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J-Novel Club Licenses Official Ascendance of a Bookworm Fanbook

J-Novel Club held a live stream on Twitch last night, taking the opportunity to announce the acquisition of two new titles. The publisher's latest additions include the Ascendance of a Bookworm Official Fanbook and Miri Mikawa's historical fantasy Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower.

The first volume of the official Ascendance of a Bookworm fanbook is intended to be read after Part 3 Volume 2 of the original light novel series. The book will launch soon on J-Novel Club, and contents include full-color art, bonus stories, and a Q&A with author Miya Kazuki.

Ascendance of a Bookworm Official Fanbook

by Miya Kazuki with Illustrations and Art by You Shiina and Suzuka

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Here is the first official Ascendance of a Bookworm fanbook, intended to be read after finishing Part 3 Volume 2. This book contains a slew of additional content, including all the color and cover artwork up to Part 3 Volume 1, a short story on some new apprentices’ first tour of the temple, a manga chapter by Suzuka, and three four-panel manga by You Shiina.

Also inside are design sheets showing how Bookworm’s characters were visually brought to life, and a Q&A with author Miya Kazuki containing lesser-known details about the plot as well as information on how she planned out and developed the series.

Parts 1 and 2 of Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower are live on J-Novel Club.

Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower

by Miri Mikawa with Illustrations by Kasumi Nagi

Synopsis:

Rimi has spent most of her life making food for the protector god of the land. She is suddenly sent as a tribute to the great empire of Konkoku, becoming one of the emperor’s concubines. She comes close to losing the taste of her home country, but she is saved by the gastronomist Shusei. As she dreams of a reunion with the kind scholar, she does her best to survive in the envy-filled rear palace with the help of her natural cheerfulness and her skill as a cook.

Then out of nowhere, she is arrested and sentenced to be executed on the charge of disrespecting the emperor! How will Rimi get out of this mess? Find out in this Chinese-inspired fantasy story about a princess and her love for food surrounded by gorgeous men.

J-Novel Club also made a bunch of new print announcements, including:

The Faraway Paladin (Manga) By Mutsumi Okubashi and Original Work by Kanata Yanagino

A Lily Blooms in Another World By Ameko Kaeruda with illustrations by Shio Sakura

Her Majesty's Swarm By 616th Special Information Battalion with illustrations by Eiri Iwamoto

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer By Yu Okano with illustrations by Jaian

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (Manga) By Haiji Nakasone and Original Work by Yu Okano

The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap By Kureha with illustrations by Yamigo

Tearmoon Empire By Nozomu Mochitsuki with illustrations by Gilse

Ascendance of a Bookworm Official Fanbook By Miya Kazuki and Illustrations / Art by You Shiina and Suzuka

My Friend's Little Sister Has It In for Me! By mikawaghost with illustrations by tomari

Source: Press release

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his brand new comic, MONSTER FLIGHT, at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

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graphicpolicy · 4 years

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Yen Press Announces New Manga Acquisitions

Yen Press Announces New Manga Acquisitions #comics #comicbooks #manga

Yen Press has announced its latest publishing acquisitions, which include manga debuts for The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap, Wolf & Parchment, and Sword Art Online Project Alicization. New light novels titles include A Certain Magical Index SS and Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana and a new art book acquisition for Keito Koume Illustrations: Spice & Wolf – The…

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recentanimenews · 4 years

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Yen Press Announces Sword Art Online Alicization Manga, Goblin Slayer Side Story II Light Novel

Yen Press is gearing up for a big weekend, particularly with its upcoming Anime Expo Lite panel on July 3 at 1:20pm Pacific Time. Ahead of that, the publisher announced six new titles, including the Sword Art Online Project Alicization manga, the Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana, and more.

Here's a closer look at everything that was revealed:

MANGA

The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap

Story: Kureha

Art: Yamigo

Synopsis:

My life was pretty ordinary. Go to college, live in an apartment, hang out with people. But because of that pompous, irritating girl I grew up with, I got dragged into a huge mess. As usual. Now I’m in another world where she’s a well-respected shrine maiden…and I got turned into a cat. How did it come to this?!

Wolf & Parchment

Story: Isuna Hasekura

Art: Hidori

Synopsis:

When Col leaves the cozy mountain village of Nyohhira aspiring to become a full-fledged member of the clergy, a certain impetuous wolf can't help stowing away aboard his ship to follow him for a chance to have a grand adventure of her own!

