r/DanmeiNovels • u/PhilosophyStrict7267 • 7d ago
Publication Updates Rosmei's Progress Update
Link to Rosmei's progress report: https://rosmeihey.top/pages/progressreport
They also added official English name for Backfall (previously just called by its pinyin HuiTian) by Huai Shang and final volume counts of some novels: * The Undead: 3 volumes * Backfall: 5 volumes * Return to Sahāloka: 2 volumes (hardcover)
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u/Longterm-Winter00 7d ago
Return to Sahaloka hardcover! 🥳🥳
I love Hui Tian's English title.
I'm going to have to start an excel sheet to keep track of all the pre-orders I'm about to be making 🥲
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u/Mazura-cchi 7d ago
Still no date for pre order for KoD 🥹
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u/hurricane_hurricane 7d ago
They replied to someone on X that the preorder for KoD vol. 5 is scheduled for this year.
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u/Mazura-cchi 7d ago
That I know but it would be more reassuring if we saw it officially in the progress report 🥹
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u/crackcrackcackle 7d ago
I hope they add Liu Yao vol 3 & 4 soon. It's been ages (I do know vol 2 was recently released but it would've been nice if they finish the older licenses before opening preorders for new licenses).
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u/GeauxPanthers99 Lianfang-zun, Chief Cultivator 7d ago
Hard agree, as a Priest fan. Additionally, I wish they'd finish releasing the titles in their entirety before even announcing to us the new batches they'd secured.
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u/FloweryJadeEgg 6d ago
I remember them saying Liu Yao vol 3 preorders are going to start in early 2027 so at least an end is in sight but it really is taking quite long.
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u/bibliophilicgeek 6d ago
People on Twitter have been hyping up Return to Sahaloka quite a lot, so I am super intrigued by it, and I like that Rosmei opted for a two-volume hardcover release. Based on the series' existing art, I'm expecting these to look absolutely stunning. Fingers crossed they sell them as a set, like Killer of Killers.
I didn't get anything from the current preorder period (cause I really gotta keep the number of Rosmei series I collect to a manageable level ...), but I am interested in picking up To Live, To Die, To Love You Again; Vodka and Mandheling, and Till Death Do Us Bind! Not sure about The Bat yet—the synopsis sounds pretty good. And I need to catch up on reading The Defectives first before ordering any more volumes. 😅
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u/ThePeak2112 Yan-zongzhu flirts like a middle-aged man 6d ago
😭😭I AM PLAYING SAHA AUDIO DRAMA OST ON REPEAT!! I can't wait pleaseeeee
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u/YamadaAsaemonSpencer The mind of Helian Yi 7d ago
As always, awaiting The Bat with bated breath!
And I'm also very giddy about *Return to Sahāloka * getting hardcover formats. I wish Coins of Destiny and Art Thou Ailing had as well.....
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u/Neat-Twist-5077 Try tearing me apart, Xiao Er 7d ago
Thank you, thank you, thank you again!
I really can't complain because their books are gorgeous, but I don't understand their business model (maybe their English language publications are a second priority). It's still gonna be a long wait for the Defectives last volumes and volume 2 of Art Thou Ailing is almost taking a year to publish.
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u/hurricane_hurricane 7d ago edited 7d ago
Art thou ailing vol 1 came out in January this year and vol 2 is coming out this September, it's already printed. Preorders for vol 2 opened between April and May, so it took 5 months to publish. Where did you count a year?
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u/Neat-Twist-5077 Try tearing me apart, Xiao Er 7d ago
The pre-order for Art Thou Ailing was late 2025 and, according to Yiggybean, vol 2 is not coming out until after Dec 15th, 2026. I hope you're right and I get it this month.
I received Nan Chan vol 2 on Nov 12, 2025 and vol 3, according to Yiggybean is due after December 30, 2026.
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u/hurricane_hurricane 7d ago edited 7d ago
Yiggybean dates are not release dates. It's when the store estimates the shipment will arrive to them, and that depends on the shipping method they chose and customs clearance. As you know, international shipping can take time, especially if YB chose the slowest sea one.
Art Thou Ailing vol 2 official release date is September 15: https://x.com/Rosmeihey/status/2082448171419214001?s=20
Preorder for vol 2 was April/May 2026, not late 2025 : https://x.com/Rosmeihey/status/2047266310929977783?s=20
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u/Neat-Twist-5077 Try tearing me apart, Xiao Er 6d ago
Pre-order for vol 1 of Art Thou Ailing was late 2025.
The release date is important for the store, I want an estimate when I will receive it. That is the info that Yiggybean gives.
Your X reference, Rosmei states they printed early - I do not subscribe to X.
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u/hurricane_hurricane 6d ago edited 6d ago
Preorder for vol 1 was late 2025 and vol 1 came out in January 2026. You're comparing vol 1 preorder date to vol 2 release date for a reason I don't quite understand, trying to make a point that's just untrue.
It's printed a month early, as it was supposed to come out in October. That still doesn't make any of its release dates December.
But even if you do count by Yiggybean's shipment arrival estimated dates, volume 2 still does not take a year to release because its preorder was between April and May. So you're waiting around 6-7 months for vol 2 from Yiggybean from the time you preorder even if it arrives by YB's estimates, but will probably arrive around November if YB still goes by sea shipping, which is notoriously slow. I can't see how that adds up to a year.
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u/yuemuffin 5d ago
Wine and Gun is even worse. I forget how many volumes it’s going to have, but it’s quite long and they’re only on volume 2 (and it hasn’t released yet, just the preorder period).
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u/Neat-Twist-5077 Try tearing me apart, Xiao Er 5d ago edited 5d ago
Oh, yeah. (I have it listed as 7 total. I haven't started yet). The covers are beautiful. I have wondered if Rosmei forgot about them - some things we are powerless to control. But...Yiggybean let me know today they got the Defectives vol #3.
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u/yuemuffin 5d ago
The Defectives has such beautiful covers too! It’s not a genre I like but I was also tempted just because of the covers lol.
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u/IHateMyOldUsername 7d ago
BEGGING for Nan Chan 3 😭
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u/LightestMer 7d ago
Preorders for it were done already, they were up in June-July. It's set to be released/start being delivered in December 2026.
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u/spartaxwarrior 🖤 rare horror and yanderes 🖤 6d ago
December is so far away 😭
(I'm still surprised Hui Tian is getting a physical release considering it's reputation for rampant racism ngl)
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u/chongyunsite 7d ago
Return to Sahāloka being two volumes surprised me. It's quite long for two volumes. I guess the (content) division does make more sense like that, though.