First, let me say: Happy belated Christmas and new years to our turtle fans, and happy holy shit, fourth anniversary! I don’t know how the hell we’ve managed to hang on this long, but there it is, and here we are. Good job, turtle staff! WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE SO DEDICATED. Ahem. For veterans of the site, most of you know we usually do something called the Twelve Days of Doujinshi leading up to the 6th, our anniversary (being today as of writing, but it will probably be the 7th in actuality once I manage to post this), hooooowever due mostly in part to sheer laziness (on my part– SORRY BROS THE WHEEL OF TIME TURNS AND I’M F*CKIN’ TRAPPED) we’re pushing it back this year be held…Well, some other time. When? I HAVE NO IDEA! But we’ll do it eventually. I don’t know about you guys, but I need my Slayers doujinshi fix or else I just can’t kick off the year right.
But that’s not what you’re here for! You’re here for RELEASES, and hobuddy ARE WE DELIVERING OR WHAT.
Read The Sleepy Residents of Birdcage Manor ch. 14 Online
Second! We’re rapidly approaching the conclusion to Wild Arms: Flower Thieves and with only one chapter after this to go, the tensions are high, and the standoffs are bad-ass. Oh, and you can’t have a western without a good ol’ fashioned train-jacking, and Wild Arms, let’s face it, isn’t one to betray tradition. AND THERE IS NOT A THING WRONG WITH THAT — I just wish more of you read it! ;__; Besides, Guy is badass. I mean, come on. Look at that. Unf, unf.
Read Wild Arms, Flower Thieves ch. 11: Human online
NEXT! We continue on with the much-neglected Lost Universe! (Hah. Slayers joke? Perhaps. CAN YOU TELL I’M OBSESSED) Since I continue to feel obligated to recap each preceding chapter because it’s been SO LONG since we released anything, where we last left off, Raile had convinced Kain & co to taxi him to the U.G. satellite database center, where he sets about collecting security against his “employers” — and appropriately enough, practically any Slayers fan knows the meaning of what he finds. THEN HE SETS THEM UP THE BOMB.
Read Lost Universe ch. 15: Return Home online
And rounding up our releases for the day, all I can say is please… please, don’t kill me. Because instead of the much, much anticipated ch. 32 (I know you guys are foaming at the bit for it), we have… THE EXTRA CHAPTER THAT CAME AT THE END OF VOL 7. This rounds up volume 7, so now you can download the whole thing in one go. =D On that note, SURE MUTSUKI YOU SLEEP IN A COFFIN AND YOU GET MAD WHEN PEOPLE THINK YOU’RE A VAMP. UH HUH. OKAY.
Read Barajou no Kiss vol 7 EX: No Moon online
You know, one of the things that initially attracted both me and Melly to Barajou were its S&M/Bondage parodying undertones, something we’ve both been missing in recent issues quite a bit. Until now. Normally I’d say this is where volume 7 ends– and it does, for story purposes– but there’s such a HUGE gap in tone between this chapter and the side story that comes next that I figured it’d be best to release it sometime later, instead. That, and I like making you guys SQUIIIIRM, which I can guarantee is what you’ll be doing after hitting the last page of this chapter.
This chapter! Editing by c0de_da1sy, QC’d by Melfra and clov3r, and translated and typeset by yours truly. Speaking of which, last release I said that c0de_da1sy did the editing for chapter 30, when it was actually Shinigami. I’M SORRY BB, PLS DON’T H8 ME. D’=
Read Barajou no Kiss ch. 31: Point of No Return Online
Now, let me go off-topic for a moment! I’mma regale you all with tales of… The Junketsu Kareshi drama cd. Hit the cut! Continue reading ‘Enjoy your BONDAGE >=D’
Why, what’s this? A new chapter of Flower Thieves! Maxi’s making it a habit of sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong and playing the hero as usual (wouldn’t guess it by the look on his face though, lawl); Guy has reservations about their new traveling companion, and we continue on into the (oft-delayed) final arc of the series. Editing this time around brought to you by c0de_da1sy, typeset by Zippy, and QC’d by Melfra and Clov3r.
Do all the prettiest flowers have thorns?
Read Wild ARMS: Flower Thieves ch. 10:
Do all the prettiest flowers have thorns? Online
Now, as if anyone gave a hoot about what I think, it occurred to me while this chapter was in QC that people reading this who may not be familiar with the Wild ARMs series might see the usage of the word “ARM” here in context and be a little confused. The definition of ARM is usually spelled-out in context in whatever entry of the series the term appears, but for some reason, it isn’t really defined here in the manga. In this case, an ARM is a gun; not an arm as in the limb, as, uh, the concern voiced in the QC process for this chapter. Anywho. I’m still not sure if all firearms are ARMs in this series or what, but it’s pretty significant that the new baddie has one and other people know it. END OF LESSON, ENJOY YOUR NEW CHAPTER.
