Arpeggio of Blue Steel ch 40

So this is what they've been doing while they were at Iwo Jima.

The raws this time aren't great, so I'm only releasing the 1200h version.

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Pokemon Special ch 454

The gang is all here.

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Kazumi Magica ch 23 [END]

And that's all she wrote.

Personally, I thought that this series was pretty good overall. It was different enough to escape the shadow of its mother series, but unfortunately, not all of those differences, such as the fan service, were good. I hope you enjoyed it.

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Ryuushika Ryuushika ch 37

Well, the chapter titles sure escalated quickly.

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Pokemon Special ch 453

I like the detail with Togepi in page 92.

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Re-uploads, Re-uploads Everywhere

The torrents contain more files than you'll probably want, so make sure you disable files that you don't want to download.

7o3x - (torrent)

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• Special Book absurdres in torrent
• Special Book 2400p (mf) (sendspace) (shrta)
• Special Book 1200p (mf) (sendspace) (shrta) 

Kindaichi Case Files v38 - (torrent) (mf) (sendspace) (shrta)

Oriko Magica c02-07 - (torrent)

• 2400p in torrent
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Pokemon Special - (torrent)

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• vol 39-41 in torrent

Pokemon Special BW ch 20 (CCI 2012-12)

Well, that was soul-crushing.

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Nanika Mochigatte masu ka ch 18

It turns out that this series is going to stay bimonthly. I guess Kitoh can't handle both this and Noririn.

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Pokemon Special ch 452

This volume has weird mini-chapters like this.

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Kaibutsu Oujo ch 84

It's back.

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Boku Dake ga Inai Machi ch 6

Time for the real plot to start kicking in.

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Dangan Ronpa - Merged with Project Zetsubou

After being contacted by the leader of Project Zetsubou in a fashion that was much more cordial than how the LPer on SA contacted me, I've decided to join them to help them hack DR1 and translate SDR2. They're done translating DR1, so all that's left is editing the script and hacking. If you're interested in hacking the game, then they'll also release their script editor soon and start integrating features from DREditor. Please redirect your attention to them.

Pokemon Special ch 451

Just as planned.

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Arpeggio of Blue Steel ch 39

PS will come tomorrow.

I don't know what Gunzou is thinking, but I like it already.

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Got Layton vs. Wright

FUCK PRODUCTIVITY.

7o3x ch 23

My guess is that Akira will show up in cosplay.

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Pokemon Special ch 450

Are you a wild Pokemon?

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Kazumi Magica ch 22

Oh, I didn't realize that too.

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DREditor 0.0.4

Quick update that adds the feature to change the font.

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Pokemon Special ch 449

All you had to do was stay in the safe house, Ursaring!

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Ryuushika Ryuushika ch 36

I don't believe it either.

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Pokemon Special vol 42 raws

I'm not sure how I should feel about the TWEEST at the end.

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Young Ace 2012-11 raws

This is the last issue that I'm going to upload. Again, go on Share or sites that mirror files from Share like JPDDL to find other raws on Young Ace.

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• NGE
• new Mamoru Hosoda movie
• 7o3x
• Daisuki desu!! Mahou Tenshi Cosmos
• Hokkenshitsu
• Inari, Kon kon, Koi Iroha
• Fate/Zero
• O/A [END]
• JA
• Gunbuster
• Maou-sama no Pero Pero Keikaku
• Kamiigusa Animators
• Blood Lad
• [Oneshot]

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• Resident City 505
• Iinadzuke Kyoute
• Ren'ai Shimasen ka?
• Boku Dake Inai Machi
• Voice Meets Girl [END]
• Yuki Nagato-chan's Disappearance
• Spec ~Ten~
• Worldgaze Clips
• Mogitate Idol Ningen [END]
• MPD Psycho
• Last Exile 2
• Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
• [Oneshots]

Dangan Ronpa update - DREditor 0.0.3

DR translation update:

• Fixed a lot of typos, such as Celestia's and Sakura's last names. The funny thing is that I apparently got Sakura's last name right in some art assets, but felt like spelling her name wrong in other places.
• Kept "super" as the translation for "超高校級". I feel like "super high-school level" implies that there's a "super high school", rather than conveying "on a level beyond high school", which is what the phrase is intended to mean.
• Started on chapter 1, but didn't get much done yet.

