It has come to my attention that maybe I was a bit rude when taking up Yononaka, because Fushichou is also doing it. My reasons were that I really loved the series and a chap hadn't been released for a while as you all know. It was also suggested that I should have joined their group then. I'd like to remind you that my scanlations are 99% not perfect. I am not native English nor Japanese, I've been studying Japanese for about 2.5 years, and am far from proficient in it. My scan editing skills leave much to be desired.
I believe that this shouldn't create much drama, because there are tons of series out there that are being scanlated by more than one group at the same time or earlier scanlations being over-scanlated. The idea to start scanlating came, when I found out that there are a few Gakuen Alice chapters that hadn't been scanlated. As of now, they are done, but in such quality that I would never download them and keep them. I will finish said chapters in the future.
For the record, I RECOMMEND you downloading Fushichou's releases of Yononaka when they come out, because they will definitely be of better quality! Consider mine as a quick fix and theirs a sweet trip;)
And now for something rather different - I'd like you to suggest manga that haven't been scanlated for a while now and no group seems to be taking up any time soon. I hope you'll bear in mind that it shouldn't be overly text-heavy or sfx-heavy, so any shounen action is really out of the question. And I'd really not like to scanlate cheesy shoujo:D And of course, I will not take on two projects at a time, it would get confusing.
Monday 7 December 2009
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The first manga that came to my mind was Partner by Miho Obana. It's been so long since I read it (last release was in 2004!), so I can't say whether it's any good, but I did enjoy it at the time. I wouldn't call it "cheesy", but it's definitely shoujo. (Horror shoujo, in fact.) All the groups that were previously scanlating it are dead. You might look into picking it up.
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned last time, I would've suggested Demian Syndrome until you said "shouldn't be overly text-heavy" LOL.
ReplyDeleteThanks for volunteering~ Good luck. ^_^
Man I would love if someone would pick up Demian again. Oh well. Good luck scanlating. I wish I could, but I need to learn a little more Japanese first.
ReplyDeleteHi, it's kokiden from Moon in a Box Scanlations over at live journal. I have a project that's sitting under a pile of projects that I would really like to see done. It's Bitter x Sweet by Harubaru Aruku
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I got interested in it, because I loved Kimi ga Macchigatteiru (You're Wrong) by this mangaka, scanlated by Liquid Passion
http://www.liquideros.com/projects/project_wrong.html
It's a yaoi piece. I don't remember if it's text heavy. I have some scans, but I just picked them up off the Interwebz, so I don't know who did them, but they've been around for a long time, and I wasn't able to find any group that was interested in working on it (before I put it on my project list).
Let me know if you're interested! My e-mail is barbjo@gmail.com
How about licensed manga? Silver Diamond by Sugiura Shiho is a huge love of mine and Nakama dropped it, then BAA dropped it. It's ~moderately text-y and shounen-ai, but's it's super soft and we never see anything - similar level to Komatta Hoshi. I wish I could do more, but I'm only good for English. The last release was chapter 23, or volume 8, chapter 9. There are a summaries, japanese and chinese raws, and I imagine there are also a few discussions online. [LJ's yshare, sugiura_shiho, and manga_luve]
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Well if you mind, I'd like to suggest:
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http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=978
Tsumikabatsu
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=13294
Neko Samurai
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6073
Blue Wars
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1870
Carat! (although it says shoujo, it's really more of a crack-parody of the magical-girl genre... xD )
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=13367
Sekainohate de Aimashou (but I think the group is just looking for a translator...)
http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38229
I also have a few more suggestions that are yaoi if you are interested (but haven't actually read them yet)... ^_^;;
I would really like to read Breath by Ochi Chifumi it has been ages since a release and It is a yaoi about twins also :D.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty mad at Tokyopop for dropping Demon Flowers right before the last volume, so that's my vote. I'm pretty sure it has a lot of sound effects, though...
ReplyDeleteHii!!! i recently found your Blog!! and i don't think it's a bad thing that you translate what you want!! since you're making a lot o people happy! i would like to ask you if you can translate the manga Sakura Gari http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9966 because i really love it!!! but Watase's Sorai it's too slow!! the last release was on July 26th! T.T so, if you have some time can you do it?? thank you!! and you'll love this manga!! it's great!!! xD
ReplyDelete{I'm sorry about my poor english!! i'm not a native speaker either!!} thank you!!
°Rebe!!°
Wow, I just found out about you scanlating Yononaka and I think it's great. Since there are so many mangas which get dropped or the group just disbands or whatever, I don't start reading a manga when it isn't completely scanlated because it is just a pain. People who help bringing these mangas to their rightful end - just like you- are making a great deal of people really happy, so thank you.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the recommendation(s), I've a list of 10 titles. I know this is a lot and be assured I don't expect you to pick ANY of them but the truth is I've to give it a try, just the possibility of any of them being translated and even scanlated is... wow! So please don't mind me and thanks for even considering:
- Tetsu x Rika: http://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=56 (this one would be awesome, the art is fantastic!!!)
-Help Me!: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1617 (I like Fuwa Shinri's work, no scratch that, I LOVE it!)
- Re set: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6770
- Inu to Omawari-san: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5088 (not that I like the art that much but this is the prequel to an already finshed manga T_T)
- Fancy Love: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=495 (I like the story)
- Ryoujoku Kyoushitsu: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2002
- Boku no Suki na Sensei: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=56 (there are just a few chaps missing!)
- Private Prince: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=255
- Amaiyo Maiyo: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=3586
- CUTEXGUY: http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2988 (the only shoujo one, but I SO need to know how this'll end ;D).
(man, this is really such a long post... Sorry!!)
sorry if ive posted this recently in the wrong place but: do u think u can find/scan kuruizaki no hana (vol5) since i cant find it anywhere + the publishers have dropped it? it is a great manga!
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