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Shining Rose Media Licenses 3 New Light Novel Titles

Indonesian publisher Shining Rose Media announced on Wednesday that it has licensed three new light novel titles, including No Game, No Life, The Shut-Ins are Mocking My Youthful Day (Hikikomori-tachi ni Ore no Seishun ga Honrō Sareteiru), and Vampiress of the Dawn ~Aglaiarden's Scarlet Lily~ (Akatsuki no Vampiress ~Aglaiarden no Hiyuri~). Shining Rose Media noted that the novels are currently being printed, and will be released in "the near future."

Shining Rose Media is also hosting previews of the Indonesian translation of the prologue of each novels' first volume.

The story of No Game, No Life centers around Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister whose reputations as brilliant NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) hikikomori (shut-in) gamers have spawned urban legends all over the Internet. These two gamers even consider the real world as just another "crappy game." One day, they are summoned by a boy named "God" to an alternate world. There, God has prohibited war and declared this to be a world where "everything is decided by games" — even national borders. Humanity has been driven back into one remaining city by the other races. Will Sora and Shiro, the good-for-nothing brother and sister, become the "Saviors of Humanity" on this alternate world? "Well, let's start playing."

Yū Kamiya launched the light novel series in 2012 with his own art after illustrating another light novel series, A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives (Itsuka Tenma no Kuro-Usagi). Media Factory published the seventh volume on July 24. It inspired a 12-episode television anime adaptation which premiered in April 2014.

Vampiress of the Dawn ~Aglaiarden's Scarlet Lily~ is based on manga creator PEACH-PIT's two previous Vampiress of the Dawn Zensōkyoku manga series. The story centers a world that turns on its limited resources, fought over by four different countries, each ruled by a young vampire. At the edge of the Aglaiarden Empire's territory lies neutral territory administered by the Marquis Stafford. He invites the queens of each country to a feast in his land. In the highway leading to the land, a woman knight with blue eyes and a quiet, sad faith named LiSA Zakusen makes her way to the Aglaiarden Empire alone. She meets a woman named Bess who was formerly employed at Aglaiarden Castle as a maid.

Hikaru Sakurai (School-Live!, Rampo Kitan: Game of Laplace) and Ichijinsha published the light novel in April 2014, with art by PEACH-PIT (Rozen Maiden, Shugo Chara!). PEACH-PIT published her previous manga series Vampiress of the Dawn Zensōkyoku -side Adelaide×Malheureux- and Vampiress of the Dawn Zensōkyoku -side Kira&Kirill×Ulberta- in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

The Shut-Ins are Mocking My Youthful Day centers around Haruya Aoi, who was bullied as a kid, but helped by Shihane Mizudori, who intimidated everybody. Eventually Haruya had to move away, and they were separated. Six years later, in high school, Haruya moves back to the neighborhood, and meets Shihane, but finds that she has become a shut-in.

Yūsuke Hitsugi launched the light novel series in November 2013, with art by Nozomi Ousaka (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions!). Ichijinsha published the third and final volume in August 2014.

[Via Kaori Nusantara]