Sword Art Online Project Alicization

Story: Reki Kawahara

Art: Koutarou Yamada

Original illustrations: abec

Synopsis:

Deep in an unfamiliar forest, Kirito awakens with sensations far too convincing for a virtual world… With memories of a life he doesn’t remember living. A boy and a girl…and a name that sticks in his mind: Alice.

LIGHT NOVELS

A Certain Magical Index SS

Story: Kazuma Kamachi

Art: Kiyotaka Haimura

Synopsis:

Kamijou Touma faces his roughest challenge yet-a classroom hot pot party! Meanwhile in London, the women's dorm in a base of magicians may never see another day as wild as this one. And in the underbelly of Academy City, Accelerator stumbles upon someone who has been waiting for him all this time...? Here begins the supplementary SS series of A Certain Magical Index!

Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana

Story: Kumo Kagyu

Art: lack

Synopsis:

Not a soul knows how the death and destruction started. Only one thing is certain—it came from the north. Deep within the Dungeon of the Dead is where the the Demon King resides and the only hope humanity has of defeating this great evil rests on the shoulders of a handful of adventurers. This tale of Sword Maiden's past smells of ash and sounds like the ringing of bare steel.

ART BOOKS

Keito Koume Illustrations: Spice & Wolf — The Tenth Year Calvados

Art: Keito Koume

Synopsis:

Never before has the stunning color art of the manga adaption of Spice and Wolf been seen like this! As a compendium of the illustrations delivering a story that ran strong for ten years, this is a must-have for any fan of everyone's favorite apple-loving wolf!

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: [email protected]

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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The White Cat’s Revenge As Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap, Vol. 1

By Kureha and Yamigo. Released in Japan as “Fukushuu wo Chikatta Shironeko wa Ryuuou no Hiza no Ue de Damin wo Musaboru” by ArianRose. Released in North America digitally by J-Novel Club. Translated by David Evelyn.

I was excited to read this one, but unfortunately I think it ended up a bit of a mess, for several reasons. It certainly improves after the first section, which is good, as I was tempted to drop it ten pages in. Our heroine is Ruri, who is pretty, smart, has a mother who’s a model, etc. The trouble is she has a “best friend” named Asahi, who clings to her like a limpet… and whenever Asahi’s around other people, they start to love Asahi and hate Ruri. As a result, her life has been miserable, with various attempts to get away from Asahi always meeting with failure. This even includes accidentally getting transported to another world. Ruri ends up there, but so do Asahi and four of her classmates… and now the kingdom they’re in is hating on Ruri too. Will being exiled to certain death in the forest actually improve Ruri’s life? And where are the Dragon King and the White Cat in all of this?

I had several issues with this book, but let’s start with the biggest, which is Asahi. She’s meant to be annoying, and I am grateful she only shows up at the start and the finish (I started calling her “C-Ko” after a while.) But her passive powers mean that, as Ruri herself says, she’s ruined Ruri’s life but can’t be actively blamed for it. She has some sort of passive brainwashing power and isn’t aware of it. This is annoying, as she’s not really evil, just aggravating and oblivious. To a reader, that’s worse. Things are not helped by the Kingdom they find themselves in, populated by humans in a world of demi-humans and beastmen. The King and his Head Priest are so cartoonishly evil that Yosemite Sam would be telling the writer to make them more nuanced. Now, it’s possible that Asahi is getting an important character arc ahead, which this sets up for. But somehow I doubt it.

The rest of the book is better, though still variable. The second large chunk, showing Ruri living in the woods with an elder Dragon woman and learning that she’s got piles of mana and is beloved by spirits, is important because it shows us she’s not really cranky all the time except around Asahi… but it also takes a long time. It’s not until over halfway through the book that we get to the Dragon King’s land, and Ruri ends up as a White Cat. Though she can turn back when she wants, so even this was slightly less than I expected. The not-romance between the Dragon King (who’s drawn to her but thinks she’s a cat) and Ruri (who, having heard humans are hated here, is not willing to change back) is sort of sweet but also potentially troubling.

Things are set up for a climax where Ruri’s true form is revealed, she stops the war, and she confronts Asahi and makes her see the truth. Only one of these things happens, and the confrontation is a damp squib. I think I’m so used to light novels that are written as one-shots, which then develop extra books when they get popular, that I was not ready for a book intended to be multi-volume from the start. This means no plots are resolved at the end. There’s potential in the future, which is why I’ll read the next volume, but mostly this book existed to frustrate my expectations.

Also, the revenge is really half-assed. And why is this another isekai with slavery? And… OK, I’ll shut up now.

By: Sean Gaffney

#Anime #News #Manga Bookshelf

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