DR translation source files (github)

DREditor update (0.0.3):

• Fixed Celestia's and Sakura's last names, though DREditor should still work with JS files with incorrect names.
• Added a manual.

DREditor 0.0.3 (mf)
DREditor source (github)

Arpeggio of Blue Steel ch 38

Well, the new "giveaway" merchandise is kinda disappointing compared to last year's.

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Boku Dake ga Inai Machi ch 5

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Pokemon Special BW2 Prologue

This was a special chapter from a recent issue of Pokemon Fan (not sure what's going on with the PS serialization in that magazine now). Thanks to ReiZerou for the raws.

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7o3x ch 22

President Sasajima kinda reminds me of Professor Layton. I can't wait to see him destroy everyone else.

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Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku ch 66; volume 8 batch

Man, this volume took me way too much time. Sorry for keeping you guys waiting.

Chapter 66:
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Volume 8 batch:
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Ryuushika Ryuushika 35

Fucking spiders, man.

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Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku ch 65

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ︵ ╯(°□° ╯)

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Dangan Ronpa Partial Translation 0.1.0 (Prologue)

I don't like working for a long period of time without getting some feedback from others, so here's the first partial translation of Dangan Ronpa. Only the prologue has been translated (about 3% of the story), but I want to know what people think, because this will set precedents on terms and style of further translations as well.

Release

Readme 
Patched ISO:

• Mediafire: 1 2 3 4 5 6
• Speedyshare: 1 2 3 4 5 6
• Nyaa: torrent

I was too lazy to write an ISO patcher program this time around, but I'll make one next time.

Notes

Some terms are different from the LP, because it either just didn't work out for the translation ("super highschool-level" was just too long for the dialogue and certain assets, so it was shortened to "super") or because of my personal preferences (the school name was translated to "Mount Hope Academy").  That said, I want to know what everyone feels about the translation choices.

I don't think I'm that great at localizing lines from certain characters like Junko, so I might need some help on that.

DREditor 

The editor was also updated.

• "Home screen language" and "Button order" now applies to both the home screen and the save/load screens.
• A bug in the GIM export code that causes the PSP to crash was fixed.  If the quantized image had less colors than the maximum number of colors that the palette can support, then the old DREditor didn't pad the palette with more colors when it should have.
• Javascript:
• Added a "loadScript(filename)" function that loads another Javascript file in the "src" folder to reduce redundant code and translations.
• The "load" and "loadGIM" functions now also look into the "orig" folder in the same way it looks in the "src" folder" if it doesn't find the file in the "src" folder. For example:
• "src/fla_734_pak.js" calls "loadGIM" on "001.png"
• DREditor looks at "src/fla_734_pak/001.png"
• If that file doesn't exist, then it attempts to read "orig/fla_734_pak/001.png"
• If that file doesn't exist, then it throws an error.
• Note: The editor doesn't make the "orig" folder itself. I just put this feature in there to make managing assets easier.

DREditor 0.0.2

I'll put the source files of the translation up on Github later. Feel free to give me any comments and suggestions.

Kazumi Magica ch 21

TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA TPA

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Arpeggio of Blue Steel ch 37

They're announcing more "giveaway" things next issue.

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Nanika Mochigatte masu ka ch 17

The magazine, good! Afternoon, is going to be a monthly magazine after the next issue, so this manga will finally move faster.

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Pokemon Special BW ch 19 (CCI 2012-11)

'Sup.

CCI raws should be stable. I couldn't get a PF subscription, though I can order specific issues from Amazon if you guys really want it, thought it would cost at least $40 for the shipping.

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Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku ch 64

The real craziness begins now.

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Pokemon Special ch 448; volume 41

The joke is going to be that Gold can't recognize all of these important people but can recognize Petrel when he's disguised for some odd reason.

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Volume batch (typo fixes):

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Boku Dake ga Inai Machi ch 4

Man, this manga makes me paranoid.

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Young Ace 2012-10 raws

Again, this will be one of the last issues that I'll upload.

