2013/02/26

Oops

I'm here just to day i have to go back on my word this time. My brains are not capable of thinking :/ But not much work is left so you can expect next release in first week of April.

2013/02/14

Future projects

Some already know that in March I'm going to Japan for a month. It will be a perfect opportunity to buy some manga and avoid the shipping and customs costs. Aside from titles I'd like to buy for my personal collection there are also few I'd like to buy for scanlating purpose. So I made a list of titles I think it would be fun to work on, where released in last 3-4 years and are from fairly unknown mangaka to English fandom. With few titles from known authors here and there the list amounts to about 150 titles. It obviously needs to be cut down. And here is where you come in.
You can see the list here at akahoshitakuya and this is how you can help me:

  1. Let me know in the comments if you know a title is already scanned (please state if scans are Japanese or Chinese), also this are the titles I managed to find myself.
  2. Let me know if you saw any of the titles on future project list or current project list of other scanlaitors. These are the ones I found myself.
  3. Donate (button on right). In case you will donate 10€ or more please write a title you're most interested in the comment. I'll make sure to give more attention to it. Or buy from me so both of us will have something right away.
The result will be as follows: title with already existing scans will have lower chances of me buying it and if there is a group who plans to work on a title I'll leave it to them. Most of the titles on my must buy list so with extra money I'll buy something according to my taste. However if you'll donate I'll take your wishes in account. And yes I'm begging for money, the trip was not planed therefore I do not have appropriate amount of money to make huge manga buys as I did 4 years ago :/

And since this entry is about future projects... well here is the list of works I already have and will work on them. And here is the list of titles I'll try to find the most, especially first 5 titles. The rest is very much changeable, but at least it'll give you the basic idea of my vogue preferences.

Please note that the lists above exclude bara titles I'd like to work on . I'm not sure where or how to list them. I'm actually open to any title suggestions here, preferably something that cannot be found online as I'd like to buy it.
And since I'm speaking of it, I've already announced this @ LJ and NM that these are also the titles I'll work on:
-Shinigami-chan ga Yuku by Yodogawa Yuo & Setsuna Kai (not really bara, but who cares) or any other release I find by the two
And what I'm dubbing Kamizawa Reiji Yakuza Uke series. Already confirmed are:
-Default Ore no Gumi ni Atotsugi no Koibito ga Konnani Do S na wake dattandaga
-YKS
-YGO ~ Yakuza no Gokuko Osu Chichishibari
-Hen'ai no Tessen/The iron wire of partiality pt1, pt2
Or any other SARK release I'll find.

Odukun no Vita Sexualis ch3a by Kashio

Despise everything this delay  is quite inexcusable and unfortunately it'll continue till end of March. I should be able to make another release before end of February, whether that will be Tokoharu or Odukun... I have no idea.

I have few updates.
  1. Change of rules. Since some people don't know what it means not to upload to online viewers I'm switching to secure pdf files. Yes "normal" jpg/png release will be uploaded as well but added at unknown point in time. Initial release will be in pdf from now on.
  2. Odukun no Vita Sexualis got continued in latest recottia. I found out that on the day of its release. It had great affect on me (I finished translating chapter 3 till the end on the day because of this news xD) and yes I will work on the continuation. However recottia is digital magazine and since Japanese digital stores have DRMs I'm not very good at braking, it may take until tankobon release until you'll see the continuation. If there is anybody that can help me here please let me know.
  3. Eventually I will scanlated Himitsu no Aru Futari from Odukun book, it is not a priority project though. I have yet to decide about 17 (but I'll put up raws if nothing else).
  4. I've made a goal to scanlate 20 different titles this year (it my do more cause there will be quite a few DJs too). Here you can see the list of works I've already decided to work on. If there is a title you'd like me to work on or that I give it more attention please continue reading here.
Of to actual release now :D
 
Title: Odukun no Vita Sexualis
Author: Kashio
Genre:  BL
Chapter: 3a

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And the promised fixed version for first 2 chapters:
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Notes on chapter 3: the narration in chapter 3 is very interactive. Usually it speaks form third persons POV but sometimes it presents Odu or Araragi's thoughts. There is no clear distinction among these 3 voices in Japanese. To make it easier for you I've used different font depending on who speaks. However this is my interpretation. So official translation would be very much different. Actually I'd love to see who an official translator would translate this work. Side from what I already mentioned the story heavily relays on text, at times I though I was reading a light novel rather than a manga. Unfortunately my lack of knowledge and the fact that English just doesn't work like that made this part not very well seen. It also made me want to give up translating the work xD but hopefully what I've made with Michi is smoothly readable and does not present any problems in understanding the story.

I'd like to state here extra thanks to tru for being super constructive with my work on first 2 chapters, and of course Michi. I don't think I'd ever even dared to release chapter 3 if it weren't for her.

And I just realised this is in time for Valantine's Day :O I hope you'll all have fun celebrating :)