Was away the last few days so have fallen behind on pretty much everything, but here's a couple of things to round off the week anyway.
First up is this month's Chainsaw.
First up is this month's Chainsaw.
And then we've this week's Cestvs.
Monday, 31 December 2018
Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw: reflesh Ch. 4 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 37
Thursday, 20 December 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 33 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 36
We've a mirror release today, with another chapter of both Getter and Cestvs.
First up is Getter. As mentioned at the end of the chapter the series will be on break next month, so there won't be another chapter until February.
And then we've another Cestvs. One thing to note is that Wazarai rarely uses proper boxing terms (he does use a lot of sumo words however), so I may end up changing stuff like straight depending upon how I feel later.
On a side note we're now only 50 chapters away from catching up, which is kinda nice.
Monday, 17 December 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 32 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 35
A fair bit late but here's last month's Getter. As the line at the end should inform you, 33 is already out.
And here's some more Cestvs.
Thursday, 13 December 2018
Monday, 10 December 2018
Sunday, 9 December 2018
Blue Striker Ch. 2 & Somali to Mori no Kami-sama Ch. 30.6-31
And would you look at that, I actually kept my word. Truth be told these've both been done for a while now, I was just pretty slow at QCing them.
First up we've the second chapter of Blue Striker. Volume two's been dated for next month so I might need to actually step things up on this (the series itself is bi-weekly, with like 14 or so chapters out at the moment).
In Shibata related news the first volume of his Kamen Rider series came out the other day, and what might well the the final/penultimate chapter of Kaiten is due out tomorrow. So exciting times all round.
And then we've the first Somali in. about tour months! Still two chapters behind on this but I'll hopefully be able to get them done more quickly in future.
Friday, 30 November 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 59 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 32
Two new chapters today both of which mark the end of their respective volumes.
First up we've the end to volume six of Azarak. I'm waiting for scans for volume seven onward so this may well be the last we see of Misa for a little while. I might have something to fill in for it in the meantime, but we'll have to see how things go.
And then we've the end of volume three of Cestvs. Five volumes to go and we'll be all caught up!
Up next will definitely, positively, 100%(ively) be the much delayed Somali/Blue Striker releases.
Friday, 23 November 2018
Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw: reflesh Ch. 3 & Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 68
I started Chainsaw and Azarak on the same day so it's kind of amusing to see the difference in chapter numbers now, with Chainsaw essentially being on chapter 92 while Azarak remains on 68...
At any rate here's this month's Chainsaw, which might seem a bit familiar to anyone who read Iron Ghost.
And then here's the second to last chapter of the volume for Azarak.
Wednesday, 21 November 2018
Sunday, 18 November 2018
Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hachigakari Ch. 1 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 30
Couple of bits today.
To start with we've the first proper chapter of Active Raid.
And then we hit the chapter 30 with Cestvs.
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
Sunday, 11 November 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 56 & Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 31
Had a fairly busy week, but here's a couple of things to end it with (unless I actually bother to QC Somali or TL Cestvs tomorrow).
First up we've a particularly non-supernatural chapter of Azarak. I think it's meant to have a sort of karmic element to it but who knows what's really going on.
And then we've the most recent Getter. Next chapter is out tomorrow in fact so I just about got this done on time.
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Sunday, 4 November 2018
Thursday, 1 November 2018
Blue Striker Ch. 1 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 27
If you guessed something new alongside a Cestvs chapter last time then you'd be right.
First up we've something new in the form of Blue Striker. This is one of Shibata's three current manga series (the other two being some Kamen Rider thing, and of course Kaiten). He doesn't actually do the art for this one, but the the panelling should give it away as something he's worked on if nothing else.
Expect releases whenever I guess.
Expect releases whenever I guess.
And then we've the winner of the Hamilcar/Loki fight.
The meaning behind the title this chapter probably isn't too clear in English, but in Japanese there's a saying which roughly translates to something like to divide light and darkness and it's what's said at the end of the chapter about the match having been decided.
The meaning behind the title this chapter probably isn't too clear in English, but in Japanese there's a saying which roughly translates to something like to divide light and darkness and it's what's said at the end of the chapter about the match having been decided.
Monday, 29 October 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 26
Woo Cestvs time!
Could it be Somali up next, or Getter, or something new entirely? We'll see...
Thursday, 25 October 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 54
Another fairly standard Azarak chapter this week, though we have a few of the chants for the first time in what feels like ages (as ever I don't imagine my TLs will be particularly accurate for them but such is life).
I also finally got around to doing the Somali TL too, so expect that soon (just in time for chapter 33's release...).
I also finally got around to doing the Somali TL too, so expect that soon (just in time for chapter 33's release...).
Monday, 22 October 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 32
The series will be on break for two issues (which isn't by any accounts a particularly good sign all things considered) so we won't be seeing a new chapter until December.
Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw: reflesh Ch. 2 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 25
It's that time of the month again.
I'd previously had the new school as Holy Argento but the in-chapter rendition has it as St. Argento so I've changed it to match and will update chapter one when I can be bothered.
Alongside that we've some more Cestvs, which sees the beginning of the first fight of the tournament.
Now I should really get to Somali...
Now I should really get to Somali...
Friday, 19 October 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 53 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 24
Yay Azarak etc.
Yay Cestvs etc.
