Scanlation List

Let me see... what do I actually have on my plate right now...

• [OS] Typeset many 2
• [EF] Clean Dream Fantasia -- 5 chapters left
• [EF] Typeset Forget About Love -- 2 chapters left
• [SDS] QC Hirunaka no Ryuusei -- various chapters
• [SDS] Get Brave 10 rolling -- 2 chapters
• 3 Proofreader Applications
• Prepare a bunch of stuff for staff to work on

Some ranting

Okay, well here I go...

For Silent Dreams, I'm going to work with the team to try and get a release for almost every project we have. And somewhere down the lines get stuff scanned. My priority consists of a volume of Brave 10 S and then switch off with SIH.

For Evil Flowers, I'll continue typesetting Forget About Love, especially for their anniversary coming up. I'll also try to stave off my desires to typeset My Romantic Kumiho ><

For Matteiru, I'm gonna try to keep up with Hal releases and QC whatever needs to be QCed.

For Omari's Sister, until summer break, I think I'll just go back to PRing. I need to finish the Furou Kyoudai omake first.

Ahh... I hope people won't get frustrated with us ]= It's a tiring hobby to scanlate... But sometimes it's pretty fun, so... what can I say?

Save the Deadline!

Heeey! So I received Oresama Teacher volume 8, Bakuman volume 17 and Chocolat volume 8 omnibus last weekend ^__^ They look beautiful, but I only got a chance to read Oresama.

Oh yes and my long awaited package from Omari's Sister arrived, so now I've got The Day of Revolution! It was great re-reading the short series =] It just reminds me how much I adore Mikoto lol.

Anywho, I'm here to rant about scanna-lanna-lation~

• QC Nostalgia Oneshot (due by 12/14)
• Release Runway Produce!! ch.5 (12/16)
• CL Runway Produce!! ch.7 (due by 12/18)
• CL Be My Sweet Darling v.3 ch.4 (due by 12/22)
• CL Be My Sweet Darling v.3 ch.5 (due by 12/22)
• TS Game Over ch.4 (due by 12/22)
• Release Runway Produce!! ch.6 (12/24)
• Release Runway Produce!! ch.7 (12/25)
• QC Kimi Daruma Oneshot (due 12/26)
• CL He Was Cool ch.10 (due by 12/28)
• TS Hirunaka no Ryuusei (due by... sometime in that month...)
• TS Game Over ch.5 (due by 12/30)
• QC ~asterisk~ Oneshot (due by 1/1)

Hooooo... sounds challenging lol.

Why Did I Accept this Challenge?

;____; Sometimes... you gotta show your appreciation for the scanlators who give up their busiest times to try and make fans happy for the those super special holidays...

For Silent Dreams Scanlation

• Finish Game Over (2 chapters left to TS)
• Finish Runway Produce (2 chapters left to CL)
• Hirunaka no Ryuusei (2 chapters to TS)
• Finished 3 oneshots (1 to QC, 1 to PR, 1 to co-ED)

For Evil Flowers

• Finish Be My Sweet Darling (3 chapters left to CL)
• He Was Cool (1 chapter to CL)

For MatteIru

• Love Com TWO (1 chapter to SC)

 For Omari's Sister

• Whatever needs to be done :|

Life mang. That's just scanlation. I have tests and finals too.

Scannalanna and a-lotta manga

YEAH! FINAL STRETCH OF SUMMER VAY-CAY AND IT'S STILL MANGA BASED!!

Hehehe, I don't think I should be happy, but I am, but I'm not... but... YEAHHH!! (Is all I have to say about that)

I got to buy a lot of manga! I feel bad for dragging people around for me to do that though...
NEVERTHELESS, LET US NEVER REGRET!!

So here's my stash 8D

• Lots of High School Debut
• A couple of Love*Com
• A handful of The Magic Touch
• A small dose of Bakuman
• And the prized Hirunaka no Ryuusei (JP)

I accidentally bought, two of the same volumes of The Magic Touch, so that's a bit problematic... Ehhh...

