February 2011: Misc.

I feel like I need to address some things now.

Donations

I'm very happy that donations are this far ahead, and hope that they keep coming in. One note I would like to make is about Pokemon Special donations. Pokemon Special donations can go towards buying volumes or Shogaku Yonensei issues. I advise all donors to be specific about where the donations should be distributed. I am greedy and will prioritize using donations for volumes rather than Shogaku Yonensei.

Raws

I will usually distribute all raws that I scan. Because of size and bandwidth restrictions (no, I will not make torrents for raws), I can only distribute 1600p (~220 dpi for volumes, ~160 for magazines) for some of them. If you want higher quality raws, contact me, and give me the desired resolution (350 dpi max) and the specific range of pages. My e-mail address is written near the top of the page towards the right.

Derivative Manga: PSG and Fractale

I translate a few chapters of series like Panty & Stocking and Fractale in order to get an idea of what the series is like. In case you're still being trolled by Sankaku (well, it's entirely possible that it wasn't a troll, given that it's Sankaku), Fractale is an original anime whose manga happened to have started its serialization first. Hence, I wanted to see what both series were like and have no intentions of continuing.

I also had no intention of making this to be an issue, but apparently some people still being trolled by Sankaku and Spanish fansubbing groups who were usually my translations don't want me to stop. Hence, I will spell my policy out here, as I had for a gazillion times.

In order for me to consider a derivative manga, it needs to have fulfilled one of the following:

1. No one is translating the original work. If you can't find English fansubbers doing Fractale, then you're just plain blind. Also, Funimation seems to have "worked out" their issues.
   
2. The plot has to deviate significantly. The standard is set at the Eureka Seven manga. Note that I consider plot, not character design, art style, etc.

If it has fulfilled one of these two, then it's added to my long list of manga that I want to scanlate. Let me tell you: I have tons of other series that I want to scanlate.

I do this in order to save my precious time and effort. I would rather translate new stuff that I enjoy translating for no readers rather than old stuff for incompetent fansubbing groups and the few people who still go to Sankaku for news.

Since the novel isn't translated, I wanted to pick up Moshidora's manga adaptation for Spring, but I don't want to have to import a biweekly (Super Jump). Madoka's manga adaptation has a decent chance of fulfilling part 2.

Dependent Groups

I do believe in open source (the ideology, not the shitty software). Hence, I upload pretty much all of my sources to save time effort in typesetting and cleaning for other groups who wish to use my releases, because they would just edit my releases if I don't give them the sources anyways. However, I must advise all groups that depend on my source to not depend on my Japanese-to-English translations. I make mistakes, and hence you will make the same mistake if you depend on my translations. Please, get Japanese translators of your own.

News

Miscellaneous news about various series:

1. Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku: Putin and Koizumi got figures in WF 2011 Winter. Still don't know when the series resumes.
   
2. Pokemon Special: Ruby and Sapphire arc will get 3 wide releases in the next months. I will import and scan a better raw, but I will neither typeset nor lead a project to typeset them. Get your own group.
   
3. Kaibutsu Oujo: Slowpoke here, but volume 14 comes out next month with the Princess Express OVA.

Schedule

The rough schedule for the next months will be like this:

1. now to late February: wrap up Route 225, finally do that Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan redo.
2. late February to mid-March: finish up Kindaichi 38 (no plans for further cases), do Jiya. Meanwhile, import Pokemon Special vol 38 (Feb 26).
3. mid-March: do Kaibutsu Oujo vol 14, Pokemon Special vol 38.
4. mid-March to early April: translate Nanika while waiting for Mudazumo vol 6 (Mar 26) and Pokemon Special RS Wide vol 1 (Mar 26).
   
5. early April: do Mudazumo vol 6.
   

Young Ace 2011-01 raws

Now that I have my rotary trimmer of cutting doom, I can proceed to scan...the entire magazine.

Since there's 900 pages, an unfortunate combination of impatience and Murphy's Law made me accidentally rip some of the pages. The most notable one is Sugar Dark, which suffers from an unsightly hole right in the middle of all of the pages. I sincerely apologize to everyone who was following that, including the Japanese student in Korea. Despite my mistakes, the majority of the pages are alright.

The pages were resized down to 1600h and curved with a preset that works for most but not all of the series, so some might not look good. If you want to original raw, just contact me in the comments or through mail.

Here's the table of contents:

1. Page 29 - Gunbuster
2. Page 79 - 7o3x
3. Page 113 - The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
4. Page 131 - Akuma no Ikenie
5. Page 161 - Mogitate
6. Page 181 - Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt
7. Page 193 - Sugar Dark (damaged)
8. Page 231 - Maka Maka
9. Page 253 - Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan
10. Page 283 - Houdzuki-san chi no Aneki
11. Page 309 - Mouhitsu Hallucination
12. Page 331 - Inari, Konkon, Koiiro ha
13. Page 369 - Another
14. Page 403 - Sentou Jousai Masurawo
15. Page 431 - Daisuki desu!! Mahou Tenshi Kosumasu
16. Page 479 - Haijin-sama no Endo Kontentsu (listed as "Haijin-sama no Endo Kontenshi" on MU)
17. Page 497 - O/A
18. Page 531 - Blood Lad
19. Page 567 - Shururun Yukiko Hime-chan
20. Page 591 - Tony Takezaki's Evangelion
21. Page 601 - ISUCA
22. Page 627 - Zettai Shoujo Seiiki Amnesian
23. Page 657 - Teizokurei MONOPHOBIA
24. Page 695 - ECHO/ZEON
25. Page 727 - Manzai Gang
26. Page 763 - Flexline
27. Page 787 - Saihate no Diasuta
28. Page 823 - Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
29. Page 855 - Upotte!!
30. Page 871 - Those who Chase Ageha (end)

Do note that some of the series are NSFW.

