Ladies and gentlemen, it's no secret that scanlation isn't profitable. In fact, most of the scanlation community probably prefers it to stay that way. I for one have already given up hope on staying keeping the costs as low as possible, because I keep picking up manga that I have to import (it can't be helped). Here's a look at the estimated costs:
- Mudazumo:
$15 / two weeks - Kindai Mahjong Issues
$15 / six months - Volumes
$420 / year
- 7o3x:
$19 / month - Young Ace Issues (depending on vendor)
$15 / four months - Volumes
$273 / year
- Nanika:
$40 / two months - good! Afternoon Issues
$15 / year? - Volumes
$255 / year
- Pokemon Special (volumes only):
$15 / three months - Volumes
$60 / year
- Arpeggio of Blue Steel:
(~$40 - Volumes 1-3)
$15 / four months - Volumes (4+)
$45 / year
- Noririn:
$15 / six months - Volumes
$30 / year
- Ryuushika Ryuushika:
$15 / year - Volumes
$15 / year
- Kindaichi:
No cost right now, but I'm considering importing volumes for future cases, since the scans aren't very good
- Kazumi:
No cost
- Kaibutsu Oujo:
No cost
The total comes out to be
$1068 per year. My savings has pretty much stagnated over the last year and is beginning to decline. While it isn't anywhere near zero as of this writing, I would appreciate any support, no matter how small.
(Note: Pokemon Special BW has a special account on its own. If you're donating for BW, make sure to tell me somehow)
I have mentioned on /a/ in June about how I have a surplus of Eva figures that come with the Young Ace issues, and some people have expressed interest. I'll definitely auction them off in a few weeks.
We're going into magazine chapters here, so the quality won't be as good. It'll depend on whose raw I use. I used the Beast Knights' (the Chinese group; their name is a reference to Hoshi no Samidare, which their leader translated) raw for this chapter rather than the Share raw.
I didn't know that buzzers were that expensive as well. It seems that even toy buzzers cost more than 5000 yen.
Chapter 8 through 15 are in this volume, along with an extra chapter.
Shit gets real...ler. The battles seems to only get better, though this turns out to be a pretty short battle.
All of the heavy cruisers are pretty hot, though I want to see the aircraft carriers.
Time's up on the error in chapter 13. The current year in this manga is supposed to be 2056 (according to the cover flap), and the expiration date on the card that Makie pulls out is 2050. Well, it might not really be an error. She never gets to use the card, so we may never know.
Quick release before the rest of the stuff I'm watching this season get released and before I get swamped with other work over the weekend.
I've just noticed that for some reason, I keep calling the acoustic torpedoes "sonar torpedoes." "Sonar torpedo" should be somewhat correct, but no one calls them that. Anyways, you can go to the wiki to see all of the errors that I've made so far, though I'm sure that there's more that I haven't caught yet.
I like Kirishima's solution to their dilemma.
In this chapter, we see an assault submarine do her mating dance to try to attract two battleships...
