New Japanese Releases (manga and light novels)

[kuroishinigami]

Hmmm, the only name I recognize is only horizon and I'm still too far away from catching up with that one. I guess July will be another catch-up with old books time for me

[tsunade666]

No news for new heavy object?

[Chaos2Frozen]

No Kamachi title for July.

But I'm still hoping to get HO before this year is over...

[Kunagisa]

Originally Posted by kuroishinigami

Hmmm, the only name I recognize is only horizon and I'm still too far away from catching up with that one. I guess July will be another catch-up with old books time for me

There's no catching up, only falling behind ... forever.

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If Horizon vol 6 part II is schedule for July, then last part is probably September. Here's hoping a nice cover because Mouri is just too ridiculous handsome with her smug face with part I. That, and I will never catch up until the series is over (probably), so I can only look at illustrations until then.

On another note! Narita's starting a new book (maybe series?)

メディアワークス文庫

●香彩七色　～香りの秘密に耳を澄まして～　【著：浅葉なつ】
●私と彼女と家族ごっこ　【著：優木カズヒロ】
●オツベルと笑う水曜日　【著：成田良悟】
●不良少年と彼女の関係　【著：蝉川タカマル】
●人質のジレンマ（上）　【著：土橋真二郎】
●僕たちはドクターじゃない Karte2　【著：京本喬介】

... which is pretty exciting for me because it's at MW Bunko. Biblia and Minato are both MW label. I was considering reading Kachoufuugetsu series, which was recommended to me by the same person who told me to read Kami-inai. What I didn't realize is that all 3 have special pages dedicated to them on the website. Minato was a superb read; as expected from Hayama Tohru (author of 9s), there are slices of mystery, a ton of gore, wonderful mix of supernatural and science, and extremely interesting staging while featuring a sleaze-bag as protagonist (kinda non-existent for most LNs). Anyway, I digress. The new book comes out June, which is strange because that is same month as the new Durarara book (which Chaos mentioned 2 pages ago), and speaking of that the complete synopsis came out for that volume (actually spoilers this time). Also I'm reusing Vol 11's cover because Vol 12's still isn't out and I doubt it would be as good). Spoiler for vol12: ◆デュラララ!!×12著/成田良悟 イラスト/ヤスダスズヒト 定価:620円 『やあ、シズちゃん。あれで死なないなんてね。君は本当に、大した大した化け物だよ。そんな君が、人間を庇うなんて滑稽以外の何ものでもなかったけどね──』 壊れ始めた街、東京・池袋。 罪歌で刺され自我を失っていく新羅。 そして新羅を奪われたセルティは怪物と化していく。 正臣は泉井の手によりケガを負い、杏里の家を訪れた沙樹は彼女を問いつめていく。 門田は病室から消え、セルティの首は人の手を彷徨う中、帝人が手に入れた力とは──!? そして戒めを解かれた静雄が臨也へとたどり着き──。 So Shinra did actually fall under Saika's spell, and 10 bucks says Mikado picks up Celty's head.

On top of all that, "Dungeon" (danmachi) (website) is getting comicalized!!! GA's 4th Grand Award winner (the only one so far, as there are none this year) featuring a ridiculously long title (-30 points), which was adapted from a web novel (-50 points) but with illustration by Yasuda Suzuhito (+10000 points). I still haven't got past halfway mark myself in volume 1, but this is one of those that I really, really like the art so I don't care if story's absolutely miserable (which it isn't so far). GA tends to heavily market anything it can sell, and to be fair, Dungeon does decent for a GA label series. Volume 3 goes on sale 5/16, and here's a youtube link to the promo vid.

Finally, Talleyrand Coffee Shop vol 2 went on sale last week. First volume did amazingly well, at 400k shipment figure after the 9th reprint as of last September (and the latest volume 2 book jacket has the series at 800k shipment), and was considered a hidden gem (editors' recommended) by the 2011 "This Mystery Novel is Amazing" committee. I was pretty excited when I found out about it (was advertised as if you like Biblia, you should check this out), but the Amazon reviews were pretty much average to bad ... Volume 2's opening week was #2 on Oricon, but once again the highest rated review was only 2 stars. The author is new, so I'm hoping he would improve over time so we'll see how it goes from here, or unless someone has read it and tells me otherwise.

Oh, there's also Kadokawa trying to mooch some money ...