Tuesday, 16 October 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 31
And just like that we're all caught up again! Kaiten itself is bi-weekly so that'll roughly be the pace from now on. Next chapter should with any luck be out next week (although the series itself has been increasingly on break recently).
Now to catch up on Somali or something...
Monday, 15 October 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 52
This is one of those weird Azarak chapters which doesn't feature any magic at all.
Sunday, 14 October 2018
Friday, 12 October 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 23
And so we begin volume three, which sees the final key player arrive.
Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 30 & Kaiten-One Ch. 29
Got this done just in time for the next chapter.
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Two left.
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Two left.
Sunday, 7 October 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 51 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 22
Some stuff to end the week.
Here's a somewhat meta chapter of Azarak.
And the end of volume two of Cestvs.
Saturday, 6 October 2018
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hachigakari Ch. 0 & Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw: reflesh Ch. 1
Been comparatively slow with stuff recently so here's two new things to slow me down further.
First up we've the manga adaptation of Active Raid. For the unaware Active Raid's an anime from a few years back which, while pretty much forgotten in both Japan and the West, my editor really enjoyed for some reason. I'd initially gotten the raws for this about a year ago so it's not exactly been something I've prioritised. Chapters are short though and it's only a single volume long so it may or may not be done relatively quickly.
And then we've the return of an old friend. Yes Chainsaw's back, and while I do always harbour some misgivings about sequels, the first chapter at least is as good as ever.
Alongside the chapter there was also an announcement that the series would be getting a second live action film (some English subs, I think from an Asian release or something, also popped up for the first one, though I've no idea if they're any good). Presumably this is part of the reason why the series is back in the first place (it also helps explain Iron Ghost's premature demise).
Monday, 1 October 2018
Friday, 28 September 2018
Thursday, 27 September 2018
Tuesday, 25 September 2018
Monday, 24 September 2018
Saturday, 22 September 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 24
And here's some more Kaiten. For those who care the TL is done for both Azarak and Cestvs, so they'll probably be up next.
Friday, 21 September 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 23
I should probably get around to some non Kaiten stuff soon but eh, we're nearly caught up again.
Monday, 17 September 2018
Thursday, 13 September 2018
Wednesday, 12 September 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 19
Apparently this is a week of reunions, as Cestvs also features one.
For the curious the last time Cestvs and Ruska saw one another was way back in chapter 40, volume five. In universe the series is only meant to be a couple years on, while it was a good 12 or so years between the volumes themselves...
Monday, 10 September 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 20
Went all out and got a second Kaiten done this week, crazy stuff. Hoping to be able to catch up again with this as we're only seven/eight ten (should be a new chapter out tomorrow) chapters behind. But we'll see.
Sunday, 9 September 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 19 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 18
Some more Kaiten.
And some more Cestvs.
Monday, 3 September 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 18 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 17
And yet another quiet week, hopefully I'll be able to actually get more releases out soonish, though probably not.
For now though here's the obligatory Kaiten.
And the obligatory Cestvs.
Sunday, 26 August 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 17 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 16
Yet another slow week, but here's some more Kaiten.
And here's some more Cestvs.
This chapter marks the beginning of part two which is, as of the most recent chapter, still ongoing (and likely to continue for another four or so years yet). So if you don't like tournament arcs you should probably get off now.
For the curious, the Cicero quote comes from his second oration against Verres.
Sunday, 19 August 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 29, Kaiten-One Ch. 16 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 15
Another slow week, but here's a triple release to end things on.
First up we've Getter.
This month's chapter has a fair amount of exposition, so I might well reword/tear up and do-over some things at a later date.
Then we've Kaiten.
I think previously I might've had Star Group or something for Miko's lot, but decided Star Class is probably more accurate.
And then we've Cestvs.
As something of a note, the zero range blow is actually called mugen in the Japanese. A literal translation would be along the lines of no-space, though outside of this instance it's more commonly used to mean invariant (and features in the Japanese name for one of the hells in Buddhism).
Sunday, 12 August 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 15 & Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 14
Editor's off enjoying himself in foreign lands, so these'll be the only two things I actually release this week (stuff like Getter will also be delayed despite the raws being out).
First up we've the start of volume three of Kaiten. For some reason the digital raws for this increased in size. No clue why, but enjoy the better resolution I guess.
And then we've some more Cestvs. Only one more chapter and we're onto part two and the tournament proper.
In unrelated (and very unexpected) news it was announced the other day that Chainsaw is going to be getting a sequel which'll start next month. While a part of me has some reservations, I'm for the most part just, well, really excited to see how it all pans out.
Saturday, 4 August 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 14-14.5 & Yuzumori-san Ch. 26.5 & 33.5
A few things today.
First up we've the end of volume two of Kaiten. This chapter is fairly sketchy, as is the bonus, but thankfully it's the worst Kaiten's gotten thus far else I probably would've dropped it.
And then we've the Yuzumori-san bonuses which I shoulda done ages ago. As ever, YMMV with the fighting game shit.
Tuesday, 31 July 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 13 & Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 13
Onto volume two of Kendo.
And more from volume two of Mahoujin.
Sunday, 29 July 2018
Friday, 27 July 2018
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 12
Had meant to get some other stuff done today but ran out of time, here's the end of the first volume of Kendo at any rate. Coincidentally volume eight was finally announced to be coming out in two months time, nearly a year and a half after the release of seven...