Part 1: (mf) (ss)

• new Hosoda movie
• 7o3x
• Daisuki desu!! Mahou Tenshi Cosmos
• NGE
• Hokkenshitsu
• Inari, Kon kon, Koi Iroha
• F/Z
• O/A [end]

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• JA
• Gunbuster
• Maou-sama no Pero Pero Keikaku
• Kamiigusa Animators
• Blood Lad
• Kyouagaru, Monoiwaku... [oneshot]
• Resident City 505
• Iinazuke Kyoutei
• Ren'ai Shimasen ka?
• Boku Dake no Inai Machi

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• Voice Meets Girl [end]
• Nagato Yuki-chan's Disappearance
• Spec ~Ten~
• Worldgaze Clips
• Mogitate Idol Ningen [end]
• MPD Psycho
• Last Exile 2
• Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
• random 4-koma

7o3x ch 21

Quite a strong candidate for troll of the year.

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Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku ch 63

Looks like Renhou got out-swagged.

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Dangan Ronpa Translation Project

The SA thread is better at explaining this game than I am.

If you've read this blog for a while, you have probably noticed two things:

1. I'm a very promiscuous person.
2. Perhaps because of #1, I also translate things other than manga sometimes, like an anime movie and a drama CD.

With that being said, the next item on my list is ROM hacking. On one hand, I've gotten decently far in figuring out how to attack a few ROMs like Ni no Kuni DS and 7th Dragon 2020, but I've never really convinced myself to start translating them. On the other hand, I had looked at Dangan Ronpa before with great interest, but I never got myself to adequately analyze the ROM. However, after playing SDR2 (which is superior to the first game in every way), I finally got the motivation to make a breakthrough.

The result is DREditor (src). It can convert the most important parts of the script files and all 2D art assets to editable formats and repack them. Here are a few screenshots that shows what it can do.

It still doesn't fully understand script files, but it understands enough for translation.

Anyways, the translation project has no time goal, because my main focus will still be on translating manga. Also, the scope of this project is pretty huge; IIRC, the total character count for strings in scripts is about 1.1 million. In contrast, after translating about 60 volumes of manga over 2.7 years, the total character count for all of my translations is about 2.5 million, and that's the English character count, which should be way greater than the Japanese character count. I'll probably take a while to find my tempo. I'll also put the translation on GitHub as well when I get far enough.

I'm fully aware that the Let's Play has translated a huge chunk of the lines, but the problem with that is that the translations were made without having to consider about how small the message window is. The dialogue is made so that the character on screen changes his/her expression pretty much every line, so splitting long lines into two isn't a good solution in my opinion.

Anyways, enough talk. Here are the links to the editor again. You're free to try to copy the Let's Play translation if you really want, or to do anything with it. The source is open to public domain.
DREditor 0.0.1 (mf)
DREditor source code (github)

Here's some documentation. The technical documentation isn't that great, so just look at the source code or ask me if you want to know more. Note: the editor, the script files and the documentation contain heavy spoilers (even for people who are following the LP).
How to Use DREditor
Technical Documentation
Main Page

This is what the Chinese translation effort looks like, by the way. They've just started a few weeks ago, but they also have had an earlier Let's Play-style translation, which is why they're moving so fast.

Pokemon Special ch 447

It sounds like the author doesn't like Crystal's new outfit either.

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Kazumi Magica ch 20

Although this artist is kinda bad at action scenes, I like how he uses colors.

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Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku ch 62

TL Note: "Collider" (コレダー) is what a few game/anime series call their powerful electric moves.  See Tales series, BlazBlue, Gunbuster, etc.

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Arpeggio of Blue Steel ch 36

My Supreme Flagship can't be this cute.

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Pokemon Special ch 446

If you know any file upload mirrors that can upload to Badongo or 115 (because they're Chinese and thus never take down anything) that's not Flameupload, FlashMirror, or EmbedUpload, give me a link below.

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Ryuushika Ryuushika ch 34

What an obvious secret. How could they have not realized it?

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Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku ch 61

Why yes, Daizou, she is better than you if only just because she pops her collars.

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Pokemon Special ch 445

Not the Slowpokes again.

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Errata: page 92: "how long it's been"

Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku ch 60

Some people are just unable to hide their swag.

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Online Manga Downloader 0.1.10

Changes:

• Changes manual selection. There's getting to be so many options that selected by tab might not be the best idea now.
• Fixes Pixiv downloading, which got broken. Also adds Pixiv magazines.
• Fixes log memory usage. The log automatically prunes itself now.
• Fixes Nico user-published download order. Put HashMap instead of LinkedHashMap, lol.

Online Manga Downloader 0.1.10 (mf)
Current source branch