Acquisitions Speculation - General

lighthawk96 · Mar 17, 2022, 2:51 AM

@ellyonia
That would so make my day too.

Shiny · Mar 17, 2022, 9:17 AM

No hint of Bookworm spinoffs. I'm still hoping, though.

@jpwong said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

@masterlillyclaw said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

Facebook's Ultimate Plan

Facebook, you say???

So the metaverse? Maybe something with VR?

Maybe taking over Redefining the META at VRMMO Academy from Sol Press. If so, I wonder if any of the others are amongst those recently removed from the Sol Press listing.

WaterDweller · Mar 17, 2022, 7:58 PM

Adding another suggestion for hint 6, assuming it's something related to VR - "Only Sense Online", a series that has 21 volumes out (or 24, when counting the Silver Goddess side story volumes), as of February. The only reason I'm putting it here, though, is because it's VR, and because I've been slowly working my way through the manga for the past week or so.

HarmlessDave · Mar 18, 2022, 3:02 AM

@shiny a Sol license rescue of 80,000 Gold would be awesome. I'd also say Strongest Gamer but MyAnimeList says it was canceled in Japan after the 2 volumes that Sol released.

saffire · Mar 18, 2022, 2:13 PM

Looks like Sam's secret second set of hints wasn't posted here. The trick with these is that they're in random order; he didn't link them to the first hints.

Just a terrible pun
God Said
Height Difference
What it says on the tin
4chan lingo
Anagram
They're lying to us

The discourse so far has us at this point:
Making a few assumptions about which guesses have been correct gives me this so far

Fast Demon King Immediacy + Anagram = Misfit Academy
Let There Be Dungeons + God Said = D-Genesis
They Flee First + On The Tin = 10 Years After I said "Go On Without Me" I Became a Legend
Black Belt Chucky + Terrible Pun = Doll-Kara
Sailor Moon relationship + height difference
Facebook plan + 4chan lingo
Dating in Japan + Lying

None of this has been confirmed obviously so still open to other explanations (though 1 and 2 seem like locks).

force24 · Mar 18, 2022, 2:57 PM

I feel 2 could be dungeon battle royale

Crey · Mar 18, 2022, 2:58 PM

@saffire Hm, couldn't the second one also be Maou-sama no Machizukuri! ? I know manga has been licensed, not sure about the LN.

saffire · Mar 18, 2022, 2:59 PM

@crey said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

@saffire Hm, couldn't the second one also be Maou-sama no Machizukuri! ? I know manga has been licensed, not sure about the LN.

The thought process is that the hint is specifically invoking the Book of Genesis.

lighthawk96 · Mar 18, 2022, 3:42 PM

Second one could still also be "Let's Manage the Tower".

saffire · Mar 18, 2022, 3:43 PM

@lighthawk96 I'm not sure I see how that connects.

Rahul Balaggan · Mar 18, 2022, 9:58 PM

https://www.twitch.tv/jnovelclub

let's go

Windsagio · Mar 18, 2022, 10:23 PM

@saffire Well the first 2 were right, let's see your run!

ShipTeaser · Mar 18, 2022, 10:29 PM

Well Misfit is a top tier licence so no complaints here

Windsagio · Mar 18, 2022, 10:56 PM

Is Vtuber legend 5 or 7? I could see either.

LurkingMcLurk · Mar 18, 2022, 11:02 PM

@windsagio
Taken from Discord

SERIES 1 HINT: Fast Demon King Immediacy
SAM'S EXTRA HINT: Anagram
SERIES: The Misfit of Demon King Academy
Solution: Fast and Immediacy are an anagram for Misfit and Academy

SERIES 2 HINT: And Let There Be Dungeons
SAM'S EXTRA HINT: God Said
SERIES: D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared
Solution: Genesis 1:3 -> And God Said, Let There Be Light! - > Dungeon Genesis -> D-Genesis

SERIES 3 HINT: They Flee First
SAM'S EXTRA HINT: 4chan lingo
SERIES: VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral After Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream
Solution: They flee first > rat > rrat > 4chan. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ogey-rrat

SERIES 4 HINT: Black Belt Chucky
SAM'S EXTRA HINT: What is says on the tin
SERIES: Doll-Kara
Solution: Black belt = karate, Chucky = doll

SERIES 5 HINT: Like Sailor Moon's relationship but backwards
SAM'S EXTRA HINT: Height Difference
SERIES: Gushing over Magical Girls
Solution: Japanese title was "Looking Up to Magical Girls." Tuxedo Mask is always looking down at Sailor Moon, so the opposite is looking up.

SERIES 6 HINT: Facebook's Ultimate Plan
SAM'S EXTRA HINT: They're lying to us
SERIES: Sometimes Even Reality Is a Lie
Solution: Fake news? Metaverse?

SERIES 7 HINT: Stories of dating in Japan
SAM'S EXTRA HINT: Just a terrible pun
SERIES: The Saga of Lioncourt
Solution: Dating in Japan is done via LINE. So... courting on LINE. LINEcourt --> Lioncourt

Hint 4 by Mys, rest by Sam

Tenome · May 5, 2022, 7:22 PM

@sean-o-hara said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

Skycrawlers

Crap is putting it lightly, the guy who translated it (the owner of the pub, even) clearly does not speak English well. The scripts are borderline nonsense. Google Translate would read better...

piisfun · May 5, 2022, 7:45 PM

@tenome It might be best to avoid responding to a comment nearly a hundred pages previous in a forum thread...

Tributo · Jun 19, 2022, 7:33 PM

is there any news on this Novel?

I Won 4 Billion in a Lottery But I Went to Another World.

Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattanda kedo Isekai ni Ijuusuru

piisfun · Jun 19, 2022, 7:57 PM

@Tributo said in Acquisitions Speculation - General:

is there any news on this Novel?

I Won 4 Billion in a Lottery But I Went to Another World.

Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattanda kedo Isekai ni Ijuusuru

This is definitely not a good thread to ask that in.

Kirito · Aug 29, 2022, 10:08 PM

I have not kept up with Jnovel's twitch streams about their acquisitions and translations for Light Novels. Is there any news about Jnovel releasing Chivalry of a Failed Knight since Sol Press is defunct?