Young Ace 2011-01 part 1 (pages 1 - 478) (IF)
Young Ace 2011-01 part 1 (pages 1 - 478) (MU)

Young Ace 2011-01 part 2 (pages 479 - 920) (IF)
Young Ace 2011-01 part 2 (pages 479 - 920) (MU)

Because Lying Mii-kun is ending, I'm thinking of canceling my subscription and waiting for volume releases of 7o3x. However, I'm not sure yet.

My upload speed is rather shitty, so no Share/PD this time around.

Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan ch 1

Time for a little break from Pokemon Special. It won't be too long, I promise.

This was a surprise to me as well. This little-known LN series has been on my radar for quite a while now, but as a mere manga scanlator, I just don't have the firepower to translate light novels, especially 10 of them. Well, somehow, it just got adapted to a manga without me noticing. The next thing you're going to tell me is that there's a live action movie coming out in a few months! ...Wait. Damn, I'm really behind on this.

Anyways, this light novel series (Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan) is about Mii-kun and Maa-chan, who were kidnapped as children. As a result, Maa-chan is broken, childlike, and yandere for Mii-kun. Just how much on a scale of 1 to Yuno? Listen to the image album for yourself:



The twist to this is that the narrator, Mii-kun, lies frequently, both to other characters and the readers. As a result, the story itself gets distorted.

That's enough spoilers for now, though I haven't gotten very far in the LN either. This blog post has a more detailed summary.

Anyways, the downside of this fine manga adaptation is that it's serialized in the accursed Young Ace. As my request to the Chinese scanlator (whose work I based this release off of) for the Japanese raw is yet to be answered, the translation may be a bit worse than usual. The raw is remarkably good, that's true.

Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan ch 1 (MF)
Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan ch 1 (MU)
Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan ch 1 (IF)

Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan ch 1 PSD source (MF)
Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan ch 1 PSD source (MU)
Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan ch 1 PSD source (IF)

Like I stated before, I would be willing to pay a small fee (about $10, negotiable) for anyone who can provide me running raws for this series. It seems that all of the series I want are on that damn magazine...

Edit: Oh, and this isn't the new series that's going to take up the empty slot. Since I've actually caught up by translating one of one chapter out right now, this will only take 30 pages a month, which is quite inexpensive. Keep the suggestions coming!

Speaking of Young Ace, Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt is hereby dropped, because the anime is about to air in 12 hours or so. I've seen a few cam shots on /a/, but nothing resembling a complete raw. Whatever, just watch the anime. If it's any consolation, here are 3 new trailers:

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt ch 1

As a result of some fortuitous timing, a gracious reader by the name of Chelsea has provided me with raws to the first chapter of PSG from last month's Young Ace. It could be better, but it's better than no raw at all.

Anyways, this series WILL be dropped next month when the anime starts airing, because the point of all of this is just to provide a preview into the anime anyways. I'll still translate any PSG or Star Driver (which is in Young GanGan, a weekly) chapters from this month, if any of you offer me the raws.

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt ch 1
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt ch 1 PSD source
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt ch 1 raw

Back to Noririn, it's being delayed to hell and back because of a certain capitalist loli shopkeeping game. Recettear will be released on the 10th, Layton 3 will drop on the 12th, and I'll be moving about 300-400 miles on the 19th, so productivity will definitely take a hit.

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Newtype September 2010

Acquiring this month's Newtype scans was a comedy of errors. First, SRW Hotnews, who usually provides the NT scans (though I don't know if they mirror it) didn't post the full Newtype raws. Then, some Russian or Chinese scanners scanned the first 73 pages...not including this one. Lastly, someone from the Newtype Baidu board asked his friend, who's visiting Area 11, but the friend ended bring back "Nyantype", the sub-magazine for Newtype. FML

At last, apparently hudie.com scanned it, though I've yet to find the full raws. Someone on /a/ got this, at least.

Edit (September 8th, 2010 - 10AM PST): Kadokawa made the Panty & Stocking PV public


Edit 2: At 0:40
Dammit Gainax

Kaibutsu Oujo vol 11 omake script, ch 60 raw

Haha, only one cultural reference this time, and it's on Wikipedia, no less!

Kaibutsu Oujo vol 11 omake English script (MF)

Kaibutsu Oujo vol 11 omake English script (pastebin)

This month's KO chapter...has no action at all, but confirms my hunches on Duken. I wonder if I'll get eternal life if I eat him?

Kaibutsu Oujo ch 60 raw

Vacation is more or less over, and normal schedule will resume on the 4th. However, the latest color pages dump on RSF reminded me that there's a Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt manga that's starting to be serialized monthly in Young Ace. Since I'm already doing the Newtype scans, I should pick this up too. I'll be doing the first chapter when it releases soon and delaying Cyber Blue ch 16 for a day or two.


Furthermore, looking at the chart for Q3 once again, it's a bit crazy to do 4 volumes in about 25 days, so Route 225 will get pushed back to September.

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Newtype August 2010

Now you can enjoy a proper scan of Gainax's new anime. lolwut