Wednesday, 25 July 2018
Monday, 23 July 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 12
Nearly done with the volume! Though volume three (which goes up to chapter 21) just so happened to come out today and is something I should probably buy already.
Friday, 20 July 2018
Somali to Mori no Kami-sama Ch. 30-30.5
We've at last caught up.
In prior chapters I think I might've had something different for abormal (the Japanese word used is the same throughout) but I'm not overly fussed at the moment to keep things consistent. Something to remember for when I ever decide to go back and fix things up for proper batch releases.
Next chapter should be out in a week month. At any rate, the next volume is also due out soon too.
Thursday, 19 July 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 10 & Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 11-11.5
Finally into the double digits.
And finally onto new content, also the end of the volume.
Tuesday, 17 July 2018
Sunday, 15 July 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 9 & Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 10
Three chapters left and we'll finally be done with volume one. Has probably taken longer than it should've but eh, no real rush so long as the series isn't even being published.
With this we're now all caught up to the old scans for Mahoujin, which means we're now onto new stuff (also means I probably won't be releasing quite as many chapters a week).
Friday, 13 July 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 28 & Iron Ghost no Shoujo Ch. 13 [End]
Two rather disappointing chapters this month.
First up we've Getter. If you read the prologue this chapter should be fairly familiar as it's like 90% reused pages. At least things have come full circle now.
And then we've the finale of Iron Ghost. If you missed my prior post about this and find it kind of sudden then join the club. Exactly why it's ending here is anyone's guess; despite my best efforts I've not been able to find anything solid on the reason for its sudden end (presumably it's commercial but the magazine it's in isn't exactly Weekly Shounen Jump, so eh), and all I can really say is that it's a real shame things turned out like this. There was obviously a ton of stuff planned for the series, pretty much none of which has been dealt with, and it's hard to feel much satisfaction with, well, anything about the chapter really. But oh well, such is the way of things I suppose.
Thanks go as ever to my editor, Nady. If you'd like to pick up the volumes you can get them digitally on sites like eBookJapan, or physically from places like Amazon.
Thursday, 12 July 2018
Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 8
The prior scans for Mahoujin didn't have this chapter in colour, so we've now at least one objective benefit to redoing the whole thing.
Wednesday, 11 July 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 10 & Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 7
Into double digits for Kaiten now.
And only three more of the old Mahoujin chapters to go.
Monday, 9 July 2018
Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 6
Four chapter's left and we'll finally be onto something new.
Sunday, 8 July 2018
Somali to Mori no Kami-sama Ch. 29
One (and a half) chapter(s) to go and we'll be all caught up. Yay, or something.
Saturday, 7 July 2018
Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 5
Halfway to new content. Woo.
Somali's also done but it's hot and I took a nap instead of QCing it.
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Somali's also done but it's hot and I took a nap instead of QCing it.
Thursday, 5 July 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 8 & Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 4
More Cestvs!
More Mahoujin!
Wednesday, 4 July 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 9 & Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 3
More Kaiten!
More Mahoujin!
Sunday, 1 July 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 7 & Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 2
Feels like we've had another slow week here which is ironic considering I've much less stuff to work on than I normally do. The latest table of contents for Comic Beam also confirmed that Iron Ghost will indeed end next chapter so that's something else to cross of soon too!
At any rate here's some more Cestvs.
And here's some more Mahoujin for the first time in months. Hopefully this (and Red) will become a bit more frequent now.
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Monday, 25 June 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 6
Progress has been slow but we're now halfway through the volume!
In unrelated news this month's update of Somali turned out to be a whole seven pages long (the fifth tank is out soon so presumably that's where most of the focus went). The next update's also not due until August so I might actually be able to catch up again.
In other unrelated news preorders for the second volume of Iron Ghost also went up recently and there's a couple of mentions of completion on it which might be some cause for concern, or it might be nothing. Either way we'll find out with the next chapter.
Friday, 22 June 2018
Kaiten-One Ch. 7-7.5
And so ends volume one. The bonuses from hereon out are, well, you'll see. At least we're slowly catching up though.
Thursday, 21 June 2018
Monday, 18 June 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 4 & Somali to Mori no Kami-sama Ch. 28
Been a fairly slow week release wise, but here's some Cestvs,
And here's something we've not seen in a long time. As is we're still two chapters behind, hopefully it won't take as long to see them.
Sunday, 17 June 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 27
Cestvs/Somali are also done, but ran out of time to QC.
Thursday, 14 June 2018
Iron Ghost no Shoujo Ch. 12 & Kaiten-One Ch. 6
So here's this month's Iron Ghost.
In the past I might've used female pronouns for Black Milk, but this chapter seemingly has them as male, so I've probably a few past things I'll need to go and fix at up at some point.
In the past I might've used female pronouns for Black Milk, but this chapter seemingly has them as male, so I've probably a few past things I'll need to go and fix at up at some point.
And here's the return of Kaiten. Raws are up to 26 at the moment so it'll be a while before we catch up, but assuming it's not canned before chapter 40~ it should be doable.
Coming up soon will be the long awaited return of Somali.
Monday, 11 June 2018
Redman Princess: Akuryou Koujo Ch. 9 [End]
And so we come to the completion of another series, well, sort of. As both the chapter title and the final page mention this is, in theory, just the end of the prologue, to be continued at a later date in the America arc.