I also bought Pokemon Conquest! I hope it's fun! Big money spending spree o____x

 Mhmkay, and yeah! I've got lots of scanlation work too! I'm glad people are relying on me (not that I actually wanted more work...) Yeah, that's the part that makes me happy, but not too excited at the same time.

• SDS - Joint stuff! And whatever~!
• OS - Speed typesetting!
• EF - Lots of cleaning O:
• HH - Cleaning... and lots of cloning D':

Ohhh... scary...

SUMMER...

4 scanlation groups for the summer, ALL RIGHT (whyisthismyhobby?)

Silent Dreams Scanlation

• Muramasa Ch. 13 QC and release
• Get someone to proofread Sukitte Ch.6 and typeset it
• Get someone to clean Sukitte oneshot
• Send the email of doom and recruitment feedback (what a jerk, making them wait!)

Evil Flowers

• Nothing, until they assign me stuff, lol
• Maybe get Sapphire to clean some more HnR 8D

Omari's Sister

• Whatever Kuro sends me to typeset or proofread

HaruHime

• Sugars... all editing 8D... D.:

EXCITING SUMMMMEER!!

The Scan Plan

Uhh... lame weekend is lame, but whatever.

This weekend, I plan to...

• Clean He Was Cool Ch.6 and extras
• Typeset Hirunaka no Ryuusei Ch.4
• Typeset Brave 10 Ch. 31
• Homework

SUPER YAWN.

GAAAH!!!

I WANT THIS BUY THIS NOW:

I can't read Japanese, but I'm LOVING IT!!! D: I LIKE THE COLOR REEED.

Scanlation as a Hobby

Word of advice. If you ever want to start helping as a scanlator, BE PREPARED TO SPEND TIME. I also suggest you leave it at that, HELPING. Sure, I suggest you should enjoy doing it, but... if it were ever to into your actual hobby (example, me) stay a lackey. If you continue to ignore my warning here and try to set up your own group or happened to be escalated to higher responsibilities for whatever reason... then GG.

You'll be spending so much time on scanlation. It's very dangerous because a lot of responsibility comes from it. Much expectation and perhaps even a slight bit lack of reward and appreciation. But as a hobby, you like to do it regardless and, sigh... I suppose it's the finished product that really makes it :)

Uhh... so TREK CAREFULLY. Especially when you're trying to balance your education or work with it. Do as well balance your health, or you'll end up regretting it. Preventive measures make all the difference!

...where was I going with this? Oh yeah, if scanlation ever becomes your hobby, it's not too late to turn back now. Otherwise, you're stuck at the point of no return. Good luck fellow scanlators, you guys pull off amazing stunts.

Haha, and here's a good example of my point --> Scanlation to do list:

• SDS - QC Lunatic Honey Ch.6
• SDS - Recruitment&all that Admin stuff among surprises
• OS - Nice and relaxing proofreads when convenient <3
• OS - [Dangerous] Volunteered typesetting of MASSIVE Oneshot
• EF - Editing Crush on You once a week til its done
• EF - Once COY is done, proceed to edit He Was Cool
• EF - If no one does it, I'm probably expected to typeset Kiss and Never Cry as well (probably won't think about this though... I hope)

Oh, and it's not like I have a bunch of tests this week and this month happens to have no holiday breaks... (wait, that IS the case.) Okay, priorities are a little crooked, but it unfortunately seems doable. Dear God, master of time management, I pray you help me and my unorthodox-ness...

In Need of a GAME PLAN!

All right, I've got a lot of things set up for me to handle AT THE MOMENT. So let's get organized and prioritized. (I sound like I'm on a mission.)

I wonder, how did I get so involved in Scanlation? Is it because I don't play MMORPGs anymore? I think that's it, that's the reason. Gee willykers...

SCHOOL BUSINESS:

• Obtain books for AP Classes [got the books for English]
  
• Attempt to make some effort to read them [effort made...]
  
