenomenal light novel series. I'm rather glad this season, since it appears they're doing a split cour; volume 12/13 in the first half and 14 in the second. Which it needs, volume 14 is a nonstop action chonky boy.

Hokay.

Based upon what I recall from looking at the stuff at Narou when this question came up over at [unnamed fan translation site someone with a name and avatar frighteningly similar to mine is associated with]...

The first 295 chapters of the WN were posted as R-15.
Starting with chapter 296, it shifted to the R-18 host site due to it having become obvious that was where it now belonged.
The R-15 site contains chapters 1-295.
The R-18 site starts with chapter 296.
It is one continuous work that starts in the R-15 and under site and then shifts over to the R-18 site.
There is no reboot.

The Official Licensed TL has been published through Volume 2 of the LN and Volume 6 of the Manga.
So far, the LN and WN are matching up pretty well, just slight edits.
Volume 3 of the LN looks to be where one should start watching to see if there really is any toning down between the WN and the LN.

So far, the reader speculation at [unnamed fan translation site] that they would diverge seems to be entirely based upon not grasping that the same skills existed in both versions, but had been given different English identifiers in the fan TL of the WN and the licensed TL of the LN; if you actually compared the status listings on a appearance by appearance basis, they really are the same skills.

Adding to the confusion is that while the translator for 7Seas stayed the same, the Editor and Proofreaders for the 7Seas LN changed between volumes 1 and 2 and this did seem to tie in with a number of identifiers changing between volumes; it could just be a coincidence and the translator decided at the volume break to change terms... but I find that hard to buy. The copyright/credits pages for the licensed LN translation confirm this.

Incidentally, the LN translator did a wondrous post concerning the joys of TLing Loner Life... read it here.

That's pretty much what I know.

I'm rather annoyed it didn't include the three stories. Especially the closure one.

@Ekun said in Wikipedia pager -List of "j-Novel" OUT of DATE!!:

Yup! i did just this because is just a bit less than a week , so can save 1 update.

Just don't do it make a habit of it.

I believe 'coz the easy way just using G as search engine by default.

No, the easiest would have been using Amazon so there is a conscious effort to use Google Books.

And in fact, I am thinking to replace them to point straight to JNC web, at least with all the English references .

If you do that you're probably going to really annoy somebody.

@Anna-slut-a3x74lu said in looking for a yuri litrpg ;):

hi I'm looking for a yuri litrpg with a female mc and some hear pounding, smutty moments

hmmm. Well, there's The Knightly Elven... Spider?. It's not smutty yet though.

A Jaded Life - Good smut in the beginning, not so much later on. It's also got instalove which I'm not a fan of though I do like the story.

Azarinth Healer, of course. it's not smutty though, at all. The sex is there, just not elaborated. She is bi and currently dating a woman (for a few years now) and we're getting close to the end of the story.

Stray Cat Strut and A (Not So) Simple Fetch Quest I haven't gotten to but I hear good things.

Beneath the Dragoneye Moons I'm gonna add just because. Like AH, not smut, but again like AH the fmc is bi, and will end up with a woman at the end. A hella good story.

Wikipedia, of course, has a list of alternate country names.

@Elijah203223 it's directly confirmed now, but v12 started prepubs less than a month after it released in JP, so I'm not expecting it take anywhere near a year to begin translation on v13. I'd be hoping for Spring 2022, maybe Summer at the latest

(hint: don't use seasons to refer to time on an international forum, the Southern Hemisphere matters too)

As @GeorgeMTO says it mostly depends on digital sales. If a series is selling well digitally then JNC is likely to conclude that a print edition would be popular, but if it isn't then they'll see it as too much of a risk.

As such the best thing you can do to increase the chances of a physical release is to spread the word about the series and the LN. It's a fun series so an easy recommendation, but those who have seen the anime might not realise that the LN is still worth a read even if they know the basic storyline already.

For discussion of JNC's process for deciding what does and doesn't get a print release see:

@LegitPancake Yay, volume 12! I want it! It's better than... cake!

FYI, so far JNC has never dropped a series with the exception of New Life + where the Japanese publisher stopped selling it and asked JNC to also remove the translated version.

@Sean-8xcfxdr I think in the announcement they mentioned eventually adding the content to the website, but it isn't something they were planning on doing in the short term. So I doubt we will see them on catch-up in the near future.

@poisonedbite said in The longest title ever!:

Oh, that's easy. It's the one where the entire book is the title :D

Honestly, this would be really easy for J-Novel to get the rights to and translate it, but I can imagine the backlash.

The Japanese title of Lazy Dungeon Master is Zettai ni Hatarakitakunai Dungeon Master ga Damin o Musaboru made, but if you look at all of their translations, they only use Lazy Dungeon Master for everything. So they could translate it as Isekai Pi: The Ascendance Of My Wrong Legendary Heroic Life.

As it is just the English title, there would only be one part needed. Because Lazy Dungeon Master is ending, this could be given to @Quof because he is used to working on ridiculously long works. So translating a title can be done in his sleep. The J-Novel EPUB premium bonus content can even be the entire Japanese title translated into English.

So now the backlash. On the website we get an almost 200 page epub and on Amazon they get one page. Also, people would be irate about paying $7.99 for a one page book, but everyone else would be happy paying 699 Sams (J-Novel Coins) for the entire bonus title.

Even the hints they release at the next anime convention would be easy.

Hint 1: Pi
Hint 2: You don't need a hint 2.

@RobD
You might like Epilogue which sounds like it has a similar premise albeit different in execution.