Quite where, when, or even what this'll amount to however is anyone's guess. Since finishing a few months back in Champion Red there hasn't (at least as far as I'm aware) been any mention of the series coming back, and given the commercial matters which are mentioned in the afterword there's a chance the series is on more than just an extended break. As ever though we can but wait and see.
Dubious future aside Redman was a fun, if not rather eclectic read. Takatou's rather outspoken afterword was also amusing, especially as most Japanese authors tend not to be quite so direct with their commentaries (rather unsurprisingly the volume's gotten a ton of negative reviews on places like Amazon).
Thanks as always go to my editor, Nady. If you liked the series you can pick it up physically from places like Amazon, or digitally on sites like eBookJapan.
Saturday, 9 June 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 3 & Redman Princess: Akuryou Koujo Ch. 8
Here's some more of Cestvs.
And some more Redman, only one chapter left.
Tuesday, 5 June 2018
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 2
So in something of a weird coincidence the day after I released the end of part one/start of part two it was announced that the magazine which Cestvs runs in is to end. The good news is that Cestvs was confirmed to be continuing on in another magazine, the bad news is that, unlike most of the other series which'll be moving, no further details were given for it (from what I read of the original article ANN are wrong in saying it'll be moving back to Young Animal).
As mentioned in the ANN article Hakunsensha plan to launch a new magazine focused on fighting series later in the year called Young Animal Resistance, and this is likely where Cestvs will end up (in fact the twitter image they had for it included Cestvs in it), though from what I've seen nothing definite has been announced.
At any rate here's chapter two.
Thursday, 31 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CLIV [End] & Youkai Banchou Ch. 57-57.5 [End]
I'm always a fan of putting in more effort than I should, so here's the finale to not one, but two series.
First up, Cestvs. Normally I'd write up a big piece on just what draws me to the stuff I was finishing, but given this isn't by any means an actual ending (with part two still years off finishing) I figure it'd be pretty unfair to comment at this point.
Instead I'll offer my usual thanks to elemhunter with his help for the raws, and to my editor Nady for putting up with 100+ chapters worth of trouble. If you like the series you can buy most of it physically from places like Amazon (although some of the earlier volumes seem to be going out of print), or digitally though sites like eBookJapan. As for the sequel, well, I'll start it at some point...
Then we've Youkai. While it obviously has a continuation too (which I can now get back to) it's closer in nature to a reboot and I'm unsure of whether or not it'll even get anywhere.
Youkai then was a series which I actually really liked. I came to it from Shibata's prior series 81diver (which is also a great read) and took to it from the first volume. While the kids get super powers plot is about as overdone as can be Shibata's definitely a one of a kind artist (even if the effect of giant SFX bubbles is generally lost in English), and his weird blend of rather dead pan humour and over the top fight scenes was something I've really enjoyed (plus the human weapon stuff which was all great).
That it got cancelled is fairly obvious from the ending (although Air Master's ending was similarly brief IIRC). While a shame there's at least some hope for Kaiten, though who knows if that'll even last much longer given Shibata recently started two new series.
That it got cancelled is fairly obvious from the ending (although Air Master's ending was similarly brief IIRC). While a shame there's at least some hope for Kaiten, though who knows if that'll even last much longer given Shibata recently started two new series.
Once more thanks go to my editor Nady for all his work. And again, if you liked the series you can buy it physically from places like Amazon, or digitally via sites like eBookJapan.
Kendo Shitouden Cestvs Ch. 1
So I said I'd start the sequel at some point, and what better point than the present itself. Yes this is the first chapter of part two of Cestvs. Quite why it was split up into two different series is anyone's guess, but it is what it is.
For the series I'll be using digital scans instead of the higher resolution stuff I had for part one. They'll look worse but are easier to get/work with and it'll be the same quality if we ever catch up to magazine releases anyway. At present there's something like 80 chapters out so that's still a while out.
As something of a note the entirety of the series thus far has focused on the tournament (though there's the usual historical bits on the side), so if you don't like long running tournament arcs then you'd be better off dropping things now. If you do, or you just like punishment then buckle up, the latest raws have only just approached the semifinals meaning there's still a good four or so years of it to come (assuming no hiatuses which is probably unlikely).
Wednesday, 30 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CLIII & Youkai Banchou Ch. 56
One left!
One left!
Tuesday, 29 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CLII & Youkai Banchou Ch. 55
Two left.
Two left.
Monday, 28 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs CLI & Youkai Banchou Ch. 54
Three left.
Three left.
Sunday, 27 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CL
Considering how big a milestone 150 chapters is I feel I should propbaly write something more but eh, it's late and I'm tired. Only four chapters left of the series though, and only two of this arc.
Saturday, 26 May 2018
Friday, 25 May 2018
Iron Ghost no Shoujo Ch. 11, Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXLVIII & Youkai Banchou Ch. 53
A bit late this month but here's Iron Ghost.
Then some more Cestvs.
And some more Youkai.
Wednesday, 23 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXLVII
Seven left.
The next Iron Ghost and Youkai are done but will save them for tomorrow.
Tuesday, 22 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXLV, Redman Princess: Akuryou Koujo Ch. 7 & Youkai Banchou Ch. 52
Nine left.
One minor note, but the the katana reading for Nemesis' mother in this chapter was actually given as Themis. As far as I can tell however she's never been described as Nemesis' mother, so I'm assuming it was just a mixup on Wazarai's part (the kanji is given as goddess of necessity too, which doesn't really fit Themis).