• If time, attempt to execute summer homework in less than a week [oh, heaven's no...]
  

PERSONAL BUSINESS:

• Clean/Organize room for maximum awesomeness
• Make a new Zebra signature/banner [signature done, banner abandoned]
  
• Do a YouTube update for dacatmango

SCANLATION BUSINESS:

• Silent Dreams Scanlation
  
  1. Relevel Sukitte Iwaseru Houhou Ch.5 [in progress...]
     
  2. Typeset Sukitte Iwaseru Houhou Ch.5
     
  3. Nag staff about their projects
• Omari's Sister
  
  1. Proofread Zoo Ch.6 [done!]
• Evil Flowers
  
  1. Typeset SM Hunter Ch.11 [too many... missing translations]
     
  2. Typeset Crush on You Ch.10 [in progress...]
  3. Typeset SM Hunter Ch.12
  4. Typeset SM Hunter Ch.13

LET'S DO THIS!! All in less than one week... hooo~

What I've Done & What I've Realized

I managed to accomplish a lot in terms of scanlation in less than a week.

• [EF] Typesetted Kiss and Never Cry Ch.18
• [EF] Edited Crush on You 8a
• [SDS] Finish Typesetting and QCed Chotto Edo Made Ch.1
• [SDS] QCed Sakura Zensen Ch.7 (on Gimp, nonetheless)

And I have plans for more...

• [EF] Edit Crush on You 8b & 9a
• [SDS] Typeset Brave 10 Ch.10 (or find a willing typesetter)
  
• [SDS] Finish Typesetting and QCing Angel Hunt Ch.5
• Other misc. scanlation chores

But, it's only today, that I realized... the internet, my laptop, is the only think I'm really looking at this summer. A double edge sword that recoils every time I use it. (Yeah, I know right? Sporadic bits of fun, it's not all the time) I wish there was somewhere I could go, but in this unknown community, I just feel out of place. Not to mention it's hot beyond all reason and there's no source of shade anywhere.

It really sucks because I want to control how much time I actually spend on my laptop. It's not a good thing for your internet to work all the time! A lot of people freak out when they don't have internet for a month, but I would find that a blessing within a cursing. A break, a definite wall to block me, so I don't need to think about it. Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful to have the internet and my laptop for the most part. But it makes me sad every time I come back to it all the time.

It's my only connection with my precious friends... it's a form of communication with my father... it's just a way to spend my day away... and my heart yearns for the one on one interaction again. The heartfelt effort it takes to communicate with them. I just want to be able to stand up, walk out of the door and take a nice walk to see people again.

I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this, but I terribly miss the things I used to be able to do and the people I did it with. And I will terribly miss the new things I've just established in this new place. When it's time to pack up and go again, will I be this fortunate? When will I hit rock bottom? It's only humorous to me, but any OCs that I come up with from The Tale of the Crazy Kid(s) clearly represent a part of me. One character, Utsumi Andou, is a boy who hates the feeling of falling. "I really can't stand falling... It's painful because you never know when you'll hit rock bottom. You're so high up for so long, you forget... There's always something to bring you back to earth. Just like... falling in love." Falling in love with the things you find precious. I really want to learn how to let go of these things.

The only way I'll get there is through spiritual strength in God. There's no influence on my life right now. I think way too much, come up with way too many excuses, and try to understand more than I need to. Even when I try to restrain myself, I still end up thinking too much and I don't know where it stops and begins because it all comes full circle! I'm so at a loss, such a height of hypocrisy and irony, that when I'm falling down, I try to pull myself up needlessly. And when I'm rising to the top, I restrain myself to bottom. Where am I? Am I still at the same place I was before? Have I even stepped away from where I began? I try so hard to understand, but I don't understand anything! So I'm stuck... somewhere. And at this rate, I'll end up in the same place, just... somewhere. Not here, or there, but somewhere.

