Announcements and Plans: January to April 2012

It's time for announcements.

Pokemon Special BW

My "Plan B" is starting to come together nicely. I should be able to get scans of both CoroCoro Ichiban and Pokemon Fan at about $270 / year, which is what we spent last year on Sho4.

Young Ace

Due to new circumstances, I might stop scanning soon. I'll tell you two issues in advance if that happens, though.

Schedule

Regular, monthly stuff is implied.

January:

• Play Katawa Shoujo
  
• Arpeggio vol 4 redo
• Kaibutsu Oujo ch 71-78 (catch up)
• Noririn vol 4 (at least the first half)

February:

• Noririn vol 4 (finish)
• Mudazumo vol 7
• Ryuushika vol 3 redo

March:

• Nanika vol 2 redo
• 7o3x vol 3 redo
• Take a break

April:

• Pokemon Special vol 40 (based on the pattern, I would guess that this is when it's going to get released, but I could be off by a month)
• Arpeggio drama CD

Schedule: November and December

There was a massive desync between the previous schedule and what actually happened because
>/a/non
>in charge of making schedule

Anyway, now that I'm finally finishing up on catching on things, this might be a good time to regroup.

1. Finishing up - One chapter of Pokemon BW, two chapters of Mudazumo 2 and two chapters of 7o3x vol 2 redoes left.
2. One-volume manga - I was thinking that I would have to wait one more week to get raws for this, but I found the first chapter by a strange coincidence today.
   
3. Comic Hoshi Shin'ichi - I've been neglecting this, but I will still uphold my promise of finishing this by the end of this year
4. Kaibutsu Oujo - I'll get to one or two chapters within catching up by the end of the year.
   
5. Arpeggio of Blue Steel vol 4 redo - The editing is so easy that it'll only take 2-3 days at most. Will squeeze in sometime.
6. Arpeggio of Blue Steel Drama CD - The CDs aren't that expensive ($15), but buying requires mailing in a special card and money in yen, using a transfer service, etc. I'll try to get it in a timely manner.
   

Of course, I'll mix things up (especially 2, 3, and 4) so I don't overindulge or neglect them. Regular stuff will come at their regular times. Pokemon Special and Noririn aren't going to release their next volumes until the end of December or next year. The next Mudazumo volume will probably come out in February.

August and September Schedules

I'm pretty sure that this schedule is too optimistic and will be off by a week or two.

Update: Oops, PS volume 39 only goes up to chapter 430.

Donations

I've received $135 over the past few weeks. I want to thank everyone who donated very much. Together with the cancellation of good! Afternoon and Kindai Mahjong, I think the next year or two will be very stable.

I just changed the donation system slightly. Previously, I had a goal system, but I think that that suggests that I want donators to cover all costs, which is not what I want. Therefore, I got rid of it.

Auctions

Soon.

Pokemon Special BW

I just realized that our current "contract" has a problem: what if I forget to update everyone? For example, did you know that the current balance is -$6.48? I didn't either, until I did the math this morning. Anyways, I'm putting a new clause (just because I can, but it isn't bad for you anyways): "The deadline is seven days after I release the scanlated chapter that broke the -$20.00 limit." That means that the current deadline is seven days after I release chapter 11, should there be no donations before then. Fair enough?