One minor note, but the the katana reading for Nemesis' mother in this chapter was actually given as Themis. As far as I can tell however she's never been described as Nemesis' mother, so I'm assuming it was just a mixup on Wazarai's part (the kanji is given as goddess of necessity too, which doesn't really fit Themis).
Two left.
The second (and for now final) volume of the series also came out the other day and, aside from rousing the ire of a bunch of Amazon reviewers (some people really seem mad that there was any political mentions in a manga of all things), came with a fairly wordy afterword which is gonna be a right pain to TL.
The second (and for now final) volume of the series also came out the other day and, aside from rousing the ire of a bunch of Amazon reviewers (some people really seem mad that there was any political mentions in a manga of all things), came with a fairly wordy afterword which is gonna be a right pain to TL.
Five left.
Monday, 21 May 2018
Sunday, 20 May 2018
Friday, 18 May 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 49
A slightly earlier Azarak release this week. Not only does it mark the end of volume five but it'll also likely be the last chapter I put out for at least a short while, as I'm waiting on raws for the later volumes.
Thursday, 17 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXLII & Youkai Banchou Ch. 51
More Cestvs.
More Youkai.
Monday, 14 May 2018
Sunday, 13 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXLI & Youkai Banchou Ch. 50
More Cestvs!
More Youkai!
Saturday, 12 May 2018
Wednesday, 9 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXXIX
And after what feels like an age, volume 14 is finally finished. Only one volume remains...
Tuesday, 8 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXXVIII & Youkai Banchou Ch. 49-49.5
One chapter left and we'll finally be free of this volume!
Given this marks the end of volume six for Youkai I'll probably try and finish things off a little quicker.
Monday, 7 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXXVII & Redman Princess: Akuryou Koujo Ch. 6
Two more chapters for the volume.
Three more chapters for the series.
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 47
Had some more Redman and Cestvs done but too but they'll need to wait for tomorrow.
Sunday, 6 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXXVI & Youkai Banchou Ch. 48
This was done a while back but I spent far too long finishing off FFX today.
Only three chapters left though and this damn Cestvs volume'll finally be done.
And only one chapter left for this volume of Youkai.
Fairly unrelated but Shibata started two new series recently (whether or not this means anything for Kaiten remains to be seen). The first is about a middle aged dude who wants to become a Kamen Rider, the second is about a middle aged dude who gets into street brawls or something (though someone else is doing the actual art for this one). From what I've seen they're pretty funny but will need to wait for the volume releases as chapter raws would be a pain to get for both.
Thursday, 3 May 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 26, Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXXV & Redman Princess: Akuryou Koujo Ch. 5
This really wasn't a particularly interesting chapter for me which is why it's taken so long to get done. The nature of the chapter's such that I've probably fucked some parts up (or at least more so than usual) but that's something I'll worry about another time.
As mentioned at the end the series is also on break this month.
Alongside that here's some more Cestvs (the sequel series of which is also possibly back on hiatus now, not that that affects us much yet).
And some more Redman, which did, funnily enough, end last month. Or at least the prologue did, the final page mentioning that things would be continuing in a new arc. As far as I'm aware there's been no information yet on just what that'll amount to though, which effectively means four more chapters until we're done.
Tuesday, 1 May 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXXIV
Five chapters left of the volume, 20 of the series. \o/
Monday, 30 April 2018
007 Series Ch. 21 [End], Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 46 & Youkai Banchou Ch. 47
And here we are, the end of Bond!
Truthfully this has been something of a mixed series for me. Being the Saito fan that I am I have on the one had very much enjoyed what you might call the proto-Golgo elements (the shootouts, the dumb retorts etc.).
Yet on the other I must admit to having found a good chunk of that actual story rather weak. Outside of his gun skills Bond is fairly incompetent, and survives much more on account of his opponents' mistakes than any real ability of his own. And, while this might be something you can chalk up more to the original work, I also find it hard to really defend a lot of the plot lines which are often quite meandering and pointless; if we take the final volume for instance Scaramanga, the supposed villain, is only present for about 20 pages total, while lots of it is dedicated to random stuff like Bond's showdown with the three trainees.
If nothing else it was at least a nice historical piece, and more Saito stuff is always a good thing in and of itself.
Thanks as always go to my editor, Nady, and to elemhunter for scanning all four volumes. If you enjoyed the series you can purchase the reprints on places like Amazon (no digital versions alas).
At some point in the future I'd like to get onto more Saito stuff, for now I should probably be catching up with all the stuff I've been slacking on recently...
Oh and here's this week's Azarak.
And this week's Youkai.
Sunday, 29 April 2018
007 Series Ch. 20
Just one chapter to go (which is in fact already TLed so should be out in the next couple of days).
Thursday, 26 April 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXXIII
Feels like we've been on this volume for ages and there's still six chapters to go! Oh well.
Sort of unrelated but my main priority at the moment is finishing the final two chapters of Bond (onto the last 50~ pages to TL) so don't expect anything outside of the normal weeklies (e.g. Somali, Getter) until it's done.
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
007 Series Ch. 19 & Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 72-73
Only two chapters remain, we're nearly there!
For whatever reason this chapter had a couple of random bits of Engrish in it. The first, gentleman on the toilet, I left in, while I did slightly fix up the latter which was the S.M-Plan originally being S.M-Planning (though presumably the whole thing was meant to be Scaramanga's Plan).