Diligency is on the Line

For anyone who's wondering. The atomic bomb has passed, and turned out to be a disappointing dud. For the entire week, I waited for it to blow up and... well, let's just say it didn't deliver.

However, onto to more important matters. I've got a molecule project to finish over the weekend. An assigned book to finish reading and eventually and outline to write. Only a few weeks of school is left. That means studying galore! I'll be consequently doing less Scanlating binges in general until school is over. Then again... I always manage to break my promises :]

On my Scanlation list this month:

• Silent Dreams Scanlations
  - Clean 1/2 of Sakura Zensen Chapter 7 [done!] I might do more later on though.
  - Typeset Sukitte Iwaseru Houhou Chapter 4 (waiting for cleaned pages)
  - Typeset Chotto Edo Made Chapter 1 (in progress...)
  - QCing whatever manages to come my way
  
• Evil Flowers
  - Typeset Kiss and Never Cry Chapter 17 [done!]
  - Clean Crush on You Chapter 8a (in slow slow progress)
  
• Omari's Sister
  - Proofreading any convenient OS projects

On my Reading list this month:

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding (for school)
• Gakuen Alice Volumes 15&16
• The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan
  

Game Plan for Today

There's an atomic bomb waiting for me on Tuesday (bits and pieces on that later) So for today, I'll just RELAX and hit the books during the hot part of the day. Come back, maybe do some editing for Evil Flowers (Crush on You Chapter 8a, anyone?) And then hope desperately that the typesetting for Lunatic Honey Chapter 4 is finished and sent to me for QCing so I can release it for a staff member's birthday on the SDS side. Perhaps I'll be a little diligent on a Friday and practice the lines for my scene on Monday. (None of this is making sense in this incoherent order...)

Anywho, my game plan today in a nice, orderly list is...

• Read Vespers Rising until I finish/it gets cooler upstairs/dinnertime
• Eat dinner and watch Running Man Episode 29 with Mom
• Go back upstairs and either:
  a.) Finish reading Vespers Rising
  b.) Edit Crush on You Chapter 8b
  c.) Take a sneak peak at The Throne of Fire
  d.) Deviate from all plans and read Gakuen Alice Volumes 15 and 16
  e.) Whatever I feel like doing...
• Probably take a shower before doing any of those things
• Go to sleep early because I can!

For anyone wondering where Kiss and Never Cry chapter 15 and 16 and Crush on You Chapter 7b is... Evil Flowers need more QCers (and proofreaders for that matter) So go offer your excellence and help 'em out!! I know it's testing month, but you can spare a little breather for the manga and manhwa you love :'D

By the way, Gakuen Alice Volume 15 and the Kane Chronicles: The Throne of Fire arrived at my doorstep not too long ago. SOOO I am toootally gonna read some text-age<3

Sweet Anticipation & Work Load

Omari's Sister Update:
I just finished proofreading Nanairo no Mukou for OM. Read it when Kuroneko003 releases it on the OM Blog. It's such a sweet read. Lengthy oneshot as well, 70+ pages. However it's not filled to the brim with dialogue and leaves enough room to take in the wonderful artwork.

Silent Dreams Scanlations Update:
Last night as well, I finished 'QCing' Varnish Chapter 3. I quote that because... well, you see, HOLY CREDIBOWLA...! Situation time: Ever read an awkward translation, much? I still need to work on my Proofreaders with their inability to proofread harshly. Sometimes I'm unable to tell what exactly they proofread in the first place. It's not entirely their fault, we haven't developed enough of a bond to read each others' minds yet.

Good news...! SDS's 1st anniversary is coming up in a few days, and we've already had 2 releases this month. I hope to get out another release or two by the end of April haha. And thank goodness, an Indonesian to English Translator popped out from nowhere. PERHAPS I CAN FINALLY RELEASE THOSE THREE CHAPTERS OF SAKURA ZENSEN!!! Muahahaha. However, like a dutiful roller coaster ride, I'm not sure where we're at with our precious scanner for Sakura Zensen. I'm hoping very badly that she checks her email soon.

