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  • Fezu
    Fezu Premium Member last edited by Mar 16, 2018, 6:44 PM

    Updated. I guess its' going to be an interesting novel.

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    • Drone205
      Drone205 Premium Member last edited by Mar 16, 2018, 10:14 PM

      wait if Sam said the last two announces were basically done for vol 1 translations then are we going to get a 3rd fan-translated series? If so then this could narrow down the possibilities. just narrow down to credible or good fan-translations and then there would not be that much left, all it would take is the hint and we could have a reasonable guess.

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      • Terabyte
        Terabyte Premium Member @Drone205 last edited by Mar 16, 2018, 10:17 PM

        @drone205 that is indeed a possibility!

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        • myskaros
          myskaros Staff last edited by Mar 16, 2018, 11:08 PM

          If he hired the fan translator in the first place and has enough trust in that "published" version, then I suppose that cuts out the translation step entirely. Otherwise it would depend on how familiar with the fan translation the editor is already, since if you have a translation checker go over the fan script first, that's going to take about as much time as a translator translating from scratch.

          Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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          • Aruseus493
            Aruseus493 Premium Member last edited by Mar 16, 2018, 11:18 PM

            If we're talking about quality translations with a volume already fan-translated, maybe Sam has finally broken through the Kadokawa barrier and grabbed 86.

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              BloodyGaikotsu @Terrence last edited by Mar 17, 2018, 12:29 AM

              @terrence said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:

              Not a Light Novel

              When was that hint mentioned?

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              • Terabyte
                Terabyte Premium Member @BloodyGaikotsu last edited by Mar 17, 2018, 12:33 AM

                @bloodygaikotsu said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:

                When was that hint mentioned?

                It was the first hint, they gave 2 hints per title, apart from the fifth one.

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                • Terrence
                  Terrence Premium Member last edited by Mar 17, 2018, 12:38 AM

                  To go with "Not a Light Novel", maybe it isn't a novel-novel, but not a light novel. In other words, a heavy, emotional novel.

                  spoiler

                  could fit there.

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                    BloodyGaikotsu @Terabyte last edited by Mar 17, 2018, 12:39 AM

                    @terabyte
                    Ah~
                    I only started playing the guessing game recently so, I didn't know...

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                      paulnamida last edited by Mar 17, 2018, 12:39 AM

                      Or maybe the Horizon series?? Those 1000 page long novels can't be considered "light"

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                        BloodyGaikotsu last edited by Mar 17, 2018, 12:41 AM

                        I only know that 86 was on Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!
                        Would it fit the other hint?
                        "A personal story"?

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                        • Terrence
                          Terrence Premium Member @paulnamida last edited by Terrence Mar 17, 2018, 1:04 AM Mar 17, 2018, 12:57 AM

                          @paulnamida said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:

                          Or maybe the Horizon series?? Those 1000 page long novels can't be considered "light"

                          Exactly.

                          I mean, I definitely would love it if it is a novel label novel, but I think "emotional" or "lengthy" novel would be good too. So... I think I'll be happy either way.

                          Unless it's the unforseen option 4...

                          @bloodygaikotsu said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:

                          I only know that 86 was on Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!
                          Would it fit the other hint?
                          "A personal story"?

                          I feel like "A Personal Story" will be something like the Japanese equivalent of that in the title. Like My Love Story is Ore Monogatari. Monogatari meaning "story"? And there's all sorts of other stories with Monogatari in the name, like Bakemonogatari.

                          If it weren't already licensed, I'd be thinking something fiction but based on personal experiences, Welcome to the NHK. Personal experiences made into manga stories are a hot commodity now with My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness, The Bride Was A Boy, and even something fiction like My Brother's Husband hits a personal tone to me.

                          I feel like that hint isn't extremely helpful though since everything can be considered the main character's personal story (especially if told from First Person).

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                            BloodyGaikotsu @Terrence last edited by Mar 17, 2018, 1:00 AM

                            @terrence
                            I think a novel from other Kodansha labels may fit too since they ain't exactly light novel labels (or that's just my wishful thinking speaking~)

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                              BloodyGaikotsu @Terrence last edited by BloodyGaikotsu Mar 17, 2018, 1:19 AM Mar 17, 2018, 1:10 AM

                              @terrence
                              Well, I did find an overlap series with very similar title "Lonely Myself Saga" but that's light novel (and It didn't look like it's that heavy emotionally).

                              Hmmm, Welcome to the N.H.K.
                              I'd love to see it licensed again (but that's by Kadokawa Shoten)

                              Well, according to this, we may ignore the titles with long volumes.
                              https://curiouscat.me/jnovelclub/post/343001981?1521248913

                              They are really useless hints tho, as they only raise our expectations...(lol)

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                              • Terrence
                                Terrence Premium Member @BloodyGaikotsu last edited by Terrence Mar 17, 2018, 1:26 AM Mar 17, 2018, 1:25 AM

                                @bloodygaikotsu said in New Acquisitions Speculation General [5 NEW AQUISITIONS ANNOUNCED! 1 AQUISITIONS LEFT TO BE ANNOUNCED!]:

                                Well, according to this, we may ignore the titles with long volumes.
                                https://curiouscat.me/jnovelclub/post/343001981?1521248913

                                To counter that a bit though, a title that has a fan translator who already worked on it can reach a deal that is a bit more cost friendly than asking a translator to start from scratch. So if there's a title with really dense material that some passionate fan translator has been uploading, maybe they'd look at licensing that.

                                As long as the series length isn't insane, I don't mind long volumes... With the caveat that I'd like more prepub parts to separate them into manageable chunks. Some long prepub parts read by Text to Speech programs set to Fast take an hour and a half. O.o

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                                  hatguy12 last edited by Mar 17, 2018, 4:22 AM

                                  Regarding "Not a light novel," within the last few months ago, Sam was talking about wanting to license something that I vaguely remember being some kind of memoir or autobiography. I wasn't too interested, so I didn't pay attention, but I think he mentioned which one specifically.

                                  That fits the hints very well, so I am very much expecting it to be whatever non-fiction book he had mentioned back then.

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                                  • LilithR02R1
                                    LilithR02R1 Premium Member @hatguy12 last edited by LilithR02R1 Mar 17, 2018, 12:40 PM Mar 17, 2018, 12:36 PM

                                    @hatguy12 Maybe this one Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita

                                    Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/LightNovels/comments/6lleyt/jinrui_wa_suitai_shimashita_is_really_good/

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                                    • Cynigami
                                      Cynigami last edited by Mar 18, 2018, 12:34 AM

                                      AS MUCH AS I would like it to be Jintai, it is not. Hint 4 is exactly what it sounds like. It is a personal story, an autobiography. No fiction book - which is why we got the "not a light novel" clue.

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                                      • carolinefelicity
                                        carolinefelicity Premium Member last edited by Mar 18, 2018, 5:59 AM

                                        Not really knowledgeable enough to speculate, but a personal story and not a light novel could be Kino’s Journey, but I’m probably way off base, seeing that it was started to be translated then cancelled.


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                                        • Aruseus493
                                          Aruseus493 Premium Member @carolinefelicity last edited by Mar 18, 2018, 6:00 AM

                                          @carolinefelicity Oh, in that case, I think Majo no Tabitabi would fit. It's pretty much a fantasy version of Kino's Journey and the protagonist wants to eventually write a book about her travels.

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