So at the moment I imagine a lot of you are making a face not unlike our dear Kizuna’s (see below) at the moment, and you know, that’s totally justifiable, considering it’s, uh… Well, it’s been a while since our last release, hasn’t it? As far as excuses are concerned, I don’t have much of one. Melly and the majority of the Turtle crew, including myself, have been swamped in exam hell and the overload that entails for the last month or so, leaving us precious little time to do anything other than stuff cheap and unhealthy sustenance down our gullets every now and again.
“But Reb,” you say, “What about bathing?”
F*ck bathing.
All excuse-making aside, we’re really getting into the homestretch of Birdcage now with only five chapters left (two of which are already in QC, HOLY CATS), so we’re going to be exposed to some real end-game action (coming soon, to a reader near you.) But you know what makes Birdcage so boss? Even in end-game Birdcage, the character development never stops! HURRAY!
The Sleepy Residents of Birdcage Manor chapter 16:
“Home: The Reasons We Run, and What it Means to Stay (I)
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Typeset this time around by ZippyZippy, edited by Sakana-san (with her fishy, fishy eyes, teehee), and QC’d by both Melfra and Clov3r.
And speaking of character development and end-game progress, Lost Universe is right up there with Birdcage. We’ve only got four chapters to go at this point, and certain characters are going to start doing things that will shock the hell out of you. Chapter 17′s in QC at the moment, and after Melly read that one, well… She was inconsolable. With RAGE! So if this one dropped off your radar, it’s time to put ‘er back on.
Lost Universe Lost 16: Sacrifice
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This chapter has been brought to you by the speedy typesetting skillz of Zippy, edited by dexterous and nimble hands of c0de_da1sy, and QC’d by Melfra, because she makes me sound smrt. (Clov3r was too busy being awesome.)
On that note, I’ve recently had the, uh, dubious privilege of watching the Lost Universe anime for the first time, and I can see where some of the initial doubt came from when we first announced we’d be picking up this title. If you’ve been hesitating to pick the series up because the anime left a bad taste in your mouth, stop. Right now. And start reading the manga. You will not regret it. One of the more heinous omissions on the anime’s part was its adaptation of the manga equivalent of chapters 12-14, featuring Jess and Melina, which seriously glossed over their deal to the point where you weren’t quite sure what everyone was freaking out about by the time shit hit the fan. I’m not sure which is closer to the original novel, but either way, the manga is vastly, vastly, vastly superior to the anime and definitely deserves a chance to stand on its own without prior bias.
AND THAT’S ENOUGH OF ME SELLING IT. Also, go watch Avengers. OH MY GOD.
I have a confession to make. I LOVE THIS STORY. No, I mean it. I want to take the two main characters home, wrap them in cellophane and ribbons, put them on my bookshelf and laugh at them when they try to gnaw their way out, because they are freakin’ dolls and I want to hug and pet them forever and ever and ever and I will never let them leave.
HOPE THAT CREEPED YOU OUT. Seriously though, IT’S TIME FOR A ONE-SHOT. This is the story about two fox deities (original: Inari) who, true to the fox spirit, get up to no good all the time. Punking each other, watching anime, junking out, etc, and generally pissing off their foul-mouthed master, Shio. Then they meet a cameraman who’s all HEY GUYS YOUR SHRINE IS PRETTY RUN DOWN HUH and they’re like YEAH WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT wait I mean THOU HAVE A POINT and… Well, that’s the setup, so read the rest to figure out what the hell happens. It’s cute as shit, I love the art, and I can’t wait for this guy to put out more stuff, because I will follow him to the ends of the earth for those eyelashes. And I mean, seriously, look at those faces.
There’s a certain series we’ve been neglecting more than others recently, an arrangement I figured most of the staff seemed pretty comfortable with, until Fishiko, one of our resident editors, looked up at me with her sad, sad, fishie-eyes and said, “Reb, why don’t we do Mebius anymore?” And I, seeing those salty tears brimming in her eye-sockets didn’t have the heart to say, “Well, I didn’t think anybody liked it anymore.” So in the interest of never having Fishiko stare up at me with her sad, sad, fishie-eyes again, have some Mebius Gear. I take pride in the fact that we haven’t gone a full year without an update, so. ANYWAY.
If somebody came up and asked me, “Reb, what the flying fark are you doing awake this early in the morning?” you know, I have no flippin’ idea what I’d say. I mean, sure I dropped in the sack at about, oh, 11 last night, slept for a few hours, and then got up to study for a test I have at noon today (bitch yeah, THIS IS WHAT COLLEGE DOES TO YOU), but it turns out it’s going to be one hell of a cake-walk, and so now I’m left with absolutely no idea how I’m going to blow the eight hours I have left before I trot my merry ass to 
Looking at our release rate on MU, it says we’re hovering around a release every 27 days. If that’s anything close to true, then you guys deserve a medal for sticking with us. Hell, I gotta give the staff at least THREE medals for sticking around, ’cause boy howdy at the rate I churn out translations (read: RARELY IF EVER) anybody who puts up with my shit deserves to be sainted. 
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