PS: All pictures can be enlarged except Talleyrand's.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Bringing this over for the sake of bring it over...

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Dengeki Bunko release titles for July 2013.

電撃文庫7/10発売

●ロウきゅーぶ (13)　【著：蒼山サグ／絵：てぃんくる】
●さくら荘のペットな彼女 10　【著：鴨志田一／絵：溝口ケージ】
●GENESISシリーズ 境界線上のホライゾン VI (中)　【著：川上 稔／絵：さとやす(TENKY)】
●ストライク・ザ・ブラッド 8　愚者と暴君　【著：三雲岳斗／絵：マニャ子】
●ブラック・ブレット 5　逃亡犯、里見蓮太郎　【著：神崎紫電／絵：鵜飼沙樹】
●トカゲの王 V　―だれか正しいと言ってくれ―　【著：入間人間／絵：ブリキ】
●彼女はつっこまれるのが好き！ 10　アフターレコーディング　【著：サイトーマサト／絵：魚】
●正義の味方の味方の味方 3　【著：哀川 譲／絵：さくやついたち】
●竜と勇者と可愛げのない私 before　レミエルの伝説　【著：志村一矢／絵：ぎん太】
●ラストセイバー III　叡智の花嫁　【著：兎月山羊／絵：荻pote】
●美少女が多すぎて生きていけない 2　【著：芦屋六月／絵：ユキヲ】
●アイドル≒ヴァンパイア (仮)　【著：上月 司／絵：アマガイタロー】
●断罪のレガリア　―ソロモンの継承者―　【著：多宇部貞人／絵：すーぱーぞんび】
●巨大迷宮と学園攻略科の魔術師　【著：樹戸英人／絵：玲衣】
●俺のかーちゃんが17歳になった　【著：弘前 龍／絵：パセリ】
●ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？　【著：聴猫芝居／絵：Hisasi】
●1/100の純情なダンジョ (仮)　【著：二丸修一／絵：(未定)】
●バベルスターズ　【著：奈坂秋吾／絵：コバシコ】

Those three are the only ones I recognized.

Why on earth would RKB be their main showcase I have no idea

And the only one down there that have me excited for is Hisasi !

[Hell_ping]

4 and 5 are 'Strike the Blood' and 'Black Bullet', both of which will have animes coming up.

[DevotionFX]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Why on earth would RKB be their main showcase I have no idea

And the only one down there that have me excited for is Hisasi !

For the RKB's case, I thought the cause is the upcoming SS2 of anime.

For the series that Hisasi draw the illustrations for.....

☆新作！
◆ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？
著/聴猫芝居　イラスト/Hisasi
ネトゲの女キャラに告白→残念、ネカマでした！　そんな黒歴史を持つ少年、英騎が今度
はネトゲ内で告白された。でも、どうやら相手は本物の美少女で!?

Title : Net-game's bride is not the girl, I think? (Seem to be bad translation, since I'm not a native english user.)
Confession to the female net-game character→Disappointment! That was the dark history of the boy named 英騎(Aki?).
Now, he was confessed in the net-game. But why the partner is the real bishoujo-girl!?

from title.... wait!! TRAP?!!

Originally Posted by Teh_Ping

4 and 5 are 'Strike the Blood' and 'Black Bullet', both of which will have animes coming up.

Huh? When did Black Bullet had a anime-adaption announcement? I haven't heard it before.
Oh, and 6 is "Tokage no Ou"


I’m just a new brat who can read Japanese a little bit. よろしくお願いします。

[All Fiction]

Originally Posted by Teh_Ping

4 and 5 are 'Strike the Blood' and 'Black Bullet', both of which will have animes coming up.

WHOA, HOLD THE GODDAMN PHONE, WHAT?

Are you sure you're not mixing up Black Bullet with Golden Time?

[aohige]

OMG

OMG

OOOOOMMMMMMGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Arakawa's new serialization starting in Bessatu Magazine (same mag as Shingeki no Kyojin)

And it's..... HEROIC LEGEND OF ARSLAN!!!!

OMFG *dies*
One of the best shounen manga artist doing one of the best war epic novel series comicalization.....!




I can barely contain myself!

[larethian]

^ Great to hear. Still waiting for her own original work that's more epic than FMA though

[Tiresias]

...the Persian character had a suspiciously western design.

