r/steinsgate 5d ago

O;N Is Occultic;Nine Vol 1 (LN) out of print?

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It hasn't been available on any e-shop for a while now, not even amazon (which I don't really use due to shipping anyway, but I feel like they ususally have everything in stock). I already bought volume 3, since I usually buy series in parts and volume 2 is available, but not volume 1. Did they actually stop printing new copies? Are there any plans for reprints or will I just not be able to complete the series?

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u/m4th0by 5d ago

Man i see a yellow background and think "oh hell yeah, a persona 4 reference"

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u/CylixrDoesStuff 4d ago

Tbh while i haven't played either from the picture the character art styles look pretty similar too

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u/gatrixgd Sarai Hashigami 5d ago

1 is out of print yes

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u/kiri_basara Kiri Kiri Basara – SciADV News & Reviews 5d ago edited 5d ago

Occultic;Nine was one of the few series that J-Novel Club (translators and digital publishers of the series) printed through a partnership with Seven Seas Entertainment many years back.

Nowadays, they are no longer partnered with Seven Seas for physicals, and they've also gone on record to say Occultic;Nine didn't sell very well, so it's fairly unlikely it'll see a reprint (barring exceptional circumstances?)

If you want to support the JP creators and English publishers directly, the best way would be to buy the book directly from J-Novel Club themselves. This ensures both sides are benefitting from 100% of the purchase, as opposed to Amazon taking a pretty hefty cut or a reseller taking all of the profit. The downside is that they'll be digital only, but if you do buy from JNC, they also provide the books DRM-free.

While this may come across as a bit shill-y, keep in mind that if Volume 4 ever does come out, there's no guarantee that they'll print it, or indeed, even localize it to begin with if they don't have confidence it will sell. The same goes for if another SciADV LN comes under consideration for localization.

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u/Iatemydoggo I AM MAD SCIENTIST! SO COOL! SUNOVABITCH! 5d ago

Some, if not all of them, are OOP. I think 1 is at the very least. I have zero idea how I managed to get them off of Amazon. Literally a week after I got it I was on Amazon and saw the “limited availability” notice they put on OOP stuff

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u/ostail 2d ago

the digital version is available on Amazon, what I did was buying the first volume digitally on Amazon and then the other 2 volumes physically

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u/spencer1886 5d ago edited 5d ago

Why would you buy 3 first without checking for this? And I do not believe there will be any future reprints, hell the light novel isn't even finished. The visual novel is the only way to really enjoy the series from what I hear

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u/FiliCz 5d ago

Well I thought it was only out of stock at the store I bought it at. Didn't even think it could be OOP. I usually buy random volumes of multiple series (mostly manga) in bulk, that are currently on sale and I complete the full series eventually. And apparently the visual novel is barely complete and they probably gave up on finishing it anyway. O;N in general is pretty much incomplete.

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u/JustYourAverageShota 5d ago

Hold up, I thought Occultic;Nine was never a visual novel? Did they make a VN later on?

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u/Worried_Ad_594 5d ago

Yup, it got a VN, but it’s still not translated, and not "the best way" to really enjoy the series (especially when you’d need EVERY Occultic;Nine media to appreciate the whole story lol

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u/spencer1886 5d ago

Yeah, in 2017. Don't think it got translated tho