For whatever reason this chapter had a couple of random bits of Engrish in it. The first, gentleman on the toilet, I left in, while I did slightly fix up the latter which was the S.M-Plan originally being S.M-Planning (though presumably the whole thing was meant to be Scaramanga's Plan).
And then we've the end of another volume of the remake. Raws are up to around chapter 79 at present, though as stated at the end of the chapter the fifth volume's not likely to be out until the end of the year.
Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 70-71
Another double, had meant to have Bond out too but spent the evening playing coop stuff.
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Monday, 23 April 2018
Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 67-68 & Youkai Banchou Ch. 46
A rare double release of Survival to start with as we draw ever nearer to the end of volume four.
Speaking of double releases I accidentally translated chapter 47 of Youkai prior to 46, so could've in theory gotten that out too but eh, one double's probably enough for one day.
Sunday, 22 April 2018
Thursday, 19 April 2018
007 Series Ch. 18 & Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 66
Only three chapters (180~ pages) left to go!
Only seven chapters (60~ pages) left to go!
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXXII & Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 65
More Romans.
More Survival.
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
007 Series Ch. 17, Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXXI & Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch, 64
Stuff.
More stuff.
Yet more stuff.
Monday, 16 April 2018
Sunday, 15 April 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 44
And the lesson of today's chapter is, well, honestly I'm not exactly sure, but here's some more Misa anyway.
Saturday, 14 April 2018
Iron Ghost no Shoujo Ch. 10, Redman Princess: Akuryou Koujo Ch 4 & Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 63
A rare triple release today.
First up is this month's Iron Ghost.
Then we've the return of Redman. At present the series is up to chapter nine, with the second volume out next month (coincidentally this would mark the end of volume one, although I used magazine scans for it). While I can't promise anything I would like to try and catch up, but we'll see.
And then we've another chapter of the remake.
Friday, 13 April 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXX & Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 62
130 whole chapters, not long to go now.
And here's some more Survival.
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Sunday, 8 April 2018
Saturday, 7 April 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 43 & Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 60
Here's this week's Misa.
And here's some more of the remake, with which we hit the big 60.
Friday, 6 April 2018
007 Series Ch. 15-15.5
Work and life in general have been keeping me busier than I'd like to be (should've gotten through much more Survival by now) but here's the end of volume three of 007, alongside the second and final bonus interview. Only one volume remains!
Monday, 2 April 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXVIII
While I do enjoy the political intrigue chapters of Cestvs they really are irritatingly wordy.
007 Series Ch. 14, Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 59 & Youkai Banchou Ch. 43
As I said yesterday, lots of stuff stuck in QC.
First up we've some 007. Only one chapter left for the volume.
Then some more of Survival.
And then this week's Youkai.
Sunday, 1 April 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 42
I think I've got more stuff to QC at the moment than I've even released this week. Oh well.
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 25 & Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXVII
So here's this month's Getter.
And here's an extra wordy Cestvs chapter for good measure.
Survival: Shounen S no Kiroku Ch. 58
As ever I have more stuff which needs QC and what not (and a few messages I need to respond to) but it's late and I should probably be in bed.
Sunday, 25 March 2018
Yuzumori-san Ch. 33 [End]
And here we are. As I speculated last time, this is indeed the final chapter of Yuzumori-san.
Taken as a whole it's certainly been a fun ride, there were some questionable parts (looking at you Ririha), and I can't help but feel Ejima could've probably gotten a few more volumes worth of content out without too much trouble, but ultimately I find it a fitting end to what's been an enjoyable series. It's also been quite a unique series for me in that I've worked on it (mostly on time) from the very first chapter, which, while not a necessarily good way of doing things, certainly made for a different experience.
If you're not satisfied with the end or just still want more the fifth volume is listed as being slightly longer than usual at 144 pages (pre-order today, show your support etc.), though your guess is as good as mine as to whether or not it'll include anything meaningful. I also still have the fourth volume bonus to do, so I suppose that's one other bit you can look forward to at some point in the not too distant future.
Thanks as ever go to my editor, Nady, and to elemhunter, who ripped some of the earlier volumes for me. Will be interesting to see what Ejima does next, though I should probably get around to finishing off Orgia in the meantime...
Saturday, 24 March 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 41
Yet again had more stuff to finish off but didn't have time to QC.
Friday, 23 March 2018
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXVI
And here we are, the penultimate volume! Not much left to go.
In unrelated news a one-shot which I edited (a very long time ago now) was also finished up the other day.
Mahoujin Guru Guru Ch. 1 & Yuzumori-san 32
So here's something new. My editor really liked the recent anime of this, and as I'm always randomly picking up new, wordy junk figured I might as well do something he'd actually enjoy for once (I'd actually had another new wordy piece of junk to release alongside this but didn't feel well enough to QC it in time).
If you're not familiar with Mahoujin it's a cutesy, fairly old JRPG-style manga which is just a really fun, easy-going series. 10 chapters were previously TLed but the quality's somewhat dubious (not that I should throw stones while in my glass house), and I never like picking up from where others drop stuff anyway. For the TL I'll be cribbing town names and the like from the anime's sub, because I'm not particularly creative when it comes to puns, and I assume most will probably be familiar with those names now anyway.
And then we have what might well be the penultimate chapter of Yuzumori. While nothing official has strictly come through, the listing for volume five popped up on Amazon the other day and it included a mention that the series would be complete with volume five. Given the past few volumes have all had six chapters this would make 33, out this Sunday, the finale. Though I guess Ejima could always split it or something. We'll have to see.