Evil Flowers Update:
Seems like Kiss and Never Cry Chapter 15 is going to be released soon. I finished typesetting it like last week! However, I'm taking my time on Kiss and Never Cray Chapter 16, actually I've been half done for like... ever. So I can focus on... nah, who am I kidding. I started going nuts when I saw a bunch of SFXs and tiny bubbles not erased by the cleaner. Plus, you don't realize it until you typeset, but there's TONs of dialogue @____@

Anywho, on a side note, for you Crush on You fans, I'm waiting for Chapter 7b's translation to be proofed before I start anything. From a forgotten resource, I think it hits around 50 pages? GG! I hope to get around to it when Spring Break starts after tomorrow!!!

To continue my suicidal choices... I volunteered to take up a short 2 volume project, Triangle by Shin Ji-sang and Geo. I LOVE THAT MANHWAGA DUO!!! OTL So I couldn't resist. It'll be a pain to edit considering the medium-low quality RAWs, but I might be able to manage with a lot of cropping and half-baked redrawing skills. It's not a high priority project, so don't expect much from me, mhmkay?

Misc. Update:
It's almost Christmas in Persona 3 Portable for me and I only got my Star Social Link to level 8 -cries-. It's okay... I tried... I'll... sigh.

But I'm happy, I found two new wonderful songs to listen to. First of all, the highlight of my day yesterday, Kana Nishino's new PV, Esperanza! The song is CATCHY!!! And the second song being an ending theme song to Blue Exorcist (anime). To my dismay it was by my biasedly disliked boy group, 2PM, but I'll live. The song's called Take Off.

13th Boy Volume 4 arrived last Friday, and I read the next two volumes. AWESOMENESS!! I do want more ^^ However, I've gotta save up for Anime Expo this summer... And I'm spending a bunch of money on buying clothes and shoes from TaoBao. Crikeys shipping and handling, why do you torment me sooo...!? Anywho, time to watch some Running Man with my mom before studying for my Chemistry Test. Toodle-loo.

The List... x:

I've gotta finish these up soon...

Silent Dreams Scanlations
- QCing Varnish Chapter 3
- April E-mail, etc.

Omari's Sister
- Nothing in particular until I get an auspicious email in the middle of the night.

Evil Flowers
- At least typeset Kiss and Never Cry Chapter 15 before the week ends D:


I'm so screwed because I have drama project and who knows what due this week. Here's the kicker, my brother lent me his PSP for the ENTIRE week. MAAAAADNESS!! Whatever shall I do?

Scanlation Update April 2011

Currently, I'm in 3 scanlation groups (suicide, yes, I know, but they're all pretty chill).
And uh... I thought you'd like to know what projects I work on for each group ^___^

Silent Dreams Scanlations
Sakura Zensen (Typesetter)
Sukitte Iwaseru Houhou (Typesetter)
Angel Hunt (Editor)
Chotto Edo Made (Typesetter)
P.S. I'm the "boss" there, so I pretty much QC all things non-Shounen. Purely because my right hand man despises Shoujo with all his fiber and being.
-Huzzah! We finally made releases recently @_@

Omari's Sister
General Proofreader
-It's pretty cool, because Kuroneko003 basically emails all the proofers the typesetted chapter, and whoever can proofread, proofreads ^__^b
-However, I prefer not proofreading Pika Ichi or Akagami no Shirayukihime, since I'd rather enjoy reading them without having to look for mistakes. Haha.

Evil Flowers
Crush on You (Editor)
Reimei no Arcana (Typesetter)
Kiss and Never Cry (Typesetter)
-I don't know what I was thinking when I applied for EF, but... it happened, and surprisingly I was accepted. From then on, I always had something to work on. The RAWs are fantastic too, so it's a breeze most of the time @___@

As we speak, I'm typesetting the rest of Volume 3 for Kiss and Never Cry O: So... look forward to it? ^___^v