[Kunagisa]

Originally Posted by aohige

Hahaha ... Tanaka ... did he ever finish anything he started? /sarcasm
The latest Yakushiji novel was kinda of a let down after not having a book from that series for half a decade. I can totally see the hype for this though, but this is the year of epics with 12 Kingdoms, Seikai series, Five Star series and now this all getting attention .

[aohige]

Well, yes, it's not finished, but unlike many novels out there it has many strong stopping points.
In that manner it's kinda like LoGH.

Hell if it comes down to it, they could simply ignore part 2 and act like part 1 is all there is, and it'd end just fine.

Oh, and I'd love return of 12 Kingdoms and Seikai series, but for FFS... eh.
I've seen nothing but rage reactions concerning the stupid reboot. WTF Nagano, seriously, WTF.
It's like he got tired of actually finishing the series, and decided LOL RESET. Pissed off a lot of Five Star Stories fans.

[kuromitsu]

Originally Posted by Kunagisa

Hahaha ... Tanaka ... did he ever finish anything he started? /sarcasm
The latest Yakushiji novel was kinda of a let down after not having a book from that series for half a decade. I can totally see the hype for this though, but this is the year of epics with 12 Kingdoms, Seikai series, Five Star series and now this all getting attention .

He finished LoGH! Anyway, Arslan is unfinished (damn Tanaka), but as aohige said the end of act 1 can serve as a pretty good ending. (Frankly, I think the story would be better off that way.)

But... why Arakawa Hiromu? Why??!

[kuroishinigami]

Arakawa still have weekly series in Gin no Saji though. I wonder if she(he?) will be okay with another series even if it's just an adaptation of existing work.

[rickiminato]

"Hey, you said you wanted an imouto, right?" First year highschool student, Toujo Basara, was suddenly asked by his father and fell into a state of panic. On top of that, the eccentric father told him he will be getting remarried. He then departed overseas after bringing Basara two beautiful step-sisters. But Mio and Maria's true forms are actually the newbie Demon Lord and a succubus!? Basara was almost entered into a master and servant contract with Mio, but a "reversed" contract was formed by mistake, and Basara is now the master!? Moreover, Basara is being hit by ecchi situation one after another due to the contract, but Mio's life is being pursued by other demon tribes and hero tribes!! The most powerful contractor's desire action drama begins!



this novel as the combination of campione and high school dxd

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Kunagisa

Hahaha ... Tanaka ... did he ever finish anything he started? /sarcasm
The latest Yakushiji novel was kinda of a let down after not having a book from that series for half a decade. I can totally see the hype for this though, but this is the year of epics with 12 Kingdoms, Seikai series, Five Star series and now this all getting attention .

What label is the new Seikai under though? Hayakawa?

And oh my...12 Kingdoms?

[ultimatemegax]

Oricon top twenty LN series sales for the first half of 2013 (2012/12/03-2013/05/27):
*1位　1,363,771 Sword Art Online
*2位　413,489　 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
*3位　402,685　 Hataraku Maoh-sama!
*4位　378,550　 Date A Live
*5位　376,904　 A Certain Magical Index New Testament
*6位　374,472　 Problem Children Come From Another World, Don't They?
*7位　353,669　 My Youthful Romantic Comedy is as Wrong as I Predicted (SNAFU!)
*8位　238,010　 Accel World
*9位　210,447　 Kagerou Project
10位　210,033　 Baka and Test
11位　204,267　 The Pet Girl of Sakura Hall
12位　188,763　 OreShura
13位　171,567　 The Hentai Prince and the Stony Cat -
14位　165,983　 Haganai CONNECT
15位　162,974　 Infinite Stratos
16位　149,076　 Seitokai no Ichizon Spinoff Sequels
17位　130,383　 Seirei Tsuka no Blade Dance
18位　100,427　 Good Jobu
19位　100,084　 Aria The Scarlett Ammo
20位　*99,101　 High School DxD