23Oct11
Procrastination: the mother of all invention!
posted by rebmastu
Filed under Junketsu+Kareshi and releases.
EDIT: Version 2s of both of these chapters are up. 13 got a massive dialogue rehaul for the sake of improved flow (nothing changed in meaning, so if you’re satisfied with the previous version, you’re still cool), and 14 had a two-page-spread that was still HUGE, but it’s fixed now. Also, Melly fixed the reader issue for ch. 14.Vamos a continuar, tortugas!
Jeeze, when’s the last time we released so much in two weeks? That’s right, Turtle friends, WE’RE STILL BACK! And once again, Midterms serve their purpose as the best motivator around, as any collegiate will tell you– as a vehicle for procrastination, free rides for all! On that note, I realize it seems unfair to release more chapters of a series which has already received recent attention in the face of so many other neglected projects, but this one bears other… motivating factors for the team. That said, we’re back with your favorite Vampire Boyfriend. No, no, not THAT one. The one with Vampires (uh), Werewolves (are you sure this is a different one?), Tengu (okay, now we’re getting somewhere), and… Angels? WELL WHO WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT COMING.
First off, chapter 13! We’re coming fresh off the climax of chapter 12 where Cana gets twinked out, and this time around we get to see the effects in action, and, just so you know, it’s pretty. Freakin’. Sweet. Editing this time around by c0de_da1sy, QC’d by Melfra, and typeset and translation by yours truly. Be sure to take a quick look at the translation notes either before you read or after you finished, because the first two pages don’t make a lick of sense otherwise.
Junketsu+Kareshi Moonphase 13: The 13th Angel
Read Junketsu+Kareshi Moonphase 13: The 13th Angel Online
Second up is (gasp!) chapter 14! So soon!? That’s right! We’re working through the backlog at breakneck speed– 15 hasn’t even hit shelves in Japan yet! Since you might not have read chapter 13 by this point, anything I could say as a preview might be a spoiler of sorts for the preceding chapter, but I will say that this one blows 13 out of the water in terms of cool-factor. This chapter sees the (temporary?) revival of the Melfra/Rebmastu double-whammy DREEEAAAAAM TEEAAAAAM with Melly laying the SMACK DOWN with editing, RIPPING UP PIXELS as she scanned that bad-boy in, and CORRECTING MY GRAMMARS on the QC front, with me pulling typesetting and translation duty with my nerdy glasses on. (MELLY’S THE FLASHY ONE.)
Read Junketsu+Kareshi Moonphase 14: Nicaea~Duel~ Online
We’ve got a few more chapters in the QC pile to work through, so release rates should be picking up for the time being. Boy, this is all kinds of exciting! We’re still looking for new typesetters and editors (with experience, please!), so if you’re interested, drop by the forum and check out our tests.
16Oct11
We’re back and more LITERATE than ever!
posted by rebmastu
Filed under Barajou no Kiss, releases and The Sleepy Residents of Birdcage Manor.
So lately I’ve been caught up reading the Wheel of Time series. I won’t say it’s the best ever with the same drooling fanaticism that some of our crew would claim (NANNERS. MELLY.), but it IS enjoyable as hell when the characters aren’t fawning over one another. But that’s neither here nor there – we’re here to talk about MANGA, and today, we deliver — count ‘em! — not one, but TWO releases for your reading pleasure, both of which have been an eternity in the making (due in no small part to my own procrastination and preoccupations OTL), but hey. You don’t want to hear me rant. You want to READ COMICS.
Where we last left off, Kizuna and Yuki had made up about their past, uh… transgressions, inasmuch as two people who weren’t even really fighting to begin with can make-up, and Kizuna leaves us with the thought that, “Boy howdy, do I wish I could figure out how to make Asai not so bloody irked at me.” And then it starts raining. The question is, what next? ENTER THIS CHAPTER. Editing duty pulled this time around by c0de_da1sy, with QC magic in deft command by Melfra and Clov3r. Translation and typesetting (and the majority of delays OTL) by yours truly.
Read The Sleepy Residents of Birdcage Manor ch. 13 Online
And yet another fans have been clamoring for, Barajou 30! Where we last left off in THIS one, Idel and Anis had a hardcore bromance moment that made me ship them pretty friggin’ hard. And it only gets better in here! Join with me, Rhodecia fans: IDEEEEEELLLLL! Ahem. Typeset and translated by THIS GUY, RIGHT HERE, QC’d by Clov3r and Melfra, andedited WITH MASTERY WORTHY OF A HERON BLADE by c0de_da1sy! Oh snap! It was edited by Shinigami, not Daisy. SORRY BB ILU D= Anyway. ENJOY IT, PLEBES.
Read Barajou no Kiss Punishment 30: Your Song, at the End of the World Online
On that note, we’re still hurtin’ for typesetters and editors, so if you’ve got the time, head on over to the forum and take the tests.
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