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Monday, 19 March 2018
Youkai Banchou Ch. 41-41.2
And that's another volume of Youkai down. For some reason this came with two bonuses, the latter of which is a crossover with the old manga series 3x3 Eyes. No clue what brought it about.
Sunday, 18 March 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 40 & Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXV
A rather sombre way to start things, but Shinichi Koga passed away last week. May he rest in peace.
This took longer than I probably would've liked, but at last we're done with volume 13. Only two volumes, which'll likely take even longer, remain.
Friday, 16 March 2018
Iron Ghost no Shoujo Ch. 9 & Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXIV
That time of the month again, nearly hit double digits.
One chapter left of the volume, 30 left of the series.
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Bijo Amanda Ch. 5-5.5 [End] & Majonna: Mikamoto Rei Extra Works Ch. 6 [End]
Feels sort of weird actually finishing stuff but here we are. The final chapter of both volumes was once again the same, Bijo Amanda however included a short three page bonus comic (which I've here as chapter 5.5).
Physical versions of the book are no longer really in print (you can of course find second hand copies), though it is available digitally if you'd like to show your support and what not.
Physical versions of the book are no longer really in print (you can of course find second hand copies), though it is available digitally if you'd like to show your support and what not.
While Majonna of course had the end of chapter comments.
Again, if you liked the volume you can pick it up physically from places like Amazon, or digitally via eBookJapan and the like.
Again, if you liked the volume you can pick it up physically from places like Amazon, or digitally via eBookJapan and the like.
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
Bijo Amanda Ch. 4, Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXXIII & Majonna: Mikamoto Rei Extra Works Ch. 1
More of the one-shots!
More Cestvs!
Yet more of the one-shots!
Sunday, 11 March 2018
Bijo Amanda Ch. 1-2, Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 39, Majonna: Mikamoto Rei Extra Works Ch. 3-4 & Youkai Banchou Ch. 40
Was slow on QCing a few things so these chapters kinda piled up.
First we've some more of Bijo Amanda. These are two of the chapters which were later reprinted in Majonna. There's a couple of minor differences between the two versions, but I used the higher quality raws from the latter for the majority of each chapter anyway.
Then we've some Azarak, which brings us to the end of volume four.
After which we've the Majonna versions of the prior two one-shots. While the differences are ultimately negligible, these versions of the chapter are probably better to read as they have the end of chapter comments included.
And to finish off things here's this week's Youkai.
Saturday, 10 March 2018
Thursday, 8 March 2018
007 Series Ch. 12
I swear I'm never doing another series with 80+ page chapters ever again.
Probably a few inconsistent character names and what not. Will fix them at some later point when I've the energy to.
Monday, 5 March 2018
Youkai Banchou Ch. 39
And here's Youkai to finish the week. Not much left for this volume either.
Sunday, 4 March 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 38 & Yuzumori-san Ch. 31.2
It's approaching the end of the week so here's some more Azarak. One chapter left for the volume.
And, as promised, here's the latter part of the most recent Yuzumori chapter. Next chapter's out today/tomorrow depending on the wonder of timezones.
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Majonna: Mikamoto Rei Extra Works Ch. 8 & Yuzumori-san Ch. 31.1
Download links and what not may be found in the usual places.
Only a few one-shots left for this (and Bijo Amanda) so might see if I can speed things up a bit.
Fighting game terminology sucks, doubly so when it's in Japanese, so YMMV even more so than usual. Latter half of the chapter is already out, and should be up prior to the release of 32 on Sunday.
Tuesday, 27 February 2018
Sunday, 25 February 2018
Youkai Banchou Ch. 38
And here's some more Youkai, like, three chapters left for the volume.
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 36 & Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXIX
Stuff.
And more stuff.
Friday, 23 February 2018
007 Series Ch. 11 & Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXVIII
More 007!
More Cestvs!
Monday, 19 February 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 36 & Youkai Banchou Ch. 37
It's the end of the week!
First up some Azarak.
And then some Youkai. Only 20 chapters left!
Friday, 16 February 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 24, Iron Ghost no Shoujo Ch. 8 & Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXVI
My editor was getting sick of Bond, so here's some other stuff.
First up we've this month's Getter. For those who can't recall two years back, the line at the end of the chapter is the same as the one in the prologue.
Then we've this month's Iron Ghost. What I'd previously had as olfactor was given the proper (though somewhat clunkier) reading of sniffer this chapter. I'll correct the previous occurrence(s) when I've the time.
And then we've some more Cestvs, 80% more history edition.
Thursday, 15 February 2018
007 Series Ch. 10
It took like, a year for me to finish the first volume of this, while the second volume's taken me just over a month. Who knows how long the third and fourth will take.
Wednesday, 14 February 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXV
Thus ends the Pompeii arc, onto Ruska till the end now!
Monday, 12 February 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 35 & Youkai Banchou Ch. 36
I've been slowly cracking on with the bloody long chapter 10 of Bond, but couldn't of course miss the usual end of the week releases.
First up we've a fairly standard Azarak chapter.
And then some Youkai.
Sunday, 11 February 2018
Yuzumori-san Ch. 30
Has it really been 30 chapters already, where does the time go?