Top 30 LNs for the first half of 2013 (2012/12/03-2013/05/27):
*1位　340,369　SAO 11
*2位　297,782　SAO 12
*3位　183,966　Index NT 6
*4位　165,983　Haganai CONNECT
*5位　135,452　BakaTest 11
*6位　133,688　Mahouka 8
*7位　131,311　Index NT 7
*8位　127,519　Accel World 13
*9位　124,917　Mahouka 9
10位　106,236　Kagerou Days 2
11位　104,211　Kagerou Days 1
12位　*95,031　Date a Live 7
13位　*86,234　Date a Live 6
14位　*85,814　Aria Reload
15位　*85,499　Aria 14
16位　*81,953　SAO 1
17位　*81,433　Seitokai no Ichizon Spinoff Sequel 1
18位　*78,506　SAO Progressive 1
19位　*78,181　SAO 5
20位　*77,880　IS 8
21位　*75,958　SNAFU 6
22位　*75,428　SAO 6
23位　*72,615　SAO 7
24位　*72,512　SAO 2
25位　*70,508　SAO 8
26位　*70,484　SAO 10
27位　*70,324　SAO 9
28位　*68,914　Maoh-sama
29位　*67,775　High School DxD 14
30位　*67,643　Seitokai no Ichizon Spinoff Sequel 2

[Chaos2Frozen]

Dengeki Bunko August List

電撃文庫
8/10発売

●ソードアート・オンライン 13　アリシゼーション・ディバイディング　【著：川原 礫／絵：abec】
●魔法科高校の劣等生(11) 来訪者編 <下>　【著：佐島 勤／絵：石田可奈】
●はたらく魔王さま！ 9　【著：和ヶ原聡司／絵：029】
●ゴールデンタイム列伝 AFRICA　【著：竹宮ゆゆこ／絵：駒都えーじ】
●魔王なあの娘と村人A (6)　～彼女の普通とあの娘の特別～　【著：ゆうきりん／絵：赤人】
●なれる！SE 10　闘う？社員旅行　【著：夏海公司／絵：Ixy】
●新フォーチュン・クエスト II (2) 僧侶がいっぱい！ <下>　【著：深沢美潮／絵：迎 夏生】
●灰燼のカーディナル・レッド II　【著：西村 西／絵：暗猫】
●アリス・リローデッド 3　サクリファイス　【著：茜屋まつり／絵：蒲焼鰻】
●エーコと【トオル】と真夜中の落雷少女(ラッキーガール)。　【著：柳田狐狗狸／絵：MACC O】
●放課後の魔法戦争 2　【著：鈴木 鈴／絵：さらちよみ】
●失恋探偵ももせ 2　【著：岬 鷺宮／絵：Nardack】
●花×華 8　【著：岩田洋季／絵：涼香】
●無限のドリフター 2　世界は天使のもの　【著：樹常楓／絵：崎由けぇき】
●俺の天使は恋愛禁止！ 2　【著：美月りん／絵：亜方逸樹】
●革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ　【著：乙野四方字／絵：ゆーげん／メカ：片貝文洋】
●フルスケール・サマー　【著：永島裕士／絵：んまぁ～】

[Kunagisa]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

What label is the new Seikai under though? Hayakawa?

And oh my...12 Kingdoms?

Yup! Apparently Tytania got a revival too. Twitter has funny reactions. YOU ONLY HAD TO WAIT 22 YEARS FOR THIS. That almost equals than my current lifespan.

Originally Posted by ultimatemegax

*2位　413,489　 Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei

Anime should be coming middle of June, if that announcement's a lie then I don't believe in love anymore. If nothing else, would be hilarious to see another title capable of destroying SAO appearing.

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Dengeki Bunko August List
電撃文庫
8/10発売
●革命機ヴァルヴレイヴ　【著：乙野四方字／絵：ゆーげん／メカ：片貝文洋】

I thought they're going to just serialize this in the magazine, didn't think they would actually novelize it ... would they really do this if it's just split 2-cour


Some other stuff that's MW/Kadokawa Bunko related that most people don't care about.

Spoiler for space:

Biblia's sales record.

2011 *,167,650 *,*83,895 --- ---

2012 *,846,883 *,633,127 *,587,359 ---

2013 (Q1+Q2) *,295,230 *,216,166 *,223,616 *,633,832

Cumulative (# of Days) 1,309,763 (787) *,933,188 (573) *,810,975 (333) *,633,832 (087)

Titles Shioriko and the Strange Guests Shioriko and her Enigmatic Daily Routine Shioriko and the Unbreakable Bonds Shioriko and the Two-Facedness of

Also cover and description for Otsubell's out (confirmed reference to Otsubell and Elephant too). It's going to expand on the Durarara world. Alpha-series's book 4's also due this month too, still waiting for someone to pick up Q-series' manga.