Next chapter's out tomorrow, sort of tempted to try and finish off the volume four bonus stuff before getting to it though.
Friday, 9 February 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXIV & Somali to Mori no Kami-sama Ch. 27
Exactly 40 chapters remain!
Somali normally talks in the third person, but did actually use a first person pronoun in this chapter (presumably because she didn't even have a name at the time).
Next chapter's out at the end of the month.
Next chapter's out at the end of the month.
Wednesday, 7 February 2018
007 Series Ch. 9
Well, this was done quicker than I expected. Only one chapter left for the volume, but it's another 70 page slog so definitely won't be out as fast.
Tuesday, 6 February 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXIII
Had actually had this done yesterday but was a bit too late to upload.
Still, we're onto volume 13 now! The first three chapters of the volume will be dealing with the aftermath of Pompeii, while it'll be back to Ruska from the fourth chapter onwards.
Monday, 5 February 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CXII & Youkai Banchou Ch. 35
Never one to delay proceedings here's chapter CXII of Cestvs, with it we bring another volume to an end. Only three volumes (with 42 chapters remain)!
This release also makes Cestvs my longest series, it having overtaken Survival's 111 chapters.
And then we've some Youkai to bring the week itself to a close.
Sunday, 4 February 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 34 & Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs CXI
A slightly earlier Azarak release this week. No particular reason why, the chapter's fairly standard.
And then we've some more Cestvs. Despite Zafar's comments to the contrary, the similarity between the pair's blows isn't actually quite so coincidental, and will tie into certain aspects of part two.
At any rate, one chapter left for the volume!
Friday, 2 February 2018
007 Series Ch. 8 & Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CX
Not even been a week yet here's some more classic Saito. Don't expect nine so quickly.
And then here's some more Cestvs as we reach the conclusion of the fight. Only two chapters left of the volume!
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CIX
I've been starting to go through some of my older releases in order to get my MangaDex stuff a bit more up to scratch and, apart from noticing my complete inability to spell/edit/TL (some of which I've been fixing as I go along), I've been pretty amused by just how much Cestvs' art's changed.
Past reminiscences aside, only three more chapters for the volume!
Monday, 29 January 2018
007 Series Ch. 7, Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 33 & Youkai Banchou Ch. 34
It's the end of the week, and here's an extra large release to go with it.
First up we've a whopping 70 pages of Bond (QC on this took fucking years).
Then we've some Misa.
And then some Youkai.
It was also pointed out to me that I'd missed a bubble on page 14 of the last Yuzumori release, both the download and MangaDex versions of the chapter should now have it included.
It was also pointed out to me that I'd missed a bubble on page 14 of the last Yuzumori release, both the download and MangaDex versions of the chapter should now have it included.
Saturday, 27 January 2018
Thursday, 25 January 2018
Somali to Mori no Kami-sama Ch. 26
Been a while but here's the latest Somali. Next chapter's out in like, three days.
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CVII & Yuzumori-san Ch. 29
Been working on Bond (fuck me the chapter's long) alongside something else entirely the last few days, but here's a couple of chapters anyway.
First up we've the next Cestvs. Even accepting the scientific explanation given in the chapter this is probably a conclusion that's a bit hard to swallow, but things are back to Ruska soon so whatever I guess.
And then we've the latest Yuzumori. Next chapter should be out this Sunday.
Monday, 22 January 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 32, Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CVI & Youkai Banchou Ch. 33-33.5
Contrary to my long, dramatic post previously, it seems that the issue of Batoto's successor has (at least for the immediate future) been solved with the emergence of MangaDex. While there's obvious teething issues/lack of features, a number of more famous groups already made the jump, so I'll look into uploading my stuff there...
First up then we've some Azarak.
Then some Cestvs.
And then some Youkai. This was another chapter which was greyscaled for the tank, the colour pages included in my version being from the magazine. It also marks the end of volume four, leaving us with only three volumes to go!
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Getter Robo Devolution: Uchuu Saigo no 3-punkan Ch. 23 & Kentou Ankokuden Cestvs Ch. CV
The final Batoto releases? Quite possibly.
First up we've the return of Getter.
And then some Cestvs.
While not relating to Getter/Cestvs, something else I do was hit by a copyright warning, so I've gone back through and blanked the related blog posts (though downloads for said series are still available).
While not relating to Getter/Cestvs, something else I do was hit by a copyright warning, so I've gone back through and blanked the related blog posts (though downloads for said series are still available).
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Monday, 15 January 2018
Eko Eko Azarak Ch. 31 & Youkai Banchou Ch. 32
It's the end of the week, so here's the usual.
First up we've the start of volume four of Azarak. This is perhaps the single weirdest chapter in all of Azarak, and honestly feels more like a string of non sequiturs than anything. I've honestly no idea what the intention behind the chapter was, and a look over the net shows that the Japanese don't really either.
And then we've something a bit more straightforward in Youkai.
Sunday, 14 January 2018
Somali to Mori no Kami-sama Ch. 25.5 & Yuzumori-san Ch. 28
And here's some more stuff.
First up we've the bonus pages from the Somali tank. Each of these pages is meant to come at the end of a chapter in the tank (e.g. page 29 comes after chapter 20), but I'm far too lazy to go and re-upload all of the earlier chapters.
Then we've chapter 28 of Yuzumori, with which we're caught up again for the first time in what's probably months. The next release is out tomorrow, so it's a short lived victory, but whatever.
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